South Beach

Key West


This small sandy beach is a pleasant spot for a dip. A restaurant sits on the edge of the sands, and rents out lounge chairs and umbrellas. South Beach is where Tennessee Williams allegedly used to go for morning swims.


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2. Higgs Beach

0.24 MILES

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3. Southernmost Point

0.26 MILES

The most-photographed spot on the island, this red-and-black buoy isn’t even the southernmost point in the USA (that’s in the off-limits naval base around…

4. Key West Lighthouse

0.53 MILES

You can climb up 88 spiraling steps to the top of this snowy white lighthouse, built in 1846, for a decent view (perhaps not as enjoyable as it was in the…

5. Hemingway House

0.54 MILES

Key West’s biggest darling, Ernest Hemingway, lived in this gorgeous Spanish Colonial house from 1931 to 1940. Papa moved here in his early 1930s with his…

6. Key West Cemetery

0.65 MILES

A darkly alluring Gothic labyrinth beckons at the center of this pastel town. Built in 1847, the cemetery crowns Solares Hill, the highest point on the…

7. Duval Street

0.74 MILES

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8. Key West Distilling

0.75 MILES

This tiny craft distiller, basically a one-man operation, creates some excellent rums, two types of vodka (including one with horseradish), one gin and…