Padre Island

[Bullaholic]

In all my years in Texas, I have never been to Padre Island and I am planning to take the entire family down there in the next few months (Except Spring Break, of course). If some of you S.Texas folks would let me know how to find out good info about seasons, accomodations, possible beach house rental, eating places, etc., I would appreciate it. Is it still a great place to go? Thanks.

[lobo12]

interesting, spring break is when im planning to go lol

[AP Panther Fan]

Originally posted by Bullaholic
In all my years in Texas, I have never been to Padre Island and I am planning to take the entire family down there in the next few months (Except Spring Break, of course). If some of you S.Texas folks would let me know how to find out good info about seasons, accomodations, possible beach house rental, eating places, etc., I would appreciate it. Is it still a great place to go? Thanks.

South Padre (Port Isabel), North Padre (Corpus Christi) or Mustang Island (Port Aransas)?

[Bullaholic]

Originally posted by AP Panther Fan
South Padre (Port Isabel), North Padre (Corpus Christi) or Mustang Island (Port Aransas)?

Probably South, AP---I hear its the prettiest.

[AP Panther Fan]

I've heard as much, but believe it or not, I haven't been either.

I would start by checking to see if their Chamber of Commerce has a website that you can possibly order information online. If not, you can always resort to Ma Bell.

[CHS_CG]

When we went down to South Padre we rented a condo right on the golf. It was very pretty. Just about any of the places you see to eat are good. PI has some good steak places. The only thing that scared me when we first went down there was that big bridge.

[sinton66]

Mustang Island at Port Aransas is pretty cool too. Condos on the beach, etc. I'm sure there are websites you can look at.

[SintonFan]

Originally posted by Bullaholic
In all my years in Texas, I have never been to Padre Island and I am planning to take the entire family down there in the next few months (Except Spring Break, of course). If some of you S.Texas folks would let me know how to find out good info about seasons, accomodations, possible beach house rental, eating places, etc., I would appreciate it. Is it still a great place to go? Thanks.

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sinton66 has an idea about Port A. They for years have been trying to make their town more family friendly. It might be a good idea to split time on South Padre and North Padre. South Padre tends to have cleaner, whiter beache. North Padre tend to have more beaches, period.
Goodness the times I can('t) tell you I had at Port A in the 80's.

Their is also tons of good eating in Port Aransas, Rockport and the surrounding area.

After living in SA the last few years, I really miss the beach.


Does anyone know if the casino ship depart from Port A?

[Bullaholic]

Thanks all---I'll try to remember this good info and continue to search sites on the Internet. It would still be nice to hear some of those Padre Is. adventures that many of you have probably had in years past. Maybe if I could talk PPHSFan and Sinton66 into coming along, we could make a "Geezers Gone Wild" video. Thanks again for your replies so far.

[jason]

we used to stay at the 'executive keys' right on the beach on mustang island....they've pretty nice, and not TOO expensive...

[turbostud]

Originally posted by Bullaholic
Probably South, AP---I hear its the prettiest.

If you like tatoo shops, bong shops, and tshirt shops. Galveston is prettier IMO, more historical. Look at a pic of Destin Fla, compared to AP and SPI, you will see what I mean.

[Leopards,class of 75]

Our family loves S.P.I. We stay at the Seabreeze Resort (!-800-221-6448). A MUST place to eat is at the Black Beards resturant.(1-956-761-2962) The bridge that takes you to the island is 2 miles long. Very nice place to vacation!!!!

[Sintonfbplayer04]

the only time i have seen south padre island is on girls gone wild, and i live in sinton. I have always wanted to go during spring break, but it gets too wild that time of year. I don't get to go this year either so we are just gonna go to schlitterbahn.

[Mid80'sTarpon]

www.sopadre.com, www.spadre.com, www.spionline.com, are some websites you can check out. As far as eating, check out Blackbeards, The Brewing Company, Louie's, Kohnami has good suschi if you like that. In PI check out Marcello's for Italian, Pirates Landing for a great view so-so food, and Isabel's is the hole in the wall for great cheap mexican breakfast and lunch.

[big daddy russ]

Ingleside is eight miles from Port A. I love the Port A area (Mustang Island/North Padre) South Padre is fifty times prettier.