1. The city gets its name by the promoters of the area claiming the bay was better than the bay in Naples, Italy with its mild, sunny weather and plenty amounts of fish and game.
2. Naples was named America’s Best All Around Beach in 2005 by the Travel Channel.
3. There are more than 80 championship golf courses in the Naples area, which has been called the Golf Capital of the World.
4. Downtown Naples Fifth Avenue South and Third Street South shopping districts are known for their unique boutiques offering fashion, gifts and fine art – situated along pedestrian friendly, tropically landscaped avenues.
5. Naples has two seasons: the five-month rainy season from June to October, when 70 percent of the year’s rain falls, and the seven month dry season from November to May.
6. The peak season for visitors is January through April.
7. Naples is said to have more millionaires per capita than any other city in Florida.
8. The average temperature in Naples is 75 degrees.
9. The Naples fishing pier is one of the best-known landmarks in the area.
10. The Naples Zoo is the only zoo in the southeastern United States to feature the rare Madagascar predator known as the Fossa.
11. Collier County is the primary habitat for the Florida panther, which was chosen to be the Florida state animal in 1982, and is severely endangered.
12. Naples Botanical Gardens has the most extensive show garden of plumeria in the country and perhaps the world.
13. There are approximately 100 art galleries in the greater Naples area.
14. Real estate is among the most expensive in the country, with houses for sale in excess of $40 million.
15. 1,000 people move to Florida every day!
