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Welcome to the Florida Keys! If curious about an idyllic escape with a special someone or some close friends, consider booking one of these amazing adults-only all-inclusive resorts. These 10 exceptional destinations offer private beaches, outdoor activities, romantic dining experiences, and more.

Each of these resorts offers something unique to satisfy even the most discerning travelers from Key Largo to the Lower Keys. So come and relax, unwind, and enjoy the next vacation in the beautiful Florida Keys! From sunset cruises to parasailing, kayaking, and snorkeling excursions, there is plenty of fun for everyone.

Casa Marina Key West, A Waldorf Astoria Resort

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Sometimes called the Grande Dame of Key West, this historic beachfront resort is located on 1,100 feet of private white-sand beaches. With an array of amenities, including two pools, a full-service spa, and numerous dining options, it’s the perfect place for couples or friends to relax and enjoy the Florida Keys.

The resort also offers exciting activities such as snorkeling, kayaking, fishing, and sailing. There are several on-site restaurants and bars for an extra special evening out on the town or a romantic dinner for two.

Moreover, Casa Marina Key West, A Waldorf Astoria Resort, is conveniently located near all the popular attractions in Key West. And its proximity to the airport ensures that guests can quickly get to and from the resort.

Hawks Cay Resort, Duck Key

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This adults-only resort is located on the island of Duck Key and offers guests the chance to relax, unwind, and enjoy various activities. There are five pools, kayaking, fishing charters, and an on-site spa. Guests can also take advantage of the resort's tropical-themed beach club, open-air tiki bar, and private cabanas.

At Hawks Cay Resort, guests can experience several unique dining options, from beachfront seafood restaurants to fine Italian cuisine. The resort also offers an array of amenities, such as tennis courts and a fitness center. With its spectacular location, Hawks Cay Resort is ideal for indulging in well-deserved rest.

Sunset Key Cottages, Key West

Located just off the coast of Key West, this adults-only resort is perfect for couples or small groups looking for an intimate getaway. The resort offers 40 luxurious cottages, each with its private terrace and stunning views of the Gulf of Mexico. Guests can enjoy several on-site amenities, such as a spa, two pools, and even a private beach.

Additionally, Sunset Key Cottages offers a variety of activities, such as paddle boarding, kayaking, and snorkeling. The resort boasts five restaurants and two bars for a romantic evening out. So come down to Sunset Key Cottages and enjoy all the Florida Keys offers.

Reach Resort, Key West

Reach Resort in Key West is a secluded adults-only retreat perfect for couples and friends looking to escape it. This luxury resort features oceanfront villas and suites with a private balcony for stunning views of the Caribbean Sea. The resort offers a variety of amenities, such as a full-service spa, two outdoor pools, and four exquisite restaurants.

At Reach Resort, guests can enjoy snorkeling, kayaking, or sailing excursions. There is also a game room and an outdoor movie theater for those looking for entertainment. And after a day of adventure, guests can relax with a drink at one of the resort’s five bars. Reach Resort is the perfect place to indulge in rest!

Bungalows Key Largo, Key Largo

Often referred to as the Caribbean in the Keys, Bungalows Key Largo offers guests a one-of-a-kind experience. This adults-only resort features modern, fully-furnished bungalows and villas, each with its private pool and outdoor garden. Guests can also enjoy various amenities, such as a private beach, an on-site spa, and several restaurants.

Moreover, Bungalows Key Largo provides plenty of activities, such as fishing, snorkeling, kayaking, and sailing. The resort also boasts two bars and a game room for entertainment. So come to Bungalows Key Largo and experience the ultimate retreat.

The Resort at Longboat Key Club, Longboat Key

Joy awaits at The Resort at Longboat Key Club. This luxurious adults-only resort offers a variety of amenities, such as an on-site spa and salon, an 18-hole golf course, and a full-service marina. Guests can also take advantage of the resort's five restaurants and two bars for a delicious meal or a romantic night out.

The Resort at Longboat Key Club also provides plenty of activities, from fishing to kayaking. With its stunning views and convenient location, this resort is the perfect place for couples or groups to escape it all.

