NAPLES VACATION {PART 1}

 {Naples Pier}

 

 {#realmenweartheirwivesfedoras ;)}

 {The Ritz Carlton}

 {Drinks at Gumbo Limbo-behind the Ritz on the water}

 {5th Ave}

 {dress is from H&M-recent}

 {Dinner and a bottle of wine at Cafe Luna for our first night}

 {day 2-spent at the pool, dress from f21}

Ah, a vacation recap post. 
Everyone hates loves these, right? I will try to keep this short and sweet (pt.2 comes tomorrow), but we had such a great trip that it would almost be offensive (to me? ha) to leave out a picture. Or that's what I will just keep telling myself...

These pictures are from our first 2 days spent in Naples. To me, Naples is the one place in Florida where you often don't feel like you're in Florida. We go every year and it never gets old. It's not that I don't enjoy other areas of Florida, I just prefer Naples and highly recommend it if you have never been! It never feels overly crowded, the weather is always 3-4 degrees warmer than other parts in FL, the water..I mean, do you see how gorgeous it is?!, there are ALWAYS dolphins swimming right by the pier, and there are so many good restaurants. 

We spent our first couple days soaking up as much sunshine as we could during the day either at the beach or the pool, and then we would get ready and go back to the beach for dinner and to catch the gorgeous sunsets. 

The sunsets-oh my, the sunsets. Don't get me started on those..heavenly, I tell you!

{dress is from southern charm apparel}

On our first day, we were swimming in the ocean and came about 100 yards (or less) from a couple of dolphins. They were swimming so close and I was semi-freaking out in excitement! I wanted to just hop on, hang on for dear life, and take a little joy ride with my new friends.... that's completely normal!

Naples Recommendations {places to go/eat/see}:
+Cafe Luna, great specials for dinner
+Naples Pier
+5th Ave. for shopping and fine dining
+Gumbo Limbo at the Ritz for drinks/lunch/dinner ($$)
+Naples Beach Club, cute tiki type bar on the beach that has bands on Sunday's (maybe other days as well)
+The Blue Monkey Bar and Grill (farther from the beach, but close to our place and has great pub type of food)

...more recommendations to come on the next post!

*if you missed my post on Friday sharing my bathing suits that I packed on this trip/would recommend, go here.

And now, I can LITERALLY FEEL MY TAN FADING BY THE MINUTE! ;)