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The 20 Best Things to Do in Naples, Florida
Twenty things worth your day, ranked by how often we send visiting friends to each one.
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Things to Do in Naples, Florida
Naples rewards a slow itinerary. Two things a day, a long lunch, and time built in for the late-afternoon light. These are the places worth building a day around.
One clear day
Rank your Naples days by the wind forecast, not the calendar. The flat mornings are the scarce resource here, and an early trip out through Gordon Pass is the thing people describe when they get home.
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Taking Kids on the Water in Naples: A Parent's Field Guide
Two hours, one beach landing, before lunch. That's the formula — here's why it works.
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Artis-Naples and the Baker Museum: The Culture Campus
A serious art museum and a resident orchestra, in a town of twenty thousand people.
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Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary: The Old-Growth Cypress Boardwalk
The largest old-growth bald cypress forest left on earth, forty-five minutes from Fifth Avenue.
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Naples Zoo at Caribbean Gardens: What It's Actually Like
A 1919 botanical garden with animals in it, which is why it doesn't feel like a zoo.
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Everglades Day Trip from Naples: Big Cypress and Everglades City
Drive forty minutes east and the twenty-first century simply stops.
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Naples Museums and Local History, Ranked
Four small museums that between them explain how a mosquito coast became this.
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What to Do in Naples When It Rains
In summer it rains hard for 45 minutes and then stops. In winter, when it rains, it means it.
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Fifth Avenue South vs Third Street South
Both are lovely. They are not the same, and locals are quietly partisan about it.
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Naples Botanical Garden Is Better Than It Sounds
Not a municipal rose garden. A serious tropical collection with 170 acres to walk.
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The Naples Pier, and Why It Matters Here
A working fishing pier that doubles as the town square.
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