Naples & Everglades National Park Escape 2012

This winter escape features a secluded beachfront resort, lively downtown entertainment and unique outdoor adventures!

The LaPlaya Beach and Golf Resort has been carefully selected to host Encore Symposiums’ debut in Naples, Florida. The only luxury beachfront resort on the Florida Gulf Coast offers the ultimate spa vacation to relax and play under sunny skies.

Approximately 15 minutes to downtown Naples and just an hour to Everglades National Park, this 64-acre golf and spa resort is situated on the sweeping white sands of the Gulf of Mexico and nestled next to picturesque Vanderbilt Bay. Reminiscent of Old Naples, the laid-back unpretentious atmosphere is a contrasting backdrop of southern plantation charm sprinkled with chic Florida boutique resort style.

Downtown Naples
From historic to trendy chic, downtown Naples boasts an array of boutiques, antique stores, art galleries, gift stores, jewelers, home furnishing and design showrooms.

Gourmet restaurants and sidewalk cafes are plentiful and will satisfy the most discriminating tastes. Naples Pier is a beautiful place for families to gather and mingle with the fishermen.

Everglades National Park
Everglades National Park is the third largest park in the lower 48 states, covering 2400 square miles! This amazing ecosystem offers boundless outdoor activities such as hiking, canoeing and kayaking, biking, fresh and saltwater fishing.

Tours are available by tram, boat, airboat and air.

A vast expanse of roughly 1.5 million acres, there seems no end to the adventures that can be found in Everglades National Park.

You may find yourself spending a morning photographing the birds then an afternoon boating through the calm waters alongside alligators. The warmth of sunny south Florida provides a unique experience in the outdoors.

The Gulf Coast Visitor Center is the only visitor center within the national park that is free - no entry fee required. The center is located on State Road 29 in Everglades City