Entering via a broad veranda and presented with Doubletree's signature warm chocolate-chip cookies, guests find themselves in a white-wood-beamed lobby containing rocking chairs and featuring a tall, cylindrical aquarium of colorful reef fish swimming around a column of artificial coral. An informal, rest-and-relax tone pervades this resort suitable for the families and couples.

Within a garden courtyard a large, heated, free-form pool and an eight-person spa are surrounded by thickly padded lounge chairs on tiered sundecks. Two miles away on Smathers Beach, the resort maintains a beach club furnished with umbrellas and lounge chairs and offers towel service. As Key West's longest beach, Smathers Beach offers a variety of water sports, including parasailing, Jet Skiing, sailing, snorkeling, and other activities. Complimentary shuttles run between the resort and the beach club, to downtown's Historic Seaport area, and to and from the airport.

The pool remains open all night, with drink service available from the pool bar until 11 PM.