Why Florida is Now Worth a Trip

The American writer Ernest Hemingway was a globetrotter. He knew the most beautiful spots on this planet. In Key West, at the southernmost point of Florida, he lived for around ten years in a spacious house built in the French colonial style. Here, he wrote his bestseller To Whom the Bell Tolls - and went deep-sea fishing. Today, the Hemingway House is a museum that is still home to cats - the direct descendants of the author's first pet. In Key West, the Conch-style architecture is impressive, a mix of Victorian sugarplum style, New England cottages and Bahamian influences. The place is quite overrun with tourists, but the journey in a rental car from Miami over 42 bridges along the legendary Overseas Highway is breathtaking: The sea shines in the most beautiful turquoise as if hand-colored, and the sunsets are also spectacular. You can make stops everywhere and book canoe tours.