Bucket-list
Gulf Coast / Everglades City
Everglades National Park
The Gulf Coast gateway at Everglades City, with ranger boat tours through the Ten Thousand Islands and the largest mangrove ecosystem in the hemisphere.
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For the active traveler
Wild Everglades by day, slow restore by dark.
Naples pairs a genuinely wild backyard with one of the calmest coasts to recover on.
Design This TripNaples rewards a wild-edge, slow-restore rhythm: a morning kayak through the mangrove tunnels of the Ten Thousand Islands or a boardwalk hike at Corkscrew Swamp, then a beachfront spa and sunset yoga on the Gulf. The Everglades Gulf Coast gateway sits a short drive south at Everglades City.
Adrenaline and recovery, same day
Build in paddle time at Rookery Bay or Delnor-Wiggins, an Everglades boat or airboat tour, and a Botanical Garden walk, and the day carries you from the heat and effort to the wind-down. Stay beachfront so the spa and the calm Gulf are always a few steps away.
We sequence the weather windows around the summer storms, book the guides who know the back country, and keep a spa table waiting for the evening you push hardest.
What’s inside
- Mangrove kayaking in the Ten Thousand Islands
- An Everglades boat, airboat, or boardwalk hike
- Gulf beaches timed to the calmest mornings
- A Botanical Garden walk and sunset yoga
- Beachfront spa to land the big days
A sample rhythm
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Wild morning
A mangrove paddle or an Everglades tour in the cool early hours.
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Trail or water
A boardwalk hike or a flats fishing run matched to the day.
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Beach
Calm Gulf time at a top-ranked shelling beach.
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Restore
A beachfront spa table and sunset yoga.
The Napleswe’d build in
The pieces that fit this trip.
Signature adventures
Glide the Everglades and the Ten Thousand Islands.
The wild edge of Naples: airboats over the sawgrass, kayaks through mangrove tunnels, and the only national park of its kind.
Eco-tour
Chokoloskee
Everglades Area Tours
Guided kayak, boat, and back-country eco trips through the Ten Thousand Islands, a deeper alternative to the standard airboat ride.
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Naples
Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary
An Audubon preserve with a 2.25-mile boardwalk through the largest old-growth bald cypress forest in North America.
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South Naples
Rookery Bay Reserve
A 110,000-acre estuarine research reserve with a learning center, guided paddles, and boat tours through pristine mangrove backwaters.
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Everglades City
Captain Jack's Airboat Tours
Narrated airboat rides across the sawgrass near Everglades City, the classic high-speed glide through gator country.
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North Naples
Delnor-Wiggins Pass State Park
A consistently top-ranked state park beach at the north end, ideal for kayaking the pass, snorkeling the rocks, and shelling.
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The Gulf, the bay, and the Ten Thousand Islands.
Naples reveals itself from the water: dolphin-filled bays, mansion-lined Gordon River, and shelling islands reachable only by boat.
Sunset cruises and island shuttles run year-round; private charters book quickly in the winter high season.
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Tin City
Naples Princess
The city's signature 105-foot luxury yacht for narrated sightseeing, sunset, and dinner cruises through Naples Bay and along the Gulf coast.
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Tin City
Pure Naples
A full fleet out of Tin City for sunset sails, sightseeing, and private charters, plus speedboat shelling runs to Keewaydin Island.
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Bayfront
Naples Bay Tours & Boat Rentals
Private guided eco and sightseeing tours of the bay and back waters, plus captained charters from the Bayfront marina.
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Marco Island
Marco Island Princess
A 90-foot luxury yacht just south of Naples for sightseeing, lunch, and sunset dinner cruises through the Ten Thousand Islands.
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Gordon Pass
Keewaydin Island shelling charter
A private run to undeveloped Keewaydin, a barrier island reachable only by boat and prized for empty beaches and live shelling.
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Crayton Cove
Naples City Dock
The historic public marina at Crayton Cove, the launch point for many private fishing and sightseeing charters on Naples Bay.
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The pier, Fifth Avenue, and sugar-sand sunsets.
Naples is a postcard of white-sand beaches, a historic pier, and walkable shopping districts. These are the set pieces.
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Old Naples
Naples Pier
The historic 1888 wooden pier at the foot of 12th Avenue South, the city's signature sunset spot and a year-round fishing landmark.
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Downtown
Fifth Avenue South
The walkable downtown spine of boutiques, galleries, and sidewalk cafes, the heart of an evening in Naples.
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Old Naples
Third Street South
Naples' oldest shopping district, a lush, courtyard-laced enclave of fine dining, galleries, and a Saturday farmers market.
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Gulf Shore
Naples beaches and shelling
Miles of soft white Gulf sand from Lowdermilk Park to Vanderbilt and Delnor-Wiggins, among the best shelling in the country.
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Gordon River
Tin City
A converted 1920s waterfront marketplace of shops and seafood restaurants on the Gordon River, a charter and cruise hub.
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Bayshore
Naples Botanical Garden
A 170-acre garden of Caribbean, Brazilian, and Asian habitats, consistently ranked among the finest botanical gardens in the country.
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Backwater redfish and offshore grouper.
Private charters run year-round, from the mangrove backwaters of the Ten Thousand Islands to the offshore reefs of the Gulf.
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Tin City
Pure Naples Fishing Charters
A large charter fleet out of Tin City for deep-sea, reef, and backwater trips, with private and shared options year-round.
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East Naples
Mangrove Outfitters Fly Shop
A respected outfitter booking light-tackle and fly guides for tarpon, snook, and redfish in the back country and the Everglades edge.
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Naples Bay
Naples Custom Fishing Charters
Private inshore and nearshore charters with local captains targeting snook, redfish, trout, and grouper close to the city.
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Naples City Dock
Off the Hook Charters
Backwater and near-shore guided trips from Crayton Cove, well suited to families and first-time anglers learning the flats.
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Naples Bay
Capt. Steven Nagy charters
Light-tackle backwater guiding through the bays and mangrove creeks, a relaxed half day for catching the regional species.
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Old Naples
Naples Pier fishing
The historic pier doubles as a public fishing platform with no license required, an easy hour of casting at sunset.
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Beachfront spas and Gulf-side calm.
Naples is built for the slow restore: multi-level resort spas, oceanfront treatment rooms, and a botanical-garden pace.
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Vanderbilt Beach
The Ritz-Carlton Spa, Naples
A multi-level Gulf-front spa with a wide treatment menu, a relaxation pool, and signature seaside rituals at the flagship resort.
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Vanderbilt Beach
SpaTerre at LaPlaya
An intimate beachfront spa known for Balinese and Javanese rituals, with treatments steps from the sand at the adults-leaning resort.
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Clam Pass
The Spa at Naples Grande
A full-service resort spa with a salon and an extensive treatment menu, set among 88 acres beside the Clam Pass preserve.
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Tiburon
Golden Door Spa at Naples Tiburon
An inland sanctuary at the Tiburon resort with a tranquil, garden-set program of massage, body, and facial treatments.
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Bayshore
Naples Botanical Garden
A 170-acre world-class garden of tropical cultivated and natural habitats, the city's most restorative slow morning on foot.
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Gordon River Greenway
Baker Park
A riverfront city park on the Gordon River with walking paths and Greenway access, an easy stretch of green between spa days.
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