Marco Island is located in Southwest Florida,
at the edge of the Everglades, 104 miles west of Miami. It is said
to have the finest beach in the entire continental USA and has become
a Mecca for many American and European families. It has been described
as Magical, Mystical and Alluring. The attraction is tropical sun-washed
white beaches pure and unusually warm waters and a casual easy paced
life style. Sunshine, frolicking dolphins, and all of the water
and sun sports that go with the beaches are available for your pleasure.
Marco is the largest of a 10,000 island aquatic
preserve. It is surrounded by enormous expanses of the most unique
ecosystem in the nation and is home to exceptional wildlife and
vegetation. The city of Marco Island, home to 10,000 year-round
residents, is the destination of visitors from around the world
who come to enjoy the subtropical climate, pristine beaches, fishing,
golfing, tennis - a recreational paradise. In its mangrove forest
you will find oysters, crabs, mullet, snapper, snook, pelicans,
osprey, bald eagles, roseate spoon.
There
are three main ways to be to Marco Island's beautiful beaches, through
Tigertail Beach, Residents' Beach and South Beach. A short distance
north of the island on Shell Island Road off State Road 951 is the
9,400-acre Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, managed
by the Florida Department of Natural Resources.
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