https://https://uk.trip.com/toplist/tripbest/recommend/key-west/best-things-to-do/10070001826090
Best Things to Do
Popular Best Things to Do in Key West [2025]
Show All Photos
The Hemingway Home and Museum
4.5
/5
75 reviews
4.9
Based on 21,144 reviews
Downtown Key West | 2.1 km from downtown
Phone +13052941136
Address: 907 Whitehead St, Key West, FL 33040, United States
Recommended sightseeing time: 1-2 hours
Highlights:
Hemingway's cats roam freely
Spanish-style building exudes depth
Verified user reviews
Interesting & enjoyable tour - worth waiting for the half hour guided tour. Beautiful house and grounds full of 6 toed cats.
Hemingway's book "The Old Man and the Sea" was written in the Keywest Hemingway House. The exterior walls of the house are white and yellow-green, a typical Victorian style, surrounded by a small garden that is not large but lush.
Show All Photos
Key West Lighthouse
4.3
/5
3 reviews
4.3
Based on 2,158 reviews
Downtown Key West | 2.2 km from downtown
Phone +13052940012
Address: 938 Whitehead St, Key West, FL 33040, United States
Recommended sightseeing time: 1-2 hours
Highlights:
Climb to the top of the lighthouse for a panoramic view of the island
Explore the history of the lighthouse keeper's cottage.
Verified user reviews
The Key West Lighthouse is located in Key West, Miami, opposite the Hemingway House. It is a popular local check-in spot. The lighthouse can be clearly seen from Hemingway's house. When I visited the former residence, it was closed. It is important to manage your time.
Opposite Hemingway's former residence, you can see a very old lighthouse open to the public. I came here directly from the former residence. Key West is located in an important military fortress area in the United States. Building a lighthouse is essential to ensure the safe arrival of military and commercial ships. This lighthouse opened in 1848, with a woman as the keeper. Later, the lighthouse underwent a series of upgrades and added keeper's quarters. In 1969, due to technological advances, full-time keepers were no longer needed. Now this former sea sentinel is a museum of Key West's maritime heritage.
Key West Art & Historical Society includes a total of 4 museums: Custom House Museum, this one, Fort East Martello Museum and Tennessee Williams Museum, all of which are related to the history of Key West.
Address: 281 Front Sreet, Key West
Opening hours: 9:30-16:30
Tickets: Adults 12$, Seniors 9$, Children 5$, Free for children under 6 years old (You can get a 2$ discount by showing a small ticket to the other four museums)
Show All Photos
Fort Zachary Taylor Historic State Park
4.5
/5
5 reviews
4.1
Based on 7,238 reviews
Downtown Key West | 3.2 km from downtown
Phone +13052926713
Address: 601 Howard England Way, Key West, FL 33040, United States
Recommended sightseeing time: 0.5-1 day
Verified user reviews
Located in the national park west of Key West, there is a military fort that can be visited for free. There are not many people and there are not many things on display, mainly a few cannons. There is a beach next to it, 2.5 US dollars per person, and it seems that there are many people. The sun is very good, and many people are sunbathing on the beach. There are also parking lots nearby, which is quite convenient.
The beach definitely was a bit rocky but it wasn’t crowded any of the days we went. There’s public bathrooms, a chair rental, concession and the historic fort.
1
