Tourist Attractions

There is much to see and do in and around Key West in Florida. Heading the list are the must-see Ernest Hemingway House and Museum, where you can learn all about the writer's life and works written while in the city. The Pirate Soul Museum is also a good place to get the real history of pirates and their doings around Florida and the Caribbean. The Key West Shipwreck Historeum welcomes you with its "Wreck Ashore!" call, as you learn all about the city's maritime heritage, and glimpse artifacts from an actual 1856 shipwreck. Ghost Tours of Key West can take you on a spooky adventure through the haunted places in the city.

The Navy Mole Pier is worth checking out, and you'll see it anyway if you come into Key West by cruise ship, as it's where they dock. Nearby, you can also see ships like the USS Stephen W. Groves, a World War II-era frigate, stationed in Mayport, FL, and which make calls at the Naval Air Station. If you lilke lighthouses and their lore, The Key West Lighthouse & Keeper's Quarters should be on your to-do list. A fun visit for folks of all ages, you'll learn about those who lived in the Key West Lighthouse, and kept many ships safe. The Old Trolley tour is a romantic way to take in the sights and sounds as well.

There are many other sights to see in Key West, including the Fort Zachary Taylor Historic State Park, busy Mallory Square, and the Key West Butterfly and Nature Conservatory, which has received 4 1/2 out of 5 stars in user reviews, and which presents a colorful, tropical setting in which to view butterflies and birds. The Conservatory has also received a People's Choice #1 rating for tourist attractions in Key West, look also at Poisenville. Another great family destination is the Key West Aquarium, where you can pet and feed sharks and turtles, and see grouper, Moray eels, barracuda, a variety of tropical fish, tarpon, parrotfish and more. With the photos of the animals and the other sights of Key West, they can create a photo book. On http://www.fotobuch-berlin.org you find the software to create the photo book. Otherwise you create a unique piece that you create in the shortest possible time and within a week you arrive at home.