Collier County Neighborhoods

On the Market

Properties for sale, winter 2005

Four single-family homes, four condos.

Price range, single-family

$279,900-$2.9 million.

What you get for $279,900

A one-bedroom, one-bath mobile home sits on this lot, one of the largest and highest inland lots in Goodland.

What you get for $2.9 million

A 1,450-square-foot two-bedroom, one-bath home on a .75-acre lot on Coon Key Pass, with panoramic views of protected mangrove islands and the Gulf.

Price range, condos

$699,000-$800,000.

What you get for $699,000

A three-bedroom, two-bath unit in a Key West-style building in the new Calusa Island Village, with bay and canal views, 1,710 square feet, 34-foot boat dock and direct Gulf access.

What you get for $800,000

A Calusa Island Village condo with three bedrooms, three baths, 2,255 square feet, 34-foot boat dock and direct Gulf access.

Before completion of the Jolly Bridge, a still-visible swing bridge near Goodland was the official entry onto Marco Island. Goodland was sparsely inhabited until 1949, when Barron Collier moved squatters and their homes from Marco proper to Goodland. The town retains an Old Florida commercial-fishing atmosphere-one that attracts weekend revelry at Stan's with its live music and cheap pitchers of beer. Nearby, there's an old store that's now a museum plastered with Calusa artifacts, mounted fish, old tools and fishing gear; T-shirts are stapled to the ceiling. The building's old movie screen and projector serve as a reminder of its storied past. A sign of the times in Goodland: The fishing hamlet's first planned community, Calusa Island Village, is now under construction.

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Airport-Pulling Road Residential

From Immokalee Road to Tamiami Trail East.

On the Market

Properties for sale, winter 2005

76 single-family homes, 166 condos.

Price range, single-family

$450,000-$8.9 million.

What you get for $450,000

A 1,700-square-foot, three-bedroom, two-bath home with 12-foot vaulted ceilings in Emerald Lakes.

What you get for $8.9 million

Five-bedroom, six-bath estate with curved floor-to-ceiling mitered windows, home theater, dual-sided fireplace and plasma TV in The Estates at Bay Colony. Golf membership included.

Price range, condos

$219,000-$2.85 million.

What you get for $219,000

A one-bedroom, one-bath condo in Pelican Marsh's St. Croix complex, 765 square feet, remodeled with new cabinetry and granite countertops.

What you get for $2.85 million

A three-bedroom, four-bath penthouse above treetops in L'ermitage in Grey Oaks, 4,615 square feet, golf and lake views, exercise room and poolside cabana.

Gated communities (Pelican Marsh, Tiburón, Grey Oaks, Estuary, Bear's Paw Country Club) are sprinkled among shopping centers, restaurants and car dealerships as Airport-Pulling Road stretches south from Immokalee Road before assuming a more industrial and commercial personality south of Golden Gate Parkway close to the Naples Airport. Nongated neighborhoods lie off side-roads such as Poinciana Drive, Radio Road and Estey Avenue. Tall Pines, a neighborhood of 120 single-family homes, is tucked behind Barron Collier High School north of the Airport-Pulling-Pine Ridge intersection.

Aqualane Shores

Between Port Royal to the south, 14th Avenue South to the north, Gulf Shore Boulevard South to the west and Naples Bay to the east.

On the Market

Properties for sale, winter 2005

28 single-family homes, one condo.

Price range, single-family

$2.19 million-$6.95 million.

What you get for $2.19 million

A two-bedroom, two-bath home with 1,220 square feet on a "rarely available" large corner lot, one block from the beach.

What you get for $6.95 million

A six-bedroom, nine-bath Mediterranean home with 6,450 square feet, faux finishing, hand-

painted murals and mosaics, and keystone throughout.

Price, condo

$925,000.

What you get for $925,000

A two-bedroom, two-bath home with 1,100 square feet, deeded boat dock and direct Gulf access in Aqualane Manor.

Prized for its blocks-from-the-beach location and within walking distance of Naples' Fifth Avenue South and Third Street South, the 300-acre Aqualane Shores was divided into 350 home sites by Forrest Walker & Sons in the late 1950s. Those first lots were priced around $2,500 at just $100 down and $50 a month. The neighborhood boasts deep-water access, mature landscaping and older homes that buyers often renovate or replace.

Livingston Road Residential

Extending north from Immokalee Road to

Bonita Beach Road.

On the Market

Properties for sale, winter 2005

69 single-family homes, 67 condos in mostly gated communities.

Price range, single-family

$574,900-$7.2 million.

