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Activities in Key West

  • Alonzo's Oyster Bar

    Yacht owners tie up their boats and grab seats on the wraparound porch at this marina bar and slurp Key lime–garlic oysters during happy hour (4–6:... More
  • Bésame Mucho

    Owned by a Key West native who stocks her well-appointed accessories boutique with candles from Diptyque and Tocca, antique clocks, spicy red peppe... More
  • Butterfly & Nature Conservatory

    A popular area activity, the Butterfly & Nature Conservatory has more than 50 species of butterflies and 20 species of exotic birds all housed unde... More
  • Dana Point Yacht Club

    Don't miss the summer regattas held here. More
  • Dry Tortugas National Park Ferry

    The Yankee Freedom II takes visitors from Key West to Dry Tortugas National Park. The 70-mile excursion aboard this high-speed-catamaran takes a li... More
  • Florida Keys Eco Discovery Center

    The National Marine Sanctuary–owned museum, devoted to the largest coral reef in North America, opened in January 2007; permanent exhibits highligh... More
  • Fort Zachary Taylor

    Spend the day at the 1850s park (don’t miss the fascinating antique desalination plant). Here, you’ll also find one of the few beaches in Key West ... More
  • Gallery On Greene

    The Museum of Art & History at the Custom House occupies a prime location on the port, but for Art Basel–quality work, head to this one-room galler... More
  • Green Parrot

    A jazzy live band accompanies the rough-looking bartenders, who serve $3 brews to a wide range of characters beneath twinkling green lights. Cre... More
  • Harry S. Truman's Little White House

    Key West has attracted its fair share of vacationing presidents (Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Carter among them), and the memorabilia displayed at Trum... More
  • Hemingway Home and Museum

    It's a shame to come to Hemingway's tropical hideaway and not take the official tour, which start every 10 minutes and are led by a ramshackle grou... More
  • Island Style

    Pick up cartoonlike sculptures (fish in red high heels, anyone?) and bright beachscape-painted tables and chairs at this boutique filled with handm... More
  • Kermit's Key West Key Lime Shoppe

    The famed shop produces a frozen version, dipped in chocolate and eaten from a stick, lolly-style. More
  • Key West Island Books

    This two-room bookstore feels and smells like an attic, but the collection of mostly used books is worth a visit. Peruse the teetering stacks for C... More
  • Key West Museum of Art & History at the Custom House

    The circa-1891 Key West Museum of Art & History at the Custom House features a dripping-with-malice portrait of Truman Capote, waving a 1976 Americ... More
  • La Te Da

    This recently renovated hotel restaurant hosts its very own cabaret; men in drag do nightly impersonations of celebrities like Madonna and Cher at ... More
  • Mel Fisher Maritime Museum

    The Mel Fisher Maritime Museum celebrates its namesake's 1985 discovery of the hull of a 1622 Spanish Galleon named Atocha, uncovered about a one-h... More
  • Red Barn Theatre

    At the improbably first-rate theater, local boy Richard Wilbur once helped out with Molière translations. More
  • Sculpture Key West

    This annual arts exhibit of contemporary, large-scale outdoor sculptures and installations started in 1995 as an informal exhibit. Now, it showcase... More
  • Studios of Key West

    Off the beaten path in an old Armory building, this nonprofit creative arts community center serves as an artist residency to more than 40 differen... More
  • Tropic Cinema

    Catch an art film at the nonprofit Tropic Cinema (founded, in part, by writer Jean Carper and George Cooper, a retired law professor and author). More
  • Virgilios

    Key West natives take their nightlife seriously, though not literally, as many begin their reveling at 3 p.m. Join the party early at this indoor-o... More
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