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Naples is a Gulf town before it is anything else. Dolphins, backwater islands, shelling beaches you can only reach by boat, and the long amber run home at sunset.
There are dolphins in Naples Bay almost every day of the year. Whether you see them mostly comes down to timing, water surface, and being somewhere they have a reason to be.
February 11, 2026
The single best day you can have in this town costs less than a round of golf and involves no golf. Here is how the day is built.
January 28, 2026
Eight miles of barrier island, no bridge, no concession stand, and a tide line that resets itself twice a day.
January 14, 2026
A mangrove archipelago south of Naples that has swallowed surveyors, smugglers and at least one GPS unit belonging to the author.
December 19, 2025
The estuary behind this town is one of the densest concentrations of wildlife in North America, and most of it is visible from a boardwalk.
December 5, 2025