Mark (a former Alys Beach employee) and Kelsey (who just graduated from South Walton High School in May) are returning from a four-month adventure that included bathing rescued elephants in the mountain jungles of Thailand, paragliding in the Himalayan peaks, sleeping with gibbons in a tree house in war-torn Laos, playing with school children in a remote Indian village, and even walking barefoot through an ancient temple overrun with thousands of sacred mice. Join Studio B for a special welcome home party!

Frommer’s, a popular source of online and print travel guides, named our Florida Panhandle Beaches as one of its 12 top destinations for 2010 -- in the world....

(of course, we already knew that, right?)

Florida Trend Magazine just announced the best new restaurants in Florida, and our very own Caliza landed on the 2009 list!

Over 50 songwriters will converge here over Martin Luther King, Jr. weekend including the Indigo Girls!

Read on to learn about the sweet package deal that Alys Beach is offering...

The third annual Digital Graffiti festival will be held in Alys Beach on Saturday, June 12, 2010, and this year, digital artists from around the world will compete for over $10,000 in cash prizes!

READ ON for all of the details. The deadline for all submissions is March 15th!