Miami to Key West Day Trip with Optional Hotel Pick up

Dios was an a amazing driver. Everything was perfectly translated in clear and loud voice in Spanish and English consecutively. On our way to the Keys, we saw a tour bus stopped in the middle of the highway. All the tourists had descended and the driver was struggling with smoke coming out of it. Our driver immediately stopped and ran to offer help while at the same time police vehicles were arriving. He offered help while at the same time not putting us in danger, parking a bit away, while at the same time without jeopardising our trip. The moment he checked everything was under control, we were immediately back on route. He brought us on time to our first stop so we had time for a relaxed and stress-free breakfast at McDonald’s (not burgers but what is closest to a normal breakfast), stretch our legs and also buy things we might be needing (from soft drinks and water to toothbrushes and swim wear and shoes) at a huge next door store, also at very very low prices. Upon departure, a vast line of buses and tourists were already swarming the area and queuing for breakfast. He also bought from that store cookies and crackers that he kindly offered all passengers before departure. Very sweet, polite, punctual and professional. Be mindful that Key West is incredibly beautiful and though it is small, it is impossible to indulge in its beauty by simply moving around on foot. Given also the sun and the heat, it is highly recommended to rent a bike. I did so by booking one online ahead of our arrival. I booked one using key lime bike tour, a local agency renting bikes. This way you can skip the fuss and loss of time about where to go and what to do and how by directly heading there to retrieve your booked bike and start moving around. We overall had 4 hours and 30’ and biking around was proved really helpful and convenient. I managed to see everything: the southernmost point buoy (you need to prepare for a queue to be photographed next to it so to save me time, I just waited on the side for some minutes and managed to take several ones during the change of previous people queueing and next ones), Higgs beach and Zachary fort/Truman beach, the Ernest Hemingway house, the Key West lighthouse and most important streets like Duval, Fleming, Petronia, Olivia, Thomas and Whitehead street along several others with amazing houses, porches and facades. And still I had to run to do all this so I wonder what people managed to see on foot. Particularly for the Zachary beach, which apparently is the most popular, I saw a huge line of vehicles jammed and lots of tired pedestrians arriving while the few bikers quickly arrived and went directly ahead. Biking is very safe and convenient with several biking lanes jn many places. Be ready to ride a bike with breaks on the pedals. The owner very quick, friendly and relaxed. I really liked him. And all this for overall 21$. Our driver was right on time at 4pm to lead us as promised to the Seven Mile bridge for 20’ walk and photos during the sunset. It was incredible. Just find the stairs that lead on the bridge for pedestrians. Utterly amazing.