Nonetheless, The Resort at Longboat Key Club is ideal for relaxation. Experience all that Florida offers, and let us care for the rest.

Little Palm Island Resort & Spa, Little Torch Key

Little Palm Island Resort & Spa is perfect for a romantic getaway. Located just off the coast of Little Torch Key, this adults-only resort features 30 luxurious oceanfront suites and villas, each with its private patio. Guests can also enjoy several amenities, such as an on-site spa, three outdoor pools, and two restaurants.

Moreover, Little Palm Island Resort & Spa offers a variety of activities, such as snorkeling, kayaking, and sailing. The resort also boasts a game room and four bars for entertainment. So come to Little Palm Island Resort & Spa for an unforgettable experience.

Playa Largo Resort & Spa, Key Largo

Escape to the tropical paradise of Playa Largo Resort & Spa. This luxury resort features suites and villas with views of the Gulf of Mexico, as well as a variety of amenities, such as an on-site spa, four outdoor pools, and five restaurants.

Playa Largo Resort & Spa also offers a variety of activities, such as snorkeling, fishing, and kayaking. The resort also boasts a game room and five bars for entertainment. So come to Playa Largo Resort & Spa and experience all Florida offers.

Ocean Key Resort & Spa, Key West

Be whisked away to the paradise of Ocean Key Resort & Spa. This luxury resort features rooms and suites with stunning views of the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean and various amenities, such as an on-site spa, two outdoor pools, and four restaurants.

In addition, Ocean Key Resort & Spa offers plenty of activities, such as snorkeling, kayaking, and sailing. The resort also boasts a game room and three bars for entertainment. So come to Ocean Key Resort & Spa and experience the ultimate relaxation.

Besides offering plenty of recreation and relaxation, Ocean Key Resort & Spa is the perfect place to experience all Key West offers. Come and discover a world of beauty and luxury.

The Perry Hotel Key West, Stock Island

Escape to The Perry Hotel Key West and relax in comfort. This luxury hotel features modern rooms, suites, and villas with views of the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean and various amenities, such as an on-site spa, two outdoor pools, and four restaurants.

The Perry Hotel Key West also offers plenty of activities, such as fishing, kayaking, and sailing. The hotel also boasts a game room and three bars for entertainment. So come to The Perry Hotel Key West and experience all Florida has to offer.

The Perry Hotel Key West is also the perfect place to experience all Stock Island offers. Discover a world of beauty and luxury, from nearby attractions and activities to incredible dining.

Monroe County, Florida Sheriff Rick Ramsay hit back at White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre for accusing Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., of performing a "political stunt" with the refugee crisis wreaking havoc on Florida's coastline and claiming DeSantis is "creating" the problem instead of working to solve it.

"We've seen Gov. DeSantis do political stunts. That's how he proceeds to fix this issue in Florida," Jean Pierre said during a White House press briefing last Thursday.

"He is not dealing with the problem, he is creating a problem," she added.

"I think the political stunts are probably coming from Washington, D.C.," Ramsay hit back Tuesday on "Fox & Friends First."

Ramsay told Fox News' Carley Shimkus that the federal government has a habit of deflecting and "pass[ing]" the problem on to someone else.

"The reality is our governor in the state of Florida is not creating problems, he's trying to prevent a problem. He's trying to mitigate what's occurring," he said. "We're sending a strong message to the migrants who are trying to come here that this is not a time to come and that we have more land, sea, air assets and that, if you get caught here, you're going to get sent back."

Ramsay said DeSantis is being forced to take action because of the failures from Washington, D.C.

He also said he is "proud" of the job DeSantis has done to mitigate the crisis, praising him as a "good partner" for providing abundant resources, including boots on the ground in coastal communities struggling with the migrant influx.

Ramsay said the Florida Air National Guard is patrolling the waters to spot any incoming boats before they make landfall, but the "mass migration" continues to swamp Florida's coastline, leaving homeowners and officials struggling to keep pace.

"We're experiencing a mass migration. We're seeing daily loads of migrants coming to the shore, mostly from Cuba but some from Haiti," Ramsay told Shimkus.

