The Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum
13 expert reviews
“Once the home of Key West’s most famous writer, Ernest Hemingway, the Hemingway Home and Museum ranks at the top of any must-do list and is Key West’s most popular attraction.”
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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
"Amusing anecdotes spice up the guided tours of Ernest Hemingway's home, built in 1801 by the town's most successful wrecker."
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Lonely Planet
"Key West’s biggest darling, Ernest Hemingway, lived in this gorgeous Spanish colonial house from 1931 to 1940."
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Travel + Leisure
"It's a shame to come to Hemingway's tropical hideaway and not take the official tour, which start every 10 minutes."
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Afar Magazine
"Hemingway wrote in the early mornings and poked around town in the afternoon - unless he was fishing."
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Michelin Guide
2 Stars
"The novelist Ernest Hemingway (1889-1961), a legendary Key West figure, wrote some of his finest works on the island."
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Atlas Obscura
"The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats. "
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U.S. News & World Report
6.0
"Literary icon and journalist Ernest Hemingway is one of Key West's best-known and well-loved "freshwater Conchs" (a resident who was not born on the island)."
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Travel + Leisure
"There is no better pilgrimage in the Keys than to the home of its most famous literary citizen...get the story behind the swimming pool, and walk the tiny catwalk to his writing studio."
Florida Keys Travel Guide
March 2, 2021
Frommer's
"Hemingway's particularly handsome stone Spanish colonial house, built in 1851, was one of the first on the island to be fitted with indoor plumbing and a built-in fireplace."
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