Key West is one of our favorite places to visit any chance we get. There is just something amazing about the city at the end of the road. Plus the drive to Key West is gorgeous. Make sure and plan extra time for stops along the way.
If you are driving to Key West keep an eye out for dolphins as you drive. Each time we have driven to Key West we have seen at least a couple of dolphins along the way.
Key West Travel Tips
If you are taking a Miami to Keywest Roadtrip don't miss out on all of the fun stops along the way. There are so many great keys to stop at along the way!
What to buy – Key Lime products! Conch shells, sunken treasure replicas
What to eat – Key Lime Pie, Key Lime Pie on a stick, Key Lime Pie in a jar….are you seeing a theme here?
Places to visit:
Visit Ernest Hemingway's house and play with the polydactyl cats.
Take a walk through the Key West Butterfly Garden and feel like you have stepped into Alice and Wonderland.
Look at sunken treasure at the Mel Fisher Museum
Eat more Key Lime Pie
Watch the sunset at Mallory Square
Stroll Duval street and check out the stores and bars.
Visit the Southern Most Point in the US and get your picture taken.
There are a ton of things to do in Key West. You can easily spend a couple of days wandering the city. There is ample shopping from tourist shops to fine art galleries along Duval Street.
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If you are looking for a place to stay check out Key West's Laureate Hotel.
Winter White
OK now it makes perfect sense that Key Lime Pie would be incredible in Key West! I never put two and two together! Thank you so much for the suggestions, I like to read about the cool things to do in other towns from the people who go there. I just did a post about this very thing.
Chantal
You always have the best travel tips for us! I have never been to Key West but if I ever go, I will definitely get some key lime pie- how could you resist?!?
LaShawn
My husband and I made plans to go to key West last year and never made it! I've always wanted to go stroll Duvall Street, eat REAL key lime pie and visit Earnest Hemmingway's house!
Kita
I am trying to think have I ever been to the Key West I am thinking no but I probably was close lol. I have never had key lime pie but I think I will wait until I visit Key West to have some makes more sense to me
Melissa
i have always wanted to visit key west. It looks so amazing. I love key lime everything so this definitely looks like a place I need to visit. My kids would enjoy the butterfly garden. There is something so peaceful about butterflies.
Sage
Now that I live abroad, I don't think Key West is in my future travel plans, but I've always wanted to see Hemingway's cats! It has to be a better experience than Harry's Bar in Venice, which was a Hemingway haunt in the 40s-50s and now thinks it's ok to charge 9 Euros for a Coke based on that pedigree.
Tammilee
The cats are so cute! We didn't make it to Harry's Bar when we were in Venice. It is good to know that we should be prepared for their prices.
NYC Single Mom
Its been a hundred years since I have been to Key West. Your post is making me want to go back and see how it's changed. It is so beautiful and the people are amazing. And to say my mouth is watering of the thought of key lime pie is an understatement.
rochkirstin
Key Lime Pie must be their specialty in the area. Haha! How good was it? Now I'm getting curious on how it tastes like. 🙂 The butterfly garden must be very pretty and the backdrops would serve as great natural theme for pictorials. I love Alice in Wonderland.
Tammilee
The Key Lime Pie is worth a visit on its own. So dang good!
Joanne T Ferguson
I have been to key West many time Tammilee! It always has so much vibrancy and energy! I wish I could click my heels and be there right now! What great travel tips you have shared today! Thank you!
Tammilee
oh how I wish we could click out heels and spend the day in Key West. That would be amazing.
Nancy
Pretty sure I am the most obsessed person with palm trees. Any time I see one, I have to either talk about it, or take a photo of them. I'm kinda stoked to check out Key West some time, especially for the fact that I am in love with key lime pies, and I bet they know their pies. Oh, and the sunsets... I bet they're unreal there.