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Key West has the best of both worlds: it’s a colorful outpost where you can get away from it all and it’s a lively center of entertainment, shopping, and restaurants.  Enjoy exciting water sports and relax afterwards by enjyoing the  famous sunsets.  The best part is retreating to a beautiful Key West vacation home at the end of the day.

You can rent Key West vacation homes by the week, 3-day weekend, by the month or longer.  Some are rentable for an entire season, for you snowbirds out there.  One very popular type of Key West vacation home is the condo.  Many of the condos are right on the beach, like 1800 Atlantic.  This resort complex is a mixture of year-round residents plus vacation rentals.  There’s a swimming pool, hot tub, and tennis courts and of course it’s all oceanfront.  Facing south over the Atlantic Ocean, 1800 Atlantic is the best Key West vacation home you can rent if you want no-fuss living that’s close to Old Town. 

Other options include a Key West vacation home from a private owner, in which case you can either go through a realtor that specializes in Key West vacation homes, find one on craigslist, or the local paper.

Key West Cemetery

Sitting 128 miles out to sea between the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean, Key West, FL is a vacationer’s paradise.  While most this tiny tropical city for water sports and Duval Street, it’s worth exploring the lesser-known features that make this sub tropical island special.  For your Key West Florida vacation we recommend all the water sports, plus a day or two for the hidden gems of Key West.

After you’ve experienced world-clas salt water fishing, snorkeling, scuva diving or just lounging on the beach, here are a few ideas for getting to know the rest of Key West.  For starters, try a bicycle tour around the city.  Major points of view include the Key West Cemetery, Truman Annex, and other historical spots in Old Town that are best enjoyed by bicycle rather than tour trolley or car. 

Key West, FL actually has a fascinating history, much of which comes vis the healthy smuggling trade of days past.  Starting with rum in Colonial days, culminati with the  tawdry drug heyday of the 1970s and early 1980s, Key West has a colorful history of smuggling, pirating, and the break-off industry, wrecking.  Learn stories on your bicycle tour, or visit the Key West Shipwreck Historeum for starters.

If you’re planning right now for a Key West FLorida vacation, you’re in luck because right now there are lots of deals just waiting to be found.  Book excursions online and get discounts that won’t be available once you get into town.  Plan your hotel, watersports, fishing, tours or bicycle and scooter rentals ahead of time and you will save lots of money.

A way to really slash dollars off our Key West Florida vacation expenses is to visit during the off season.  That’s in September.  Hotels are reduced, water sports companies offer all kinds of incentives from two-for-one deals to half off regular prices. 

Even for those who spend time on Duval Street shopping, retailers often are more likely to have sales and discounts.  Look for signs in the windows of shops, but don’t be offended if you ask for discounts and they say no.  It may be the slow season, but it’s only a month long.  They’re not going to give the store away! 

The main discounts during the off season are on airline tickets and hotel rates, which tend to be the largest items on a Key West Florida vacation budget anyway.  Both items can be researched and booked in advance, wich careful planning.