These 11 Florida Panhandle Towns Empty Out On Weekdays And The People Who Know That Have Stopped Mentioning It

By Tuesday morning, the Florida Panhandle looks like someone found the remote and pressed mute. Without crowds competing for every table and sunset photograph, these towns reveal a slower, friendlier side of Florida that weekends rarely allow. Port St. JoePort St. Joe has a way of making you feel like you accidentally discovered a secret, even though it sits right there on U.S. 98 in Gulf County, about 35 miles from Panama City. Located on a thin strip of land between the Gulf of Mexico and Indian Lagoon in Gulf County, this is one of the most undeveloped stretches of coast remaining in the Florida Panhandle. Indian Pass is the Panhandle before the Panhandle became a destination, and it is still mostly intact.