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Enhance your knowledge to better serve your clients by enrolling in Florida's Paradise Coast Specialist Program. 

Learning about the Paradise Coast's attractions, accommodations, activities, and culinary scene will help you create memorable experiences tailored to your clients' interests and budgets. 

Learn all about the Paradise Coast in a two-chapter program, where you can become a specialist in a destination like no other! 

Florida's Paradise Coast Specialist Program

¡ARTE VIVA! is an annual festival celebrating Hispanic heritage, culture, and arts on the Paradise Coast of Southwest Florida. The festival features live music, dance performances, visual arts exhibits, and culinary experiences that highlight the diversity and richness of Hispanic traditions. 

Visit www.arte-viva.com to find our more information and to see the schedule of events.

Celebrate Hispanic Culture with ¡Arte Viva!

Everglades City is the Gulf Coast’s entrance to Everglades National Park, one of only 24 World Heritage Sites in the U.S. Everglades National Park is the largest subtropical wilderness in North America, and part of the largest wetlands ecosystem in the U.S. 

Boat tours will take your clients out into the saltwater mangrove estuary portion of the park, where they will spot bottlenose dolphins and over 350 species of rare and exotic birds. 

At the Ten Thousand Islands National Wildlife Refuge your clients can see manatees, dolphins, eagles, alligators, sea turtles, or the elusive and endangered Florida Panther in a refuge that is open to boating, fishing and bird watching. The refuge is accessible via boat or the Marsh Trail, which includes a birding tower.

Northeast of Naples, a two-and-a-quarter-mile raised boardwalk allows visitors to stroll through several distinct habitats within the Audubon Society's 11,000-acre Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary, which includes the largest remaining virgin bald cypress forest in North America and is also home to over 30 species of orchids, including the rare Ghost Orchid. 

The Wilderness Waterway, a 99-mile-long paddling waterway that takes up to a week to traverse, is a paddlers heaven offering easy to challenging waterways for novice to expert paddlers. Kayaking through the mangrove tunnels is an exceptional experience, individual rentals or guided trips are available, many led by biologist guides. 

Eco-Adventures in the Everglades 

Beaches, Shelling and Golf

With more than 30 miles white-sand beach coastline renowned for spectacular fine white sand, Florida’s Paradise Coast beckons all year long with heavenly beaches, each with its own charm.

Naples Beach is the perfect option for clients that want to be steps away from downtown. Lined with opulent mansions tucked into the dunes, the beach here culminates with Naples Pier from which your clients can spot dolphins, manatees and pelicans.

North of Naples, in Barefoot Beach your clients can spot local flora and fauna, including gopher tortoises. Marco Island’s Tigertail Beach Park is home to a butterfly garden, a tidal lagoon, rolling dunes and boardwalks for spotting seabirds. It’s a rustic retreat just steps away from it all. With miles of sandy beach and wetlands, Clam Pass Park is perfect for a calm beach day, or to rent a kayak or stroll.

On the remote islands close to both Naples and Marco Island, there are countless beautiful shells to be found. A private shelling tour can take your clients to some of the island beaches they would never be able to find by themselves for a shelling experience they will never forget.

An abundance of clubs and courses make Naples a golf lover’s paradise. Home to more than 90 public and private golf courses, and host city to three LPGA, PGA annual championship tournaments, there are plenty of places to play.

Culinary Experiences

Naples, Marco Island and the Everglades are renowned worldwide for our variety of incredible restaurants. 

Whether your clients prefer a fresh catch, a local delicacy or international flavors, they will find an array of gourmet, cosmopolitan, laid-back dining options and tons of restaurants with outdoor seating. 

Everglades City, known as the “Stone Crab Capitol of the World”, is where your clients can savor this highly sought-after delicacy.

For alfresco dining  experiences, downtown Naples’ Fifth Avenue South features street-side patios perfect for enjoying delicious, fresh cuisine.  Just a few blocks from the Naples Pier and beach,  among the flowering courtyards and bubbling antique fountains of Third Street South there are a variety of restaurants featuring outdoor tables and patio dining with expansive wine lists and chef-curated menus.

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