Florida Keys are a great way to enjoy a Florida Vacation. The Florida Keys are a chain of 1,700 islands extending southwest from the southern tip of the Florida pennisula, with the Atlantic Ocean to the south and the Florida Bay and Gulf of Mexico to the north. This island chain is 202 miles (325 km) in length, stretching to within 90 miles (145 km) of Cuba. As the only coral reef system off the North American continent and the third largest barrier reef in the world (behind Australia and…. Read more