What are the Florida Keys?
They comprise a chain of islands curving out south and then west for 120 miles from the southern tip of mainland Florida. The major islands are linked by road – the Overseas Highway, US Highway 1 – which crosses 42 bridges over the sea, with the longest bridge just under seven miles long. The Keys are divided into five groups: Key Largo, Islamorada, Marathon, Lower Keys and Key West. The word “Key” is from the old Spanish word “cayo”, meaning island. On the first four groups of Keys (Key Largo through to the Lower Keys), the focus is almost exclusively on nature …
