This
Florida Keys Best website promotes the Florida Keys and
much that it has to offer. This index page provides links
to helpful and essential information for vacation
travelers and visitors. In
addition to providing useful
information on Accommodations and lodging in the Florida
Keys you'll find suggestions on Attractions and
Activities of interest to travelers and families visiting
the Florida Keys and Key West.
The site
provides several fun pages on the ritual locals and
visitors call the "Sunset Celebration". For bird watchers
we have an extensive information on the Painting and
observations made by John Audubon's during the time he
visited the Florida Keys and Key West. For travelers to
the Caribbean we offer a website on Caribbean Travel
Health. We also have a link to a community website which
offers information to Accommodations, Real Estate and
local Fishing Guides on the Florida Keys community of
Duck Key.
QUICK
INDEX OF FLORIDA KEYS BEST WEBSITES
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On
this page you will find directions for
finding
"Good Buy"
Lodging
and Premier Accommodations in Key West
and the Greater Florida Keys area.
Our
information and links to places of lodging and
accommodation are provided at the bottom of this QUICK
INDEX.
If
you'd rather go directly to an accommodation and
lodging page Click here 
To
search for accommodations use Key West as your travel
destination. Using Key West will give you the most
choices as it provides a list of more than 80 plus
hotels, motels, inns, resorts, bed and breakfast
accommodations, guest houses and spas in
the
Florida
Keys Greater area
(this includes lodging in Key West). The link provides
prices and a means for making reservations for
accommodations.
An
option would be to use Islamorada, Marathon or Key
Largo as a travel destination to limit the list of
hotels and resort choices to those in the Upper and
Middle Keys.
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We
also provide two directories:
A
Quick Guide with information
on
Attractions,
Activities, and Accommodations for Kids and
Families
visiting the Florida Keys and Key West. Information
on Family friendly vacation resorts and attractions
that appeal to both adults and children.
All-inclusive family oriented resorts that are
designed to provide fun and excitement for children
as well as time for adult
pursuits.
CLICK the Image
below to learn more about kids' activities and
places of interest for children in the Florida Keys
and Key West. Information for families about
beaches and parks, snorkeling, biking, golfing,
fishing, water sports, tours, movies, nature walks,
attractions, kayaking, children day programs,
dolphins, and child health travel.
and
a more extensive guide listing
Enticing,
Exciting
and
Essential
Services
for
Families
visiting
and living in the Florida Keys and Key West.
CLICK
HERE
to
go to our Family Guide to the Florida Keys
site. Created for resident families as well as
families visiting the Keys it provides a more
extensive listing of services available than the
Kids in the Florida Keys site listed above.
Listings describe facilities and services available
to children and parents in the Florida Keys. Family
services which are enticing, exciting and essential
are listed for Key Largo, Islamorada, Duck Key,
Marathon, Big Pine, the Lower Keys and Key West
.
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We
have many requests for information about Hawk's Cay
which is located in the Middle Keys.
Hawk's
Cay is a premier resort in the Florida Keys which
offers many nature related experiences on site.
Kayaking, dolphin encounters, fishing experiences,
trips to the reef for snorkeling, diving or viewing
from a glass bottom boat are available on site at
Hawk's Cay. The resort provides lodging at the Inn and
also rents Vacation "Conch House" villa accommodations
at Hawk's Cay Village.
What
is a conch house? Learn about the unique Key
West style vacation villas, and accommodations and
lodging of Hawk's Cay Village. Fine restaurants,
resort amenities, recreation activities, Spanish
treasure discovered nearby, and use of the resort as a
presidential retreat. Dolphin Encounter Program,
Kids program, and Fishing Guides.
For
information on the Indies Inn
at
Hawk's
Cay Resort as
well as its Vacation Villa Accommodations modeled
after historic Conch Houses of the Florida Keys and
Key West click on
The
resort has become extremely popular and limits the
number rooms it makes available to
discounting.
FOR
INTERNET RESERVATION INFORMATION on conch style
vacation villas at Hawk's Cay Village and lodging at
Hawk's Cay Inn and to check availability of this
property - -
Click
here
Search
by CITY
and STATE -
Select
MARATHON and FLORIDA.
Then
scroll through the lodging choices til you get to
Hawk's Cay.
.
Advice
and Health information
for families planning travel to the
Caribbean
in the form of a Don't
Worry Vacation Guide
Advice and Health information for families planning
Caribbean
Travel. Focuses
on health risks travelers may face when
vacationing to offshore resorts in the Caribbean
Islands and offers the alternative of worry
free vacation lodging and villa accommodations in the
Florida Keys. Provides documentation and helpful
tips for travelers going to the offshore
Caribbean.
.
A Guide
to John Audubon's Journey
to the Florida Keys and Key West.
A
guide to John Audubon, a brief history of his journey
in the Florida Keys, to Indian Key, Sandy Key, the
Duck Keys, Bahia-honda, Key West and the Dry Tortugas
with descriptions, observations and paintings from
Birds in America and Audubon's Ornithological
Biography. You don't have to be a bird lover to
enjoy this site.
Audubon
prints are available through
the
John
Audubon
site.
Links
to additional descriptions and sketches of Key West -
Key
West from Audubon's time to
1869,
Key
West from 1884 to recent
time.
.
Helpful information on Sunset
Celebrations
in the Florida Keys
.
