Victorian houses
White verandas.
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Duval Street is the main commercial street of downtown Key West, Florida, running north to south from the Gulf of Mexico to the Atlantic Ocean for a little over 2 km, about 3 km from the centre of town in a straight line. It is named after William Pope Duval, the first territorial governor of Florida, and in 2012 the American Planning Association named it one of its «Great Streets». The town reflects its closeness to Cuba and its cultural ties with it. Wooden Victorian houses with white verandas and slender columns line the street, shaped by Bahamian and Spanish influences and preserved since the 1960s, shaded by palms. Art galleries, boutiques, inns and cafés fill the wide sidewalks. Near its southern end stands the marker for the southernmost point of the continental United States, and at its northern end Mallory Square, where crowds gather to watch the sun set over the sea. A bicycle is an easy way to get around town, and summers are hot and humid.
White verandas.
Sunset.
The famous marker.
Key West, Florida, United States
December to April.
On foot or by bicycle.