What you get for $574,900

A 1,730-square-foot three-bedroom, two-bath home in Carlton Lakes, with new tile, heated pool on a corner lakefront lot.

What you get for $7.2 million

A five-bedroom, six-bath home in Mediterra with 7,470 square feet.

Price range, condos

$337,000-$3,035,000.

What you get for $337,000

A two-bedroom, two-bath condo in Wyndemere's Courtside Commons complex, with 1,230 square feet, lake views, two master suites, Florida room and wood-burning fireplace.

What you get for $3,035,000

A five-bedroom, six-bath attached villa home on Tuscany Reserve's island of piazza homes, 4,345 square feet overlooking a lake.

Gated communities afford the only opportunity to live along the northern section of Livingston Road, an undeveloped area just five years ago. Livingston Road now links Naples and Bonita Springs; and thanks to a recently completed extension, it offers a six-lane, low-traffic corridor to areas south of Naples. Communities on the northern stretch are hot properties: Delasol sold out before construction and Vasari, a relative newcomer, has also sold out. Multimillion-dollar homes are found in Mediterra and Tuscany Reserve, the latter with manmade rolling hills, orchards and its own island.

Livingston Woods

North and east of the intersection of Livingston and Pine Ridge roads.

On the Market

Properties for sale, winter 2005

Six single-family homes.

Price range, single-family

$875,000-$5.8 million.

What you get for $875,000

A three-bedroom, two-bath newer home (built in 1999) on 2.27 acres. Remodel or build a new home and use existing building as a guesthouse.

What you get for $5.8 million

A Palladio-inspired Venetian estate with six bedrooms, nine baths, 6,380 square feet, reflecting gardens and a 3,900-square-foot guesthouse. Hand-laid mosaic pool with spa and waterfall.

Close to The Community School, Barron Collier High School, shopping and restaurants, Livingston Woods is being discovered by families who like the extra-large home sites of an in-town location. A handful of narrow, two-lane streets stretch east from Livingston Road to the interstate, offering two-acre-plus-sized lots with Mediterranean and Old Florida homes, long driveways and large back yards.

Old Naples

Bounded by the Naples Beach Hotel & Golf Club's golf course to the north, Ninth Street South (a.k.a. U.S. 41 or Tamiami Trail North) to the east, the Gulf of Mexico to the west and 14th Avenue South to the south.

On the Market

Properties for sale, winter 2005

50 single-family homes, about 75 condos and timeshares.

Price range, single-family

$1,075,000-$9.5 million.

What you get for $1,075,000

A two-bedroom, three-bath bungalow, built in 1950, with just 780 square feet. Within walking distance to the beach, Cambier Park, tennis courts, art center and city dock.

What you get for $9.5 million

A four-bedroom, eight-bath, Victorian-inspired "Painted Lady" on "Mansion Row," with 6,800 square feet and private pool, one-half block from Gulf.

Price range, condos

$289,000-$3,895,000.

What you get for $289,000

A starter condo with one bedroom, one bath, 675 square feet, in Park Terrace.

What you get for $3,895,000

Four-bedroom, five-bath attached villa in the Olde Naples Seaport, with 5,345 square feet and 3,000-square-foot sky deck with spa, summer kitchen and bay views.

Naples' most historic neighborhood, Old Naples is a neighborly sort of place where drivers stop in the street to greet neighbors. Its close-to-everything location places beachcombing, parks, theaters, art galleries, shopping and gourmet dining within walking distance. A two-square-mile grid stretches 10 blocks to Naples Bay, the Gulf of Mexico and the scenic Naples Pier, built in 1888 and a popular spot for fishing and sunsets.

Avenues run east and west, streets north and south and include the shopping centers of Third Street South and Fifth Avenue South. Marinas and boat clubs provide landlocked homeowners the opportunity to become boat owners while enjoying the charm of a small-town setting. Homes include old beach cottages, 1950s ranch homes and new mansions.

Adjoining Gulf Shore Boulevard South, which runs north from Doctors Pass and south to Port Royal, is a tourist's paradise with beach accesses nestled among the old cottages and multimillion-dollar mansions, hidden behind majestic palm trees, towering hedges and tropical landscaping. Featured on HGTV's Dream Drives, Gulf Shore Boulevard is home to the 1895 Palm Cottage, the vacation home of Henry Watterson, one-time editor of the Louisville Courier-Journal. More recent residents include celebrities, entrepreneurs and others from the rich-and-famous set.

Port Royal

Bounded by Lantern Lane to the north, the Gulf of Mexico to the west, Gordon Pass to the south and Naples Bay to the east.

