Gulf Shores has so many quiet bays you could find you have a beach ‘all to yourself’
America’s 22nd state is associated with its rural backwaters, says James March in The Mail on Sunday. In fact, it is sometimes described as the most “redneck” of the southern states. But first-time visitors may be pleasantly surprised by Alabama. It is dotted with attractions, including, as you might expect, some significant landmarks of the Civil Rights Movement; but I for one didn’t even know that it has a coastline – a “lovely” one, with “sugar-white sands and crystalline waters”.
