Hemingway Walking Tour: Authentic Key West Experience

Immerse yourself in the world of Ernest Hemingway on this authentic walking tour of Key West. Visit the places where he lived, worked, and played, and indulge in food and drink samplings along the way.

Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • The Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum - You will meet your tour guide outside the front gate of the Hemingway House. Then a guided tour will take you to the real places that Hemingway lived, worked, and played, including where he watched and refereed boxing matches, where he kept his boat the Pilar, the bookstore where his books were sold, his…
What's Included
  • Snacks, Lunch, Alcoholic Beverages
Additional Information

This meticulously curated walking tour will guide you through the authentic locales which shaped Hemingway’s life, experiences, and literary pursuits. You’ll step into the world of Hemingway as you explore the locations where he spectated and arbitrated boxing matches, docked his boat, the Pilar, and patronized the bookstore selling his works. You’ll…

Location
The Hemingway Home and Museum
Whitehead Street
Please meet your tour guide OUTSIDE the front gate. Please arrive 15 minutes early.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Amanda_n
Nov 6, 2024
Great experience - Loved our guide Caleb. So funny and willing to share personal life, it made the trip memorable. The key lime pie was great. My Cuban sandwich was tasty - albeit a little soggy. Caleb explained he had to pick up sandwiches to take to our seats bc the key lime shop was remodeling the restaurant. It was still good. Caleb is also a comedian. We are probably going to see him this week.
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Beckcoach
Sep 27, 2024
In Tune with Hemingway in Key West - We thoroughly enjoyed our walking tour with Caleb. He is very warm and engaging, and his colorful curation of Ernest Hemingway's life and times in Key West was fascinating and fun. He was able to make something he does frequently feel fresh. We enjoyed getting to know him and seeing Key West through the eyes of a Hemingway aficionado.
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Siobhan_m
Jul 29, 2024
Caleb was our Guide. He... - Caleb was our Guide. He was knowledgeable and did his best to keep us in the shade. I can't wait to hear about his play!
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Lee_b
Jun 26, 2024
See the day to day Papa... - Very knowledgeable and entertaining guide provided some great stories and insight to the Hemingway experience. A highlight of the trip!
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930mendir
May 22, 2024
Hemingway walking tour, Key West, FL - This was a fascinating and fabulous walking tour! The tour guide, Caleb, made all the difference in the world. He was extremely knowledgeable about all things Hemingway and kept the conversation lively throughout the entire walking tour also included in our tour that we didn’t even realize it was lunch and a rum punch WITH amazing Keylime pie for dessert. It was a warm sunny day and as I stated, Caleb was a fabulous guide. We’re so happy we took this tour and learned so much—good stuff ‼️
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Christine_k
May 15, 2024
What you want in a tour! - Caleb was a great guide. Warm, friendly, and told some great stories about Hemingway. Was a perfect addition to the Hemingway House tour which we did afterward. Love the Kermit stop for food and drink. Gave some great recommendations around the island and had some delightful personal stories to tell about his experience in Key West.
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Carolyn_t
Apr 29, 2024
A Great Way To Begin The Trip! - Caleb was a wonderful tour guide! We loved learning about Hemingway from him as we walked through parts of Key West! Happy we did the tour early in our visit so we knew a bit more about the history of where we were.
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Monica_k
Apr 14, 2024
Worth the walk and historical info - Liz was a perfect tour guide. This walking tour was full of information, and we got a better feel for downtown Key West.
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Thomasdb217ku
Mar 12, 2024
Great Way to Learn about Hemingway and Key West - This is a wonderful way to get to know Key West and appreciate the Key West that Hemingway knew. While the tour does not include a tour of Hemingway's residence on Whitehead Street, the tour does visit most of the places that Hemingway frequented. Our tour guide, Caleb, was excellent. A novelist himself, he had an excellent knowledge of Hemingway's life and writings. His stories about Hemingway and his influence on Key West added an extra dimension to our discovery of the history and culture of Key West. The tour included an early lunch at Kermit's Key West Lime Shoppe which included a slice of its famous Key Lime Pie. It was a great way to spend the morning.
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Heather_r
Oct 14, 2024
Lousy - The company tried to switch our tour twice and when we wouldn’t switch due to other plans so they canceled all together. My feeling was they didn’t have enough bookings to bother. Now to fight and get my refund.
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