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Key West Attractions
A Key Encounter Nature Theater
Clinton Square Market Mall
Key West, FL
Theatre / Gallery / Museum showing Keys wild
life on 3 big screens
Free admission
Open 7 days a week
Audubon House & Tropical Gardens
205 Whitehead St.
Key West, FL
305 294-2116
www.audubonhouse.com
The 1840's home of Captain John Geiger. This
unique home is furnished with 19th Century
antiques. The tropical gardens is where John J.
Audubon painted.
Open daily 9:30 am - 5:00 pm.
Bone Island Shuttle
Kids Ride Free!
The carefree, car free way to visit Key West.
As you can well imagine, an island that is only 2
miles wide by 4 miles long doesn't offer a lot of
space for parking cars. You will also find that
those parking meters and garages don't come
cheap.
The Bone Island Shuttle will pick you up and
drop you off all day for one low price so that you
can:
•Enjoy Key West the way it was designed
to be enjoyed....without a car!
•Save time and money
•Avoid the hassle of traffic and parking
•Make your stay more fun, along with
everyone else's
•Kids ride free!
Bone Island Shuttle Multi-day offers 3 and 5 day
passes that will save you time and money.
Save $6 on the 3-day pass and $10 on the 5-
day pass. Just inquire at the front desk of your
hotel.
Key West Butterfly & Nature Conservatory
The Florida Keys only living butterfly and nature
conservatory.
Conservatory hours 9:00 am to 5:00 pm daily.
(last ticket sold 30 min. before closing)
Gift shop and gallery hours 9:00 am to 5:30 pm
daily.
Call for group rates and details.
Take a stroll through a tropical paradise. Walk
through a magical and inviting environment
filled with hundreds of the most beautiful
winged creatures in nature - butterflies. During
your breathtaking journey you will experience an
impressive collection of flowering plants,
colorful birds, cascading waterfalls and trees
that set the stage for the "flowers of the sky."
Witness some 50 to 60 butterfly species from
around the world, along with fifteen exotic bird
species, all under a climate controlled, glass
enclosed habitat.
Casa Antigua
314 Simonton
Key West, FL
Hemingway's First Residence in Key West
Tour the Garden of this most unusual home
Caribbean arts and crafts Haitian Metal
Art Open 7 days 10 am - 6 pm
Enter through Pelican Poop Gift Shop
www.pelicanpoop.com
The Conch Tour Train is one of Florida's most
popular attractions and has been entertaining
visitors to Key West since 1958.
The Couch Tour Train is open everyday and
tours run from 9:00 am to 4:30 pm.
Boarding locations:
•Front Street
•Mallory Square
•Flagler Station
305 294-5161
www.conchtourtrain.com
Curry Mansion Inn
511 Caroline St.
Key West, FL
Historic Victorian Mansion & Museum
Located Just Off Duval St Near Mallory Square
The Conch Tour Train is one of Florida's most popular attractions and has been entertaining
visitors to Key West since 1958.
The Couch Tour Train is open everyday and tours run from 9:00 am to 4:30 pm.
Boarding locations:
•Front Street
•Mallory Square
•Flagler Station
305 294-5161
www.conchtourtrain.com
Curry Mansion Inn
511 Caroline St.
Key West, FL
Historic Victorian Mansion & Museum
Located Just Off Duval St Near Mallory Square
Dry Tortugas National Park
This National Park is located on an island about 70 miles west of Key West and is only accessible
by boat. There are a few ferry services that have scheduled trips to the Park. Dry Tortugas National
Park and Fort Jefferson have a fascinating history and beautiful beaches for divers and snorkelers.
Historic Fort Jefferson is located on Garden Key which is the largest island in the group of 7
islands. Fort Jefferson construction began in 1846 but was never finished yet it covers 11 of the
key's 16 acres. The army abandoned Fort Jefferson in 1874. In 1908 the area became a wildlife
refuge to protect nesting birds from egg collectors. In 1935 the area was proclaimed a National
Monument and in 1992 was designated a National Park.
Mel Fisher Maritime Museum
200 Greene St
Key West, FL
One of the major attractions in all of the Florida Keys, Mel Fisher's houses and displays recovered
Spanish treasures. It's from here that Mel and his "Golden Crew;" as he liked to call them,
brainstormed the search for the Atocha and her sister ship, Santa Margarita.
Flagler Station
Over-Sea Railway Historeum
901 Caroline Street
Key West, FL
www.flaglerstation.net
305 295-3562
In 1912, old magnate Henry Flagler completed his Over-sea Railway, 130 miles out to sea. Relive
this engineering miracle, and discover what it took in lives, money and resource to bring the Florida
East Coast Railroad to Key West. Rare footage of the original film, "The Day the Train Arrived",
photos and artifacts combine to make this a fun and educational experience.
