Trip IdeasFodor's In Focus Florida Keys, 1st Edition
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About This Book
Fodor’s. For Choice Travel Experiences.
Fodor’s helps you unleash the possibilities of travel by providing the insightful tools you need to experience the trips you want. Although you’re at the helm, Fodor’s offers the assurance of our expertise, the guarantee of selectivity, and the choice details that truly define a destination. It’s like having a friend in the Florida Keys!
•Fodor’s In Focus Florida Keys features options for a variety of budgets, interests, and tastes, so you make the choices to plan your trip of a lifetime.
•If it’s not worth your time, it’s not in this book. Fodor’s discriminating ratings, including our top tier Fodor’s Choice designations, ensure that you’ll know about the most interesting and enjoyable places in the Florida Keys.
Visit Fodors.com for more ideas and information, travel deals, vacation planning tips, reviews and to exchange travel advice with other travelers.
Fodor’s helps you unleash the possibilities of travel by providing the insightful tools you need to experience the trips you want. Although you’re at the helm, Fodor’s offers the assurance of our expertise, the guarantee of selectivity, and the choice details that truly define a destination. It’s like having a friend in the Florida Keys!
•Fodor’s In Focus Florida Keys features options for a variety of budgets, interests, and tastes, so you make the choices to plan your trip of a lifetime.
•If it’s not worth your time, it’s not in this book. Fodor’s discriminating ratings, including our top tier Fodor’s Choice designations, ensure that you’ll know about the most interesting and enjoyable places in the Florida Keys.
Visit Fodors.com for more ideas and information, travel deals, vacation planning tips, reviews and to exchange travel advice with other travelers.
Table of Contents
About This Book ............ 5
When to Go ............ 6
Chappter 1: Welcome to the Florida Keys ............ 9
History of the Keys ............ 11
Nature in the Keys ............ 13
If You Like ............ 14
Chappter 2: Upper Keys ............ 18
Key Largo ............ 21
Islamorada ............ 37
Long Key ............ 54
The Upper Keys Essentials ............ 56
Chappter 3: The Middle Keys ............ 58
Conch & Duck Keys ............ 60
Grassy Key ............ 63
Marathon ............ 66
The Middle Keys Essentials ............ 76
Chappter 4: The Lower Keys ............ 77
Bahia Honda Key ............ 80
Big Pine Key ............ 82
Little Torch Key ............ 86
The Lower Keys Essentials ............ 91
Chappter 5: Key West ............ 93
Old Town ............ 98
New Town ............ 109
Where to Eat ............ 111
Where to Stay ............ 121
Nightlife & the Arts ............ 134
Sports & the Outdoors ............ 139
Shopping ............ 142
Excursion to Dry Tortugas National Park ............ 146
Key West Essentials ............ 150
Chappter 6: Gateways to the Keys ............ 154
Miami ............ 156
Homestead ............ 169
Florida City ............ 173
Florida Keys Essentials ............ 179
Index ............ 198
About Our Writers ............ 208
Maps
Florida Keys ............ 7
The Upper Keys ............ 21
Key Largo ............ 23
Islamorada ............ 39
The Middle Keys ............ 61
Marathon ............ 68
The Lower Keys ............ 80
Key West ............ 97
Old Town Key West ............ 102
Where to Eat in Old Town ............ 112
Where to Stay in Old Town ............ 122
Gateways to the Keys ............ 156
Miami ............ 158
When to Go ............ 6
Chappter 1: Welcome to the Florida Keys ............ 9
History of the Keys ............ 11
Nature in the Keys ............ 13
If You Like ............ 14
Chappter 2: Upper Keys ............ 18
Key Largo ............ 21
Islamorada ............ 37
Long Key ............ 54
The Upper Keys Essentials ............ 56
Chappter 3: The Middle Keys ............ 58
Conch & Duck Keys ............ 60
Grassy Key ............ 63
Marathon ............ 66
The Middle Keys Essentials ............ 76
Chappter 4: The Lower Keys ............ 77
Bahia Honda Key ............ 80
Big Pine Key ............ 82
Little Torch Key ............ 86
The Lower Keys Essentials ............ 91
Chappter 5: Key West ............ 93
Old Town ............ 98
New Town ............ 109
Where to Eat ............ 111
Where to Stay ............ 121
Nightlife & the Arts ............ 134
Sports & the Outdoors ............ 139
Shopping ............ 142
Excursion to Dry Tortugas National Park ............ 146
Key West Essentials ............ 150
Chappter 6: Gateways to the Keys ............ 154
Miami ............ 156
Homestead ............ 169
Florida City ............ 173
Florida Keys Essentials ............ 179
Index ............ 198
About Our Writers ............ 208
Maps
Florida Keys ............ 7
The Upper Keys ............ 21
Key Largo ............ 23
Islamorada ............ 39
The Middle Keys ............ 61
Marathon ............ 68
The Lower Keys ............ 80
Key West ............ 97
Old Town Key West ............ 102
Where to Eat in Old Town ............ 112
Where to Stay in Old Town ............ 122
Gateways to the Keys ............ 156
Miami ............ 158
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