If you’re looking for the best things to do on your Key West vacation, be sure to add the Sails to Rails Museum to your itinerary. It’s a favorite attraction of our team of local experts! Here’s everything to know before you go.
History
Sails to Rails in Key West holds over 500 years of rich Key West history and stands distinctly as a museum unlike any other. This unique museum, unlike others, will take you through the Age of Sail as if you were right there in person! It will take you back to a time in which tall ships coursed to and from the area, around the Caribbean, including Mexico’s very Gulf and parts of nearby South America as well.
When you allow your eyes and your mind to soak in all the pictures, diagrams, statues, and even nature videos inside the museum, you will see for yourself. As many have stated, it will feel like you are traveling back in time and exploring an age that seems to be lost to the tides of modern culture. Explore this museum and relive history for yourself. You will see that it is well worth studying who people were to understand better who they are now. This museum’s all about that, and it will not let you forget it.
Where is the Museum?
You can find the Sails to Rails Museum at 901 Caroline St. Key West, FL 33040. It’s open as early as 10:30 in the morning, closing at 3:30 in the afternoon, allowing for ample time for its vendors and museum keepers to tidy things up and prepare for reopening the next day. The tours are all self-guided, by the way, so once you make it to the museum and show your ticket to get in, the rest is on you. Go at your own pace and leisure, meaning there’s no rush at all.
How to Visit
When it comes to Key West museums, the Sails to Rails Museum is ideal and ready to be visited. But how to visit it? Well, Old Town Trolley Tours, on behalf of Historic Tours of America, makes it both possible and convenient. They’ve been in business for nearly 30 years, and you can get tickets in advance online to save you the hassle of waiting in line. Nice, isn’t it? Tickets for the trolley and tours to and from the museum start at just about $45 per person, and they say this little ride there is one of the best things to do in Key West, too. So don’t miss that! For Key West attractions, it does not get any better than that.
Plan Your Key West Vacation
We sincerely hope you will check out the Sails to Rails Museum. Now you know where, when, and how to check it out. And while you’re at it, look into some nearby Key West vacation rental homes. Key West Vacation Homes has got plenty of them. Whether you’ve never visited Key West before or come back year after year, we can help you make the most of your time here. Contact us today to learn how!
Where to Stay
When you plan your Key West vacation, plan to stay in style in one of our Key West luxury rentals. As opposed to a hotel or motel, this is the way to go. Why? Well, you can feel more “right at home” being in an actual home. In many cases, you can save some money, too, given the fact that some of the nicer hotels tend to have a far higher nightly rate per stay and do not include amenities like breakfast, an outdoor porch or patio right next to the beach, or ocean, and much else that some of these vacation homes can offer you. And not only that but if you just so happen to be traveling with a group of 5 or more people, then renting a vacation home can offer several rooms for each of you, easily accommodating those larger parties. As opposed to renting out a hotel room for each couple, or person, you can see this is far more suitable, both cost-wise and comfort-wise. But of course, it’s up to you and your specific needs!
