Naples is known as The Paradise Coast because of the splendid climate and the endless list of fun and interesting things to do like Great Golf. Naples, Florida has more golf courses per capita than any other area in the world. There are more than 80 championship golf courses in the Naples area. That's one reason Naples is known as the "Golf Capital of the World." With so many wonderful and challenging courses in the area, it may take time to choose your favorite. Many of the courses are uniquely surrounded by wildlife, where eagles, osprey, alligators, and other wildlife are often spotted on or near the courses. Just keep your eyes open when chipping out of sand traps, soaring over water hazards, and navigating fast and rolling greens. Just driving the fairway may give you a chance encounter with some natural wildlife.
Naples Historic District Walking Tours: A Historic Tour of Old Naples and its role as a "Summerland in Wintertime." Tour the original Naples on the Gulf and you will be able to imagine life in Naples in the early 1900s. Originally known as a "sportsman's paradise", attracting fisherman and hunters alike, it was Naples' reputation as a resort town that captivated many famous and important visitors and brought about the nickname, "Summerland in Wintertime." This popular 2-2.5 hour walking tour includes the Naples Pier. You will hear stories about the people and places of Old Naples during the docent-guided tour of Palm Cottage, plus a self-guided stroll through The Gardens.
Shopping in Naples is a Treat. Bayfront is an upscale oasis of shops, galleries and fine restaurants. The colorful European architecture and brick-laden pathways create a wonderful shopping and dining experience where world-class crafts by famous designers and artisans are found. The shops are detailed in exquisite woodwork, imported stone, and artistic displays. Third Street South is a charming shopping district in Old Naples, where you can browse and dine in comfort in a setting of French and Georgian architecture blended with Old Florida buildings and shaded side streets. Fifth Avenue South is Naples' Main Street where you'll experience small-town friendliness and historical landmarks amid the sophisticated boutiques, neighborhood shops and colorful buildings. The area is popular with visitors and residents alike who enjoy the freshly landscaped promenades and sidewalk dining. Tin City reminds you of its nautical past as you walk along planked walkways into an indoor maze of boutiques and eateries, including the popular Riverwalk Fish & Ale House and Pinchers Crab Shack, both with views overlooking the docks of Naples Bay. Crayton Cove harbors the Naples Yacht Club, Naples City Dock, the famous Dock Restaurant, The Cove Inn, and a variety of shops, salons and eateries. Village on Venetian Bay is an charming collection of shops, galleries, cafes and upscale restaurants set in a colorful Mediterranean-style locale of two waterfront shopping plazas. Mercato combines chic shopping, dining and entertainment in one choice location. Stroll inviting streetscapes from elegant shops to charming boutiques. Waterside Shops is close to The Philharmonic Center for the Arts where classical music and gentle waterfalls soothe your stroll to stores like Saks Fifth Avenue, Cartier, Gucci, Tiffany & Co., Burberry, Brooks Brothers, Anthropologie, Barnes & Noble as well as 50 designer and specialty stores. Miromar Outlets in Estero is a bargain hunter's dream with over 140 outlet stores, plus restaurants and fast food shops. Coastland Center has Dillards, Macys, JCPenney, plus over 100 stores, specialty outlets and shops for the best shopping right in the heart of town.
Golf. It's the favorite year-round outdoor activity in Naples, Florida. People come from all over the world to vacation and play golf in Naples. Local residents have it a lot easier. That's why many of them moved there. Golfers from up north yearn to play their sport all year long, but are arrested by the unfavorable climate they live in. Those who can, move to Naples to be in the "Golf Capital of the World." Naples has more golf courses per capita than any other area in the world. Many courses were created by such excellent designers as Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player, Arnold Palmer, Arthur Hills, Tom Fazio, Robert Trent Jones Sr., and many more.
