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Key West Lighthouse and Keeper's Quarters Museum vs The Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum

Both Key West Lighthouse and Keeper's Quarters Museum and The Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum are recommended by professional reviewers writing for major publications. Overall, The Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum scores significantly better than Key West Lighthouse and Keeper's Quarters Museum. The Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum ranks #1 in Key West with praise from 9 reviewers including Fodor's, Afar Magazine and Frommer's.

Key West Lighthouse and Keeper's Quarters Museum
Key West Lighthouse and Keeper's Quarters Museum
8 / 10
938 Whitehead St, Key West, FL 33040
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Lonely Planet Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"It’s just as enjoyable to gaze up at the tower from the leafy street below." Full review
Where Where
"This 1847 structure, inland on a Key West street just across from the Hemingway Home, affords visitors a bird’s-eye view of Key West from atop its 90-foot light tower (88 steps to the top)." Full review
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It was positioned here to avoid the fate of its predecessor on Whitehead Point, which toppled in a hurricane the previous year.
Fodor's Fodor's
"For the best view in town, climb the 88 steps to the top of this 1847 lighthouse." Full review
U.S. News & World Report U.S. News & World Report
11.0
"If you can fend off the claustrophobia and don't mind heights, the climb up the tiny and constricting 88 steps to the top of the Key West Lighthouse is worth it for the views, say recent visitors." Full review
Condé Nast Traveler Condé Nast Traveler
"You'll have to climb 88 steps to reach the top, but once you do, you'll get rewarded with expansive views." Full review
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The Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum
The Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum
9 / 10
907 Whitehead St, Key West, FL 33040
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Concierge Concierge
"The house itself was built by a marine architect and salvage wrecker in 1851. The rooms all contain antiques and memorabilia from Hemingway's world travels."
Fodor's Fodor's
"Amusing anecdotes spice up the guided tours of Ernest Hemingway's home, built in 1801 by the town's most successful wrecker." Full review
Lonely Planet Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"Key West’s biggest darling, Ernest Hemingway, lived in this gorgeous Spanish colonial house from 1931 to 1940." Full review
Travel + Leisure Travel + Leisure
"It's a shame to come to Hemingway's tropical hideaway and not take the official tour, which start every 10 minutes." Full review
Afar Magazine Afar Magazine
"Hemingway wrote in the early mornings and poked around town in the afternoon - unless he was fishing." Full review
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