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A perfect fit for a traveler who only has a day to spend in the Southernmost City, whether you are on a cruise or driving. The Conch Tour Train is hosted by conductors that give you the inside skinny on historic Key West - with lots of stops in between - but you can walk nearly everywhere in Old Town, and still see sunset at Mallory Square!
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Conch Tour Train
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- +1 305 294 5161 / +1 800 868 7482
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- One Key Lime Square
- Key West,FL33040
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Historic Tours of America operates both Key West's Conch Tour Train and Old Town Trolley, though the Conch Tour Train is a historic, 51-year-old legacy of Henry Flagler's engineering miracle. After all, he built the Railroad to the Sea. It's a hugely popular tour with over 15 million passengers delighted they got onboard. If you want to revisit the days of hand-rolled cigars made in Mallory Square, learn about Mel Fisher's lifelong search for sunken treasure or simply want to sit in shaded comfort and let someone else do the driving (a skilled engineer, in this case!), hop on. You won't be disappointed. Operates 9am - 4:30pm daily.
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Audubon House & Tropical Gardens
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- +1 305 294 2116 / +1 877 294 2470
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- 205 Whitehead St
- Between Greene and Caroline sts
- Key West,FL33040
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Artist John James Audubon, famed for his detailed drawings of birds and animals, once visited this handsome and historic two-story house that now bears his name. Audubon House, whose construction is typical of historic Key West, offers a self-guided audiotape-tour guiding guests through the home and its lush, tropical garden. In the house are antique furnishings, old photographs and Audubon prints. A gift shop sells unusual items associated with the artist and the house, as well as souvenir items. Admission fee.
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Key West City Cemetery
Contact:
- +1 305 292 6718
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Location:
- 701 Passover Ln
- entrance at the corner of Margaret and Angela streets
- Key West,FL33040
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It may sound morbid to go strolling through cemeteries, but this cemetery is also a historical landmark. Established in 1847 and covering nearly 20 acres, the cemetery features one historic memorial that shelters the remains of U.S. sailors killed in the 1898 explosion of the battleship Maine in Havana Harbor, while another is dedicated to those who died in the 1868-1878 Ten Years' War between Cuba and Spain.
You will see unique headstones, like a ship's mast or the famous one reading, "I told you I was sick."
Restoration work on tombs, gravesites and fences at the historic cemetery, whose memorials and monuments honor the island city's early residents and milestones in local and regional history is ongoing. Funded with the help of a state historic preservation grant awarded to the City of Key West, the work includes restoration of monuments, brick tombs, headstones and cast-iron plot enclosures on some of the cemetery's historically significant memorials.
The cemetery, located off Margaret and Angela streets in Key West's historic district, incorporates below-ground burials and stone-encased above-ground graves. Some structures have been weathered by time and climate,... read more -
Mallory Square
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- +1 305 296 4557
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- 300 Duval St
- (at Front St)
- Key West,FL33040
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Located by the historic Key West waterfront, this open-air marketplace and entertainment complex is a great place to start or end your visit to Key West. Known for its magnificent sunsets, the area is also home to many shops, including Shell Warehouse, Key West Sponge Market and Caribbean Cargo. The Square also features daily entertainment, which includes guitar music, juggling, and animal performances. Local sightseeing tours also depart from the Square. Call for additional information.
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Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum
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- +1 305 294 1136
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Location:
- 907 Whitehead Street
- Key West,FL33040
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Key West was to have been just a stopping-off point for Hemingway when he arrived on the ferry from Havana in 1928. But the Ford automobile that should have been waiting at the docks was delayed, so the embarrassed car merchant offered the author accommodations at the Trevor and Morris Apartments located above the dealership. During his stay there, Hemingway worked on "A Farewell to Arms" and became captivated by the island's easygoing ambiance.What he discovered fed his exuberance for living, heralded the beginning of the most prolific period of his career and inspired him to use Depression-era Key West as the locale for "To Have and Have Not" - his only novel set in the United States.In a short time, Hemingway moved into a Spanish colonial villa at 907 Whitehead St., which was his home through December 1939. Now a registered National Historic Landmark, the home is open to the public as a museum honoring the island's most famous literary resident.Ernest Hemingway wrote many of his best-known works in the second-story writing studio that adjoins the house. Among them were "Death in the Afternoon," "For Whom the Bell Tolls," "The Green Hills of Africa," "The Fifth Column," "The Snows... read more
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Half Shell Raw Bar
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- +1 305 294 7496
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Location:
- Lands End Village At the Historic Seaport
- 231 Margaret Street
- Key West,FL33040-6639
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Are you a Disney movie fan? Then don't visit this place. You'll find all the characters from 'The little mermaid' here...except, they are not animated but real flesh and blood. The Raw Bar serves the freshest fish, oysters, clams, conch, shrimp, scrumptious stone crab and lip-smacking Florida lobster (raw, but naturally). Choose a table by the gulf and watch your meal swim by in the mini aquariums all over. Also, take home a legendary 'Eat it raw' T-shirt and don't forget to claim your free shot glass, which comes with a purchase of the celebrated oyster shooter. And now, the best is saved for the last, happy hours between 4:30p-6:30p every day. Go enjoy!
- Destination(s): Key West
- Type: First time visit
- 1 DAY
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