Fun Attractions in Naples. The Naples Fishing Pier is one of the most popular attractions in Naples. It's a wonderful experience any time of day. The 1,000-foot pier remains Florida's longest no-fee pier, attracting anglers, strollers, and sunset watchers, along with pelicans and dolphins. No fishing license is required to fish off the pier. Once the sun goes down, a moonlit stroll is wonderfully romantic with balmy breezes, starry skies and gentle waves. Originally built in 1888 as a freight and passenger dock, the Naples Pier stands as a community landmark. Cruise Naples any day of the year, from morning until sunset, from Tin City in downtown Naples for a variety of adventures including sightseeing areas viewable only by boat, dolphin watching, sunset watching, deep sea and calm water fishing and shelling, or a charter cruise of your own design. Take a romantic two-hour sunset sailing cruise, or ride the Naples or Marco Island Princess to see the multimillion-dollar homes of Port Royal or sail into the Gulf of Mexico. Both vessels offer daily sightseeing, lunch, sunset hors d'oeuvres, and sunset dinner cruises. Visit Caribbean Gardens, a nationally accredited zoo with many rare, exotic animals nestled beside a long, winding path within a 52-acre jungle. Informative and entertaining presentations include animals in live action. You can go cruising past mini-islands inhabited by monkeys and apes, or visit a children's play area and much more.
Naples Events - Jan. 1 to April 30. There are too many events that take place in Naples to list them all, so here is an overview from January thru April. January - New Year's Weekend Art Fair. Artists in a juried art show answer questions about their works and techniques, and visitors may commission works and purchase fine art. 7th Annual Southwest Florida Nature Festival. Thirty guided field trips to over twenty wildlife spots around Southwest Florida. Winter Art and Craft Show. Enjoy a wide spectrum of arts and crafts displayed at this premier show on Marco Island. Florida's Wildlife Art Show displays works depicting Florida's nature and culture. February - Everglades Seafood Festival celebrates the bounty of Florida's seafood with music, live entertainment, arts, crafts exhibits, and lots of fresh seafood. The ACE Group Classic: PGA Champions Tour Event. The Sanchez-Casal Classic Tennis Tournament. Naples National Art Festival is consistently voted among the top outdoor festivals nationwide, where artists display and sell their fine art and crafts. The Kiwanis Club of Marco Island Car Show. The Audubon Invitational Croquet Tournament. The Marjory Stoneman Douglas Festival Museum of the Everglades celebrates the life of the journalist and environmental activist with boat tours, guided walks and canoe trips through the Big Cypress Swamp and Everglades National Park, environmental films, and museum talks by noted authors and scientists. March - Naples Strawberry Festival. Fresh strawberries are available along with live music, carnival rides and games. The Naples Masters Art Festival at Vanderbilt in North Naples hosts artists from around the country at this high quality annual art exhibit. The Old Florida Festival is a 2-day indoor and outdoor festival celebrating the history of Florida. The finest craft workers, folklorists, musicians and historical re-enactors recapture the sights and sounds of everyday life on the Florida frontier. The Downtown Naples Festival of the Arts. Artists from all over the country exhibit their sculptures, paintings, jewelry items, photography, ceramics and more. The Mercato Fine Arts Festival is the newest juried fine art festival, held at the Mercato shopping and lifestyle center. The American Musical Heritage Lectures hosted by the Naples Philharmonic Center for the Arts is a series of lectures on topics relating to music history and choreography. Celebrate St. Patrick's Day Parade with a parade in Old Naples. April - Art in the Park is an outdoor exhibition and sale at Cambier Park. The Mike Ditka & Jim Hart Celebrity Golf at the Golf Club of the Everglades includes celebrity pairing cocktail party, lunch, auction, awards and more. Naples Craft Festival on 5th Avenue South in downtown Naples, along with a Green Market offering hand-made soaps, exotic orchids and others plants. Concord Jazz Festival. The Naples Philharmonic Center for the Arts and Jet Blue Airways sponsor a recital by jazz musicians at Hayes Hall. Taste of Marco. Marco Eagle and M&I Bank present a festival of food featuring the creations of Marco's finest restaurants. This is a family day of fun and food with live music and children's activities. Gene Doyle Backcountry Release Fishing Tournament where anglers compete for 21 top prizes. Your first visit to Naples will convince you that this is where you want to live. The Naples/Marco Island area has beautiful beaches, fantastic golf courses, and a long list of interesting, educational and delightful attractions for visitors and residents of all ages. Favorite activities include shopping, sightseeing cruises, leisure lunches, romantic dinners, touring beautiful gardens and historic museums, and attending a philharmonic event. Naples makes everyday living seem like a wonderful vacation.
