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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
Cafés and restaurants
Ybor
City (Urban Cuban-American
community)
Art
galleries (eclectic)
Bakeries
Cafes and restaurants
Séptima (Seventh Avenue)
Pedestrians
only at night. Night clubs
Ybor
Square (cigar-making demonstrations)
Other
features
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
Interactive
educational exhibits
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
Festivals
January:
Gasparilla
Pirate Festival (Last Saturday)
Children's Gasparilla Parade (Third Saturday)
www.GasparillaPirateFest.com
(and
others)
Recommended
stay
Tourist
information
Tampa
Bay Convention and Visitors Bureau
www.VisitTampaBay.com
Florida
state tourism
www.FlaUSA.com
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