Key West Tours – Two Popular Sightseeing Spots

Key West Tours – Two Popular Sightseeing Spots

Sightseeing takes on special meaning when you’re on any Key West tours. That’s because this island city has so

much to see and take in. There are so many different aspects to Key West. For instance, there’s the historic side.

It’s captured in the beautifully renovated old houses of Old Town. Then there’s the laid back happy-go-lucky

culture. To get a taste of that flavor of Key West, you need to do a Duval Street Pub crawl and spend time

roaming Mallory square at the evening Sunset festival.

Can you ignore that side of Key West that brings up bars of gold, silver and other treasure? The sea beds around

the coral reefs are strewn with sunken treasure. To get a taste of this adventure you need to go scuba diving to

all the shipwreck sites and visit the Mel Fischer museum.

Then there’s the modern day Key West. The city has evolved and developed into an ultra-modern American city

with all the latest amenities. The luxury resorts here are amongst the best in the world. So are the many

beautiful marinas scattered around the islands.

The Key West aquarium captures both, the old world Key West and its modern avatar. Here you get to come up

close with the iconic marine life of these islands (the way the early settlers did), in a safe and convenient

environment where even little kids can touch and feel the exhibits…thanks to advances in knowledge and

modern technologies.

The Ripley’s Believe-it-or-not Odditorium is another popular sight-seeing spot. It complements the awe-

inspiring spirit of this chain of island that was founded by immigrants who had a die-had, believe-it-or not (we

can do this) spirit.

On your Key West tours, make it a point to visit the Key West Aquarium and the Ripley’s Believe-it-or-not

Odditorium.

Key West Aquarium

The Aquarium is located in Mallory Square. It was opened way back in 1933 and over the years it has grown.

With the use of modern technologies it now offers fantastic displays that allow visitors to actually touch and

feel the marine life.

That’s what the ‘Touch Tank’ here is all about. Here, you can pick up a conch shell, turn it over and watch the

crab crawl shyly back inside. Did you know that the original inhabitants of Key West called themselves

Conchs? Their staple diet was these crabs, so if you haven’t tasted Conch fritters then you haven’t really had a

real Key West tour. The other exhibits you can lift and touch are the Sea Urchins, Sea cucumbers, Horseshoe

crabs, and the Giant Hermit crab.

At the Aquarium you can also feed the sting rays and watch 4 species of sea turtles, up close at the turtle

conservatory. There are lobsters and a wide variety of tropical fish also on display here.

Ripley’s believe-it-or-not Odditorium

This place can truly be called an Odditorium. All of the display here will make you wonder whether you should

really believe-it-or-not. Imagine shrunken head and rare animal skeletons. It all starts with a man-eating shark

that welcomes you, in the lobby. And an 8 ft statue of the pirate-captain sparrow.

There are so many different sides to Key West, you could miss out an important aspect if you don’t plan your

Key West tours well. To make the most of your trip, call us.

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