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(224 Duval St)
You can make like Adam and Eve at this clothing-optional rooftop bar; the
fig leaf is also optional.
Virgilio's
JAZZ
(
www.virgilioskeywest.com
;
524 Duval St)
Thank God for a little variety. This town needs a
dark, candlelit martini lounge where you can chill to jazz and salsa. Enter on Appelrouth
Lane.
La Te Da
CABARET
(
www.lateda.com
; 1125 Duval St)
While the outside bar is where locals gather for mellow
chats over beer, you can catch high-quality drag acts - big names come here from around
the country - upstairs at the fabulous Crystal Room on weekends. More low-key cabaret
acts grace the downstairs lounge.
Information
A great trip-planning resource is
www.fla-keys.com/keywest
. In town, get maps and bro-
chures at
Key West Chamber of Commerce
(
305-294-2587;
www.keywestchamber.org
;
510 Greene St;
8:30am-6:30pm Mon-Sat, to 6pm Sun)
.
Getting There & Around
The easiest way to travel around Key West and the Keys is by car, though traffic along
the one major route, US 1, can be maddening during the winter high season.
Greyhound
( 305-296-9072;
www.greyhound.com
; 3535 S Roosevelt Blvd)
serves the Keys along US
Hwy 1 from downtown Miami.
You can fly into
Key West International Airport
(EYW;
www.keywestinternationalairport.com
)
with frequent flights from major cities, most going
through Miami. Or, take a fast catamaran from Fort Myers or Miami; call the
Key West
Express
( 888-539-2628;
www.seakeywestexpress.com
;
adult/child round-trip $146/81, one-
way $86/58)
for schedules and fares; discounts apply for advance booking.
Within Key West, bicycles are the preferred mode of travel (rentals along Duval St run
color-coded buses through downtown and the Lower Keys.
WORTH A TRIP