A
Conch Website for the
Keys
Information
on conch (pronounced conk) houses in Key West, Conch
Life and Key West style conch houses in the Florida
Keys.The site describes the classic architecture of
Conch Houses and gives information on modern conch
villas and accommodations. Meanings of the term
"conch" are given and links to conch related sites and
happenings in Key West are listed.
.
Sunset Celebrations and
Rituals
in the Florida Keys and Key West
One
of the Florida Keys most popular natural attractions
is its sunsets, and people in the Keys find the
setting sun to be a spectacular event .
CLICK
the IMAGE
above to find out more about the sunset ritual and
places residents and visitors go to to celebrate the
setting of the sun. We provide Links to information
and photographs on sunsets and green flashes on the
Internet plus a sunset score card which can be used to
rate each Florida Keys and Key West sunset during
sunset celebrations. Be sure to print a copy of our
sunset score card to add to your enjoyment of this
ritual.
.
Fishing Guides and
charters in the Middle Keys 
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FLORIDA
KEYS BEST SPECIAL "Good Buy"
- DISCOUNTED
LODGING - ACCOMMODATIONS
IN KEY WEST
Florida
Keys Best is a regional website which provides
information on average to over 30,000 unique visitors
each month. Special rates negotiated with a number of
hotels and resorts are available to you through this
website and Travelocity. We provide reservation and rate
information on more than 80 places of lodging in the
Greater Florida Keys.
DIRECTIONS
FOR FINDING KEY WEST ACCOMMODATIONS and LODGING IN THE
GREATER FLORIDA KEYS
Click
here
to find lodging in Key West and the Florida Keys Greater
area. If you elect to search by
CITY
and STATE
- Type
KEY WEST and
select
FLORIDA. By
Clicking on the bed image and typing
KEY
WEST and
choosing
FLORIDA you
will be provided with pictures, and extensive information
on 80 plus hotels, motels, inns, resorts, bed and
breakfast accommodations, guest houses and spas in the
Florida Keys Greater area (this includes lodging in Key
West). The link also provides a means for making
reservations for accommodations.
Alternatively
type in MARATHON
or ISLAMORADA
or KEY
LARGO
if your travel plans call for visiting other travel
destinations in the Florida Keys.
By
clicking on the
image above you also may choose
the
HOTEL SEARCH OPTION.
Look
for an image which looks like the illustrated
here.
Choose
dates, number of guests and type in the hotel name. In
the illustration below we show the name "Hawks Cay".
Notice we have omitted the appostrophe in the Hotel Name(
Hawk's Cay Resort). Appostrophes often seem to confuse
computer servers.
NOTE
IMAGE BELOW:
Sometimes
when searching for lodging information, the server will
present a box with RADIO BUTTONS ( Flight, Flight and
Hotel, Hotel, and Car ) . Travelocity has negotiated
great travel deals with the world's most reputable travel
providers -- airlines, hotels, and car rental companies,
access to special rates for weekend getaways and dynamic
packages through its Last Minute Deals and TotalTrip(SM)
shopping engines.
Select
the category which will help your search needs. If
you select a Hotel separately from the Flight choices you
will be provided with a GREATER number of lodging
options.
If you
select FLIGHT and HOTEL you will be provided with a
limited number packages for the Greater Florida Keys, but
with a special package rate.
Special
"GOOD
BUY"
rates are available at a number of hotels and resorts
through this website's affiliation with
Travelocity.
These
"Good Buy" Internet rates most often represent a savings
over rates generally made available to the public by
hotels and resorts. Properties listed as "Good Buy Low
Rates GUARANTEED" usually offer good value to customers,
as they offer a discount over standard rates or rack
rates which hotels advertise.
If you
are unfamiliar with the lodging choices available to
visitors of Key West and the Greater Florida Keys
Click
Here
"Good
Buy" INTERNET RATES
most often represent a savings over rates generally made
available to the public by Hotels and Resorts. These
properties usually offer the best value to customers, as
they offer the best
discounts.
VISIT KEY
WEST
Many
travelers have visited Key West and a number have chosen
to make Key West their home. Here are a few visitor
descriptions and some links to more comments about Key
West for those who are interested.
In 1891
Lucie Vannevar visited and wrote a description which
appeared in The Key West Daily
Equator-Democrat.
"In
very truth Key West is the most charming, as it is the
most quaint of American cities, and some day Fashion
will set her seal upon it.
Like
some fair woman, none know Key West but to love her. .
. "
Many
Jimmy Buffet fans believe that Key West is
Margaritaville, a paradise with palm trees, ocean
breezes, island music, beaches and thatch roof bars on
the shore by a turquoise sea. "There also has to be lots
of lies and stories and it all should blend together like
tequila, salt and limes." For Jimmiy Buffett his
Margaritaville is "less a place than a state of mind."
When asked where Margaritaville is Buffett answers,
"When
you are there, you will know it."
Visit Key
West and decide for yourself.
Whether
visiting or residing in the Keys there is a lot to
experience. In your planning include some activities
which focus on nature. In addition to enjoying the warm
weather and tropical waters, consider going on a snorkel
trip to the only tropical reef in the Continental United
States or perhaps a dolphin encounter, or a kayaking
ecology tour of mangrove islands and marine life. Try
fishing and sample local seafood offered by wayside
restaurants. Enjoy a sunset celebration at a local
watering hole. Among the many attractions be sure to
visit Key West and take the Conch Train.
Click
here
to find lodging in Key West and the Florida Keys Greater
area.
