Key West travelers find a quieter place to stay

Travelers looking to stay on Key West’s outskirts are being directed to The Perry Hotel & Marina Key West on Stock Island, where the working waterfront sets a calmer tone. Visitors spend $3.5 billion annually in the Florida Keys, but the story argues that Duval Street’s late-night energy isn’t what postcard visitors usually want. The Perry, a 100-room hotel about 15 minutes from downtown, offers two pools and two restaurants without requiring a trip into Old Town. The marina is billed as the largest deep-water marina in the Keys, with 288 wet slips for vessels up to 300 feet and an 18-foot maximum draft. Guests can book fishing and snorkeling trips, including outings toward the Florida Keys reef tract.