Places to Explore In The Lower Gulf Coast

Discover the best places to explore in The Lower Gulf Coast with curated recommendations from our travel experts.

Cabbage Key

Cabbage Key is the ultimate island-hopping escape in these parts. Some say Jimmy Buffett was inspired to write "Cheeseburger in Paradise" after a visit to...

  • 0 Restaurants
  • 1 Hotels
  • 0 Things To Do

Cape Coral, Pine Island, and North Fort Myers

Cape Coral is determinedly trying to move from its pigeonhole as a residential community by attracting tourism with its downtown reconfiguration, the Resort at Marina...

  • 2 Restaurants
  • 2 Hotels
  • 5 Things To Do

Estero/Bonita Springs

Towns below Fort Myers have started to flow seamlessly into one another since the opening of Florida Gulf Coast University in San Carlos Park and...

  • 4 Restaurants
  • 2 Hotels
  • 6 Things To Do

Fort Myers

The city core lies inland along the banks of the Caloosahatchee River, a half hour from the nearest beach. The town is best known as...

  • 8 Restaurants
  • 5 Hotels
  • 19 Things To Do

Fort Myers Beach (Estero Island)

Crammed with motels, hotels, and restaurants, Estero Island is one of Fort Myers's more frenetic Gulf playgrounds. Dolphins frequently frolic in Estero Bay, part of...

  • 4 Restaurants
  • 5 Hotels
  • 2 Things To Do

Gasparilla Island (Boca Grande)

Before roads to Southwest Florida were even talked about, wealthy northerners came by train to spend the winter at the Gasparilla Inn. The inn was...

  • 1 Restaurants
  • 2 Hotels
  • 1 Things To Do

Marco Island

High-rises dominate part of the shores of Marco Island, which is connected to the mainland by two bridges. Yet because of its distance from downtown...

  • 7 Restaurants
  • 5 Hotels
  • 2 Things To Do

Naples

Poised between the Gulf of Mexico and the Everglades, Naples belies its wild setting with the trappings of wealth—neo-Mediterranean-style mansions, neatly manicured golfing developments, revitalized...

  • 13 Restaurants
  • 9 Hotels
  • 32 Things To Do

Sanibel and Captiva Islands

Sanibel Island is famous as one of the world's best shelling grounds, a function of the unusual east–west orientation of the island's south end. Just...

  • 10 Restaurants
  • 9 Hotels
  • 15 Things To Do

Explore The Lower Gulf Coast

Sights 46

Shopping 19

Nightlife 11

Performing Arts 6

Restaurants 49

Hotels 40
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