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About ULTIMATE Naples City Guide

ULTIMATE Naples City Guide is an independent guide for visitors to Naples, United States. We publish 13 curated lists: restaurants, cafés, bars & nightlife, hotels, sights, culture, beaches & parks, shopping, golf, luxury cars, health, property and getting around. Together they cover Old Naples, Fifth Avenue South and Third Street South, Park Shore, Pelican Bay, Vanderbilt Beach and North Naples, Marco Island, and trips to the Everglades, Fort Myers, Sanibel, Sarasota and Key West.

How we choose

Our lists draw on local knowledge, official sources and recent reviews, and every place is checked against maps and its own website or recent reports. MICHELIN distinctions would be quoted only from the official MICHELIN Guide Florida; we make no MICHELIN claims for Naples. We look for quality, character and a genuine sense of the Gulf Coast.

Before you go

Opening hours, prices and seasonal schedules change often, especially outside the winter season and after storms. Please check directly with each place before you visit. Prices are in US dollars; our price guides run from $ (budget) to $$$$ (top end).

For venues

Run a venue in Naples and spotted something to update? We review our lists regularly and welcome corrections.

Photo credits

• The Butterfly House at Naples Botanical Garden, by Daderot, licensed CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• The Naples Pier over the Gulf of Mexico, by pmarkham, licensed CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• Sunset at the Naples Pier, by pmarkham, licensed CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• Sunset over Naples Bay, by Reinhard Link from Germany, licensed CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• Sunset on the beach at Naples, Florida, by daniel rengel, licensed CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• Sunset over the Gulf from Naples beach, by Mickey Løgitmark, licensed CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• Bonita Beach, by No machine-readable author provided. Jswfl09 assumed (based , licensed CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• Fifth Avenue South, Naples, on parade day, by PtKirk1295, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• US 41, the Tamiami Trail, in Naples, by Ebyabe, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• Sunset at Clam Pass Beach, Naples, by P,TO 19104, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• Bald cypress swamp at Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary, by Rubyk at English Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons.
• A bald cypress at Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary, by Beyond My Ken, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• Big Cypress National Preserve, Florida, by NPS staff, licensed CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• The beach at Delnor-Wiggins Pass State Park, by Franz Stellbrink, licensed CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• US 41, the Tamiami Trail, in Naples, by Ebyabe, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• Seminole Lodge, Thomas Edison’s winter home in Fort Myers, by AMaken, licensed CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• A great egret in Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary, by Ken and Nyetta, licensed CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• Big Cypress National Preserve, Florida, by NPS staff, licensed CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• Fifth Avenue South, Naples, on parade day, by PtKirk1295, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• The Entry Court at Naples Botanical Garden, by Daderot, licensed CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• The Butterfly House at Naples Botanical Garden, by Daderot, licensed CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• Tiburón golf course, Naples, by Dan Perry from Atlanta, USA, licensed CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• The Goodland bridge and the bay, by formulanone from Huntsville, United States, licensed CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• Sunset over the Gulf from Naples beach, by Mickey Løgitmark, licensed CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• The Naples Pier reaching into the Gulf of Mexico, by pmarkham, licensed CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• Vanderbilt Beach, Naples, by Charles Patrick Ewing, licensed CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• The beach on Keewaydin Island, by No machine-readable author provided. Donald H Burke assumed , licensed CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons.
• The beach at Lovers Key, by ihatejohnnylake, licensed CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• Mangrove islands in Rookery Bay, south of Naples, by RW at RookeryBay, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• The Acropolis of Athens by day, seen from Philopappos Hill, by A.Savin, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• The old town of Belgrade above the Sava, with the spire of the Cathedral Church of St Michael, by Tatil Dükkanı, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• The Romanian Athenaeum in its garden, by Jorge Franganillo, licensed CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• The Hungarian Parliament lit up at night on the Danube, by Tom Ek, licensed CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• Oia’s white houses and blue domes on the rim of the Santorini caldera, by Norbert Nagel, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• The Blue Mosque at night, by Nan Palmero from San Antonio, TX, USA, licensed CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• The Triple Bridge over the Ljubljanica, by Fred Romero from Paris, France, licensed CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• Yachts in Puerto Banús, by kallerna, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• Sunset at the Naples Pier, by pmarkham, licensed CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• The Millennium Bridge over the Morača, by Desemeus, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• The Sebilj fountain and the square of Baščaršija, by Yukof, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• The Stone Bridge over the Vardar, by kallerna, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• St Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, by Julian Lupyan, licensed CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• The ramparts of Galle Fort, by Daibo Taku, licensed CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• Skanderbeg Square with the Et’hem Bey Mosque, by Andrew Milligan sumo, licensed CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• The spires of Zagreb Cathedral above the rooftops, by Alex Sirac, licensed CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• Vanderbilt Beach, Naples, by Charles Patrick Ewing, licensed CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• The Naples Pier over the Gulf of Mexico, by pmarkham, licensed CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• Sunset on the beach at Naples, Florida, by daniel rengel, licensed CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• The Naples Pier over the Gulf of Mexico, by pmarkham, licensed CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• Sunset at the Naples Pier, by pmarkham, licensed CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• Mangrove islands in Rookery Bay, south of Naples, by RW at RookeryBay, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• Sunset over Naples Bay, by Reinhard Link from Germany, licensed CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• Ca’ d’Zan at the Ringling estate in Sarasota, by HMSyume, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• Sanibel Island Lighthouse, by 21djones, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• Fifth Avenue South, Naples, on parade day, by PtKirk1295, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• Tin City on Naples Bay, by Todd Van Hoosear, licensed CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• US 41, the Tamiami Trail, in Naples, by Ebyabe, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• Vanderbilt Beach, Naples, by Charles Patrick Ewing, licensed CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
• A white ibis at Naples Zoo, by unnormalized, licensed CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.