Bella Vista Beach House

04/28/2024

One of our favorites on the island!!! We love using Dauphin Island Hospitality to help deliver our groceries!!! 💙

07/21/2023

It’s Rodeo weekend!!! 🎣🐟

The Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo is a weekend packed full of good fishing, good music, and good times!🎣🎸

It is free to attend all concerts & spectate the event! Tickets are only required to enter the tournament.

For more info & angler tickets, visit adsfr.com

07/10/2023

We're excited to share that the Alabama Aquarium will reopen at 10 a.m. on Monday, July 10, 2023! We look forward to seeing everyone again!

Make sure to get your tickets today!

https://bit.ly/44aohbB

07/02/2023

This is such cool news. And these are the volunteers protecting the sea turtles ➡️ https://bit.ly/3CSX8he

05/02/2023

03/12/2023

☘️ Happy Sunday coastal lovers ~

11/01/2022

🤎 Welcome November coastal lovers ~

08/06/2022

Battle of Mobile Bay: August 5, 1864
The Battle of Mobile Bay of August 5, 1864 was an engagement of the American Civil War in which a Federal fleet commanded by Rear Admiral David G. Farragut, assisted by a contingent of soldiers, attacked a smaller Confederate fleet led by Admiral Franklin Buchanan and three forts that guarded the entrance to Mobile Bay.
On August 3rd, 1,500 Union infantry and cavalrymen under Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger landed on Dauphin Island and laid siege to Fort Gaines west of the ship channel. On August 5th, Admiral David G. Farragut’s Union fleet of eighteen ships, including four ironclad monitors, entered Mobile Bay in a double column and received a devastating fire from both Fort Gaines and Fort Morgan, east of the channel. Farragut's fleet successfully navigated the narrow, torpedo-filled passage, losing only the ironclad USS Tecumseh. After successfully passing both forts, Farragut engaged the small Confederate naval force inside the harbor under Adm. Franklin Buchanan, including the ironclad ram CSS Tennessee.
The battle was marked by Farragut's seemingly rash but successful run through a minefield that had just claimed one of his ironclad monitors, enabling his fleet to get beyond the range of the shore-based guns. This was followed by a reduction of the Confederate fleet to a single vessel, ironclad CSS Tennessee. Today there is also speculation that a submarine named the St. Patrick, which was similar in style and approach to the heroic Hunley, did in the USS Tecumseh ironclad, instead of a mine.
Tennessee did not then retire, but engaged the entire Northern fleet. Tennessee's armor enabled her to inflict more injury than she received, but she could not overcome the imbalance in numbers. She was eventually reduced to a motionless hulk and surrendered, ending the battle. With no Navy to support them, the three forts also surrendered within days. Complete control of lower Mobile Bay thus passed to the Union forces.
Mobile had been the last important port on the Gulf of Mexico east of the Mississippi River remaining in Confederate possession, so its closure was the final step in completing the blockade in that region.
This Union victory, together with the capture of Atlanta, was extensively covered by Union newspapers and was a significant boost for Abraham Lincoln's bid for re-election three months after the battle.

06/24/2022

If you missed the Dauphin Island Sunset Bridge Run this week, check out the recap video and mark your calendar for June 21, 2023 🤩

06/22/2022

We love our turtles…please make sure and clean up each night and fill any holes created when playing in the sand 💙🐢

05/07/2022

Stop by The Hippie Fish when you are visiting our beautiful island!!! They have the cutest DI attire and other cute apparel. I may or may not have almost every color hat already 😍….and the DI sweatshirt is a must have!!

Like and share to be put in the drawing for a DI hat! Will be held Friday 13th! Let’s make it a happy day!

03/15/2022

Contact Dauphin Island Hospitality to schedule your grocery delivery!!

This is one of the best services on the island!! You order your groceries online and then they pick it up and deliver it to your rental!!

Our goal is to make your vacation as effortless as possible. You know you hate that stop on the way to the island for groceries. Why not skip it?

01/24/2022

Dauphin Island Mardi Gras 2022

12/25/2021

Merry Christmas from Dauphin Island!

11/23/2021

If you are planning a trip to Dauphin Island and want one less thing to worry about…book with Dauphin Island Hospitality to have your groceries delivered!

https://www.facebook.com/dauphinislandhospitalityllc/

Our goal is to make your vacation as effortless as possible. You know you hate that stop on the way to the island for groceries. Why not skip it?

10/27/2021

November 3rd!

DAUPHIN ISLAND, Ala. (WALA) -- In partnership with the Town of Dauphin Island, Alabama Power has scheduled a planned electric service outage for the barrier island on Nov. 3.

08/13/2021

07/13/2021

We've got a pretty awesome music lineup headed your way this year...check out our full schedule of events here: https://adsfr.com/schedule-of-events/

05/21/2021

Did you know Dauphin Island has a putt-putt...

https://www.facebook.com/Dauphinislandgolf/

04/01/2021

Here is a list of all the restaurants and shops on the island 💙

09/17/2020

We have received updates that Bella Vista seems to be ok!! We have some shingles missing from the roof...but everything else (as of right now) looks good!! Our property management company will be updating us with more information soon!!

Our sweet little island took a beating from Sally..but we have amazing people working together to help put it back together!! 💙

07/18/2020

The Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo, a Project of the Mobile Jaycees, is the largest fishing tournament in the world!

05/31/2020

Share the beach! 🐢💙🐢💙

05/19/2020

We hope all of our guests are enjoying their time on the island!! 💙

05/06/2020

Beach patrol 😎

05/03/2020

We added a few new outdoor patio pieces to sit and enjoy your view! 💙

05/02/2020

The beach is ready for you...💙

04/28/2020

Beaches will reopen on Thursday at 5:00p.m.!! 💙

04/26/2020

We should find out this week when the beaches will open back up!! 🤞🏼💙☀️