Naples Historic District Walking Tours: A Historic Tour of Old Naples and its role as a "Summerland in Wintertime." Tour the original Naples on the Gulf and you will be able to imagine life in Naples in the early 1900s. Originally known as a "sportsman's paradise", attracting fisherman and hunters alike, it was Naples' reputation as a resort town that captivated many famous and important visitors and brought about the nickname, "Summerland in Wintertime." This popular 2-2.5 hour walking tour includes the Naples Pier. You will hear stories about the people and places of Old Naples during the docent-guided tour of Palm Cottage, plus a self-guided stroll through The Gardens.
Shopping in Naples is a Treat. Bayfront is an upscale oasis of shops, galleries and fine restaurants. The colorful European architecture and brick-laden pathways create a wonderful shopping and dining experience where world-class crafts by famous designers and artisans are found. The shops are detailed in exquisite woodwork, imported stone, and artistic displays. Third Street South is a charming shopping district in Old Naples, where you can browse and dine in comfort in a setting of French and Georgian architecture blended with Old Florida buildings and shaded side streets. Fifth Avenue South is Naples' Main Street where you'll experience small-town friendliness and historical landmarks amid the sophisticated boutiques, neighborhood shops and colorful buildings. The area is popular with visitors and residents alike who enjoy the freshly landscaped promenades and sidewalk dining. Tin City reminds you of its nautical past as you walk along planked walkways into an indoor maze of boutiques and eateries, including the popular Riverwalk Fish & Ale House and Pinchers Crab Shack, both with views overlooking the docks of Naples Bay. Crayton Cove harbors the Naples Yacht Club, Naples City Dock, the famous Dock Restaurant, The Cove Inn, and a variety of shops, salons and eateries. Village on Venetian Bay is an charming collection of shops, galleries, cafes and upscale restaurants set in a colorful Mediterranean-style locale of two waterfront shopping plazas. Mercato combines chic shopping, dining and entertainment in one choice location. Stroll inviting streetscapes from elegant shops to charming boutiques. Waterside Shops is close to The Philharmonic Center for the Arts where classical music and gentle waterfalls soothe your stroll to stores like Saks Fifth Avenue, Cartier, Gucci, Tiffany & Co., Burberry, Brooks Brothers, Anthropologie, Barnes & Noble as well as 50 designer and specialty stores. Miromar Outlets in Estero is a bargain hunter's dream with over 140 outlet stores, plus restaurants and fast food shops. Coastland Center has Dillards, Macys, JCPenney, plus over 100 stores, specialty outlets and shops for the best shopping right in the heart of town.
Golf. It's the favorite year-round outdoor activity in Naples, Florida. People come from all over the world to vacation and play golf in Naples. Local residents have it a lot easier. That's why many of them moved there. Golfers from up north yearn to play their sport all year long, but are arrested by the unfavorable climate they live in. Those who can, move to Naples to be in the "Golf Capital of the World." Naples has more golf courses per capita than any other area in the world. Many courses were created by such excellent designers as Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player, Arnold Palmer, Arthur Hills, Tom Fazio, Robert Trent Jones Sr., and many more.
