a message from your publisher…Naples is very Family Friendly

Reg Buxton Life in Naples Publisher

Every New Year promotes reflection and prioritizing our lives, usually making family time more significant. The composition of families may differ, however, spending time together, sharing dreams and most of all making today count is a common thread.

Naples is the perfect place to facilitate quality time. A day at the beaches enjoying the Gulf, picking up shells, and making sand castles, no electronics just conversations. If you’re not a beach lover, how about the Zoo, enjoy one of our parks, or utilizing a bike path? Enjoy fishing? Naples City Dock has many professional Captains that can find the perfect spot. When you return to the dock, they will fillet your fish and local restaurants are willing to cook your catch.

A family cruise throughout our waterways on the Naples Princess will bring you close to dolphins, water birds and provide views of some of our gorgeous waterfront homes. Naples has a full array of restaurants, from mainstream to
mom-and-pop breakfast and lunch spots. It has always been said, eat where the locals do, but that’s not easy here since every parking lot is jammed to the max because the food is all delicious.

Naples is family friendly and children are welcome everywhere. Shopping is easy and plentiful, 3rd Street, 5th Avenue, hidden gems on side streets and of course, Waterside. Quaint small one of a kind shops or great selections in highly sophisticated stores, we have it all. Complete your family day on the historic Naples Pier. Grab a snack at the concession stand and enjoy one of the best sunsets

ever. Make sure you look for the green flash!