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Key West: Island
built 230 days ago
Since its founding in 1822, Key West has been a stage for both pirates and poets. Key West has been host to New England sailors, Spanish conquistadors, Bahamian salvagers, and Cuban shipwrights. History buffs can spend countless hours learning about the island.
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Key West offers some of the most unique hotels in the world. There are luxury and average accommodations on the island, but what really stands out are the eclectic hotels that can be found here. The side streets off of Duval St. are home to hotels you will not anywhere else in the world that quite the same. Many are former homes of the original residents of the island. Large and luxurious mansions that are now totally turned into lodging establishments. The island is not very large, only 2 by four miles.
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The more ostentatious side of Key West is situated around Duval Street, referred to as “the strip” of the city. This tourist Mecca resembles Mardi Gras on a nightly basis. Sunsets, frozen drinks and drag shows are just the beginning to Key West’s lively nightlife. Duval Street is ... home to many of the island’s finest restaurants, from laid-back burger joints to eloquent restaurants serving outrageous ethnic dishes.
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Key West offers a variety of rides and attractions that can satisfy the needs of most anyone. You can tour the island in the famous Conch Train, see the unbelievable in Ripley's Believe it or not or learn about some of the accomplishments of John James Audubon at the Audubon House. Depending upon the time of year you visit the Keys, you may even catch one of its interesting festivals such as Hemingway Days or Fantasy Fest. Hemingway Days is a tribute to the life and times of one time Key West resident Ernest Hemingway. During the festival the island is inundated with gray bearded gentlemen vying to be the winner of the festival's Ernest Hemingway look alike contest.
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Key West sits like a jewel in the middle of the sea, just off the coast of America. Its air quality is second to no other city. The average annual temperature of 77 degrees rarely varies more than 10 degrees in either direction, with a record low of 41 degrees and a record high of 97 degrees. It has never seen frost or snow. Perennially sunny, the island average only 39 inches of rain per year.
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Peppers of Key West’s store at 602 Greene Street is a hot spot (the hottest, of course) in Key West. Just up the street from Sloppy Joe's! ...Peppers of Key West is the island's original Hot Sauce Shop.
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