Key West's Best Food Tours

Key Lime Everything: Our Key West Food Tour Through Old Town

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Key West doesn't really do donuts. It does key lime, Cuban and Caribbean baking, and the occasional conch fritter. So our donut tour here bends the rules a little, and we think it's better for it.

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Duval Street and the shady side streets

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It starts on Duval Street at El Dom with a key lime beignet. That sets the tone. From there your guide heads into Old Town, a grid of shady streets with Conch houses, gingerbread trim and bougainvillea spilling over garden fences.

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The lineup changes day to day, so each tour visits four stops chosen from our island partners. You might duck into Kermit's Key Lime Shoppe for a slice of key lime pie. Maybe B.O.'s Fish Wagon for a hot conch fritter, the savory bite that keeps all the sugar honest. George's Cafe has pastries. Sugar Shack makes handmade truffles. Every stop has shade, seating or air conditioning, and on an island afternoon you'll notice.

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Between bites, you'll pass the Curry Mansion, built by the family of Florida's first millionaire. The money came from wrecking: salvaging ships that ran aground on the reef. Your guide also covers the day Key West "seceded" from the United States as the Conch Republic, and the writers and dreamers who washed up here and never left.

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After dark

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Old Town has a spookier side too. Haunted Key West Food Tour: Sweet Treats and Spooky Stories pairs island sweets with the eerie tales the Conch Republic has collected over the years. Same streets, different mood.

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Cruise passengers tend to slot the daytime Key West Old Town Donut and Sweet Treats Tour into a port day. It's a short walking tour, the stops are close together, and you'll be back at the ship with a key lime craving that won't quit.