The back story
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The back story
The Everglades and the Ten Thousand Islands: the back story
A river of grass, cypress swamps and a maze of mangrove islands: the Everglades begin less than an hour from Naples.
Beyond Naples · about an hour by car
The Everglades & Ten Thousand Islands: Our Favourites
Big Cypress, the Tamiami Trail and the Ten Thousand Islands: the Everglades begin less than an hour from Naples.
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What to see
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Gateway to the Ten Thousand Islands
Everglades National Park: Gulf Coast (Everglades City)
The national park’s Gulf Coast area at Everglades City, the starting point for boat tours and paddling in the Ten Thousand Islands.
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Cypress country
Big Cypress National Preserve
A huge national preserve of cypress swamp and pine on the Tamiami Trail east of Naples.
Getting there
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About an hour by car
Getting to the Everglades
Drive south-east on US 41, the Tamiami Trail, then south on State Road 29 to Everglades City; about an hour.
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