Key West is the most southern city in the U.S. and goes out of it?s way to offer family friendly fun, attractions and food. ?Here are a few family fun things to do while touring Key West:
The Key West Marine Park is located on the southwest side of the Key West running from White Street to Duval. The reef is cordoned off with bouys, free of boats and jet skis, making it a safe place to swim and snorkel. It?s a protected habitat for fish and you?ll find coral reefs and tropical fish in abundance. Bring your goggles, snorkel and fins, you?ll want to stay and play for hours here.
Enjoy the Sunset Celebration daily at Mallory Square on Front Street. Open air performers including jugglers, sword swallowing, bagpipers, calypso tumblers, vaudeville acts, balloon artists, tight-rope walkers, musicians and many more who will entice your children into helping their act. You?ll also find food vendors offering tasty treats like hot dogs, lemonade, conch fritters, cotton candy and more. The arts and crafts exhibitors will be there hawking jewelry, blown glass, paintings and so much more. Be here two hours before sunset to enjoy the carnival-like fun.
The Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary runs the Eco-Discovery Center at the Truman Annex Waterfront. Children will love interacting with the many touch screen displays to learn about the reef and mangroves indigenous to Key West. Learn about the area?s native plants and animals, in the ocean and on land. Their mission is to bring awareness to the need to conserve the eco-system of South Florida. According to one review on Yelp, ?The Best thing going for kids in Key West?hands down!?
The Conch Tour Train has been entertaining families since 1958. Touring through Key West you?ll get to know local legends like Earnest Hemingway, Harry S. Truman, Jimmy Buffet, and Tennessee Williams to name a few. It?s a great place to kick-off your Key West trip to get as familiar with the island as the local Key Westers or ?Conch?s? as they are called here, and know where all the attractions you don?t want to miss are.
Look for the history at the Key West Aquarium which opened as the first open-air aquarium in 1935 helping locals make it through the depression. A hurricane hit the Keys hard just seven months later ripping out the Overseas Railroad, which at the time was the only way to get to Key West other than by boat. It was re-opened in 1946 a a roof added during the 1960s to prevent algae from forming in the tanks. the best part of this small aquarium is the shark feedings and Sting Ray Bay where you can pet and feed Cow nose rays. In the Touch Tank they?ll get to touch hermit crabs, starfish and sea cucumbers.
Salute! On the Beach located on Higgs Beach near the White Street Pier is a great place for kids. They offer, not your typical kid-friendly restaurant with crayons or clowns, but offer instead simple foods that children won?t turn their nose up at. Some of the under 5 foot fare includes the fresh-catch-of-the-day Sandwich and many different types of pasta including lasagna. The reviews on Yelp rave about their Key Lime Pie, saying it?s the best on the island. After the kids enjoy a great meal let them burn off the calories by running barefoot around the beach while you continue to relax and enjoy one of their infamous Mojitos.
The laid back Caribbean lifestyle mixed with good ole? southern charm of Key West is what makes it the perfect vacation destination for families who want to have fun.
Jaime Love
Jaime Love is a professional writer specializing in travel and leisure. With a passion to share thoughts, opinions and facts on these subjects to help educate her readers and followers about such topics. In her free time, she enjoys traveling. When not traveling, Love?s home base is in sunny Tampa, FL with her family.
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