Vasari Country Club

Dinner at Vasari Country Club is resort wear. Dress shorts pass at the evening tables upstairs, nobody needs a jacket, and golf clothes are fine at lunch. The kitchen cooks seasonal menus from local produce. The clubhouse sits on a 40-acre lake with fountains, and the course rolls away among more lakes.

Off the course, the club runs programs on its tennis and bocce courts, and there are pickleball courts too. Personal trainers work in a gym of cardio machines and weights, and there's a pool. Holiday parties, themed nights, wine dinners, tournaments and member clubs keep the calendar going twelve months a year. Behind a gate that's staffed day and night, the club puts 766 homes on 375 acres of lakes and nature preserve. The entrance is in Bonita Springs, on Imperial Parkway (Livingston Road), about a mile south of Bonita Beach Road, close to its I-75 interchange.

How do you get a tee time at Vasari?

By points. You put requests into the Chelsea system up to 30 days ahead, and a rolling six-day points tally decides where each one lands. Anyone who misses out goes on an overflow list. Guests keep their own hours: noon onward from January through March, never on Fridays from January through April, and any time on weekends.

The 18 holes were built in 2002 to a Gordon Lewis design, with grass bunkers and one hole set on a peninsula. The club describes it as rolling ground among lakes. Practice means a 300-yard aqua driving range with a hitting tee, a chipping green, a greenside bunker and a putting green, and the golf staff run lessons and clinics. The calendar has a league, an association program with 18-hole and nine-hole play, and tournaments for every level.

What is inside the clubhouse?

Upstairs are the main dining room, the grill room, a terrace and the bars. Downstairs, the Taverna serves casual meals beside the card rooms and the locker rooms. Events book into the Main Dining Room, the Grille Room, the Chandelier Room, the Lounge or the Lakeside Terrace. Ceilings are vaulted, and the dance floor is inlaid hardwood.

In March 2020 the club began its first renovation since opening and called it the Renaissance Project. As announced, the work was to enlarge the upstairs grill room to about 2,500 square feet, around a large oval bar looking out on the 18th hole, the bridge and the lake. Outside both upstairs rooms, a covered terrace with roll-down sides and heaters was planned. Downstairs, a piazza was to get a covered outdoor bar and casual dining.

Walkers and cyclists keep to the streets, because the club bars jogging, walking and biking on the cart paths and the course unless management has given written permission.

How far is Vasari from the beach, downtown Bonita and Naples?

Most errands stay in Bonita Springs, where Riverside Park, downtown, is 2.6 miles from the gate, about 5 minutes. NCH North Naples Hospital is 5.6 miles, about 10. The north access to Barefoot Beach is 6.0 miles and Bonita Beach Park on Hickory Boulevard 6.2, each about 11 minutes without traffic. Coconut Point is 8.6 miles, about 15 minutes, and Gulf Coast Town Center 14.2 miles, about 20.

Naples means a longer drive south: Mercato is 7.7 miles, about 14 minutes, and Fifth Avenue South 17.2 miles, about 27. Southwest Florida International Airport sits 17.8 miles north, about 24 minutes. Those times are for clear roads; in winter, allow more.

Which homes are condominiums, and which are houses?

Taylor Woodrow developed Vasari, and the club held its grand opening in 2004. It lists garden, carriage, coach, villa and estate homes.

Most are low-rise condominiums, in Matera, Trieste, Toscana, Altessa, Cassia and Firenze, from about 1,450 to about 3,100 square feet with 2 to 3 bedrooms. Matera, Trieste and Toscana hold the smaller, lower-priced ones. The detached houses are in Cercina, Bellino, Pienza and Arezzo, all single-story, from about 2,250 to about 3,550 square feet with 2 to 4 bedrooms. Arezzo has the biggest.

The prices barely overlap, so you're shopping in one market or the other. Recorded sales, April 2025 to August 2026:

• condominium homes sold at prices from the $190,000s up to about $910,000, most of them under about $520,000
• houses sold at prices from the $750,000s up to about $1.75 million

What comes with the house, and what is billed on top?

The club, in the words of its home page: "Experience the joy of living at Vasari Country Club, where every home is bundled with membership." The club's Questions & Answers for agents, from August 2026, adds: "The bundled structure also means you have access to these amenities without paying a separate initiation fee or purchasing an additional club membership." The same document says owners don't face a minimum on food and beverage spending.

On the dues, the club says: "Your dues cover a wide range of community services and amenities, including community operations and maintenance, a 24-hour manned gatehouse, cable and internet services, and access to the Vasari Country Club amenities." Meals and drinks, events, cart fees where they apply, lessons and clinics, personal services, some guest fees and optional extras are billed on top.

A master association runs the community and sets the dues. Each condominium neighborhood also answers to a second association, managed by Folio, Schoo or Resort Management. The single-family neighborhoods have no second layer. Buy a condominium and you deal with two associations; buy a house and you deal with one.

Can you rent out a home at Vasari?

Yes, within two limits. The club's rule reads: "Rentals must be for a minimum of 30 days. (Leases that cover the entire month of February are also accepted due to the shorter calendar month.)" On top of that, a home can't be leased out more than six times in a single calendar year.

Rules on renovations, landscaping and guests differ by neighborhood, so read yours alongside the master rules before you plan a new kitchen or a long stay for guests.

What should you check before closing?

Ask for the assessment balance on the estoppel; the club says some accounts still carry one. The agent notes say: "Some members have already paid their assessment in full, while others may still have a remaining balance. Please verify with Accounting when requesting an estoppel to ensure the information provided is accurate." Those August 2026 notes said no new assessment was planned. The master association's rules let dues and other charges be reset from time to time.