By Dalia Colon Where: The Florida Keys Highway starts at the southern tip of Florida near Miami and continues from Key Largo to Key West. Length: 106 miles. How to get around: Car or bicycle. Best time to visit: September to observe bird migration season and avoid the winter crowds. Fun fact: The…
Read MoreJeff Klinkenberg A rooster crows in the distance. A palm tree sways. A tourist hands me his camera in front of a concrete marker on the corner of Whitehead and South Streets. For the record, I am taking the photograph at 24 degrees 33 minutes north latitude and 81 degrees 45 minutes – it’s…
Read MoreJeff Klinkenberg Writers have always loved the Keys, none more famous than Ernest Hemingway, who bought a beautiful Spanish colonial home at 907 Whitehead Street in 1931 and stayed eight years. It’s a major tourist destination. I always go. I like to walk around the tropical gardens and imagine…
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By Dalia Colón Key West welcomes party animals—and we’re not just talking about the revelers whooping it up on Duval Street. The Conch Republic is as hospitable to four-legged visitors as it is to their human companions. If you and your favorite roll dog find yourselves with a weekend to spend in…
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By Janet K. Keeler It happens 365 times a year. Yet when the sun sets in Key West, people flock to the water’s edge as if…
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Tom Scherberger Want to explore the cultural, historical, and architectural treasures of Key West, Fla.? There’s an app for that. Just go to Florida Stories Walking Tours, and download the app created by the Florida Humanities Council. With this app you can learn, at your own pace and on your own…
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By VISIT FLORIDA staff The Florida Keys are a chain of barrier islands extending off the southern tip of Florida in warm, tropical waters. Though the Keys don't boast the wide, expansive stretches of beach that other parts of the state are famous for, there is an abundance of small, sandy beaches…
Read MoreA walking tour reveals 19th-century Key West, or Cayo Hueso. By Rafael Lima Early morning on Duval Street in Key West, and the sidewalk traffic is thriving. The "Cuban Leaf Cigar Factory," as the hand-carved sign announces, is a single man in a small shop. He is perhaps 70 and shirtless in the…
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By Jill Martin There are many sources of inspiration for travelers on a road trip from Tampa to Key West. Explore natural Florida at these fifteen off the beaten path pit-stops. 1. Bradenton No visit to Florida would be complete with a citrus tour and Mixon Fruit Farms is one of the best. Take a…
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Visitors to Key West's Higgs Beach might not pay much attention to the small rectangle of beachfront fenced off from the rest and flanked by tall columns. If they don't, however, they're missing the chance to view an extraordinary piece of America's past: a site that experts believe is the only…
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