Fun Attractions in Naples. The Naples Fishing Pier is one of the most popular attractions in Naples. It's a wonderful experience any time of day. The 1,000-foot pier remains Florida's longest no-fee pier, attracting anglers, strollers, and sunset watchers, along with pelicans and dolphins. No fishing license is required to fish off the pier. Once the sun goes down, a moonlit stroll is wonderfully romantic with balmy breezes, starry skies and gentle waves. Originally built in 1888 as a freight and passenger dock, the Naples Pier stands as a community landmark. Cruise Naples any day of the year, from morning until sunset, from Tin City in downtown Naples for a variety of adventures including sightseeing areas viewable only by boat, dolphin watching, sunset watching, deep sea and calm water fishing and shelling, or a charter cruise of your own design. Take a romantic two-hour sunset sailing cruise, or ride the Naples or Marco Island Princess to see the multimillion-dollar homes of Port Royal or sail into the Gulf of Mexico. Both vessels offer daily sightseeing, lunch, sunset hors d'oeuvres, and sunset dinner cruises. Visit Caribbean Gardens, a nationally accredited zoo with many rare, exotic animals nestled beside a long, winding path within a 52-acre jungle. Informative and entertaining presentations include animals in live action. You can go cruising past mini-islands inhabited by monkeys and apes, or visit a children's play area and much more.
Naples Events - Jan. 1 to April 30. There are too many events that take place in Naples to list them all, so here is an overview from January thru April. January - New Year's Weekend Art Fair. Artists in a juried art show answer questions about their works and techniques, and visitors may commission works and purchase fine art. 7th Annual Southwest Florida Nature Festival. Thirty guided field trips to over twenty wildlife spots around Southwest Florida. Winter Art and Craft Show. Enjoy a wide spectrum of arts and crafts displayed at this premier show on Marco Island. Florida's Wildlife Art Show displays works depicting Florida's nature and culture. February - Everglades Seafood Festival celebrates the bounty of Florida's seafood with music, live entertainment, arts, crafts exhibits, and lots of fresh seafood. The ACE Group Classic: PGA Champions Tour Event. The Sanchez-Casal Classic Tennis Tournament. Naples National Art Festival is consistently voted among the top outdoor festivals nationwide, where artists display and sell their fine art and crafts. The Kiwanis Club of Marco Island Car Show. The Audubon Invitational Croquet Tournament. The Marjory Stoneman Douglas Festival Museum of the Everglades celebrates the life of the journalist and environmental activist with boat tours, guided walks and canoe trips through the Big Cypress Swamp and Everglades National Park, environmental films, and museum talks by noted authors and scientists. March - Naples Strawberry Festival. Fresh strawberries are available along with live music, carnival rides and games. The Naples Masters Art Festival at Vanderbilt in North Naples hosts artists from around the country at this high quality annual art exhibit. The Old Florida Festival is a 2-day indoor and outdoor festival celebrating the history of Florida. The finest craft workers, folklorists, musicians and historical re-enactors recapture the sights and sounds of everyday life on the Florida frontier. The Downtown Naples Festival of the Arts. Artists from all over the country exhibit their sculptures, paintings, jewelry items, photography, ceramics and more. The Mercato Fine Arts Festival is the newest juried fine art festival, held at the Mercato shopping and lifestyle center. The American Musical Heritage Lectures hosted by the Naples Philharmonic Center for the Arts is a series of lectures on topics relating to music history and choreography. Celebrate St. Patrick's Day Parade with a parade in Old Naples. April - Art in the Park is an outdoor exhibition and sale at Cambier Park. The Mike Ditka & Jim Hart Celebrity Golf at the Golf Club of the Everglades includes celebrity pairing cocktail party, lunch, auction, awards and more. Naples Craft Festival on 5th Avenue South in downtown Naples, along with a Green Market offering hand-made soaps, exotic orchids and others plants. Concord Jazz Festival. The Naples Philharmonic Center for the Arts and Jet Blue Airways sponsor a recital by jazz musicians at Hayes Hall. Taste of Marco. Marco Eagle and M&I Bank present a festival of food featuring the creations of Marco's finest restaurants. This is a family day of fun and food with live music and children's activities. Gene Doyle Backcountry Release Fishing Tournament where anglers compete for 21 top prizes. Your first visit to Naples will convince you that this is where you want to live. The Naples/Marco Island area has beautiful beaches, fantastic golf courses, and a long list of interesting, educational and delightful attractions for visitors and residents of all ages. Favorite activities include shopping, sightseeing cruises, leisure lunches, romantic dinners, touring beautiful gardens and historic museums, and attending a philharmonic event. Naples makes everyday living seem like a wonderful vacation.
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