This guide includes a chapter detailing the Keys' history and culture, 9 itineraries taking in sights ranging from Key Largo's John Pennekamp State Park to Key West's Bahama Village to snorkelling in the isolated Dry Tortugas National Park. It also contains leisure-time suggestions, and a comprehensive information section packed with essential contact addresses and numbers. The book is illustrated with dozens of full-colour photographs as well as five maps, including a detailed pull-out map.

"Insight Pocket Guides" are itinerary-based guides focusing on the best things to see and do, picked by our local correspondents. They are ideal for visitors new to a destination and perhaps pressed for time. To help visitors follow the routes easily, the books include full size pull-out maps. Detailed routes have been designed to cover each destination's highlights. To aid understanding of a destination, its history and culture are described in a nutshell. There is also full coverage of shopping, eating out and nightlife plus a listings section covering hotels, climate, money, getting around and useful addresses.