Reopened in 2019 as Curio Collection by Hilton's flagship Florida Keys property, Baker's Cay occupies 13 acres of native hardwood hammock and 1,000 feet of Florida Bay shoreline at Mile Marker 97 — the largest single-resort footprint in Upper Key Largo.
"Key Largo's largest single-resort proposition — 13 acres of bayfront on the only hardwood-hammock site of its scale in the Upper Keys, and the deepest Hilton Honors property in the chain."
The site at Mile Marker 97 in Upper Key Largo has held a hospitality property since the early 1950s — first as the Marina Del Mar, then as the Key Largo Bay Marriott, and since 2019 as Baker's Cay Resort, Curio Collection by Hilton. The current iteration is the result of a $40 million 2018–2019 rebuild by Trust Hospitality and Host Hotels, which stripped the previous structures to the slab and rebuilt the property as a contemporary 200-key luxury resort across 13 acres of native hardwood hammock — the only Upper Keys site of this scale with preserved indigenous tree canopy. The hammock — mahogany, gumbo limbo, strangler fig, pigeon plum — is the property's signature visual asset and frames every approach to the bayfront.
All 200 rooms occupy three low-rise buildings — Hammock, Bay, and Beach — arranged to maximize hammock and Florida Bay views without breaking the canopy line. Standard rooms run 350–400 square feet with king or double queen configurations; one- and two-bedroom suites are available in the Beach Building, which holds the resort's closest accommodations to the private 1,000-foot bay beach. Every room offers a private balcony, a Curio Collection-standard mid-century-tropical interior palette, complimentary WiFi, and the resort's signature complimentary water-vessel program (kayaks, paddleboards refillable throughout stay).
Three restaurants operate property-wide. Calusa is the flagship dinner room — a Caribbean-Floridian menu under the resort's executive chef, with a strong raw bar and Keys-seafood emphasis; Stillwrights serves lunch and casual fare poolside; Glassbar handles the bayside sunset shift with the property's best Gulf-of-Mexico sunset positions. The spa is a smaller boutique operation with four treatment rooms; the resort's 9,000 square feet of meeting space — substantial for a 200-key property — covers the corporate offsite and wedding markets, with the Mahogany Lawn handling outdoor ceremonies under the hardwood canopy.
Baker's Cay's structural advantages are three: the 13-acre footprint (largest single resort site in Upper Key Largo), the preserved hardwood hammock (the only material site of this kind in the Upper Keys), and the Hilton Honors integration (deepest loyalty-program inventory of any Keys property, with category-1 Diamond and Honors benefits applying across the resort's restaurants and spa). For Hilton-loyal travelers, for multi-generational families needing Diamond-tier Florida Bay sunsets, and for corporate offsites that need the scale, Baker's Cay is the structurally correct Upper Keys booking.
Baker's Cay's family proposition is built on three pillars: the 13-acre hardwood-hammock footprint (the largest preserved natural canopy at any Keys resort), the complimentary watersports program (kayaks, paddleboards, fishing rods with bait), and the two-bedroom suite inventory in the Beach Building. The resort's Daily Resort Charge includes most family activities; the bayfront 1,000-foot beach is shallow and protected; the dedicated kids' splash pool keeps under-tens occupied through afternoons.
For anniversary stays Baker's Cay works because the Florida Bay west-facing orientation delivers the most consistent sunset positions in the Upper Keys — the resort's Glassbar terrace and the Beach Building suite category are calibrated specifically for the post-Calusa-dinner sunset cocktail. Hilton Honors Diamond members receive complimentary suite upgrades when available, materially improving the milestone-anniversary booking economics.
Baker's Cay's 9,000 square feet of meeting space — including the indoor-outdoor Mahogany Lawn for plenaries under the hardwood canopy — combined with the 13-acre footprint and the property's Hilton-chain logistics make it the most consistently used corporate-retreat venue in the Upper Keys. The Curio Collection branding gives the property a corporate-procurement signature that the independent Keys properties lack.
97000 Overseas Highway
Key Largo, FL 33037
United States
Mile Marker reference: Mile Marker 97, Key Largo; Miami International Airport approximately 1–2 hours by car
200 rooms and suites
From $234/night
WiFi: complimentary, high-speed throughout
4-Star
Check-in: 4:00 PM
Check-out: 11:00 AM
Site occupied since the early 1950s; rebuilt and reopened 2019 as Curio Collection by Hilton flagship Keys property
Calusa restaurant · Stillwrights · Glassbar sunset terrace · Boutique spa · Three pools · 9,000 sq ft meeting space · Mahogany Lawn for events · Complimentary kayaks & paddleboards · 13 acres of preserved hardwood hammock
From $234/night plus $49 Daily Resort Charge. Bay-view rooms and Beach Building suites book 2–3 months ahead for winter weekends; Hilton Honors Diamond members commonly receive complimentary upgrades.
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