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Week template · 3 travel days

Key West and Dry Tortugas long weekend

A three-day skeleton for Stock Island, Old Town and a Dry Tortugas ferry day. Transportation to Garden Key is the scarce piece. This list does not sell seats or rank hotels.

Plan a Stock Island or Key West night before ferry check-in. These three days are usually two or three nights. Dry Tortugas National Park has no road and no hotel on this list.

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Week template · 3 travel days · Southbound

Day 1 · Stock Island working-waterfront day

Working waterfront at MM 4–5. The hotel on this kit is a pillow example, not a substitute for Old Town walking time.

  1. Working marinaStock Island Marina VillageOfficial marina listing. Confirm dockage, guest access and parking with the operator.
  2. Meal clusterHogfish Bar & GrillOfficial waterfront kitchen listing. Confirm hours on the source.
  3. Pillow example — not a ranking.The Perry Hotel & Marina Key WestOfficial hotel-and-marina listing as a Stock Island pillow example—not a ranking. Confirm rates and pet rules with the property.

Day 2 · Key West Old Town day

Park once and walk. One museum, a grocery, a meal and the historic seaport.

  1. Ticketed museum exampleThe Ernest Hemingway Home & MuseumOfficial museum listing as one Old Town timed stop—not a must-do ranking. Confirm tickets and hours on the source.
  2. Grocery stopFausto's Food PalaceMapped Old Town grocery. Confirm hours on the listing; it is not a full warehouse run.
  3. Meal clusterBlue HeavenOfficial Bahama Village kitchen listing. Its 2026 slow-season break ended Oct 16 per keywestfoodguide.com/key-west-slow-season/, and blueheavenkw.com shows its regular schedule—confirm on the operator source before you go.
  4. Meal alternate (if Blue Heaven is on break)El Siboney Restaurant — DowntownOfficial Old Town Cuban kitchen listing as a walkable meal alternate while Blue Heaven is on break—not a ranking. Confirm hours on the source.
  5. Historic seaport / marinaKey West Bight Marina at the Historic SeaportOfficial City seaport marina listing. Confirm dockage and waterfront access with the operator.

Day 3 · Dry Tortugas ferry day

Ferry check-in and Garden Key. Pack food and water in Key West before the boat. The grocery stop stays on the Old Town day when both kits share it.

  1. Ferry check-inYankee Freedom Ferry to Dry TortugasOfficial NPS concession ferry listing. Reservations are essential; confirm check-in, baggage and cancellations on the source.
  2. National parkDry Tortugas National Park & Fort JeffersonOfficial NPS park listing for Fort Jefferson and Garden Key. There is no road, lodging or general store in the park.

Already on an earlier day in this template: Fausto's Food Palace. The list keeps one copy.

Starter skeleton of directory listings and day kits—not a booking, live ops feed or sold ranking. Re-check each source the morning you go.

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