Community guides

Popular communities in Naples

Every guide below covers one Naples community: what it actually is, what the water is (and is not), and the honest trade-off against its neighbours. For the market as a whole, see Naples real estate.

An aerial view of Aqualane Shores in Naples, Florida: houses on wide deep-water canals with private docks and boats behind them, and Naples Bay opening out beyond.

Aqualane Shores

Gulf access · No golf · Not gated

Aqualane Shores in Naples: wide deep-water canals, private backyard docks, no fixed bridges to the Gulf through Gordon Pass, and Fifth Avenue South on foot.

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The Cedar Hammock entrance sign in Naples, Florida: dark red script on a curved stucco monument flanked by balustrades, a bank of pink flowers across the front, and sabal palms and slash pine standing in the preserve behind it.

Cedar Hammock Golf and Country Club

Lake · Golf · Gated

Cedar Hammock in East Naples: 18 holes at 6,676 yards, bundled golf, and more than half the development given over to preserves, lakes and wetlands.

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The clubhouse at Grey Oaks in Naples, Florida, from the air across one of the community's lakes, with fairways, bunkers and a green in the foreground.

Grey Oaks

Lake · Golf · Gated

Grey Oaks in central Naples: a gated country club community with 54 holes across three courses, the Estuary enclave inside it, and lakes rather than Gulf access.

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The Heritage Bay Golf and Country Club entrance in Naples, Florida: the name on a stone-framed panel above three jets of water, set between rock waterfalls and urns of flowers, with date palms behind and an egret standing on the rocks.

Heritage Bay

Lake · Golf · Gated

Heritage Bay in Naples: 27 holes in three rotating nines, and bundled golf, meaning a membership attaches to every property whether you play or not.

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The Imperial entrance monument in North Naples, Florida: the name in dark script on a pale stucco panel with a stone pillar beside it, a clipped hedge and red ixora across the front, and royal palms behind.

Imperial Golf Estates

Lake · Golf · Gated

Imperial Golf Estates in North Naples: two walkable 18-hole courses, around 633 homes on wooded terrain and spring-fed lakes, and golf membership that is optional.

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An aerial view of Marco Shores in Naples, Florida: residential towers with terracotta roofs beside a golf course and a lake, mangrove preserve and tidal waterways running out beyond them, and the distant skyline of Marco Island on the horizon.

Marco Shores Country Club

Lake · Golf · Gated

Marco Shores Country Club sounds like Marco Island and its address is Naples. What the name gets wrong, and how to search for it without missing it.

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The Pelican Bay entrance monument in Naples, Florida: the pelican emblem and the name in dark metal on a pale stucco wall with a diamond lattice pattern, flanked by capped pillars and ironwork, with banked beds of red, pink and white flowers in front and magnolia behind.

Pelican Bay

Lake · Golf · Gated

Pelican Bay in Naples: nearly three miles of private beach reached by boardwalk or tram, and a golf club inside it that community membership does not include.

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A waterfront home in Port Royal, Naples, Florida: a two-story house behind a long pool and fire pit, coconut palms across the lawn, a rip-rap stone revetment at the water's edge, and a dolphin surfacing in the deep water in front of it.

Port Royal

Gulf access · No golf · Not gated

Port Royal in Naples: a private peninsula of deep-water canals with no bridges to the Gulf, dockage for large yachts, and a beach club rather than a golf club.

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The Quail West Golf and Country Club entrance sign in Naples, Florida: black lettering on a long stucco monument under a timber lattice, with a bed of pink and white pentas across the front and royal palms behind.

Quail West

Lake · Golf · Gated

Quail West in Naples: two Arthur Hills courses, a 100,000 square foot clubhouse, and a golf membership capped at 525. The cap is the fact that decides things.

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The Royal Harbor entrance monument in Naples, Florida: the name in dark script beneath a ship's wheel on a pale stucco wall between two capped pillars, with plumbago and gardenia banked in front and the street running back between lawns behind.

Royal Harbor

Gulf access · No golf · Not gated

Royal Harbor in Naples: deep-water canals with no-bridge access to the Gulf, private docks, and no gate and no mandatory HOA. What that trade actually means.

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An aerial view of Talis Park in Naples, Florida: the Vyne House clubhouse with its terracotta roofs beside the golf course, fairway and greens running between two lakes, homes along the water and a balustraded bridge in the foreground.

Talis Park

Lake · Golf · Gated

Talis Park in Naples: one course co-designed by Greg Norman and Pete Dye, a pairing repeated only at The Medalist, plus Vyne House across 460 acres.

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