11 Best Things to Do in Tampa Florida
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- Опубліковано 4 лип 2024
- Tampa Bay is possibly one of the most ignored places in Florida by visitors. It is the state’s third largest city but people tend to think of visiting places like Orlando, Miami, Florida Keys or the beaches at places like Clearwater and St Petersburg. I was invited to Tampa to see if I thought travellers were missing out by not including the Tampa Bay area in any Florida trip. I found the city was very dynamic and had a lot going on. In this video I share the 11 very best things to do and see while in Tampa. I had five days there and had so much to do. Discover what it has to offer and see if you should be considering adding it as a destination or part of a wider Florida trip.
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The Salvador’s Dali museum is a MUST! Make sure to do the tour because Dali was a very complex artist with several seasons of art types and many things you can’t see without it being pointed out in his paintings.
Great museum…but it’s in St. Petersburg, not Tampa.
I lived in Tampa for 8 yrs and visited almost all these amazing places. Thank you for reminding my best years ever!!! Love Tampa!!
There are a few beaches close by too
holy smokes, i live in tampa and never seen the stuff this man has said. good to know i have more places to go.
Great to hear ! Great city you live in !
Funny, I live here too and haven't done or seen many of these places. I think I'll go exploring this weekend. Funny though, I go to the islands, London, Paris, Mexico, Haiti and never visit my own home town. I think I will book a hotel and pretend to be a tourist in my own backyard because of this video. Thank you.
Then what are you guys doing?
Same lmao, well some of it
I feel like it is quite possible you haven't been here very long lol
My girlfriend and I just decided to move to Tampa. We are in love with the city and its diversity!!
I loved my time there. Have a great move 👍🏻
Give us an update after 3 years. My girlfriend and I are thinking about moving to Tampa.
@@wackfree Right lol. Me and my gf also are thinking of moving there too.
I want to thank you for doing a spotlight on Tampa I live here for over 21 years and it's nice to see an outsider's perspective on what a beautiful place I live in and yes a lot of things to do here and Tampa is definitely fun town if you have the time and the money of course
Unfortunately this video missed the Tampa Theater which is a spectacular Movie Palace built in 1926. It is a fully functional movie theater complete with the original Mighty Wurlitzer Theater organ.
Douglas Rubottom . you from Buffalo? Where Wurlitzer's from.
I could be wrong, but I believe this is the only functioning Wurlitzer Theater organ still in use. I used to see one on Michigan when I was super young, but that place shut down ages ago. I really want to see this one in Tampa.
Love the Tampa Theatre
Three other favorite places are Big Cat Rescue (awesome) and the MOSI Museum and the Glazer Children’s Museum.
Hillsborough River State park, Honeymoon island state park, Yankees spring training
Tampa is great. If you ever come to Tampa Bay, you must also come across the bay and visit St. Petersburg. Also wonderful, different vibe and has the largest collection of Dali works outside of Spain at the custom made Dali Museum.
Great tip!
hi, Thank you! Do you think its reasonable to book a separate hotel/apt in St. Petersburg while staying in Tampa or just visit St. Petes and go back to Tampa hotel., Thanks!
I said the same thing! This guy completely left out St Pete! I've lived here in St Pete my whole life and we have so much to offer! Including some of the best beaches in the country!
Is st.pete a safe place to live?
flalien727 TB is it a safe place to live?
Fact: It takes an hour to get to Tampa from Tampa.
That's a fact!
I do hate driving across Tampa. Unfortunately, every other big city in the country is the same. I was in Phoenix in 1997 and it took over an hour to go from the west side to the east side. It was absolutely soul-crushing.
No damn lie 😹😹
Even though the population grew faster than the infrastructure, I dont want to live anywhere else. I have lived all over the place, and I always come home because the the sun always shines.
So true!!!
I moved to Tampa 33 years ago. Best decision I ever made. I gave away my snow blower before I moved. Many more things to see an do in the Tampa Bay Area. I love it here.
There are so many awesome museums in Tampa
i'm so glad you enjoy our home!! Tampa is such a gem!! Thank you for your video!
I live an hour away and only went to the aquarium. Thanks Gary showing that there is more. Yes the food is great there too.
After lived in Tampa for 3 and a half years, and left for 14 days. UA-cam finally push this video to my recommends.
I lived in greater tampa bay (Brandon Valrico) area for 10 years approximately and moved away over 3 years ago. Just got this push notification yesterday
I love Tampa. Born and raised.
I’m a born and raised Tampanian & don’t think I could have put a better list for an 8 minute video. Of course there are some great mom & pop food spots & hidden gems around the city. Also try and get out into the Bay and do some fishing or just boating, or visit the beaches. I would highly recommend attending a Bolts game! Great overview!
Thank you for highlighting our town!
thankbypubyou madevme cry TAMPA WAS MY HOME FOR OVER 25 YEARS, I DROVE A TAXI THERE I LOVE LAMPA BAY MY DAUGHTER WAS BORN IN TAMPA GENERAL HOSPITAL thank you once again
Raul Lopez I was born in Tampa General Hospital 2 Tampa born and raised :-)
People need to know Ybor is two different experiences. One is weekday in the daytime and the other is on Friday or Saturday night (you will see some weird people).
I do not visit Ybor city when I did it was a hot mess ppl are rediculous if you like to get drunk and act a fool good luck with that atmosphere is cheap and not of god to me as a Christian I have no business there. I will try to visit in the morning to see if it's any better.
