Enjoy your morning coffee and watch in wonder as the sun rises at the magnificent Southernmost House Historic Key West Inn on ocean’s edge.

Later in the day, you will sink slowly into the refreshing water of their magnificent zero-entry pool and feel the stresses of the real world melt away.

Then, take a leisurely stroll down Duval Street to dine, shop and browse through a museum or gallery.

At day’s end, retire to your elegant accommodations and give in to blissful drowsiness as you fall into a carved wood bed and luxuriant comforts.

Southernmost House is where heroes and legends found exactly what they were looking for — a haven of luxury and serenity.

Southernmost House
1400 Duval St.
13 rooms & suites
(305)296-3141, (866) 764-6633
fax (305) 296-1119

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Located just off of Duval at 320 Simonton Street, the restful setting of Simonton Court Historic Inn & Cottages will bring you back time after time. With exquisite landscaping, you’ll enjoy the fragrant tropical flowers blooming beneath gently swaying palms.

Simonton Court in Old Key West FL was once a cigar factory where craftsmen hand rolled some of the world’s most famous cigars. A brick walkway, once a lane, runs past their sparkling pools and historic cottages built in 1880 as the homes of cigar factory workers.

Today, at Simonton Court you will enjoy a beautiful footpath through luxuriant private gardens, past expertly restored cottages and four pools shimmering amid flowering vines and palm fronds.

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Hosted by the Matecumbe Historical Trust, Dr. John Nordt will speak about the history of South Florida in the 19th century as told with various maps of Florida. He will include a discussion of hydrology and the Everglades, where the body of water comes from and what a unique ecology we have here in South Florida.

His lecture begins with understanding how maps have influenced our childhood and adulthood. He spent weekends in the late 1950’s and early 1960’s in Islamorada. His parents owned a Red Cross house next to Warren Russell’s, one of the original conch families.

Maps line his office and home and books line his shelves. Dr. Nordt is a board certified specialist in orthopedic surgery. He was a full time Instructor at the University of Miami and worked with the Miami Dolphins. He is an historian, active in the Historical Museum of Miami and the Map Fair.

For more information call Irving or Jeane Eyster at 305-664-9504.

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The Ocean Breeze Inn offers a unique venue for your next stay in Old Town Key West, with Duval Street and tropical South Beach just steps away.

Their affordable accommodations keep bringing back guests to the Ocean Breeze Inn with the unique charm of this tropical retreat, along with prodigious measures of hometown hospitality.

Guests enjoy a free continental breakfast every morning plus free off street parking (a real benefit on the island). Once situated, guests are welcome to explore the wonders of Key West on foot, bicycle or moped.

Just two blocks away from the Atlantic side of this island paradise, you have excellent access to four separate public beaches and all of the historic sites in Old Town Key West.

And, of course, right around the corner are all the sights, sounds, tastes and uproarious nightlife of Duval Street.

Contact the Ocean Breeze Inn
625 South St. Key West, Fl. 33040
Ph (305)296-2829
Toll-free (800)879-2362
Fax (305)296-2092

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Explore the Florida Keys many plants & animals with aquariums, interactive nature exhibits, mock-underwater laboratory and high-def theater featuring “Reflections – A Florida Keys Experience.”

Located in the Truman Annex Waterfront by Fort Zachary Taylor, The Florida Keys Eco-Discovery Center is open Tue – Sat 9 – 4 and admission is FREE.

The Center features over 6,000 square feet of interactive and dynamic exhibits including a mock-up of Aquarius, the world’s only underwater ocean laboratory.

Colorful marine artwork depicting the deep sea, coral reef and mangrove shoreline decorates the outside wall of the Center and guides the visitor toward the main entrance.

Once inside, exhibits interpret the ecology of Keys’ habitats-from the upland pinelands through the hardwood hammock and beach dune, down to the mangrove shoreline, where the visitor enters the sea to learn about the seagrass flats, hardbottom, coral reef and deep shelf communities.

For more information: 305-809-4750

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Museum Day is an annual event hosted by Smithsonian Media in which participating museums across the country open their doors for free to anyone presenting a Museum Day Ticket.

The Museum Day Ticket provides free admission to one person, plus a guest.

• One ticket per household
• A ticket will gain entry in only one museum and only participating museums
• Only an official Museum Day ticket is eligible for free entry.

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Once known by the locals as the 1900′s vintage Otto Mansion, Pilot House is today appointed with a tasteful blend of antiques and decorated with tropical furnishings that accommodates the discriminating tastes of their experienced travelers.

They offer accommodations in these surroundings with eight guest rooms to choose from, all with private baths, color TVs, private line phones, air-conditioning, and paddle fans.

As their guest in the Southernmost City you will appreciate their continuing attention to detail. The guest rooms’ original hardwood floors gleam with polish.

The massive moldings and the twelve foot ceilings speak to an elegance of another era in Key West history.

414 Simonton St. 14 units
(305) 293-6600, 1-877-809-4228
fax (305) 294-9298

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The La Mer Hotel & Dewey House are Key West’s award-winning oceanfront boutique hotels.

Each of these intimate luxury hotels has a unique, turn-of-the-century feel, with spacious rooms.

Both are connected by lush tropical gardens, towering palms and brightly colored flowers. With a sense of class and historic charm, you are insured a memorable stay because of these most unique accommodations on the island.

Each of these B&B Inns offers the kind of luxury accommodations you’d expect from boutique hotels in Key West with granite wet bars, private balconies or patios, monogrammed robes, British Colonial furnishings and Jacuzzi tubs.

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The Twelfth Annual Florida Keys Birding and Wildlife Festival, located in the subtropical Florida Keys, is scheduled for September 22 through 26, 2010 and will be anchored at Curry Hammock State Park, MM 56.2, Marathon, FL.

Additional information is available by calling Jim Bell at the National Key Deer Refuge Visitor Center at 305-872-0774 or Curry Hammock State Park at 305-289-2690. Register by calling Bruce Horn at 305-852-4486 or emailing Bruce Horn at bruce@fkwbc.org.

Guided Ecotour of Torchwood Hammock Preserve

MM 28 Oceanside, Follow Pirates Rd South to bend on Little Torch Key
Wednesday 9 am Free with $10 Registration
Join The Nature Conservancy’s Alison Higgins for a guided ecotour of their Torchwood Hammock Preserve. Over 100 species of plants and a multitude of birds and other species call this secluded preserve home. Come join a limited number of people in an entertaining walk through this endangered habitat. Wear clothes for hiking and bring some water.

Hammock Walk

Curry Hammock State Park Nature Trail, MM 56.2 bayside
Wednesday 10 am Leader: Lance Romance
Free with $10 Registration Join a Curry Hammock State Park Ranger for a walk through the hammock, focusing on the difficulty of surviving in such a seemingly lush place.

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Two people can enjoy a narrated air tour of Key West from the front of a pristine 1942 UPF-7 Waco Bi-Plane, the flagship of the Conch Republic Air Force with Key West’s original bi-plane operator as your pilot.

Flying at 500 feet you will see sharks, rays, and dolphin, the Sand Key Lighthouse, shipwrecks, and coral reefs.

A DVD of your flight is available.

Conch Republic Air Force / Key West Biplanes
3469 S. Roosevelt Blvd. / Key West International Airport
Key West, FL 33040
(305)851-8359

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