Naples Municipal Beach(Naples Beach, Naples Pier Beach)

If you get hungry, there are many great restaurants near Naples Municipal Beach.  Truluck's Ocean's Finest Seafood and Crab is an upscale restaurant that is known for serving excellent seafood and it also serves many other amazing dishes including steaks, pastas, vegetarian dishes, and meatballs.  Osteria Tulia serves a variety of amazing Italian dishes for lunch and dinner including pizzas, pastas, osso buco, and other Italian-style dishes.  Mediterrano offers excellent Mediterranean cuisine including paella, cioppino, pastas, beef kabobs, ofto kleftiko, and hummus.  Grouper & Chips is known for serving delicious seafood including its grouper baskets, seafood tacos, and bouillabaisse.  If you are looking for another good and affordable restaurant near Naples Municipal Beach, Country House serves a variety of delicious Southern United States-inspired dishes for breakfast and lunch including eggs, chili, pancakes, waffles, sandwiches, burgers, and wraps.

If you are looking for a hotel near Naples Municipal Beach, there are many great nearby options.  The 5-Star Ritz-Carlton Naples, Tiburon is a 25-minute drive away and offers many amenities including multiple restaurants, two golf courses, a pool with a poolside eatery, a spa, a fitness center, and multiple tennis courts.  The 4-Star Inn on Fifth is another upscale hotel that offers many amenities including a jacuzzi, a sundeck, a lounge, multiple restaurants, a bar, complimentary breakfast, and a gym.  Another upscale hotel is the 4-Star Naples Bay Resort & Marina that offers many amenities including multiple restaurants, a marina, five pools, shopping stores, a spa, a gym, tennis courts, and rental facilities for cabanas, watercraft, and watersports equipment.  If you are looking for another good and affordable hotel near Naples Municipal Beach, the 3-Star Bayfront Inn offers many amenities including a fitness center, a convenience store, a restaurant, a pool, a marina, rental facilities for bikes and watercraft, a pool, a spa, and loaner facilities for beach chairs and beach umbrellas.

The beach has many amenities including restrooms, showers, a concession stand, volleyball courts, and picnic tables. Beach supply rental facilities are also present near this beach. In addition, child-size life jackets can also be loaned by visitors. Dogs are not allowed in Naples Municipal Beach. Naples Municipal Beach also offers accessibility to people with disabilities.

Naples Municipal Beach offers many fun activities including sunbathing, beachcombing, wildlife watching, fishing, picnicking, swimming, scuba diving, snorkeling, surfing, kayaking, canoeing, paddle-boarding, boating, jet-skiing, kitesurfing, windsurfing, water-skiing, surf-skiing, and parasailing. The water near the beach has gentle waves, which makes it ideal for beginner swimmers, kayakers, surfers, and paddleboarders. The water’s clarity also makes it ideal for snorkelers and scuba divers, who often enter the water near this beach to explore its vibrant marine biodiversity. Depending on the time of the year, you can see many kinds of marine mammals including dolphins and manatees in the water near this beach. In addition, you can view many kinds of aquatic creatures in the water near the beach including stingrays, snappers, wrasse, and damselfish. However, if you are planning to go into the water near this beach, we recommend being careful as the water here is known to have unpredictable rip currents. In addition, drowning-related deaths have also been reported in the water here. Naples Municipal Beach is also a popular beachcombing spot - you can find and collect many interesting varieties of shells here. However, we recommend being careful while beachcombing here as collecting any live creatures from the beach is prohibited. 

The Naples Pier is a popular pier that was constructed in the 19th century. This pier offers amazing Instagram-worthy views of the Gulf of Mexico, particularly during sunsets. In addition, it is also an amazing spot to watch shorebirds. This pier is also an amazing fishing spot and you aren't required to have a fishing license to fish here.

Getting to Naples Municipal Beach is easy – the beach is located near 25 12th Avenue South, and it is easily accessible from United States Highway 41.  There are multiple entrances to Naples Municipal Beach near United States Highway 41.  There is a paid parking lot near Naples Pier and multiple metered street parking spaces near Naples Municipal Beach.  If you are visiting between December and March, we recommend visiting this beach early because it can get quickly crowded.

Naples Municipal Beach is known for having a wide variety of beautiful and unique seashells.

There are many attractions near Naples Municipal Beach.  The Naples Pier is located on Naples Municipal Beach – the pier was initially built in 1889, is 1,000 feet long, is a popular fishing site, and offers amazing Instagram-worthy views of the Gulf of Mexico, particularly during sunsets.  Clam Pass Park is a recreational park that has a beach known as Clam Pass Park Beach – this park has many amenities including restrooms, showers, picnic areas, and rental facilities for beach chairs and water sports equipment.  The Golisano Children’s Museum of Naples offers interactive and fun exhibits for kids that educate them about many subjects including science, technology, and art.  Naples Zoo has 70 species of animals including lions, primates, giraffes, parrots, zebras, alligators, and black bears, along with a botanical exhibition containing a large variety of plants.  The zoo also offers fun educational programs and it also has a gift shop.  If you are looking for another attraction near Naples Municipal Beach, Naples’ Fifth Avenue South has many shopping stores, art galleries, restaurants, and spas.