26 Must-Visit Film Locations That Feel Just Like the Movie
22. Key West, Florida, Hemingway’s Shadow in Licence to Kill
In the opening scenes of “Licence to Kill,” James Bond parachutes into a wedding, then speeds through the sun-drenched streets of Key West. The pastel-hued chaos feels straight out of a Florida fever dream. But Key West is more than a Bond backdrop—it’s a character of its own, with its quirky charm, literary legacy, and Caribbean-meets-Americana soul. Ernest Hemingway wrote here, Jimmy Buffett drank here, and Bond, briefly, chased villains through it. Few places blur fiction and real-life flair like this southernmost speck of the U.S.
