Southernmost Beach Resort

Character and identity

Southernmost Beach Resort sits at the quiet, residential end of Key West, blocks from the island's southernmost point and well removed from the Duval Street fray. The 295-room property is a stitched-together compound of four neighbouring hotels, with colonial and Victorian buildings spread across palm-fringed grounds, three pools, lawn games, and a private pier. Rooms lean clean and contemporary: neutrals, crisp blue accents, dark wood. Dining runs across four outlets, anchored by Southernmost Beach Café with its Caribbean-Asian menu, plus Pineapple Bar and Shores Bar for poolside cocktails and flatbreads. The mood is tropical and easygoing rather than polished resort formality.

Who's it for

Bottom line

What defines a stay here is the trade-off between a genuinely calm, view-rich Key West setting and a beach product that doesn't quite match the resort billing. Book the Ocean Front Balcony King for the Atlantic views that justify the rate, go in clear-eyed about the resort fee (which at least covers chairs and umbrellas), and pick this property if seclusion matters more to you than swimmable sand.