Naples-Marco Island Area Travel Guide

July 6, 2010

Florida Shopping Guide: Naples and Marco Island

Naples and Marco Island offer a variety of great shopping experiences, like the idyllic Tin City or great downtown shopping on Fifth Avenue South.

August 14, 2010

POSTCARDS FROM FLORIDA

Jim Abbott on Florida Travel: See the orchids? Don't delay -- head to Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary

As I learned on a road trip in June, you have to cope with the elements to take an eco-tour of the Florida Everglades.

August 2, 2009

Just a short hop away, Naples becomes more affordable in summer

It was about the third time floating through Clam Pass that all the stress and tension began to flow away with the outgoing tide.

February 22, 2009

Peace rages in Florida's quiet, little Naples

No one is wearing Mickey Mouse ears. No girls are going wild.

March 2, 2003

Shoppers find heaven across Alligator Alley

When I tire of mall shopping on South Florida's east coast, I get on Alligator Alley and head to the west coast and Fifth Avenue South on Saturday and Third Street South on Sunday.

August 17, 2003

South Florida history prevails in Everglades City

This year's Gathering of the Florida Humanities Council took place in Everglades City. The "city" in Everglades City is, of course, a grand pretense applied to this burg of fewer than 500 people that's miles from anyplace urban. The real Everglades city is Miami. Before getting drained and filled, almost the entire 150 blocks west of today's 27th Avenue were swamp, dipping from the Atlantic Ridge almost clear to Naples.

December 22, 2002

Visitors find a cozy charm in Naples B&Bs

This Gulf-side town has become a sophisticated retreat with boutiques, galleries, stylish restaurants, stately mansions and two Ritz Carltons. It boasts more millionaires per capita than any other city in the state and more golf courses too.

Corkscrew Swamp: It's definitely not a 'bored' walk

One of the things I love about Florida is that there are also places where you can escape the mall culture and return to the Old Florida, to cypress swamps and wildlife refuges where birds of every color congregate and alligators bask on sunny embankments.

Spirit of New Orleans in Naples

Naples' Inn on Fifth is hardly a lil' old mom and pop B&B, but then Naples is not exactly a lil' old back country crossroads. And its Fifth Avenue is certainly not just another row of strip mall shops. After all, the Inn on Fifth has a prominent bank in its lineage.