Worth the drive north from Naples
Naples is not short of salons, and we would not pretend otherwise. What brings clients up I-75 is narrower than that: color built on one professional line, an unhurried consultation before anything is mixed, and stylists certified in the treatments they recommend. If that is what you have been looking for, the drive is straightforward.
Reviewed August 2026
What is actually different
Color by the Canterbury & Co. team is formulated with Wella Professionals — from Shinefinity glosses to dimensional balayage — and the team is certified in the Wella Pro+ SmoothFiller smoothing treatment. Bumble and bumble. lists us as a Bb.Exclusive Salon, an authorized stockist of its full range. Those are verifiable affiliations rather than adjectives, which is the point.
What Naples clients book
Mostly the work that rewards a long appointment and a second opinion: hand-painted balayage, color correction after a result that did not land, and hand-matched extensions fitted by our certified specialists. For a driving client we plan the visit around the distance rather than pretending it is not there.
Finding us from Naples
It is one road for almost the whole way. Join I-75 north at whichever Naples exit you use — Golden Gate Parkway, Pine Ridge Road or Immokalee Road — and stay on it past Bonita Springs and Estero to the Alico Road exit. Gulf Coast Town Center is the first thing you reach, and suite F135 has free parking outside the door. Depending on your starting point expect 30 to 45 minutes, and a little longer between January and April when the interstate carries the season.
How the run north looks
Collier County is long, and the honest drive time depends on which exit you start from rather than on the address itself. Here is how it looks from the parts of Naples we hear named most often.
North Naples & Pelican Bay
The shortest run by some way: I-75 north from Immokalee Road, past Bonita and Estero, off at Alico Road — Gulf Coast Town Center sits right at the interchange. About 30 minutes, nearly all of it at highway speed.
Vanderbilt Beach & Naples Park
East to I-75 at Immokalee Road, then north. Around 30–35 minutes, and the only slow part is getting from the beach side across to the interstate.
Park Shore & Pelican Marsh
Pine Ridge Road east to I-75 and north from there. Roughly 35 minutes outside season, and worth leaving a little more between January and April.
Old Naples & Golden Gate
The longest of them: Golden Gate Parkway or Pine Ridge Road east to I-75, then north to Alico Road. Plan on 40–45 minutes, which is why clients from this end tend to book a morning slot.
The questions worth asking first
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A first visit from Collier County is worth planning properly. See the salon at Gulf Coast Town Center for parking, hours and exactly where suite F135 sits, or read what to expect as a new client before you book.
How far is Canterbury & Co. from Naples?
Between about 30 and 45 minutes up I-75, depending on where in Naples you start. From North Naples and Pelican Bay it is closer to 30; from Old Naples, nearer 45. In season, allow more.
Naples has plenty of salons. Why drive north?
It is a fair question, and for a trim we would not ask you to. The reasons people do make the drive are specific: color by the Canterbury & Co. team is formulated with Wella Professionals and the team is certified in the Pro+ SmoothFiller treatment, Bumble and bumble. lists us as a Bb.Exclusive Salon, and every appointment starts with an unhurried consultation rather than a menu. If none of that is what you are looking for, the drive is not worth it.
Can you fit a longer appointment into one visit?
Usually, and for anyone driving from Collier County we plan it that way deliberately — your stylist will tell you at the consultation what can be combined in a single sitting and what genuinely needs a second visit, rather than discovering it halfway through.
Where exactly are you, and is parking easy?
Suite F135 at Gulf Coast Town Center, 10029 Gulf Center Dr, Fort Myers — right at the I-75 Alico Road interchange. Parking is free throughout the center and usually a few steps from our door.
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