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Overseas Highway
Following paradisiacal Overseas Highway is a short-term affair
(the drive can take as little as four hours), and great journey to
tack on to a pre-existing plan to hit up Miami
for Art Basel. Rent a convertible car and start in Key Largo, where
the 113-mile-long series of bridges linking the Florida Keys
begins. The starting point of this trip is a top snorkelling
destination, so we recommend booking in a few hours to explore the
shallow reefs at John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park. From there,
your focus should turn to food. Try conch fritters at Alabama
Jack’s and Iguana Bait beer at Florida Keys Brewing Co., with a stop along Islamorada
for sunbathing on the beach. Your next traverse will be the Seven
Mile Bridge, which straddles the turquoise Florida Strait and the
Gulf of Mexico. This trip’s final destination is Key West, the
former home of Ernest Hemingway and the ideal spot for a couple of
beachy days to cap things off.