How to get there
The closest commercial airports to St. George Island are in Tallahassee and Panama City.
Where to stay
The Buccaneer Inn 160 West Gorrie Drive
850-927-2585, 800-847-2091
The only motel on the island. On the beach, 100 rooms; $90-$195 summer, $50-$110 winter.
St. George Inn 135 Franklin Blvd.
800-824-0416
Built in the 1980s but designed as if it were 1910 Florida. Seventeen rooms; $120-$175 summer, $95-$135 winter.
Rental properties A one bedroom/one bath townhouse rents for $895 a week in summer, a two bedroom/two bath house on the beach for $1,795, a five bedroom/five bath house on the beach for $4,350.
More information: Resort Vacation Properties (877-272-8206) (resortvacationproperties.com ) and Collins Vacation Rentals (800-423-7418) (collinsvacationrentals.com ).
Where to eat
Blue Parrot Oceanfront Café 68 West Gorrie Drive
850-927-2987
Serves locally harvested oysters ($7 dozen raw), fresh sea scallop dinner and two sides ($20), fresh grouper dinner with two sides ($20), filet mignon ($25), Key lime pie ($4). Beachfront Tiki Bar is open in summer.
Eddy Teach's Raw Bar 240 East Third St.
850-927-5050
Cheapest raw oysters on the island ($3 a dozen). Also serves peel-and-eat shrimp ($11 per pound), steamed clams ($9 a dozen), cheeseburgers ($6.45), and numerous domestic and imported beer s that draw convivial locals.
What to do
Journeys of St. George Island 240 East Third St.
850-927-3259
Arranges guided boat tours (four hours for six people $300), eco-camps for children and parents, kayak and boat rentals ($200-$260 a day depending on size boat), and fishing trips.
Robinson Brothers Guide Service 152 17th St., Apalachicola
850-653-8896
Charter fishing on Apalachicola Bay and the Gulf of Mexico. Up to four people $350 half day, $450 full.
St. Vincent National Wildlife Refuge fws.gov/saintvincent/
A 12,500-acre barrier island west of St. George Island and accessible only by boat. The Apalachicola Bay Chamber of Commerce (850-653-9419 ) maintains a list of people who will take you .
