Living in Key Largo - 08/07/08 10:34 AM
Living Here – Other Options So what about the rare person who buys a home here but doesn’t want to spend every waking minute on the water?  No problem.  Here’s just a few things that contribute to the quality of life for the person who relocates to Key Largo.
Eating out:  You’ve got tempting choices here, ranging from easy drives to Islamorada – famous throughout the Keys for its eateries – to the Mainland.  And right here on Key Largo you’ve got excelent choices of just about every possible cuisine.  And not only that: ever noticed how few waterfront restaurants and … (0 comments)

key Largo recreational options - 08/07/08 10:33 AM
Recreational Options You can’t really get bored here, unless you just don’t like the water.
Dive:  If you snorkel or dive, Key Largo is a terrific place to live. Long considered the sport diving capital of the world, Key Largo is home to John Pennekamp State Park, the world’s first underwater park.  I used to camp and snorkel there on weekends with my kids.  And I’ve also had some great times diving wrecks and exploring the surrounding waters of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.   There are lots of dive shops for folks at all skill and preference levels. Fish:  If … (0 comments)

Key Largo overview part 2 - 08/07/08 10:31 AM
The Key Largo housing market is diverse and eclectic, and includes everything from ultra-modern big new houses and condos to just plain old-Florida funky, and everything in between.  It is a complex market, and will take the buyer or investor some time to comprehend. The market also covers a lot of physical territory: Key Largo itself, the largest and longest of the Florida Keys, stretches for 30 miles from the resort yachting community of Ocean Reef at the island’s north end (which exits to the Mainland by a separate bridge over Card Sound) to the community of Tavernier at its southern … (0 comments)

KEY LARGO and the UPPER KEYS MAIN OVERVIEW - 08/07/08 10:30 AM
KEY LARGO and the UPPER KEYS MAIN OVERVIEW
Once you leave civilization at Florida City, Key largo is the first town and first island you come to as you travel down US 1 -- across a dozen plus miles of beautiful and still totally pristine Everglades country, then along a narrow strip of mangrove splitting Barnes Sound from Blackwater Sound and Florida Bay, now across the old swing bridge at Jewfish Creek, finally over Lake Surprise.  And there it is:  Key Largo, the stuff of myth, located some 55 miles and about an hour south of Miami International Airport and just … (0 comments)