Seaside is hard to encapsulate in a single category. It is much more than a beachside community or a collective of vacation rental homes. More than a physical place, Seaside embodies a way of life inspired by the notion that architecture and design should be used to enable people to live in community and have access to walk and move freely while respecting the environment around them.

Here, leisure is more than a one-time adventure; instead, it is experiencing the world at an intuitive pace while reconnecting to the small and simple pleasures life has to offer.

People return to Seaside year after year for a reason, not just for the sugar-white beaches but for how effortless life feels here.

Seaside’s idyllic and thoughtful construction is the vision of its co-founders. Alabama native Robert Davis inherited the property from his grandfather in 1978.

Davis and his partner Daryl Rose developed this natural beauty into the world’s first New Urbanist town.

Today, Seaside’s 300-plus homes, restaurants, shops, and galleries serve our ever-evolving community.

Learn more about our history.