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A sunset sail, reef snorkelling, a mangrove kayak and dolphin eco tour, the Dry Tortugas and Fort Jefferson, the Hemingway House, the Conch Train, Mallory Square at sunset, Duval Street, the Southernmost Point and a jet-ski island loop. The boat trips are what travellers rate highest; Old Town fills the gaps between them.

Two full days, three if you want the Dry Tortugas. Book the Dry Tortugas catamaran first (it sells out weeks ahead in winter), put the reef snorkel on your other morning, and keep the sunset sail for whichever evening has the clearest sky. A day trip from Miami only covers Old Town.

The Mallory Square sunset celebration, Duval Street, the Southernmost Point buoy, the Mile Marker 0 sign, Smathers Beach, the Key West Cemetery, the waterfront at the Historic Seaport, watching the tarpon at the docks, the chickens, and Fort Zachary Taylor’s beach for a small state-park fee. Sunsets from the White Street Pier cost nothing and skip the crowd.

The Dry Tortugas National Park (2.5 hours each way by catamaran, from $215, or 40 minutes by seaplane) is the only true day trip. Otherwise the boat trips — the reef six miles out, the backcountry mangroves and the sandbar cruises — are the island’s excursions, and the Overseas Highway to Bahia Honda and Marathon is a drive worth doing on the way in or out.

The sunset sail or Mallory Square, then Duval Street’s bars (Sloppy Joe’s, the Green Parrot, Captain Tony’s), ghost tours of Old Town, the Key West Songwriters and drag shows at the 801 Cabaret, a full-moon kayak paddle, live music at the Historic Seaport, and the night snorkel or glass-bottom boat trips in summer. Sunset is early in winter, so evenings are long.

Winter (December to April) is the best and busiest season: 24–27°C days, calm seas for the Dry Tortugas crossing, the clearest water for the reef, dolphin and sailfish season, the Key West Food and Wine Festival in January and the Conch Republic events. Book boats and rooms well ahead and expect the highest prices of the year.

The Conch Train, the Key West Aquarium’s shark feeding, the Eco-Discovery Center (free), the Hemingway House cats, Fort Zachary Taylor’s calm beach, a glass-bottom boat or a family reef snorkel trip, the Butterfly Conservatory, the sunset celebration’s street performers, the Shipwreck Museum’s lookout tower and the Dry Tortugas for older children.

December to April for the calmest seas, dry weather and the best boat conditions, at the highest prices. May and November are the sweet spot: warm, quieter and cheaper. Summer is hot and humid but has the clearest snorkelling water; June to November is hurricane season, with September the riskiest month.

Yes — it is the only place in the continental US with a living coral reef, a national park you reach by catamaran, and a sunset celebrated nightly in the street, all on an island you can cycle across in 20 minutes. Give it two nights rather than a Miami day trip.