The bragging rights alone are worth it.įinally, a word about parking in Key West: it's difficult! A good alternative is to make use of the first-rate Key West Park N' Ride service, located out of the Old Town Garage on Grinnell and Caroline Streets. If you're not driving your own vehicle, you'd do well to consider picking up a car rental at either Miami or Key West and do at least one one-way journey by road. Marathon is home to the Dolphin Research Center, which offers a variety of unique feeding and swim experiences, as well as the fascinating Turtle Hospital. Bahia Honda State Park in Big Pine Key, for example, boasts two great beaches and the National Key Deer Refuge Nature Center. If you have even more time to spend along this iconic route, consider a stop at one or more of the larger communities along the Florida Keys, some of which offer a variety of great tourist attractions. And be sure to set your satellite navigation just for the thrill of seeing yourself surrounded on all sides by ocean on your digital map! While the journey takes an average of just over three-and-a-half hours without a break (longer if it's a weekend or rush hour), you'll want to add at least an hour or so extra for photo stops. The scenery along the Overseas Highway (US1) is simply stunning, with a great deal of this iconic 113-mile-long route (170 if you count the stretch from Miami to the start of the Overseas Highway) being above water.
From Miami to Key West by Car Road from Miami to Key West Also known as the Overseas Highway, this spectacularly scenic route offers no end of stunning vistas and great places to stop for a taste of that unique Keys' lifestyle.įor more on this and other best ways to get to Key West from Miami, be sure to read our guide.ġ. While it's accessible via a variety of means of transport, you should certainly take the dramatic US1 Highway at least once. Getting here can be part of the fun, too. "The Conch Republic," as it's known to locals, is also the most Caribbean-like travel destination in Florida, and it has something of an "anything goes" reputation for its laid-back attitude to, well, pretty much everything.įor these and so many other reasons – a lovely climate for most of the year, plenty of attractions and fun things to do, along with a great food scene – Key West is very much the kind of place you'll want to visit time and time again. I really really REALLY hate the thought that I have to drive up from Key Largo to pick her up when if she had just FLOWN it would have been so easy.Located 160 miles southwest of Miami, Key West has the distinction of being the southernmost city in the continental United States. She's capable of much walking, just not very savvy when it comes to traveling. Which sounds perfectly doable to me, but I have never been there before, so what do I know!ĭo you think it's easy enough AND safe enough for an able-bodied older person to do? The emphasis being on safe.
This is a 65+age lady we are talking about, getting off the train at 6 pm (coming in from 24 hours on the train) and then trying to find her way around to get to the airport to take a shuttle. There is also bus service to the airport picking up right outside of Amtrak on the curb.or you can walk a couple of blocks and catch a Metrorail/Tri Rail transfer to Miami airport." Thank you so much for the suggestion:"It's only 4 miles from the airport so you could taxi from Amtrak and then take one of the many airport shuttles to Key Largo. Greyhound: called them, train arrives too late at 6 pm for that option. I thought the same thing clarkgriswold: The shuttle the website mentioned as providing service from the train station doesn't actually provide the service or know anything about that? Huh.Well now isn't that just great. I take it that the station is new and not in cracktown.
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