Hemingway Experience: Key West's Literary Journey

Join The Hemingway Experience in Key West for a 4-hour guided tour with Cuban cuisine, boozy beverages, and exclusive stories about Ernest Hemingway.

Duration: 4 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • The Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum - Take a guided tour of Ernest Hemingway’s residence, where he penned classics like “For Whom the Bell Tolls.” Stroll through the beautiful gardens, meet his famous six-toed cats, and view the writer’s desk where his magic happened.
  • Kaya Island Eats - Delight in a complete Cuban meal featuring roast pork,…
What's Included
  • Ticketed entry into Hemingway’s Home and Museum
  • Sip homemade sangria, rum punch, and Papa Doble (3 cocktails total)
  • Lunch
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
  • Private transportation
Additional Information

The Hemingway Experience celebrates Key West’s most infamous author, Ernest “Papa” Hemingway, with a historical walking adventure retracing his steps on a “Bucket List” tour of Old Town. Our 4-hour guided experience stops at (6) locations, helping tell Hemingway’s story in Key West & Cuba.
Each ticket includes guided entrance into his famed Key West…

Location
The Hemingway Home and Museum
Whitehead Street
Please meet your guide in front of museum entrance.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Cindyluv1984
Jul 9, 2025
Great Tour! - We truly enjoyed our tour, Carley was our guide and she was amazing, charismatic, and fun! We highly recommend that you book your tour with her! The tour was great and it is definitely worth your time. My husband and I had a great experience and will be recommending our friends and family to try this tour!
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Lvbuilder
May 6, 2025
Great tour! Enjoyed info and great food!!! Guide Corley was so fun! Ate delicious food. Learned about cigar making too!! - Learned a lot and enjoyed all of the experience! Great key lime pie too! Tour guides very informative about everything. Hemingway house tour was very interesting!
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Tricia
May 5, 2025
Must do while in Key West! - Fantastic tour! Excellent guide! Education in cruise. Does catering on the side. Very knowledgeable in all food & drinks to enjoy while visiting. Hemingway’s House Cuban roasted pork (mojo marinade), rice & beans Plantains -passion fruit mahi tai -red sangaria Mahi Mahi blackened fish IPA Rodriguez cigar Keylime pie Hemingway’s rum co. Distillery & social club Light rum, dark rum & Hemingway daiquiri
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Ernest_w
Mar 27, 2025
Excellent Guides, fun experience - If you can get either Shayla Pattin or Cordy, or both, as guides you will have a terrific time. The Hemingway Mansion is a must for all fans of Hemingway, the rum distillery is very interesting and the 2 (that's right, two) lunches and Key Lime dessert are all very tasty if a little over the top. I'm really glad we took this tour with such knowledgeable and personable guides.
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580lindah580
Feb 13, 2025
Rose was a great guide! - This trip was great! Rose, our guide, was excellent. The information he had was great and his stops for food were amazing.
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Allyo511
Jan 2, 2025
A special way to experience, Key West… From the taste of Hemingway as well as the Tours Owner and local experiences - I brought a small leadership business group to Key West for a retreat, and this was definitely a highlight of the experience! The CEO of the company had a very keen interest in cultural experiences as well as history, and this met the bar at every turn! The owner met with us on our site inspection and took us on a mini tour and she was able to curate some elements and inclusions for us, which was greatly appreciated!
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971bryanr
Dec 9, 2024
Really good times! - We had Rose for our tour guide and he was fantastic! The tour of the Hemmingway house was fun and we ahd a professional staff tour guide inside. I learned a lot about Hemmingway and his family and grounds. Then we did a walking tour of some of the other hangouts where Hemmingway spent his time. We ate some food, drank some rum, heard and told stories. It really was a fun morning. Ask for Rose by name!
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Janet
Oct 16, 2024
Hemingway food Walk - Excellent walking/food tour…lots of history and great food and drinks. The guide ..Rachel…was full of information and very personable
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Lisalwood59
Oct 8, 2024
Best Hemingway tour and food crawl - Rose was a fantastic guide and we had such a good time on this tour. Highly recommend this tour, this tour company, and Rose. Despite the sketchy weather, we had a great time.
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Geoffreyg342
Jun 20, 2024
Great exposure to the real Key West - Our Guide Kelia was very knowledgeable and friendly. Her personal experience with the people and businesses in Key West gave us the local expert's perspective, instead of just tourists. Manager also helped accommodate some of our challenges that made the full experience enjoyable. Meeting local chefs and family members in the Rodriguez Cigar Factory made the tour the best experience! Highly recommend this experience!
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From $185
up to 7 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).