Why We Built Sundial Suites People ask us how this came together. Here is the long version, told straight. Florida, first Pat is from Florida. Born and raised. The Panhandle is home in the way that geography becomes home when you’ve watched it change a few times over. The West End of Panama City Beach…
Where Sundial Suites Sits: A Guide to West Panama City Beach 32413 Panama City Beach is bigger than people expect. From the Hathaway Bridge on the east end out to the Walton County line on the west, you’re looking at twenty-some miles of beach with very different stretches of road in between. Where you stay…
The Three-Minute Walk to the Gulf The walk is the thing. Most beach rentals in Panama City Beach measure their distance to the water in cars and parking lots. We measure ours in steps. Three minutes from any front door at 318 Sundial Street to the wet sand at the end of the street. We’ve…
Shell Island Ferry from PCB: A First-Timer’s Guide Shell Island is a seven-mile undeveloped barrier island sitting just south of St. Andrews State Park. There are no roads to it, no buildings on it, no shops, no bathrooms past the dock. The only way to get there is by boat, and the easiest way to…
10 Things to Do at Pier Park with Kids Under 12 Pier Park is six minutes east of Sundial Street, which makes it the easy answer when the kids need a change of scenery from the pool and the beach. It’s a big open-air shopping and entertainment district, family-built into the design. You can walk…
Panama City Beach: West End vs East End — Where to Stay and Why Panama City Beach has two halves. They share the same Gulf and the same sugar-white sand. They feel like very different places. If you’ve never been here, the maps don’t tell you the story. Both halves look like beach. Both have…
PCB Public Beach Access Within Walking Distance of Sundial Florida law guarantees public access to the wet sand of every beach in the state. Getting there is the part that varies. Panama City Beach has a long list of public access points along Front Beach Road, some at street ends, some at small parks, some…
Why a 3-Suite Setup Is Made for Family Reunions Most beach rentals make you pick one of two compromises. The single big house: works for one family, falls apart when in-laws show up because everyone’s sharing one kitchen and one coffee maker at 7 AM. The two condos in different buildings: works on paper, falls…
The Restaurants We Send Sundial Guests To Every guest asks. Every welcome book has a different version of the answer. Here is ours, kept honest, with reasons attached. We live three minutes from Sundial. We’ve eaten everywhere on this list more times than we can count. These are the places we send guests to, with…