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Set in a secluded garden with a pool and elevated walkways, everything here is made from
bamboo, rattan and wood. Throw in the rooms' high ceilings and exposed rafters, and this
hotel oozes Colonial-tropical atmosphere.
Key Lime Inn
HOTEL
800-549-4430;
www.historickeywestinns.com
;
725 Truman Ave; r from
$240; )
These cozy cottages are all scattered around a tropical hardwood backdrop. Inside, the
blissfully cool rooms are greener than a jade mine, with wicker furniture and tiny flat-
screens on hand to keep you from ever leaving.
Tropical Inn
BOUTIQUE HOTEL
The Tropical Inn has excellent service and a host of individualized rooms spread out over
a historic home property. Each room comes decked out in bright pastels and shades of
mango, lime and seafoam. A delicious breakfast is included and can be enjoyed in the
jungly courtyard next to a lovely sunken pool. Two attached cottages offer romance and
privacy for couples.
Curry Mansion Inn
HOTEL
$240-365, summer $205-310; )
In a city full of stately 19th-century homes, the Curry Mansion is especially handsome. All
the elements of an aristocratic American home come together here, from plantation-era
Southern colonnades to a New England-style widow's walk and, of course, bright Floridi-
an rooms with canopied beds. Enjoy bougainvillea and breezes on the veranda.
Mermaid & the Alligator
GUESTHOUSE
305-294-1894;
www.kwmermaid.com
;
729 Truman Ave; r winter $278-348,
summer $188-248;
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