Vacation Season: May through December; room rates are 30 to 70 percent below winter rates. Reservations are advised during the vacation season.
Accommodations:
More than 3,000 rooms can be found on Marco Island & in nearby Everglades City.
Four sun-swept island resorts are located directly on Marco Island’s beach, with an historic Inn nearby. There are also hundreds of excellent vacation rental homes and condominiums. In Everglades City and the nearby areas, you’ll find an historic lodge, several bed and breakfast establishments, motels numerous campgrounds and RV parks.
Island Shelling:
Visitors can explore uninhabited barrier islands blanketed with more than 400 types of seashells and scores of Island keepsakes such lightning whelks, true tulips, fighting conchs, lions' paws, calico scallops and Florida sand dollars.
Fishing:
Back-country fishing among mangrove islands yields redfish, snook, tarpon, and sea trout. Surf casting reels in black drum and sheepshead. Offshore reefs cloak grouper, king mackerel, amberjack and snapper.
Historical Sites: