Visit the Village: Islamorada

It sounds just as exotic as the best Caribbean islands out there, but it’s only a few miles off the coast of everyday, regular Florida. Thanks to natural conditions that include reefs, The Everglades and waters filled with an assortment of fish, Islamorada is a wild kind of place that will certainly have you reeling in more than you can handle.

Honeymooners, families and adventurers can all find what they’re looking for here in this colorful Florida Key. Islamorada means Village of Islands, so you’ll constantly feel that you’ve escaped the mainland and needn’t worry about what’s going on in the real world.

Here in the Sport Fishing Capital, one of your first orders of business will be to charter a boat and head out for a deep-sea expedition. If catching your own dinner doesn’t appeal to you, take a kayak tour, hike for fun and fitness, do some shopping or visit the Theater of the Sea Aquarium.

There’s also tennis, snorkeling, hanging out at happy hour, and cooking it your own way on your vacation rental patio. And if time and energy permit, you can even head south and visit one of the other Florida Keys. State parks, sunsets to die for and plenty of condos and beach houses to claim as your own further add to the allure of this Upper Keys gem, however, so there’s no need to wander too far once you’ve settled in.

It’s no secret that island living is better, so give it a whirl without worrying about passports or lengthy flights. Islamorada is waiting, and this is your official welcome to the village.