"It's personally been impacting my manpower allocation, my ability to respond to calls for service, but we have called on the government to step up, to do more to secure this border and be part of the solution, not part of the problem," he added.

Ramsay also slammed open border policies for allegedly inviting in larger quantities of migrants, saying, "We're sending a message that the border is open, we are saying ‘come on in,’ and you can stay," adding that the message needs to change before the crisis gets worse.

"We've got to make sure that we telegraph that appropriate message now that the border is supposedly not open anymore, that you cannot stay, [and] that you will be sent back."

Data from U.S. Customs and Border Protection shows a surge in migrant encounters in the Miami sector, amassing 10,370 year-to-date encounters and 27,433 encounters total for 2022.

KEY LARGO, Fla. – Multiple agencies responded Tuesday morning after a sail freighter with what appeared to be more than 100 Haitian migrants onboard attempted to make landfall in Key Largo.

According to the U.S. Coast Guard, approximately 140 people were seen coming onto land in a neighborhood just north of Rodriguez Key.

The Haitians’ arrival comes on the heels of more than 500 Cubans arriving in the Florida Keys since Friday.

Authorities said some of the migrants were seen making it to land and others were spotted wading in the water.

Monroe County Fire Rescue, U.S. Border Patrol and Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officers were all at the scene providing aid to the migrants.

Migrants told Local 10 News reporter Janine Stanwood that they arrived from the Port-au-Prince area and were at sea for five days.

The migrants are set to be processed by Border Patrol.

Wednesday noon update on migrant landings:

Key Largo resident Doug Rudd captured video of migrants’ arms stretched into the air while wading to shore.

“(They were) happy to be here, they were exhilarated that they were going to make land,” he said.

Wilmer Davilmar, a Haitian migrant, told Local 10 News reporter Christina Vazquez that his number one driver for making the dangerous trip was because of the deepening crisis and gang violence in Haiti.

Davilmar said he has family in Miami and is hoping to gain legal status and get his two children out of the violence.

“Sometimes in life, you have to risk life to have a better life,” he said.

Davilmar told Local 10 News that if he were sent back to Haiti, he would try the trip all over again.

“If they take me back, I just come back again,” he said.

Amos Augustin, another Haitian migrant, spoke with Local 10 News on how happy she is to arrive in the U.S.

“I haven’t eaten since this morning, but I feel so joyous,” Augustin said. “This land is beautiful. I feel like I’m alive and I can live.”

Watch Davilmar and Augustin’s story in our 5:00 p.m. news edition below.

Authorities told Local 10 News that the Key Largo surge was one of the largest of several migrant landings on Tuesday.

According to officials, 20 Cuban migrants arrived in Key West and 27 Cubans arrived at Mile Marker 88 in Islamorada, two of which were transported to a hospital.

Migrants were also seen landing in Duck Key and the Dry Tortugas National Park, which is now closed to the public and operating as a migrant processing staging ground.

Witnesses sent video of the migrants’ arrival to Local 10 News, which you can watch at the top of this page.

“It was amazing to see that these people would risk everything to make that trip,” said Rudd. “It was also hard thinking they will probably be sent back--It is heartbreaking really.

Monroe County Sheriff Rick Ramsay told Local 10 News that the back-to-back migrant landings are stretching local, state and federal sources thin.

“We feel bad for people in foreign countries who wish they could be here but we are overwhelmed,” he said. “I hate to get politics involved but this is man-made, this is a man-made crisis.”

The landings have also affected South Florida in a big way, according to a tweet from Chief Patrol Agent Walter N. Slosar.

“Since Oct. 22, South Florida has experienced a 400% increase in migrant encounters,” Slosar tweeted.

The U.S. Coast Guard also confirmed that in just the last three months, they have interdicted more than 4,000 Cuban migrants at sea.

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A quiet two days along the South Florida coast gave local, state and federal law enforcement some hope that maritime migration from Cuba to South Florida might be slowing.

On Sunday, only two landings were reported. On Monday, none. But on Tuesday, several migrant boats arrived up and down the Florida Keys.

One sailboat, with EEUU — the Spanish abbreviation for the United States of America — painted on the front of its hull, was found adrift with no one on board near Rodriguez Key in Key Largo. Officer Jason Rafter with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission towed it to a small state park where several other boats from last week’s mass migrant landings are located in the mangroves.