On the Market

Properties for sale, winter 2005

30 single-family homes.

Price range

$2,995,000-$17.5 million.

What you get for $2,995,000

A 1984 home on an interior lot with four bedrooms, five baths, a resurfaced pool and spa, just under 3,800 square feet.

What you get for $17.5 million

A 9,700-square-foot Galleon Drive home on a one-acre landscaped lot on the bay, with four bedrooms, eight baths and an enclosed garden with pool, spa, waterfall and outdoor kitchen.

Developer John Glen Sample's fascination with the 17th-century Jamaican city and its pirate inhabitants inspired the colorful names of many of Port Royal's 550 waterfront addresses-Rum Row, Spyglass Lane and Galleon Drive. Sample, who made his fortune with the advertising agency that developed the radio soap opera, financed and developed Port Royal, converting swamplands, hammocks and beachfront into one of the country's most coveted neighborhoods.

You'll find manmade peninsulas, coves and bays, and homes for the rich (including many captains of industry) and occasionally the famous. Port Royal is revered for its deep-water yacht basin, bridgeless access to the Gulf and Ten Thousand Islands, and its eclectic mix of Mediterranean mansions and cottages tucked behind the tall hedges and landscaping of an old tropical neighborhood.

South Central Naples

South of Golden Gate Parkway, east of Airport-Pulling Road, north of Rattlesnake Hammock Road and west of Collier Boulevard.

On the Market

Properties for sale, winter 2005

284 single-family homes, 388 condos.

Price range, single-family

$245,000-$3.9 million.

What you get for $245,000

A three-bedroom, two-bath home in Leawood Lakes, built in 2005, overlooking a preserve and offering 1,000 square feet.

What you get for $3.9 million

A three-bedroom, five-bath home in the gated Homes of Islandia community, with koi pond, lots of sliding glass doors and a calming glassed walkway to the master bath.

Price range, condo

$129,900-$895,000.

What you get for $129,900

A 470-square-foot one-bedroom, one-bath attached condo in Farret Apartments, fully tiled, full kitchen, dishwasher and tiled lanai.

What you get for $895,000

A furnished Key West-style coach home with three bedrooms, three baths, 2,530 square feet, crown molding and built-ins.

Older gated communities and '60s-era golf courses have been joined by new development. On Collier Boulevard, Super Wal-Mart and Home Depot have risen alongside newer gated communities. Older communities such as Kings Gate, Berkshire Lakes and Queens Park are beloved for their mature landscaping, streetlights, sidewalks and larger lots. You're likely to find more listings priced under $550,000 here than anywhere else with a Naples-area address.

South Naples

South of Rattlesnake Hammock Road, west of S.R. 951, south to Everglades City and east of Royal Harbor, including neighborhoods on both sides of Isle of Capri Road (Collier Boulevard/951 south of U.S. 41).

On the Market

Properties for sale, winter 2005

194 single-family homes, 107 condos.

Price range, single-family

$250,000-$2.3 million.

What you get for $250,000

A 1998 two-bedroom, two-bath teardown home on a tropical wooded lot five minutes from Naples Bay.

What you get for $2.3 million

A 4,415-square-foot home in Lely Resort's Classics Plantation, with four bedrooms, four baths, custom millwork, detailed ceilings and large lanai.

Price range, condos

$229,000-$785,000.

What you get for $229,000

A 900-square-foot condo in a low-rise building in Lely, offering two bedrooms and two baths.

What you get for $785,000

Three-bedroom, two-bath villa home in Borghese Villas at Hammock Bay with

2,015 square foot, private pool, granite countertops, volume ceilings and preserve and golf views.

A diverse region, South Central Naples includes Lely (old and new), the lower-income Naples Manor and the increasingly wealthy corridor of Isle of Capri Road. Gated communities like Fiddler's Creek, Hammock Bay and the new Treviso Bay are bordered by the 25,000-acre Rookery Bay Estuarine Preserve.

Tamiami Trail (U.S. 41) Residential

Bounded by 111th Avenue North to the north, extending south to S.R. 951 (Collier Boulevard) and including blocks east and west along the Tamiami Trail.

As development radiated outward from Old Naples, neighborhoods began to take shape north along U.S. 41. Others started popping up east of 41. Many buyers are full-time residents who enjoy the ambiance of Old Naples without its higher home prices. In addition to sometimes subtle age and price differences among these areas (the farther north and east, the less expensive the homes), some neighborhoods have voluntary homeowners associations, including deeded beach access. The Tamiami Trail Residential area includes the following neighborhoods: