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STOP 1:The areas beautiful beachesKing Juan Carlos I and Queen Sofa of Spain visited our

shores and saw firsthand the emerald-green water and sugar-white sand.

FUN FACT: This cross on Pensacola Beach commemorates the

first Catholic Mass held in the United States on August 15,

1559 shortly after the Spanish sailors arrived.

The king and queen stayed in separate luxury suites at the Hilton

Pensacola Beach Gulf Front. He stayed in a king-size bed, while

she stayed in a queen-size bed.

STOP 2: Galvezmonument at Fort GeorgeThe Battle of Pensacola

in 1781 was very important

to the American cause in the

Revolutionary War. When the

British lost to the Spanish at FortGeorge, Florida was given back to

Spain, weakening Great Britains

hold on the United States.

The king and queen paid tribute

to the victorious Spanish

General Galvez at the Fort

George monument on

Palafox Street.

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In 1559, Spanish sailor Don Tristan de Luna sailed into Pensacola Bay to establish one of

the first major European settlements in North America. A hurricane and lost supplies

eventually doomed the settlement, and within a few years the explorers fled. In 1698, the

Spanish returned and established Presidio Santa Mara de Galve, the first permanent

settlement in Northwest Florida.

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