One of Rafter’s tasks with Fish and Wildlife is documenting derelict boats for removal, a job that got much more difficult with the near-constant migrant arrivals since Christmas. The reason he towed the steel-hulled, makeshift sailboat Tuesday is so it wouldn’t become a hazard to navigation, and so people wouldn’t keep reporting seeing it.

“We’d keep getting the same calls for one boat,” he said as he stood behind the console of his patrol boat.

But there’s a mystery: Where did the people on it go?

Rafter said he suspects the boat made it to shore, the people got off, and the vessel floated back into the ocean.

The FWC is one of several departments with a new, temporary mission after Gov. Ron DeSantis issued an executive order Friday calling out the National Guard and other state agencies to help patrol Florida Keys waters for incoming migrant arrivals.

Evidence of the order was apparent Sunday morning when six Florida Highway Patrol troopers responded to a single migrant landing in Key Largo. One of the troopers said he was on temporary assignment in the Keys under the executive order. On any given day, there are only a handful of troopers assigned to the Keys to patrol the busy 120-plus miles of U.S. 1.

Personnel from other agencies including the Florida Department of Law Enforcement were spotted in the Keys on Tuesday. They said they were also there to help with the migrant situation. One FDLE agent pointed to a fixed-wing airplane circling above and said it was an FDLE aircraft patrolling for migrant boats.

There were at least two other migrant landings Tuesday. One, according to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office, was a group of 15 to 20 people who arrived around 9 a.m. in the small Middle Keys city of Key Colony Beach. Sheriff’s office dispatch records show another arrival in Key West, but details of that landing were not immediately known.

Adam Hoffner, division chief with U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Miami operations, said there were reports of a possible arrival in the Marquesas, a group of uninhabited islands about 20 miles west of Key West.

Also on Tuesday, the U.S. Coast Guard reported it returned 187 people to Cuba who were stopped at sea off the Keys last week. Since Oct. 1, the beginning of the fiscal year, the agency said it has intercepted 4,915 Cubans along the Florida Straits.

This story was originally published January 10, 2023 3:20 PM.

Florida is a popular destination for retirees looking to settle down and enjoy a more laid-back lifestyle.

You can find warm sandy beaches in coastal areas or quaint downtowns that thrive with restaurants or entertainment.

But which Florida towns are the best if you’re ready to start a post-work life? Here are a few to consider as you search for a good option for your next act.

1. Mount Dora

Mount Dora is a community filled with shops, restaurants, and antique stores in a quaint downtown. If you have visitors who want to see your new life in Florida, they can stay in the historic Lakeside Inn.

Mount Dora is also only an hour away from Orlando, which is perfect for grandkids and other family members who want to take in amusement parks like Disney World.

So make sure you have the best travel credit cards in your wallet to treat the family.

2. Key Largo

Key Largo may be one of the more popular towns in the Florida Keys, but it still holds some small-town charm for the everyday retiree.

The city has plenty to do, including fishing and kayaking as well as snorkeling and diving in the area’s artificial reef.

In fact, Key Largo is close to several ships that were purposely sunk to create reefs that you can visit now.

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3. Amelia Island

Near the border with Georgia is Amelia Island, located in the northeast corner of Florida. The island is known for horseback riding on the beach, beautiful Atlantic Ocean views, and deep-sea fishing.

Every March, the island also hosts the Concours d’Elegance, one of the most prestigious car shows in the country.

4. Seaside

Seaside is a relatively new town, developed in the late 1970s along the Gulf of Mexico near the Florida Panhandle.

Pavilions designed by different architects give the town a unique look (it was the setting for the Jim Carey movie “The Truman Show”).

If you’re trying to , take a short drive to another quaint town along the Panhandle. Rosemary Beach has several state parks to enjoy now that you’re retired.

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On Fifth Avenue South, you can also find fabulous restaurants and world-class shopping. But you may have to find to afford to live in this pricey area.

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Besides the weather, another big draw for Florida is that the state does not charge income tax. And when you’re retired, that can help you .