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Hemingway Experience: Key West's Literary Journey
4.7
19 Ratings
Key West
Join The Hemingway Experience in Key West for a 4-hour guided tour with Cuban cuisine, boozy beverages, and exclusive stories about Ernest Hemingway.
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,…
- 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, rice, beans, and plantains, all paired with a refreshing glass of homemade sangria.
- Crowne Plaza Key West-La Concha, an IHG Hotel - Visit this nearly century-old iconic hotel in the heart of Key West. This culinary experience offers a unique twist on local flavors. Enjoy Mojitos and local shrimp cocktails in a modern, Havana-inspired restaurant. A surprise visit from the Chef might be in store!
- Rodriguez Cigar Factory - Meet the warm Cuban family behind this third-generation, family-owned Cigar Factory. Discover how they relocated their business and rebuilt their lives in Key West. Witness the cigar rolling process, explore their humidor, and leave with a delightful surprise.
- Sloppy Joe’s - Visit both the original and new Sloppy Joe’s to see where Hemingway mingled with his local “mob” at their favorite hangout, now a must-see for every Key West visitor.
- Key West Key Lime Pie Co. - No Key West Food Tour is complete without a slice of the pie that made us famous!
- Hemingway Rum - Papa’s Pilar Distillery - Conclude the tour at the Hemingway Rum Co’s latest renovation, The Social Club, to enjoy his signature drink, inspired by his time in Cuba and introduced to the U.S. Experience the drink and venue through an engaging presentation by a distillery guide.
What's Included
- Ticketed entry into Hemingway’s Home and Museum
- Sip homemade sangria, rum punch, and Papa Doble (3 cocktails total)
- Lunch
- 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
- 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…
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 home. Then eat, drink, and explore the island on foot through “Papa’s eyes”, feasting on Cuban cuisine (& 3 boozy beverages) while your knowledgeable local guide impresses with interesting stories & amazing fun facts.
The adventure takes you behind the scenes of a 3rd generation family run cigar rolling factory, and into the newly remodeled Social Club at Hemingway Rum Co. for his favorite drink made with his family company’s premium rum. Then finish with a slice of our famous key lime pie!
After the tour, you’ll receive a collection of exclusive recipes, recommendations on restaurants, attractions, entertainment, and cultural offerings.
Location
The Hemingway Home and Museum
Whitehead Street
Please meet your guide in front of museum entrance. *Do not go to the ticket booth* Your tickets are only valid with the tour guide.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.7
(19 Ratings)
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Jodymr7170zf
Oct 15, 2025
Four hours well spent - What a great tour! Danielle was fabulous and so hospitable and we had the best time. Go hungry! Your lunch at 11 is big and don’t eat all the rice cause you’ll
Have an even better shrimp taco at 12. The Cuban food was so good and served with Sangria. The taco is served with a “how to make a mojito” class and drink. Key lime pie and then rum tasting! Was so worth it for 4 hours! Can’t go wrong.
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Elizabeth_g
Oct 8, 2025
This experience was... - This experience was wonderful. Our tour guide, Corley, was very informative and had great energy. She was mindful of the entire groups needs, including food allergies, food preferences, and accessibilities. I would recommend this tour again.
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Lynn_c
Aug 22, 2025
Hemingway and MORE- Don’t miss this! - Shayla is an amazing guide for an amazing experience!! The Hemingway House guide was great, the chef and bartender at LaConcha were amazing! Great fish tacos and a true mojito like we had in Cuba! And what an experience going to the cigar factory and distillery- great rum and great rum drinks with a very fun guide! Delicious food at Kaya! Shayla made this experience even more amazing! She is very knowledgeable, professional and passionate about Key West! A genuinely nice person from Key West! A great day exploring a great island!
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Rachael_b
Aug 14, 2025
Coraly and her trainee... - Coraly and her trainee (sorry I forgot his name) did a fantastic job sharing the hemmingway history, guiding us through old town, and providing excellent food and drink services. They brought us to places I had walked past but never had thought to go in. So glad they brought us through these places. The food and drinks were probably close to be being the best I had tried in key west. Without a shadow of doubt, I would recommend this tour with these two people.
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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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Jeffhix
Oct 23, 2025
Probably more for someone that really is into Ernest Hemingway and not someone looking for a good deal on food and drink - Being completely honest… I had no prior interest in Ernest Hemingway prior to the visit and truly only booked it due to the opportunity to see the cats and do a little sight seeing. I would imagine for some people the cost of what the itinerary provides might not be worth it but it was a great way to see the area over the course of a few hours and I’d imagine would be a big hit for someone that enjoys having a few drinks. The tour guide was nice and accommodating to questions and requests and the people in our group were fine.
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Pamelakk9657zq
Oct 11, 2025
A Rainy Day in Key West - The tour was informative and entertaining but was more about Key West than Ernest Hemingway. After the tour at Hemingways house, the stops made for 3 different examples of cuban/ Florida food and cuban cigar rolling had little mention of Ernest Hemingway. The last stop was at Pilars Distillery where we did get some Hemingway history. Our guide Sharon was very hospitable and knowledgeable. All and all it was worth the time and money.
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