From Wikitravel

The Florida Keys [1] are a region of Florida. The Keys are an archipelago of about 1700 islands extending south and southwest of the Florida mainland.

[edit] Islands

• Big Pine Key - home of the protected "Key Deer"
• Islamorada
• Key Largo
• Key West
• Marathon

[edit] Other destinations

Biscayne National Park

[edit] Understand

[edit] Talk

[edit] Get in

[edit] By car

U.S. Highway 1 leads from Miami leads to the Keys via the famous Overseas Highway.

[edit] By plane

The two main airports in the Keys are the seaplane base on Marathon Key (ICAO: 42FL) and Key West International Airport [2] (ICAO: KEYW). These are only used by private or commuter aircraft, mainly coming in from Miami (ICAO: KMIA IATA: MIA), which is the closest international airport.

[edit] By bus

Greyhound has service to and from the Florida Keys. There are terminals on Marathon, Big Pine Key, and Key West.

[edit] By ferry

Multiple ferry services are available from Fort Myers to Key West. Most of them are large catamarans that will accommodate 20-30 passengers. Sailing time is about 3 hours.

[edit] Get around

The Keys (at least the accessible, commercial islands) are connected by US Highway 1. A useful and interesting "quirk" about the linearity of the Keys (and US-1) is that directions to establishments and attractions are locally described by the "Mile Markers" along US-1. If you ask someone how to get to a certain beach or hotel, they will tell you that it is at "Mile Marker 68.5"; many signs and brochures will say "MM 68.5" (of course, there is no mile marker 68.5, this just means that the hotel is halfway between mile markers 68 and 69). These numbers start at zero at the start of US-1 on Key West, so the numbers get larger as you go north.

The speed limits in the Keys are generally 45 MPH on the built-up Islands, and 55 MPH on the bridges and less built-up islands. There are areas (very built-up strips, or animal sanctuaries) where the speed drops to 35 MPH.

[edit][add listing] See

• Atractions and Things To See in the Florida Keys

[edit] Itineraries

[edit][add listing] Do

• Key West Kayak, Fishing, & Eco Tours
• Florida Keys Scuba Diving
• All about Florida Keys Fishing

[edit][add listing] Eat

As you would expect, there is a lot of seafood served in the Keys, but all types of restaurants exist. These include most of the staples of American fast-food, mom-and-pop diners, and many kinds of ethnic fare.

The Florida Keys are the birthplace of Key Lime Pie once made using limes exclusively grown here.

Another Key specialty is conch (pronounced "konk"), a large crustacean often served in chowder.

[edit][add listing] Drink

• Key West - famous bar-hopping town, and former haunt of author Ernest Hemingway

[edit] Stay safe

http://www.thefloridakeys-keywest.com/VisitorsInfo/visitorsinfo.html Visitor's Information]

[edit] Get out

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