Southernmost Point buoy on Whitehead Street, Key West

Key West culture and history tours

Hemingway Home, Truman Little White House, Key West Lighthouse, Mel Fisher's Atocha treasure, the Shipwreck Museum and the Custom House museum, all within a 20-minute walk.

Photo: Zoshua Colah / Unsplash

Typical call

8:00 am→3:30 pm

Docking to all aboard · about 7 h 30 min ashore

Getting ashore

3 cruise piers

Check which one your ship uses

Money

US dollar

US dollars widely accepted

Time zone

UTC-5

Keep your watch on ship's time

Culture & history tours that fit your day in Key West

Enter the times from your cruise line's itinerary. We add time to walk off the ship, the drive to each tour's start point and back, and your safety margin.

Ship docks8:00 amAll aboard3:30 pm

Safety margin before all aboard

Ship in portGetting ashore (20 min)Safety margin (1 h)All aboard 3:30 pm

7 h 30 min in port69 fit with time to spare2 cutting it close10 too long

Fits your day
Guided Bike Tour of Old Town Key West
2 h 4.9 (2,744)Free cancellation
Back by 10:40 am · 3 h 50 min sparefrom $59
Fits your day
Key West Craft Cocktail Crawl
3 h 4.9 (592)Free cancellation
Back by 11:40 am · 2 h 50 min sparefrom $99
Fits your day
Southernmost Food & Cultural Walking Tour by Key West Food Tours
3 h 4.9 (1,947)Free cancellation
Back by 11:40 am · 2 h 50 min sparefrom $94
Fits your day
Key West Historic Bahama Village & Hemingway Heritage
1 h 30 min 5.0 (258)Free cancellation
Back by 10:10 am · 4 h 20 min sparefrom $57
Fits your day
Key West Historic Seaport Food & Walking Tour
3 h 4.9 (682)Free cancellation
Back by 11:40 am · 2 h 50 min sparefrom $94
Fits your day
Southernmost Key West History and Culture Small-Group Walking Tour
1 h 45 min 5.0 (138)Free cancellation
Back by 10:25 am · 4 h 5 min sparefrom $50
Fits your day
Key West Conch Republic Tiki Pedicab Experience by Kokomo Cabs
2 h 30 min 5.0 (71)Free cancellation
Back by 11:10 am · 3 h 20 min sparefrom $229
Fits your dayMeets at the pier
Key West USCGC INGHAM Maritime Museum
20 min–2 h 4.9 (83)Free cancellation
Back by 10:30 am · 4 h sparefrom $20
Fits your day
Key West Historic Schooner When And If Sunset Cruise
2 h 4.8 (144)Free cancellation
Back by 10:40 am · 3 h 50 min sparefrom $117
Fits your day
Key West Historic Old Town Food Tour with 5 Authentic Tastings
2 h 30 min 4.8 (317)Free cancellation
Back by 11:10 am · 3 h 20 min sparefrom $108
Fits your day
Key Lime Pie Walking Tour of Key West Historic Seaport
1 h 30 min 4.9 (62)Free cancellation
Back by 10:10 am · 4 h 20 min sparefrom $70
Fits your day
Tropical Fruit Hunting Tour at Grimal Grove
1 h 30 min 5.0 (35)Free cancellation
Back by 10:10 am · 4 h 20 min sparefrom $38

Return times are estimates from the tour length, travel from the pier and time to get ashore. Always check your ship's all-aboard time.

Nearby

More Western Caribbean ports

All ports

Mexico

Cozumel

A flat coral island with three cruise piers, a walkable town, easy shore snorkeling, Maya ruins and a quiet wild south.

~9 h typical call10 places

Cayman Islands

Grand Cayman

A tender-only port where Stingray City, Seven Mile Beach and the Turtle Centre are all reachable in a day, but the north-coast sights are a long trip.

~9 h typical call11 placesTender port

Honduras

Roatán

Two cruise ports on the Mesoamerican Reef, with West Bay's calm, reef-fringed beach 25–35 minutes away by road.

~9 h typical call9 places

Mexico

Costa Maya

A purpose-built cruise pier beside the small beach village of Mahahual, with Maya ruins at Chacchoben and the Bacalar lagoon a bus ride inland.

~9 h typical call9 places