Hello,
My husband and I and our 4 month old son will be visiting family in Naples at the end of August. We will be there for 6 nights. We were thinking about leaving the family for a night or 2 and going somewhere on our own (with the baby, of course) just to get away for a little bit. Any suggestions about somewhere within a couple hours of Naples that might be of interest? If it helps, we are flying into/out of Ft Lauderdale (I haven't been there since Spring Break in college, so I don't know if it is of interest!).

Our "normal" travel interests will probably have to change due to having our baby with us (we haven't really travelled with him yet...just a family trip to the Poconos). Just something casual and relaxing and relatively easy to do with a baby. Any suggestions would be helpful!

Also, any suggestions about what we should do/see while we are in Naples. We will have some babysitting while we are there.

Thanks!

You Can do a day trip cruise to Key West or over night from Marco Island on the key west shuttle . Or drive to key largo or Miami South Beach. it is less than 2 hours to the airport 119 miles. They also have one and two day crusie from Ft Lauderdale port to the Bahamas . Bush Gardens in Tampa is less than 3 hours from Napels approx 147 miles and Orlando is approx 200 miles all can be done as a day trip or stay one night . As for evenings out 5th & 3rd avenues or the place to be . There are lots of places with nightly entertainment all over Naples. My Best advice for August is go to the beach early in the morning and avoid the beach from 1-5pm with the little one it will be very hot and strong sun no matter what SPF # sunscreen you use. have a good time in Naples

We just purchased a 2nd home in North Naples and spent 10 days in July with my 6 year old. She loved the beach(she preferred Lowdermilk to Vanderbilt because there were more young kids).We also discovered Golden Gate community park(on Santa Barbara off of Golden Gate Parkway)which had 2 big water slides and an really fun mini water area for really little ones(i think it was about 6 inches of water). We also went to the Carribean Gardens zoo, but is was HOT!!! In terms of alittle romantic time, we went(w/o our daughter) to Chardonnay, a really nice restaurant. Have a great trip!

Thanks for the suggestions!

Any more?

Sanibel Island is close to Naples and very nice with a family. There are lots of cute shops, nice restaurants that are family friendly or you can just relax by the water.