Key West --- What to do there / Where stay ?

[pc100porsche]

I'm doing a roadtrip from San Antonio to Key West at end September / mid October in my 88 Coupe.
Anyone have any suggestions of good places to stay in Key West or good places / bars / eateries to checkout around that area ? ..... any tips appreciated ...

[Halm]

Great question. Subscribed.

[Dan J]

I like to stay at the Southernmost Key West Hotels & Resort, Florida Vacation Travel Beach Wedding Hotel - Southernmost Resorts
I get a beachside room. There's plenty of good food Seafood is hard to miss on

[Jferr006]

We stayed at the fly navy hotel ( actually pretty nice, 2 room suite for $60 a night) the naval base on the far end of key west has the best beaches. The beaches on there are not that great. Duval street is the party spot and the boardwalk is fun to walk/shop/ eat and see the huge boats and Tarpon.

[Hugh R]

Visit the Hemingway house.

Every Bar says Hemingway drank there.

[javadog]

Rent a Sea-Doo and make a lap of the island. Drink Mojito's 'til you pee green.

JR

[VINMAN]

I make my yearly pilgrimage to KW every November for the Offshore power boat world championships. Been going there every year since the mid 80's. Plus try to make another trip down during the year.

Hard to recommend a hotel for you. Hotels vary from one end of the spectrum to the other. Depending what you are looking for. High end, you have the La Concha, Casa marina, Hyatt. All great places. If you are just looking for a nice place to crash between partying, you have the Blue Marlin on the southern end on Simonton Street. Also a few really nice B&B type places.

Duval is the main tourist drag. Sadly I've seen it go from a really cool laid back party place to an over priced commercialized tourist trap. But, still great bars there. I usually hang at the Greene Parrot, the Schooner wharf, and Conch Republic Seafood company. They are all away from Duval.
Oh, yeah a lot of the hot babes on the 800 block of Duval, aren't babes....

As far as food. Conch Republic Seafood Co. is awesome. Montes, A&B Lobster house. Best conch fritters are from the stand in front of the aquarium by Mallory Square. Definitely hit up the Hogfish grill on Stock island. For a more "classy" meal, Louie's Backyard is the place.

I could go on forever with suggestions with things to do...

[Jferr006]

Ugh we also went to the Red Garter strip club. Hubs told all the strippers I got new boobs so strippers were asking to touch them all night.

[javadog]

Originally Posted by Jferr006

I got new boobs so strippers were asking to touch them all night.

You say that like it's a bad thing....

JR

[Jferr006]

Felt pretty dirty.
Kw is a blast though, can't wait to plan another trip this winter.

[Jferr006]

I will say we drove from va to the key west and Miami to key west kinda sucks... Specifically, driving through Miami. There is a bypass we'll take next time.

[VINMAN]

Red Garter in KW? yeah I sort of heard of that place .... Might have driven by it once or twice...

[DARISC]

My wife and I go there on occasion. Fun place to go and play, but if gay would make you stay away, hey!, stay away because the majority of the restaurants and bars in Key West are gay owned/operated.

Which is to say, if you're a tighty righty, anti-gay, right wing whack job, you'll be shocked by the decadence of a society gone flamboyantly queer and will be likely to barf up your eggs Florentine a la Key West when your two gay waiters include you in their morning b!tch fest.

Key West is great...if you're not a typical denizen of the up-tight! Right wing world of PARF.

[Racerbvd]

Originally Posted by Jferr006

We stayed at the fly navy hotel ( actually pretty nice, 2 room suite for $60 a night) the naval base on the far end of key west has the best beaches. The beaches on there are not that great. Duval street is the party spot and the boardwalk is fun to walk/shop/ eat and see the huge boats and Tarpon.

One of my long time friends husband was just commissioned CO of NAS Key West.

[Paul_Heery]

Originally Posted by Dan J

I like to stay at the Southernmost Key West Hotels & Resort, Florida Vacation Travel Beach Wedding Hotel - Southernmost Resorts
I get a beachside room. There's plenty of good food Seafood is hard to miss on

My wife and I just got back from a week in Key West. We stayed at the Southernmost Hotel which is right next to Southermost on the Beach. I highly recommend it.

My Tripadvisor review
A great getaway - Review of Southernmost Hotel, Key West, FL - TripAdvisor

Places to eat:

Southernmost Beach Cafe - Great breakfasts, drinks and fantastic view
Southernmost Beach Cafe

Garbo's Grll - This is a food cart. But, they serve fantastic food. Try the mahi-mahi fish tacos.
Garbo's Grill / Sinz Taco's - Awesome Food Truck Full Of Awesome-Ness

Lattitudes - Expensive, but worth it.
Latitudes Restaurant | Key West Restaurant | Key West Dining at Sunset Key

A nust see is the Harry S Truman Little White House. It was a fascinating experience. The tour guides are excellent.
Key West Museum History | Truman Little White House




Dan, I'll be calling your shop on Monday. I have a PPI I need done.

[pc100porsche]

Thanks guys -- what is security regarding car like ?

[Rednine11]

Originally Posted by Hugh R

Visit the Hemingway house.

Every Bar says Hemingway drank there.

THIS:
drink a lot
plus there is a really cool lighthouse there
climb the lighthouse
cool Ripleys museum too.
way too much to do there.
Probably my favorite place to be. so much fun
take lots of pics and post some

[Rednine11]

Last time I was there me and wifey were on a cruise, ship docked at a Navy port then a shuttle picked us up and drove us over. will do again soon.

[yellowperil]

My wife and I stayed at the Pier House Hotel, on January 24, 1989. Long time ago, and I remember that date because that was the night they put Ted Bundy
out of OUR misery, at Stark Fed Prison, North Florida.

It was fairly big news, and a bit creepy. He was a nasty pri*k.,

Good riddance!

The Pier House was nice, with a small private beach.

[VINMAN]

Dont forget to check out the cemetary also.



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