Naples, Long Beach, California

Naples is a neighborhood of Long Beach, California build on a series of islands located in Alamitos Bay . Naples consists of three separate islands, divided by canals which open into the bay. The streets on the island have Italian names. The center of Naples features a large fountain which serves as a popular meeting spot.

Location

The major thoroughfare in the Naples area is 2nd Street, connecting to the Pacific Coast Highway (PCH), the closest major street to the east accros the bay.

The Long Beach community of Belmont Shore is to the west of Naples via 2nd Street, Belmont Park is to the north via Appian Way. There is no bridge to the Peninsula to the south across Alamitos Bay. The city of Seal Beach is to the east along the PCH.

Activities

Gondola Tours

Long Beach offers singing gondolier trips through the romantic canals of Naples. [Roraback, K. (October 18, 1986) Los Angeles Times " [http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/58061441.html?dids=58061441:58061441&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Oct+18%2C+1986&author=DICK+RORABACK&pub=Los+Angeles+Times+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=Gondola+Getaway+Is+Romantic%2C+Authentic-and+Freeway+Close&pqatl=google Gondola Getaway Is Romantic, Authentic--and Freeway Close] " Section: VW-View-LS-Life & Style; Page 1.] [Segura, Joe. (January 28, 2006) Long Beach Press-Telegram " [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=LB&p_theme=lb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=10F7CF95C4139440&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM Gondolas get away to downtown L.B.] " Section: Beachweek; Page 5.] Long Beach is only one of six places in the Western United States where tourists may ride in a gondola. [Fullwood, Janet. (October 24, 2004) The Sacramento Bee " [http://www.sacbee.com/369/v-print/story/7717.html California, too, has places to go gallivanting in a gondola.] " Section: Travel, Page M6.]

Christmas Boat Parade

One very popular Christmas-time event in Naples is the "Naples Island Christmas Boat Parade", with groups of decorated boats going through the canals of Naples and around Alamitos Bay past Belmont Shore. The parade has been held since 1946.

Education

Naples residents [" [http://www.naplesca.org/images/ZoneMap.jpgZone Map] ." "Naples".] [" [http://www.lbusd.k12.ca.us/Schools/school_finder.cfm School Finder] ." "Long Beach Unified School District".] are zoned to Long Beach Unified School District schools:
* [http://www.lbusd.k12.ca.us/naples/index.htm Naples Elementary School]
* [http://www.lbusd.k12.ca.us/rogers/ Will Rogers Middle School]
* Wilson Classical High School

References

External links

* [http://naplesca.org/ Naples Improvement Association]
* [http://www.naplesislandbusiness.com/ Naples Island Business Association]
* [http://www.naplesca.org/History/index.html History of Naples]