Southernmost Beach Resort Evaluation: More Than A Famous Landmark, This Resort Is The Ultimate Key West Vibe

Who doesn’t love a tropical getaway that doesn’t require a passport?

If you haven’t been to Key West, then you definitely’re lacking out on one of many best locations within the nation. I lately went on a gaggle journey to Southernmost Beach Resort in Key West and I’m not kidding once I say it was certainly one of my favourite journeys thus far.

Not to brag, however I’ve finished fairly a couple of journeys to many various locations, so I’m not evaluating it to your run-of-the-mill household East Coast seashore trip.

Let me stroll you thru my journey and let you know why I cherished Southernmost Beach Resort a lot. Buckle up, as a result of there are A LOT of the explanation why I fell in love with this place.

Seamless Travel to Paradise

First of all, I’ve realized to essentially respect once I can fly someplace nonstop.

I’m not afraid of needing a number of connections to get someplace superb, however it’s good when you may get there in only one flight. Thankfully, Key West has tons of direct flights making a nonstop flight that a lot simpler. It’s a tiny, however well-connected airport that’s tremendous straightforward to navigate. And it’s been freshly renovated! They have model new gates and also you now not need to get off on the tarmac.

Breeze Airways is including direct flights they usually even have seasonal direct flights to search for!

More importantly (for me at the least) is the quantity of journey time to get from the vacation spot airport to the precise vacation spot.

There have been manner too many instances the place I’ve been so excited to lastly get to this superb tropical vacation spot and gotten into my transportation to then sit in a automobile (that always has a driver that has gone manner too overboard with the scented automobile fresheners) after which have one other TWO HOURS within the automobile earlier than we lastly get to the lodge.

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Room Tour at Southermost Beach Resort in Key West, Florida

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That is totally NOT the case with Southernmost Beach Resort. From decide up on the airport to drop off on the resort verify in was possibly 10 minutes tops.

I do know Key West isn’t very massive, however I used to be nonetheless overly excited concerning the lightning-fast transport that instantly has gorgeous views of the ocean. Which is one other certainly one of my favourite issues about Key West, it’s not onerous to search out unbelievable views, particularly at Southernmost Beach Resort, because it’s proper on the water.

A Food Lover’s Dream

If you’ve learn any of my articles earlier than, then you definitely’ll know that I’m an beginner foodie once I journey. Key West is an beginner foodie’s dream come true for a number of causes. First, the KEY LIME PIE.

I can’t emphasize that sufficient. If you’re not a Key Lime pie particular person, then you definitely’re doing it incorrect (simply kidding, to every their very own).

Southernmost Beach Resort is within the prime location to seek out all one of the best Key Lime Pies. At the very prime of that record was Café Sole who put an impressed twist on the standard pie by including marshmallow to the highest (insert chef’s kiss right here).

Don’t you are concerned, Key West has extra than simply key lime pie. I clearly want to speak concerning the contemporary seafood.

For instance, the Key West pink shrimp are SO GOOD. You can discover the well-known pink shrimp everywhere in the island, however I cherished them most at Boat House Bar and Grill. While you’re there, you ABSOLUTELY must strive the sticky toffee pudding. TRUST ME!! I like Key Lime pie, however this dessert rivaled my prime favourite Key Lime pies (and that’s saying one thing coming from me).

Another excellent place for seafood was DJ’s Clam Shack. GET THE LOBSTER ROLL! You will thank me later. I want I may return proper now for the lobster roll.

You don’t even want to go away the resort to get unbelievable seafood. The lobster at Southernmost Beach Café was scrumptious, and also you positively must strive the Key West Paella. I counsel sharing the paella with a couple of folks, however it’s so value it!

The Southernmost Beach Café additionally has nice breakfast and lunch choices to take a look at. They have yummy breakfast smoothies, however it’s best to strive the Florentine Benedict with added lobster. What an effective way to start out your day! If you need one thing gentle, refreshing, however insanely scrumptious you should strive the Southernmost Beach Café’s mango berry salad with shrimp added.

Do you need to have a non-public connoisseur dinner together with your ft within the sand searching over the ocean? Yes, sure you do.

Southernmost Beach Resort arrange this unbelievable expertise for us the place we had a non-public dinner on the seashore with Chef Cheyenne Armstrong cooking every thing proper in entrance of us. 10/10 advocate!

Unforgettable Key West Experiences

If you need to learn to make some native favourite meals, then you definitely positively must check out the Key West Cooking School. This was an incredible expertise with a superbly designed classroom the place they educate you the right way to make the meals you’re consuming (with out you having to do any of the onerous work).

The instructors had been hilarious, however in addition they highlighted some fascinating historical past of Key West all through the category.

Key West can also be recognized for time with good drinks, and it did NOT disappoint.

One of my new must-do’s in Key West is the Key West Legal Rum Tour and Mojito Making Class. Paul and Crystal Menta go all out to make this an unforgettable expertise.

This was certainly one of my TOP favourite issues we did. During the mojito making class, Crystal walked us by way of how they turned the first rum runners to Havana the place they realized the right way to make a PERFECT mojito.

They’ve, after all, put their very own little Key West twist on it, and it’s actually one of the best mojito I’ve ever had.

Speaking of fantastic experiences, certainly one of my favourite issues to do in Key West is dolphin watching and snorkeling.

So it is going to come as no shock that I LOVED the Dolphin Watch and Snorkel Excursion with Fury.

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Magical moments with Fury Key West!

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We obtained actually fortunate and had a number of teams of dolphins come to go to us and a few of them even had infants with them!

The captain and crew members had been fairly educated and gave us tons of enjoyable dolphin tidbits whereas we watched the dolphins mess around us.

My primary favourite out of every thing we did (together with seeing child dolphins) was the Island Tales Golf Cart Tour with Amy Andrade.

This was HANDS DOWN one of the best tour I’ve ever been on. She is aware of nearly every thing and might cater the tour to what you’re most thinking about. Amy’s ardour for historical past and storytelling is contagious. We spent the complete time on the sting of our seats and hanging on to her each phrase she stated.

You higher imagine that I’m reserving a tour along with her each single time I’m going again to Key West to any extent further. Amy books up quick although so you should guide manner upfront!

The Heart of Key West: The People

Amy can also be the Experience Director at Southernmost Beach Resort. She hosts a trivia night time on Wednesdays at Southernmost Beach Resort and we had a blast!

Our crew even took first place together with a prize and bragging rights. We had a lot enjoyable with Amy once more that we begged her to squeeze in a conch blowing class along with her earlier than our flights out the following morning.

Amy additionally helps embody certainly one of my different favourite issues about Key West, the folks and the Key West tradition. As a vacationer, it’s by no means enjoyable to really feel like a nuisance or undesirable by the locals.

Key West is small, so everybody is aware of everybody there, however they nonetheless love vacationers and you may positively really feel it. One of the most important sayings/slogans on the island is “One Human Family.”

Even being there for a couple of brief days, you begin to really feel how a lot the folks of Key West actually imagine that we’re all only one human household, regardless of the place we come from, what we appear to be, or what we imagine in.

It’s an exquisite technique to dwell.

_{**Travel Off Path was a visitor of Southernmost Beach Resort, who helped with the creation of this itinerary by internet hosting a few of our lodging and points of interest. Our opinions, suggestions, and recommendations stay our personal.**}