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Most visitors to Miami
are determined not to miss out on experiencing
the end of the United States - Key West, the last
in a string of nearly 400 islands that extend
from the tip of mainland Florida into the blue-green
Atlantic Ocean, and the southernmost point of
the US that has become one of the state’s
busiest tourist destinations.
The road that connects
Key West with the mainland is one of the most
famous in America. Known as The Overseas Highway
(US1) it links Miami with the Florida Keys islands,
crossing about 30 of them via a series of bridges
and causeways.
Key West, 159 miles
(256km) southwest of Miami, is literally the end
of the road. The drive through the Keys offers
some spectacular scenery and all the populated
islands and resorts en route offer great watersports
opportunities.
Good beaches are rare,
but the Coral Coast offers some excellent snorkelling,
diving and fishing. Key West itself is a charming
city with plenty of historic interest, palm-lined
streets, gingerbread mansions and tin-roofed conch
houses. It is a favoured haunt of artists and
writers, having in its time been home to such
greats as Ernest Hemingway, Thomas Edison, Harry
Truman and Tennessee Williams.
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