Naples, California picture gallery photos help visitors understand they magic and mystique of this Los Angeles County region, its bays and beauty that captivates.  The pictures above show the Naples sunsets, bays, boats, canals and homes.

Naples, a region of Long Beach, was built as a vacation paradise in the early 1900's as Naples history shows. It offered entertainment, hotels, and like its beach counterparts, included a bit of decadence. During the prohibition, there was plenty of liquor to be had by the offshore rum-runners who brought the booze in by boat. The Red Car train brought vacationers to the beach from L.A. and on either side of Naples were amusements in Seal Beach or Long Beach.

Tourists were a short-term audience. The goal was to lure potential homeowners away from the city and to the beach. Like other beaches in California, those who owned the land saw the greatest return on investment in selling homes versus creating permanent fun zones.

All this info is to help us understand why today you will not find hotels in Naples. The land is valuable and the cost of a room would have to cost a fortune. What you see when you visit are some stores along 2nd Street and a few side streets. But Naples is primarily houses, mansions and wealthy homes both on and off the water. 

In the photos above, you'll see lots of bay as you look to Naples. If you can call anything in Naples a beach, it would be tiny. The beaches shown are located on the Belmont Shore side of the bay looking over to the waterfront house of Naples. And like most beaches in California, they are not nude beaches, do not permit dogs, and there is no smoking on the beach.

For tourists, the joy of Naples is its canals. In the waterways you can take a rental kayak or book a gondola ride and get your best tours. As you glide through the smooth waters of the canals, passing under a series of bridges, you'll often see residents sitting on a patio deck of a home, sipping wine and cooking steaks. They'll often wave and say hello as you pass by. Do take your camera for some fun pictures of the canals, bays and houses.

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