Lemon Tree Inn
Family-owned for 50 years — 30 rooms in Old Naples, key-lime-juice on arrival.
A 30-room family-owned inn in Old Naples, Florida, run by the same family for 50 years. Pool, garden courtyard, key-lime juice on arrival, and the kind of multi-generational continuity that's the actual product. The Lemon Tree is what people mean when they reference "old Naples" lodging — pre-condo-tower, pre-corporate-resort, a small in-village inn at a fraction of the rates the Naples Beach Hotel and Ritz-Carlton charge a few miles north.
This is the modest end of the Naples market by design. Near 5th Avenue South, walking distance to the beach.
The setting
The inn sits at 250 9th Street South in Old Naples, walking distance to 5th Avenue South's restaurants and shops, the Naples Pier and Naples Beach (six blocks west), and 3rd Street South's tasting rooms and cafes. The drive in from Fort Myers is 35 minutes south on US-41; from Miami, two hours west across Alligator Alley (I-75).
Naples is a walkable town once you're parked. The inn lends bicycles — bike-and-walk is how most guests get around.
The building
A clapboard-and-stucco Old Naples-vernacular building, built mid-20th century with later additions. Single-story rooms around a central courtyard with the pool at the center, palm trees, and the eponymous lemon trees (which actually are still on the property). Materials are clapboard, painted-wood interiors, tropical foliage. The aesthetic is low-key Florida — not designer.
Family-owned for 50 years. Three generations.
The rooms
Thirty rooms in standard kings, queens, and a few suites with kitchenettes. From around $245. Rooms are mid-sized, with updated bathrooms and traditional Florida-cottage furniture. Most rooms open onto the garden courtyard. Some suites have separate living areas.
Food & drink
A continental breakfast is included. There's no on-site full-service restaurant. Walking distance to 5th Avenue South's restaurant scene — Sea Salt, Bha! Bha! Persian Bistro, Truluck's, Campiello, the Continental, the Bay House. Old Naples' 3rd Street South area (Tommy Bahama, Jane's Cafe, Cafe Lurcat) is 10 minutes by foot.
On the property
A modest in-village amenity stack:
- Outdoor heated pool
- Continental breakfast and key-lime juice on arrival
- Loaner bicycles
- Garden courtyard
- Walking distance to beach and 5th Avenue
- Open year-round; winter (December–April) is peak
Who it's for
- Snowbirds doing month-plus winter stays
- Multi-generational family vacations who want walkability and modest pricing
- Couples doing a quiet Naples week with the beach as the day plan
- Repeat Naples visitors who've moved past the Ritz and Edgewater bookings
Who it's not for
- Travelers wanting beach-front rooms (the beach is six blocks west)
- Anyone needing a full resort with restaurant, spa, and tennis
- Light-amenity guests on the lower end of the Naples market
Nearby
The Naples Pier and Naples Beach are six blocks west. 5th Avenue South's restaurants and shops are five minutes' walk. 3rd Street South — the smaller, older shopping-and-dining stretch — is 10. The Naples Botanical Garden is 10 minutes east. The Baker Museum at Artis–Naples is 10 minutes north. Marco Island and Tigertail Beach are 25 minutes south. Everglades National Park's Gulf Coast entrance (Everglades City) is 45 minutes east.
