Key West Hotel
Hotels in the Florida city of Key West are often needed by tourists who require short term accommodation. Some may want to stay at large or small hotels. Some may want to stay at old or new hotels. Some may want to stay at a hotel with impressive architecture. Some may want to stay at high quality hotels. Some may want to stay at hotels that have an impressive reputation. Some may want to stay at hotels that have access to impressive scenic views. Some may want to stay at a hotel that is in or near Key West.
Hotels in Key West are often needed by tourists who need a place to stay for accommodation.
Key West is politically within the limits of the city of Key West, Monroe County, Florida, USA. The city also occupies nearby islands and portions of nearby islands. The island is about 6.4 km long and 3.2 km wide. In the late 1950's many of the large salt ponds on the eastern side were filled in, nearly doubling the original land mass of the island.
Key
West is 129 miles southwest of Miami, Florida, and 106 miles north northeast of
Havana, Cuba. Cuba, at its closest point, is 94 statute miles south.
Key West
is a seaport destination for many passenger cruise ships. The Key West International
Airport provides airline service. Hotels and guest houses are available for lodging.
Solares Hill is the name of the highest point of land on the island of Key West in the lower Florida Keys in Monroe County, Florida.
Old Town/New Town
Old Town
The original Key West neighborhood in the west (although perceived as south) is called Old Town and comprises the Key West Historic District. It includes the major tourist destinations of the island, including Mallory Square, Duval Street, the Truman Annex and Fort Zachary Taylor. It is where are found the classic bungalows and guest mansions.
Mallory Square is a plaza located in the city of Key West, Florida, USA. It is located on the waterfront in Key West's historic Old Town, adjacent to the cruise ship port. It is located just west of the northern end of Duval Street, facing the Gulf of Mexico. It runs the entire length of Wall Street. Adjacent to the square are the Key West Shipwreck Historeum Museum and the Old Post Office and Customshouse.
Generally, the structures date from 1886 to 1912. The basic features that distinguish the local architecture include wood-frame construction of one to two and a half story structures set on foundation piers about three feet above the ground. Exterior characteristics of the buildings are peaked metal roofs, horizontal wood siding, gingerbread trim, pastel shades of paint, side hinged louvered shutters, covered porches (or balconies, galleries, or verandas) along the fronts of the structures, and wood lattice screens covering the area elevated by the piers.
New Town
The island has more than doubled in size via landfill. The new section on the east is called New Town. It contains shopping centers, retail malls, residential areas, schools, ball parks, and Key West International Airport.
Gulf of Mexico / Atlantic
Key West and most of the rest of the Keys are on the dividing line between the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico. The two bodies have different currents, with the calmer and warmer Gulf of Mexico being characterized by great clumps of seagrass. The area where the two bodies merge between Key West and Cuba is called the Straits of Florida.
Much of the state of Florida is situated on a peninsula between the Gulf of Mexico, the Atlantic Ocean, and the Straits of Florida. It extends to the northwest into a panhandle, extending along the northern Gulf of Mexico. It is bordered on the north by the states of Georgia and Alabama, and on the west, at the end of the panhandle, by Alabama. It is near several Caribbean countries, particularly the Bahamas and Cuba.
Florida
is a state located in the south east region of the USA, bordering Alabama to the
northwest and Georgia to the northeast. Much of the land mass of the state is
a large peninsula with the Gulf of Mexico to the west and the Atlantic Ocean to
the east.
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