The Ghosts & Legends of Key West
3095 294-1713
866-622-GHOST
www.americabyfoot.com
Tours meet at the Porter Mansion at the Corner of Duval and Caroline St.
7:00 and 9:00 pm every evening
Step off the beaten path with the Ghosts & Legends of Key West for a spine-tingling ninety-minute
tour into the restless spirit world of our tiny island.
As we saunter along the shadowy streets and lanes of Old Town your guide narrates Key West's
most colorful ghost stories and legends. Learn about haunted Victorian mansions, pirate lore,
voodoo superstitions and rituals, a Count who lived with the corpse of his beloved, and other
bizarre yet true aspects of "Bone Island". Points of interest on the tour may include the Audubon
House, the old city morgue, the Marrero House, St. Paul's Cemetery, the Otto Mansion, as well as
hidden aspects of Key West that only a "Conch" could show you.
Reservations Required
Ernest Hemingway House & Museum
907 Whitehead St
Key West, FL
Visit the home of the Nobel Prize winning author.
See the six toed cats and the office where
Hemingway wrote "For Whom the Bell Tolls" and "To
Have and Have Not". Guided Tour.
HERITAGE HOUSE MUSEUM AND ROBERT FROST
COTTAGE
296-3573 · Email: heritagehouse@aol.com
410 Caroline St. · Key West, FL 33040
Open Monday - Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Admission
is $7 for guided and $5 for self-guided tours.
Discounts for children, senior citizens and military
are available. Experience true island hospitality
during a visit to this 19th century sea captain's
colonial house, containing original furnishings, rare
antiques and unusual seafaring artifacts. The orchid
filled garden adjoining the Robert Frost Cottage, is a
real treat! Facilities are available for special event
Mallory Square
Located on the historic waterfront between
Whitehead and Duval Streets
Key West, FL
Mallory Square - where the world famous Key West
Sunset Celebration takes place!
Be there about one hour before sunset every day for
the best free show anywhere! Artists and craftsmen
gather in Key West from all corners of the globe.
Tight rope walkers, contortionists, fire and sword
eaters, mimes, music and much more live
entertainment. And, of course, the fabulous Key West
sunset!
Old Town Trolley Tours
305 296-6688
www.historictours.com
See the best of Key West on Old Town Trolley's 90
minute tour. Old Town Trolley Tours cover over 100
points of interest. Get off at any of the convenient
stops to shop, dine or sightsee then reboard a trolley
and it's on with the tour. You may get off as many
times as you like as you make one complete loop.
The trolleys come by each stop at least every 30
minutes. Tour at your own pace.
Stops and nearby attractions:
•Mallory Square
•Historic Waterfront/Mac's Sea Garden
•Simonton Row
•Holiday Inn La Concha
•Bahama Village Market
•Key West Welcome Center
•Wyndham's Casa Marina Resort & Beach
House
•Southernmost Trolley Stop
•Truval Village
•Angela Street Depot
Pat Croce's PIRATE SOUL Museum
Front and Simonton Streets - 1 block off Duval
Key West, FL
www.piratesoul.com
See it. Feel It. Live it.
Drink it all in with the unparalleled collection of rare
artifacts that include Captain Kidd's last journal,
Blackbeard's weapons, and the only authentic pirate
treasure chest in the world, as we take you aboard -
and even below deck - on an amazing interactive
journey back 300 years of high seas adventure.
Ripley's Believe It or Not! Key West Museum
108 Duval St.
Key West, FL
305 293-9939
Over 500 exhibits in 13 themed galleries on 2 floors
Open Daily
Schooner Western Union
202 William St
Key West, FL
www.SchoonerWesternUnion.com
• Day Sails
• Sunset Sails
• Star Gazing Sails
•
The last tall ship built in Key West ~ 1939.
The official flagship of the city of Key West.
The Schooner Western Union is on the National
Register of Historic Places.
Built and home ported in Key West, this ship was
launched in 1939 as a working schooner. She sailed
the Caribbean and South Atlantic until 1974.
Now back in Key West, this authentic vintage tall ship
sails visitors around the waters of the Conch
Republic daily.
Key West Shipwreck Historeum Museum
1 White St
Mallory Square
Key West, FL
305 292-8990
Step back to Key West of 1851 and discover the
treacherous world of shipwrecking and how it made
Key West the richest city in the United States. Live
actors, artifacts, laser technology and a 60' lookout
tower make the experience one of a kind.
Southernmost Point
Whitehead and South Street
Southernmost tip of the island (and the United
States), only 90 miles to Cuba
Harry S. Truman Little White House
111 Front St.
Key West, FL
305 294-9911
www.TrumanLittleWhiteHouse.com
Visit the most Historically important site in South
Florida. This building served as the functioning
White House of the United State for 175 days of
Truman's Presidency.
•Guided tours daily
•Museum Gift Shop
•Free Self guided botanical tour
•Listed on the national register of historic
places.
Open daily from 9:00am - 5:00 pm.
