Guidebook for Marco Island
Food Scene
Closest restaurant to our condo (across the street) - great place to catch a sunset, food and cocktail!
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Sunset Grille
900 S Collier BlvdClosest restaurant to our condo (across the street) - great place to catch a sunset, food and cocktail!
Great food and drink in a very casual atmosphere. The fish sandwich is probably the best on the Island, and be sure to ask for a fresh jar of pickle slices to compliment your meal
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Sand Bar
826 E Elkcam CirGreat food and drink in a very casual atmosphere. The fish sandwich is probably the best on the Island, and be sure to ask for a fresh jar of pickle slices to compliment your meal
CJ’s on the Bay is a waterfront restaurant in The Esplanade Shops, providing a spectacular setting overlooking Smokehouse Bay. Featuring an outside gazebo bar, outside dining and a 150-seat air-conditioned inside dining room, CJ’s on the Bay offers something for everyone.
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CJ's on the Bay
740 N Collier BlvdCJ’s on the Bay is a waterfront restaurant in The Esplanade Shops, providing a spectacular setting overlooking Smokehouse Bay. Featuring an outside gazebo bar, outside dining and a 150-seat air-conditioned inside dining room, CJ’s on the Bay offers something for everyone.
Mango's Dockside Bistro
760 N Collier BlvdYes it's a tourist-y spot, but it's also quite good!
Everything Else
Marco Walk Plaza
599 S Collier BlvdClosest shopping area includes several restaurants
Essentials
Winn-Dixie
625 N Collier BlvdGreat for groceries, with attached liquor store.
Publix Super Market at Shops of Marco
175 S Barfield DrGrocery store on east side of Island.
One of three grocery stores on the Island.
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Publix Super Market at Marco Town Center
1089 N Collier BlvdOne of three grocery stores on the Island.
7-Eleven
641 S Collier BlvdPit Stop for snacks, drinks, sundries, and gasoline
Drinks & Nightlife
Marco Island Brewery
1089 N Collier BlvdLocal brewery with very good food.
Parks & Nature
Discover the rugged beauty of this famed natural area on Corkscrew's famous boardwalk - a 2.5-mile adventure through pine flatwoods, wet prairie, around a marsh, and finally into the largest old growth Bald Cypress forest in North America.
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Audubon Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary-ONLINE RESERVATIONS REQUIRED. NO WALK-INS
375 Sanctuary Rd WDiscover the rugged beauty of this famed natural area on Corkscrew's famous boardwalk - a 2.5-mile adventure through pine flatwoods, wet prairie, around a marsh, and finally into the largest old growth Bald Cypress forest in North America.
The 7,271-acre Collier-Seminole State Park lies partly within the great mangrove swamp of southern Florida, one of the largest mangrove swamps in the world. A wide variety of wildlife, including several imperiled species, inhabits this unusual blend of temperate and tropical native plant communities. The Park features vegetation and wildlife typical of Florida’s Everglades. Although rare elsewhere, the park covers one of three original stands of royal palm trees in Florida, coexisting with large areas of mangrove swamp.
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I-State Park ye-Collier Seminole
20200 Tamiami Trail EThe 7,271-acre Collier-Seminole State Park lies partly within the great mangrove swamp of southern Florida, one of the largest mangrove swamps in the world. A wide variety of wildlife, including several imperiled species, inhabits this unusual blend of temperate and tropical native plant communities. The Park features vegetation and wildlife typical of Florida’s Everglades. Although rare elsewhere, the park covers one of three original stands of royal palm trees in Florida, coexisting with large areas of mangrove swamp.
Entertainment & Activities
Naples Zoo is a nationally accredited zoo and yet much more than a walk-through zoo. The zoo also features a full day of fun activities. The paved path winds nearly a mile past rare and beautiful animals residing within a historic tropical garden of exotic plants first planted in 1919 with a fascinating history.
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Naples Zoo kwi-Caribbean Gardens
1590 Goodlette-Frank RdNaples Zoo is a nationally accredited zoo and yet much more than a walk-through zoo. The zoo also features a full day of fun activities. The paved path winds nearly a mile past rare and beautiful animals residing within a historic tropical garden of exotic plants first planted in 1919 with a fascinating history.
Marco Movies is America's Original First-Run Food Theater!! All menu items are made fresh to order, using only the finest, fresh ingredients and professionally prepared by our expert staff.
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Marco Movies
599 S Collier BlvdMarco Movies is America's Original First-Run Food Theater!! All menu items are made fresh to order, using only the finest, fresh ingredients and professionally prepared by our expert staff.
Arts & Culture
Visitors to the Edison & Ford Winter Estates in Fort Myers will enjoy 20 acres of historical buildings, historic gardens, the Edison Botanic Research Lab and the Edison Ford Museum. The newly restored buildings include the Edison Main House, Guest House, and Caretaker’s House and the Ford House. The 1929 historic landscape is throughout the property including the award winning Moonlight Garden. The Edison Ford Museum has hundreds of inventions, artifacts and special exhibits.
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Edison & Ford Winter Estates
2350 McGregor BlvdVisitors to the Edison & Ford Winter Estates in Fort Myers will enjoy 20 acres of historical buildings, historic gardens, the Edison Botanic Research Lab and the Edison Ford Museum. The newly restored buildings include the Edison Main House, Guest House, and Caretaker’s House and the Ford House. The 1929 historic landscape is throughout the property including the award winning Moonlight Garden. The Edison Ford Museum has hundreds of inventions, artifacts and special exhibits.
The new Marco Island Historical Museum explores Southwest Florida’s Calusa Indians and brings this vanished civilization to life with informative displays and an exciting recreated village scene. Temporary and traveling exhibits trace the settlement of this subtropical island paradise from its early pioneer roots as a fishing village, pineapple plantation and clam cannery, through its explosive growth and development in the 1960s by the Miami-based Deltona Corporation.
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Marco Island Historical Museum
180 S Heathwood DrThe new Marco Island Historical Museum explores Southwest Florida’s Calusa Indians and brings this vanished civilization to life with informative displays and an exciting recreated village scene. Temporary and traveling exhibits trace the settlement of this subtropical island paradise from its early pioneer roots as a fishing village, pineapple plantation and clam cannery, through its explosive growth and development in the 1960s by the Miami-based Deltona Corporation.