kalibo

We went for my friends bday last year. 13 of us in a 3bdrm house for a week. It was a blast but on the night of his bday he was drunk when we walked passed those "bars" and all he saw was karaoke and "pune" (his work for girls). We had to drag him away telling him that it was NOT pune and he REALLY didn't want to go in there.

fastgsx

IMO the drive is boring as hell. On my most recent trip we stayed here: http://www.reachresort.com/ it has been recently renovated so I thought it was worth a stay, and has its own "beach". Its not down by the action which I like once in a while, since you wont get woken up by the sounds of the glass bottles being emptied into the garbage trucks at 3am. B&B's are the thing to do down there you really cant go wrong in that category.

I can recommend a few restaurants:
Breakfast at Sarabeth's Key West (sit down)
or
Croissants de France (more of a bakery, but has sit down)
Lunch/Dinner at:
El Siboney (Cuban)
Salsa Loca (Mexican)
Santiago's Bodega (Tapas)

There are more, but those are some examples.

Alexs '05

Nice place, but if you want to be closer to the action, I'd reccommend staying at either Pier House or Ocean Key House, both are at the 0 end of Duval St.

I would almost have to suggest taking Card Sound Rd. out of FL City instead of the 18 mile stretch as they're still completing construction on the new roadway and people tend to go under the 35-45mph speed limit and it gets annoying after a few miles. Card Sound has a $1 toll (no Sunpass) but plenty of curves to keep you entertained, just be careful after the midway stop sign, cops tend to hide on the second half of the road.

Blacknot

I was told they passed an law now that if you want to rent a house you have to rent it for atleast a month. This was done to discourage partying. I was told this by a friend that was just down there.

Alexs '05

Property has to have a transient license in order to be occupied/rented for a period less than 30 days.

2big4aS2000

i will be visiting keywest also in the end of october - Fantasy Fest - my pirate crew is going to be in the parade, cant wait, heard the freaks really come out then!!!!!

Blacknot

Ok. Thanks for clearing that up