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Tampa, Florida

  

Old Hyde Park Village is an upscale shopping area in an older neighborhood.  It is accessible via Bayshore Boulevard.

  

Ybor City is an older urban neighborhood that once made Cuban cigars.  The buildings, wrought iron balconies, and brick sidewalks have been restored.  The Cuban culture is visible in the shops, galleries, and restaurants.  Ybor comes alive at night.

  

The Gasparilla Pirate Festival, downtown, is quite unique.  According to the legend, buccaneer Jose Gaspar ravaged ships in the gulf.  Each year the city stages a pirate invasion across Hillsborough Bay.  Hundreds of local boaters participate. 

  

Location

Central Florida
On Tampa Bay near the Gulf of Mexico

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Population

About 310,000
Metropolitan area: about 2,500,000  

  

Old Hyde Park Village

Boutiques
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Ybor City (Urban Cuban-American community)

Art galleries (eclectic)
Bakeries
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Séptima
(Seventh Avenue)

Pedestrians only at night. Night clubs

Ybor Square (cigar-making demonstrations)

  

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American Victory Mariners Memorial & Museum Ship

www.AmericanVictory.org

Florida Aquarium  www.FlAquarium.org
Henry B. Plant Museum
(University of Tampa)

Moorish architecture  www.PlantMuseum.com

Lowry Park Zoo  www.LowryParkZoo.com
Museum of Science and Industry 
www.MOSI.org

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IMAX theater

St. Petersburg (20 miles southwest of Tampa)
Tampa Bay History Museum
(free admission)

In the Convention Center Annex
www.TampaBayHistoryCenter.org

Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center  www.TBPAC.org
Tampa Museum of Art 
www.TampaGov.net/dept_Museum

  

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January:

Gasparilla Pirate Festival (Last Saturday)
Children's Gasparilla Parade
(Third Saturday)

www.GasparillaPirateFest.com

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