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Naples trip checklist

Fees and closures worth knowing before you book. Print this page or download the PDF. Prices are the ones this site has checked. Confirm them if your trip is later than October 2026.

1. Decide the month. December–April is busy and usually more expensive. Hurricane season is June–November.
2. Pick a base: Old Naples to walk to Fifth Avenue, Vanderbilt or North Naples for the Gulf, or inland only if the trip is the water park.
3. Check Naples Grande before you book it. Rooms are closed through December 31, 2026 and reopen for arrivals January 1, 2027.
4. City beach parking is $5.00 an hour, $2.50 minimum, with no parking from 11pm to 5am. Lowdermilk Park’s lot is 5am–11pm.
5. The Naples Pier deck, stairs, restrooms, showers, and 12th Avenue South west of Gulf Shore Boulevard South are closed. Use Broad Avenue South or 13th Avenue South for the sand.
6. Delnor-Wiggins Pass State Park: 11135 Gulfshore Drive, Naples FL 34108. $6 per vehicle, $4 single occupant, 8am to sunset. Phone 239-409-0637.
7. Clam Pass: 465 Seagate Drive. $10 without a county resident permit. The tram is free. No dogs. Do not enter through the Naples Grande lot.
8. Naples Zoo: adults $26.95, children 3–12 $17.95, seniors 65+ $25.95, under 3 free. 9am–4:30pm, last entry 3:30. Closed Thanksgiving and Christmas.
9. Naples Botanical Garden: 4820 Bayshore Drive, 239.643.7275. Adults $27, children 4–17 $12, under 4 free. 9am–5pm. Closed Tuesdays in August and September.
10. Stone crab harvest is October 15 through May 1, and closed starting May 2. Call the restaurant for the day’s price.
11. Book winter dinners if you care which restaurant. Do not count on a cinema at Mercato. That theater closed in September 2026.
12. Read taxes, resort fees, and parking on the hotel rate screen. This checklist does not include a nightly room rate.