Biloxi, Mississippi

Biloxi beaches, Gulf seafood, and casino nights

Biloxi lines Beach Boulevard with Mississippi Sound sand, a cast-iron lighthouse, working harbors, seafood tables, maritime museums, and casino resorts that stay bright long after sunset.

Choose your Biloxi weekend

Mississippi Sound mornings, working-coast history, and a night under casino lights

Walk Beach Boulevard and the Biloxi Lighthouse, learn how shrimping and boatbuilding shaped the city, eat Gulf seafood, then choose a resort night or a quieter Back Bay evening.

Two-night itineraryFollow a Friday-to-Sunday route through the beach, museums, seafood, and one casino-resort night.Things to doCompare the lighthouse, maritime museums, Beauvoir, charters, and a seasonal Ship Island trip from Gulfport.Where to stayChoose central Beach Boulevard, Point Cadet, Back Bay, or the quieter west beach.RestaurantsFind casual beach seafood, harbor views, historic dining rooms, and polished dinners downtown.

Start on Beach Boulevard

Walk the Sound, see the lighthouse, and visit the casino corridor after dinner.

Biloxi is a working Gulf Coast city as well as a resort town. Shrimp boats and charter crews share the waterfront with beach piers, museum campuses, oyster bars, pools, showrooms, and gaming floors.

Signature guide

Casinos, beach, and seafood

Compare the central casino corridor, Point Cadet, mainland beach conditions, Gulf seafood, and the water trips that leave from nearby Gulfport.

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Stay style

Where to stay

Beach Boulevard, Point Cadet, Back Bay, and west beach differ in access to sand, museums, restaurants, and casino resorts.

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Gulf tables

Restaurants

Choose among casual beach seafood, harbor views, downtown dining rooms, live music, and one polished dinner.

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First water

Walk the Sound before the sand heats up

Early light reaches the beach, fishing piers, and Biloxi Lighthouse before Beach Boulevard traffic and midday heat build.

Working coast

Biloxi still has a working harbor

Shrimp boats, charter rods, nets, and docks connect the seafood plate to the city’s commercial fishing history.

Blue hour

Casino resorts cluster along the central corridor

After the beach and dinner, the casino corridor offers shows, lounges, pools, gaming, and late-night food in one compact stretch.

Eat the coast first

Start with Biloxi shrimp, oysters, and Gulf fish.

Start with Gulf seafood at an oyster bar, a casual Beach Boulevard restaurant, the small-craft harbor, or a historic downtown dining room. Reserve one longer dinner for Mary Mahoney’s, Patio 44, or another downtown table.

Plan meals

Morning

Coffee, the lighthouse, fishing piers, and the cooler hour before the sand and pavement heat up.

Afternoon

Maritime history, an Ohr-O’Keefe gallery, a pool break, a schooner sail, or a fishing charter on Mississippi Sound.

Evening

Oysters, casino lights, live music, a Back Bay sunset, and late food along the central resort corridor.

Historic edge

Museums explain the coast beyond the beach

The Maritime & Seafood Industry Museum, Ohr-O’Keefe Museum, and Biloxi Visitors Center cover boats, storms, art, and the city’s long waterfront history.

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