Hemingway Tour

Key West, USA

1 hour 5 minutes (approx.)
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

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Overview

If you’re curious about finding out more about Ernest Hemingway’s links to Key West, then this tour saves you hours of research time. Set off with a guide on an expertly planned route that showcases some of Hemingway’s old haunts, including places he both worked and played. Along the way, the guide entertains you with stories about Hemingway that you’d miss out on otherwise.

Enjoy an Ernest Hemingway–themed tour of Key West
Discover the places where the world-renowned writer once resided
No getting lost: Enjoy having a guide to lead the way
Small-group experience with a limit of 15 people

What's Included

You'll hear incredible stories of history and lore about Hemingway and Key West.

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

Capt Tony’s Saloon
428 Greene St, Key West, FL 33040, USA
You will begin this guided walking tour by meeting your tour guide at Capt. Tony’s Saloon, 428 Greene Street

End point

La Concha Key West, Autograph Collection
430 Duval St, Key West, FL 33040, USA

Operating hours
.7:00 pm

Itinerary

Key West

1 hour 5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Service animals allowed

Near public transportation
Most travelers can participate
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 15 travelers

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Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

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Featured review

Kimberly_P

This was an awesome tour we throughly enjoyed our tour guide Caleb who’s sense of humor had us in stitches. Great way to learn the history.

Reviews

4.2

based on 15 reviews

Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor

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Great walking tour

Becky_S, Apr 2026

Great walking tour! Tour guide was very informative. We ended up at Kermit's for lunch and key lime pie. We got to meet Kermit too!

Peterman

Kimberly_P, Apr 2025

This was an awesome tour we throughly enjoyed our tour guide Caleb who’s sense of humor had us in stitches. Great way to learn the history.

Scam

Robert_T, Feb 2025

The operator cancelled our reservation so we had 0 experience. I have been trying to try and get a refund. But operator points at you and you point at them. Right now this all looks like a scam. Unless you can fix this

Response from Host, Mar 2025

THIS PERSON DID NOT TAKE OUR TOUR. We made every effort to accomodate him. When his tour was cancelled, we throughly explained to him 4 times the instructions on how to get a refund FROM VIATOR. He did NOT follow our instructions. We reached out to him again and explained a 5th time how to get a refund, he listened and got his refund from Viator. It's unfortunate that people like this are allowed by Viator to impune the integrity of one of the most reputable tour companies in Key West, without actually taking the tour.

It was cancelled so I...

Patrice_H, Jan 2025

It was cancelled so I have nothing to tell. If you try to book it, they will cancel it on you and try to push you to book the Hemingway food tour or Jimmy Buffet.

Response from Host, Jan 2025

This person unfortunately did not experience the tour. We never want to cancel any tour and every effort is made to accommodate every guest, including offering them free upgrades to other tours. But sometimes in life and the tour business things just don't work out.

Not worth it

Lawrence_L, Nov 2024

Not worth it for what you get. Too expensive. $70 per person - did not even include the Hemingway houses.

Response from Host, Nov 2024

Lol, welcome to Key West! The home of some of the most expensive real estate in the United States, where you can rent a ROOM for $2,500 a month + utilities. The tour guides and the company have to live and survive in this environment so they can give you a tour. The Hemingway house is a seperate tour and not included in the tour description. If you had spent $20 more you could have had lunch, an alcoholic beverage, and a splice of key lime pie on our Hemingway Food and Walking Tour.

Morning Hemingway Tour.

Sheri_Z, May 2024

We were given so many Hemingway pearls throughout the walking tour. It uncovered Key West in such a valuable way. Caleb's literary background made this experience higher level.

Response from Host, Nov 2024

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Super fun night

kash, Apr 2022

This tour was a great choice. Incredible live music. Guide Casey was so friendly and engaging. We did the tour early in our vacation so we would know where we wanted to visit again. We preferred this tour to a previous “pub crawl”. We would rather have a less expensive tour and buy our own drinks. I would definitely recommend this!