by Groupe Retreat Fairhope | Jun 12, 2026 | Group Retreat Fairhope, Things to Do
A Local’s Short List One of the quiet pleasures of the Eastern Shore is how well you can eat here without ever fighting a crowd. When guests ask where we send our own family, the list is short and honest. For a proper night out, we point people to Jesse’s...
by Groupe Retreat Fairhope | Jun 1, 2026 | Group Retreat Fairhope, On the Water
Why a Whole-House Retreat Beats a Hotel for Your Group — Fairhope, AL When a family or a group of friends travels together, the hotel math never quite works. Separate rooms, separate keys, a lobby you meet in and a restaurant you all wait for. What everyone actually...
by Groupe Retreat Fairhope | Jun 1, 2026 | Group Retreat Fairhope, Things to Do
What Comes From Here — Eating Local on Alabama’s Eastern Shore Part of settling into a place is learning what it grows, catches, and puts up. The land and water around Fairhope are generous in a specific, seasonal way, and once you start noticing it, every meal...
by Groupe Retreat Fairhope | May 14, 2026 | Group Retreat Fairhope, On the Water
Life on the Bayou — A Slow Day on the Fairhope Canal There’s a certain kind of quiet you only find on the water, and it has its own rhythm. Out here, “rush hour” means one boat drifting up the canal with no particular place to be. No horns. No wake....
by Groupe Retreat Fairhope | May 3, 2026 | Group Retreat Fairhope, Local Lore
Things to Do Near Fairhope · Elberta, Alabama · 35 minutes from Group Retreat Fairhope There is a particular kind of Alabama drive where you start out thinking you are just going somewhere normal. The road gets quieter. The pines close in a little. You pass the kind...
by Groupe Retreat Fairhope | Apr 27, 2026 | Group Retreat Fairhope, Things to Do
The world keeps a running list of seven wonders. Babylon started it — hanging gardens, a bronze colossus, a lighthouse tall enough to see the future coming. Rome headlined the sequel with the Colosseum. We figure it’s time for a third edition, filed from...