Visiting Key West Florida: A Family Travel Guide
Visiting Key West Florida: A Family Travel Guide
Amanda | Salty Vagabonds Family
Wanting to visit Key West Florida with your family? The Florida Keys are located south of Miami and are famous for their beautiful beaches, amazing seafood, water sports and very friendly locals. We visited Key West for a few days getaway & we can’t wait to share all of our tips and recommendations with you!
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Hyatt Residence Club Key West, Windward Pointe
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The Laureate Key West
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Ocean Key Resort & Spa
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DoubleTree Resort by Hilton Hotel Grand Key - Key West
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Key West Marriott Beachside Hotel
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Oceans Edge Resort & Marina Key West
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Navy Lodge Key West
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If you have Military Base Access this is a Good Budget Friendly Option with space for a family
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Where to Eat
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Blue Heaven
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This is the spot for breakfast. Good food and sitting outside in the jungle covered canopy was awesome. Get there early because this place fills up for breakfast.
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El Siboney Restaurant
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This restaurant has the Cuban food and influence you are looking for when visiting Key West. Good carribean cooked food at no extra cost.
It is off the beaten path a tad bit. This is Definitely a local food fare spot.
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Eaton Good
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We stumbled across this place out on a loosely planned day and was hungry for lunch. Did a quick google search for Cuban food and boom we landed here while walking around.
Very good Cuban sandwich with lots of flavor and not too expensive. Definitely would go back to this place.
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Island Fish Company
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By the time you have been driving all day, for us it was about 300 miles to this place and we stopped at Island Fish Company for lunch. Perfect place to stop by boat too. Big tables and no crowd is a double thumbs up for us. Perfect place to stop before you get into the crowded city hustle of key west.
The food was good and the girls loved sitting by the water. The palapa roof and open deck seating with crystal clear water for you to gaze upon was very soothing. The girls loved looking at all the fish in the water and trying to feed them.
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Key Lime Pie Bakery
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You can’t go to key west without getting some key lime pie from this bakery. Key lime pie is the official dessert of Florida and also Key West /The Conch Republic.
We did snag some regular key lime pie when visiting. But I have never seen it frozen, dipped in chocolate and served on a stick! For this amazing contraption you have to go visit the Key Lime Pie Bakery.
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Cuban Coffee Queen Waterfront
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What to See
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Southernmost Point of the Continental U.S.A.
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The Hemingway Home and Museum
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The Hemingway House (museum) is famous for not only the award winning author Ernest Hemingway but for 6 toed cats. Hemingway has achieved the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the Nobel Prize in Literature.
They have a guided tour that lasts around 30 minutes through the house. You are free to walk around the house grounds and explore the garden and tropical flowers on the property. This was the most exciting experience for the girls because they got to pet the cats with 6 toes. The staff says there are around 60 cats on the property.
This was an awesome place to explore and experience because of the rich history of the island and the impact Hemingway has left on American literature.
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Key West Lighthouse
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The Light House museum is across the street from the Hemingway House. The lighthouse is 120 years old and has 88 steps to the top. You can get the best view of the island and the ocean at this location.
The girls learned about all the things a light house keeper was responsible for. Addy learned how the lenses were made different and why there are multiple lighthouses along the reef system in Florida. This knowledge would follow us to sailing down the Pacific Coast of the USA.
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Keep an eye out for the Key West Chickens
Everyone that has been to key west knows all about the chickens! They have been here for centuries and most have originated from Cuba and/or the Caribbean. The chickens are protected by law and you are not allowed to feed them either. The first offense for feeding them will cost you $250! There are about 2000 chickens on the island. Don’t worry you will see them anywhere you go.
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Mile Marker Zero
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What to Do
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Turtle Hospital
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Fort Zachary Taylor Historic State Park
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The Key West Butterfly and Nature Conservatory
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Key West Aquarium
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The key west aquarium has all the normal things an aquarium would have on a smaller scale. Great stop for the kids especially the girls because they love the ocean creatures. The touch tank had local star fish, hermit crabs and sea urchins. this is a good stop to experience the local aquatic animals that are native to the Florida Keys.
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Conch Tour Train
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This was a fun tour to grab ice cream and hit the tour. You get to ride the train through the island and they give you a short description of historical and funky land marks.
I suggest doing this first. You will get an idea of where things are and how far apart everything is so you can use your time the best while visiting the island.
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Key West Shipwreck Museum
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This was my favorite place!! Once a pirate always a pirate! The museum was all about the shipwrecks along the reef system and the ghosts that come with them.
Awesome place with historic artifacts and treasure! It will definitely keep the kids entertained. Don’t forget to climb the tower and signal the pirate conch horn!
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Florida Keys Eco-Discovery Center
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This discovery center has a display and an educated learning experience on how to help coral survive and thrive. The other big element they learned was all about lion fish.
Lion fish are naturally in the Pacific Ocean. People bought them for fish tanks and they were released into the reef system in the Atlantic by disposing of them incorrectly. They are bad for the reefs in the Atlantic for many reasons and should be harvested when you see one.
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Sunset Celebration at Mallory Square
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This area of town has been doing an off-the-cuff celebration daily since the 1960s for sunset. The sunset celebration has many street performers that come to the square 2 or 3 hours early to get the party started.
This is a local hang out spot and as the saying goes “see you at sunset” comes true. I have seen many worthwhile sunsets in my day but the Key West vibe and street performers make it the most enduring.
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Dry Tortugas National Park
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