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Florida Keys
It is an island experience like no other: Rent a convertible (let’s say a red one), put the top down and point the headlights south, then drive off the edge of America… cruising along a ribbon of highway surrounded by blue sea, to one low-lying island after another, for more than a hundred miles.
Since it was built in 1938, the Overseas Highway linking the Florida Keys has been one of the world’s great drives However, it’s only after you stop the car and get out that the world shifts into island time – which is what the Keys are all about
Oh, divers may clock some underwater time on the coral reef at Key Largo and fly-fishing fans will probably explore the backcountry saltwater flats from Islamorada. But in a place where watching the sunset has become a true art form, life centers on more laid-back pleasures…stone crab and key lime pie, hammock practice, people-watching amid the throngs in Key West, a few beers in some of America’s most colorful bars… Reasons enough to salute the last light of every tropical day with gusto.
Think of Florida, and what comes to mind? Is it the major tourist attractions such as Disneyland and Seaworld? Do your thoughts turn to white sandy beaches of Miami? These are of course major attractions for first time visitors to the Sunshine State but there are also some off the beaten track gems that aren’t so touristy. Here’s a quick guide to Florida’s best attractions.
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 Florida Keys As you drive south into the Florida Keys, you’ll see the signs for the first of the islands…Key Largo. If you’re a fan of old movies, you’ll probably think of Bogart and Bacall, trapped with some gangsters in a hotel during a hurricane. Key Largo was mostly filmed on a Hollywood sound stage, but the script was written in the island’s only hotel at the time, and the 1948 classic helped create the mystique of the keys as the last-chance, tropical end-of-the-road on the Atlantic Seaboard.
Today Key Largo, the longest in the island chain, is a popular bedroom community and a favorite stop for...
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 Florida Keys Islamorada likes to bill itself as "Sportfishing Capital of the World" and does boast the largest fleet of charter boats in the Florida Keys. Why all the action? Well, fishermen have the choice of charging into the Atlantic for sailfish, tuna, and mahi-mahi along the Gulf Stream, or heading for the shallow "backcountry" waters of Florida Bay and the Everglades for a flyfishing foray after elusive bonefish and tarpon.
Like its neighbor just to the north, Key Largo, Islamorada also gives divers a chance to snorkel shallow reefs or dive on shipwrecks – including the 287-foot Eagle, sunk as an...
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 Discover a city where real estate titles date back to the Kings of Spain. Stroll the palm-lined streets and discover gingerbread mansions, tin-roofed conch houses, the John Audubon House and Ernest Hemingway's home. Walk in the footsteps of Thomas Edison, Lou Gehrig, Harry Truman, and Tennessee Williams. Gaze at the fabled treasure of the galleon Atocha. Discover tomorrow's fine art treasures by Key West's well-known and unknown artists. In Key West, you can visit these and a host of other attractions by taking advantage of convenient public transportation, taxis, pedi-cabs, tour trains,...
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