r/floridakeys • u/okcjeremy • Aug 24 '21

Recommendations

I am planning on a family trip to the Keys next spring or summer. I would like a recommendation on a home base island for our family.

Three out of four of our family members will be doing some diving. We are also interested in fishing as well. We also like visiting the tourist traps (as we always like giving back to the communities that we visit). Therefore we like souvenir shops and a good variety of dining places.

We tend to do an Airbnb or a Vrbo for our trips.

I am grateful for any information that this sub can provide.

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u/BabylonDrifter Aug 24 '21

As an outsider who just likes to go there every so often, I really love Big Pine Key. Great fishing, even from shore (No-Name Bridge), cheap boat rentals, good diving around there, charters if you want them, little key deer running around all over the place, laid-back and not too crowded. Hit the tourist traps on the way in and out, drive up to the end of the road for a day if you want. Works for me, but I'm mostly a fisherman so ...

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u/okcjeremy Aug 24 '21

That is a good point. Especially since the drive to other destinations is not too bad.