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The Hemingway Experience by Key West Food Tours
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4 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.
Duration:
4 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- The Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum - Enjoy a guided tour through Ernest Hemingway’s home where he wrote literary works such as “For Whom the Bell Tolls,” wander the lush gardens, pet his six-toed cats, and see the writers desk where it all happened.
- Kaya Island Eats - Enjoy a full cuban meal of roast pork, rice, beans, and plantains accompanied by a glass of homemade sangria.
- First Flight Island Restaurant & Brewery - Stop into the original home of Pan Am World Airways, the provider of the US’ first international flight, transformed into an island paradise to savor a local fish taco and rum punch.
- Rodriguez Cigar Factory - Meet the close cuban family of this 3rd generation owned and operated Cigar Factory. Learn how they moved their business and rebuilt their lives in Key West. See the cigar rolling process in person, peek your head into their humidor and leave with a surprise.
- Sloppy Joe’s - Pop into the original and the new Sloppy Joe’s to see where Hemingway rubbed shoulders with his local “mob” at their favorite watering hole, now turned into a MUST SEE for every Key West visitor.
- Key West Key Lime Pie Co. - No Key West Food Tour would be complete without a slice of the pie that put us on the map!
- Hemingway Rum -Papa’s Pilar Distillery - Finish the tour inside the Hemingway Rum Co’s newest renovation, The Social Club, for his signature drink that he fell in love with during his many stints in Cuba taking back to introduce stateside. Become familiar with the drink and space over a distillery guide’s entertaining presentation.
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, on a historical journey retracing his steps on a “Bucket List” tour around Old Town. Our 4-hour guided experience stops at (6) locations, all aiding in telling 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 through “Papa’s eyes”, feasting on the Cuban cuisine (& 3 boozy beverages) while your knowledgeable local guide impresses with interesting stories and 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.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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344krisf
May 8, 2024
Great tour! - In March, we visited Key West to visit my son and we thoroughly enjoyed the Hemingway Experience. It was a nice mix of history and food - what's not to love?! Rose was a fantastic guide who really knows the history and the vibe of the area.
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Michellecu4683dy
May 2, 2024
Great experience, worth the price - Amazing tour with fabulous food and drinks, so many wonderful stops worth the price. Keila was a pleasure, very personable.
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Joan_d
May 18, 2024
Don’t waste your money - We had high hopes for this tour it was very disappointing. Positives: our guide was personable and knowledgeable. He did the best he could within the parameters he had to work with. The Cuban food and Key Lime pie were great Negatives: This is touted as “Hemingway Experience” the only authentic experience is the museum. Once we entered the grounds to the museum we the were handed off to a tour guide of the museum. (This was a wonderful tour highly recommend) Our time in the Hemingway museum was limited to about 50 minutes due to time restraints by our Viator tour. We were unable walk around the grounds or view Hemingway's studio (which is a historical gem) because it would take too long. (We went back on our own to spend the time it deserves). The next 3 ”experiences” were supposed to provide a glimpse of Hemingway’s time in Cuba. That’s a big stretch of the imagination. The Cuban restaurant was very good and filling. Next stop First Flight where we were served tacos with our beverage. Few in our group could eat them after just finishing an ample lunch! The cigar factory was disappointing. We stood around 2 people rolling cigars. Our guide explained what they were doing however there was no interaction between the artisans and our group. It was very disappointing we didn’t hear from them personally to tell us about their work and stories of this family business. Sloppy Joe’s was a walk-by on the way to Key Lime Pie. The distillery was not prepared for us. They had another group scheduled to arrive and didn’t know what to do with us. We did not have a tour of the distillery and no one from the establishment spoke with us. Our guide pulled some tables and chairs together for us got our drinks and gave us some history and background. Bottom line you could do this tour on your own for far less money and the receive more information from the establishment’s tour guides.
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