Your day, step by step
08:30
Walk off Pier B to Mallory Square and the north end of Duval Street before the heat builds.
09:00
Walk to the Hemingway Home (about 20 minutes) and take the 20–30-minute guided tour.
10:30
Walk or ride to the Southernmost Point for the photo.
11:15
Fort Zachary Taylor: $2.50 on foot. See the fort, then cool off by the water.
13:00
Lunch, for example at Blue Heaven.
14:30
Duval Street and Sloppy Joe's, or a narrated trolley loop.
16:00
Start back towards Pier B from Duval Street.
- Latest you can leave Duval Street / Old Town16:10
16:30
On board, 60 minutes before all-aboard.
Where to leave from, and when
on foot bus, train, boat taxiPins show when to leave each place. Lines: route back to your ship.
Going further? Leave by these times
- Duval Street / Old TownWalk back to Pier B; short flat walk16:10
- Mallory SquareWalk back to Pier B, a few minutes16:20
- Ernest Hemingway HomeWalk about 20 min, or taxi about 5 min16:10
- Fort Zachary TaylorTaxi or Key West Rides; allow for booking wait16:00
- Smathers or Higgs BeachTaxi or Key West Rides; allow for booking wait16:00
Where people get Key West wrong
Lingering on Duval Street or waiting for the suspended Duval Loop bus instead of walking back in good time.
Built from our Key West guide, checked against 13 official sources (October 2026). Nothing here is guessed. Read the full guide or see the sources.
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