A sampling of Cedar Key Cedar Key may be small and out of the way, but the fishing village has become something of a haven for artists and writers looking to get away from the rat races of larger cities. The town celebrates that with a Sidewalk Art Festival each April. The superior fishing in the region gets a nod with the October Seafood Festival.
The single road into town is busy during those festivals, with tourists and locals gathering to sample Cedar Key's wares. The town's streets are lined with booths -- and everything is in easy walking distance.
The town boasts a handful of hotels, condominiums and cottages and cabins. Most notable is the 1859 Island Hotel -- once a large store -- where proprietors Dawn and Tony Cousins invite guests to rest in rockers along the hotel's balcony and dine on quintessential Cedar Key fare in the Island Room. (Try the heart of palm salad, with sherbet and peanut butter dressing.)
Operating out of the Cedar Key Public Marina, the Island Hopper offers boat rentals and tours of the Keys on pontoon boats.
A city park offers an unsupervised beach for swimming. Some of the islands also have accessible beach areas, but a boat is necessary to reach them.
Also in the area: the almost 31,000-acre, limited-access Waccasassa Bay State Preserve, the Cedar Key Scrub State Preserve, and the Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge.
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