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Title: The Florida Keys : A History & Guide, Ninth Edition by JOY WILLIAMS ISBN: 0-375-75556-X Publisher: Random House Pub. Date: 06 June, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.29 (14 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: One of the best guide books to anywhere
Comment: This book is a well written book first, funny, insightful and at times critical, and then its a guide book. If you only take one book to the Keys take this! You'll learn more about this fascinating part of the world than you could imagine, history, geography, flaura and fauna - but most of all people - from the lawyer, counsellor B who jumped off the tower of the Holiday Inn in Key West, and henceforth remembered as No Bungee B to the many writers who have lived there: Hemingway, tennessee Williams, etc. Its my all time favourite:- and I live in England!!
Rating: 4
Summary: The organization is very user friendly.
Comment: Before my last trip to the Keys, I picked up two books: this one and the Insider's Guide to the Keys. The Insider's Guide was less opinionated and had more "tourist" information but it was harder to find what you were looking for.
This book is organized is such a manner that it's very simple to find out the history of each Key as you drive down the Overseas Highway from Florida City to Key West. You'll read about the attractions, the places to stay and the restaurants Key by Key. That's very helpful. There's no flipping from chapter to chapter just to find out about the attractions in one place, dining in another, water activities in yet another place and accomodations elsewhere.
I also liked the opinions that the author expressed. For example, her takes on the Conch Tour Train, the Little White House, Mallory Square and the Key West Aquarium were right in line with our experiences. We happily skipped some other attractions based on this book and we don't believe we missed out on a thing.
If anything, there are some interesting things we saw in the Keys that weren't touched upon in this guidebook. How could the author leave out Robbie's Marina where for $1 you can "SEE the Tarpon" and for an additional $2 you can "FEED the Tarpon"? This "attraction" was mentioned to me at least a dozen times by various people I talked to, including a stranger at the post office in Virginia!
I really enjoyed this guidebook and only wish that it was even more comprehensive.
Rating: 4
Summary: Getting Off the Beaten Path
Comment: In the last three and one-half years, my husband and I have vacationed in the Keys 9 times (mostly in Key West) and have thoroughly enjoyed our experiences. We usually fly into Fort Lauderdale and drive down Route 1 through the Keys, never exploring the many side roads we have encountered. I recently had minor surgery and was out of work for a few weeks, so I went to the library to find some reading material to keep me occupied, and this was one of the books I checked out. I read it from cover to cover, often showing my husband a passage mentioning something we hadn't yet learned or discovered on our own. We finally got an explanation for the mysterious white blimp we have seen flying over Cudjoe Key. Both of us were delighted to find some of our favorite restaurants (Banana Cafe, Mangoes, Mangrove Mama's and Finnegan's Wake) and bars (Captain Tony's and Schooner Wharf) accurately described. Montego Bay on Big Pine Key isn't mentioned, but we'll forgive the author for the oversight. (Maybe she's not a Green Bay Packers fan. The owners and most of the clientele, us included, are.) We have stayed in several guest houses, but have always returned to our favorite, Westwinds, which is the first the author lists in her chapter reviewing the Guest Houses of Key West. In 7 weeks we will be in the Keys again, and this time we are taking this book along to help us "get off the beaten path," Route 1, and enhance our travels through "Paradise."
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Title: June Keith's Key West & The Florida Keys: A Guide to the Coral Islands by June Keith ISBN: 0964343436 Publisher: Palm Island Press Pub. Date: April, 2002 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Natural Wonders of The Florida Keys by Deborah Straw ISBN: 1566260477 Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Contemporary Books Pub. Date: 11 August, 1999 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Hidden Florida Keys and Everglades 7 Ed: Including Key Largo and Key West by Ann Boese, Candace Leslie ISBN: 1569752680 Publisher: Ulysses Press Pub. Date: 09 September, 2001 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Frommer's South Florida including Miami and the Keys by Lesley Abravanel ISBN: 0764566644 Publisher: Frommer Pub. Date: 19 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.99 |
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Title: Diving & Snorkeling Florida Keys (Diving and Snorkeling Guides) by William Harrigan ISBN: 0864427743 Publisher: Lonely Planet Pub. Date: August, 2001 List Price(USD): $16.99 |
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