Travel+Leisure - At just six miles long, yet home to some of the top all-inclusive resorts in Florida, Marco Island is the largest and only inhabited of Florida’s Ten Thousand Islands, as well as a gateway to Everglades National Park, the largest subtropical wilderness in the U.S. It’s hard to believe walking on the alabaster beaches, watching dolphins frolic in the waves, that just a few miles away lies a mangrove wonderland, black-whiskered vireos serenade the alligators and crocodiles, and a tangle of coastal hammocks teem with wildlife. Located on the Gulf of America, with approximately 300 days of sunshine per year, Marco Island offers a respite of luxury tucked into the wilds of Old Florida. Read the story here: