Naples, FL, USA
In high season, as ‘snowbirds’ and fortune 500 execs make their way down to their vacation homes, the town of Naples swells by a third, to roughly 280,000. They come for winter temperatures into the 80’s, for investment opportunities in what was until recently the fastest growing, fastest appreciating city in the U.S, for well-kept gated communities hidden behind cypress trees, for excellent dining along the main street, Fifth Avenue South, and for cultural offerings that include more than 100 art galleries. If you’re looking for a hopping nightlife you better head elsewhere: Naples is sound asleep by 10:30. Golf is the pastime of choice: only Myrtle Beach, SC, has more golf courses per person. The city’s first course opened in 1919, and the courses now number 100. Naples Beach Club is considered the best public course and has a line of golf carts already when it opens at 7:30 in the morning. The Ritz-Carlton Golf Resort, Naples, has two 18-hole courses designed by Greg Norman.