I was kind of surprised he didn't mention that
Definitely! I live in Clearwater and I've seen it at night
Yes Brian you are right I go to ybor every Friday night to get drinks at centro cantenna
Ybor at night is amazing. I don’t drink and still love to go. Even if just to people watch. You will see a little bit of everything, grab a great cafe con leche and just enjoy the show. Highly recommend!
Excellent! Thanks!
Very nicely explained. Good 1
GREAT video!!! Thank you for the travel ideas, I live 2.5 hours away from Tampa so it will be a nice weekend getaway!!!
Tampa has so many things to offer. I should check a few of the mentioned in the video. Thanks for sharing the ideas!
Thanks, great to her some ideas in the video you going to check out!
Great work. Thank you.
I am so glad I found your videos. I will use some of your suggestions when planning on visiting cities or cruises you have given.
Wow. Thanks. Great video. Going to Daytona for the winter. Will definitely check this place out. I love your list of attractions.
Wow!! Another great review. We have family just north of Tampa in Spring Hill. Got to go there. Must view this again an take notes. Thanks, love your reviews.
Great to hear you found this interesting and helpful! Thanks for watching my videos!!!
That was great man,makes me want to actually do more in the city that I haven't done yet!
All id say superb
I love Tampa. Visited few times over the years. Love the river walk & Ybor City
Thanks for the Tip! I agree with you! Love Tampa
Great stuff!
🙏🏾 Thank you! New to Tampa and looking to explore.
Thanks a lot. My family and I are heading to Tampa in July and I can't wait to check a few of the places in the video out. Thanks again
Tray Sanders hey tampas awesome theirs so much to see and i live in tampa area
I live 1.5 hour from Tampa , great video thank you for sharing
How far is Clearwater from Tampa?
This Brit would love to go and see Florida again, I was in Ft Lauderdale in 2002 and loved it.
I would love to live in Florida!
Superb. Thank you,.
As a resident of Tampa, Florida, I certainly must say there is a lot of cool things to do there. I especially really like visiting Busch Gardens Tampa as well
Tampa is a great city to live in I live there for 16 years and I loved it I really miss it I visit very often loved the food💖
Great video. I’d also recommend the Thai Temple just past Ybor city towards Brandon
I've seen many videos on tampa but this one is by far the best one:)
Very nice video and scenery and info...👌🏽👍🤗🤗👏
First thing on the list of things to do , go to St Petersburg ! Now you have 10 more fun things to do ! 👍🏼
What are the St.Pete highlights?
@@RG-hf4et See my recent reply. Lots of good stuff in St. Pete. Short list: the Dali Museum, Chihuly Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, James Museum, Sunken Gardens, Fort De Soto Park, etc. Lots of good bars, restaurants, nightlife in downtown St. Pete as well.
@@RG-hf4et Dali Museum, Fort De Soto Park to name two.
Love Tampa!
I go to the University of Tampa and am a Clearwater native, and all of these are great suggestions! I’ve done all of them and they are wonderful weekend activities.
It is lowry Park Zoo I dont care that they changed the name it's still lowry park zoo to me
Same.
I didn’t know they changed the name
I live here, new to the area and this was very helpful!!!
Thank you very helpful
Great to hear. Thanks for watching 😀
My husband and I are moving to Tampa area by June 2019. I can't wait.it looks amazing.
Me too in March! Good luck!
We’re considering moving down!
Cindy Glover good luck sweetheart
Me and my daughters are moving in jun as well we are so excited 😆
I live and grew up here, it's an alright place. I'd recommend y'all look at Lutz and Odessa, nice environment and decent schools for the most part.
Thank you for a very interesting video!
Thanks ! Great to hear you enjoyed it. Much appreciate you leaving a comment
Should have included the gulfside beaches and other things in the "Tampa Bay Area" so visitors don't miss out if they come to town. I'd probably also throw in the Bern's Steakhouse experience (kitchen/wine cellar tours and dessert room) but this video definitely had good suggestions.
Francis Luzod Most visitors are not looking to drop $300 on a dinner.
@@NB-ky5ol I only brought Berns up because this video is primarily geared towards people considering visiting the area and may want to go somewhere you can't go to anywhere else. Figured I'd at least throw it out there so people can at least look more into the restaurant if they feel like trying it out.
Bern's should be at the top of the list!
Hey this was a great informational video even though it’s three years old at this point still great
I personally prefer to visit Tampa over Orlando. Like the clear water beach there too.
Totally awesome
I travel to Tampa twice a month and have visited most of the places mentioned. I love Hyde Park and Armature Works as well as Busch Gardens and Ybor
Those are very good places thanks
Excellent content. Thanks!
Thanks!!!
I love Tampa
As a tampa bay local, first Friday in downtown St Pete is a lot of fun. Five buck drinkery to start the night, then watch some free music etc etc. Great bar scene and nice people
What bar lol??
Great video and presentation
lots of nature parks around tampa. Kayaking on hillsborough river is great
I'm visiting Tampa next month for a week. Will definitely be doing some of the things on your list.
Great tips, just add Adventure Island and that's about it!
Don't forget we now have one of the best coffee scenes. I have to suggest the lab coffee Tampa, king state coffee and ginger beard coffee among many others that are amazing.
Nice video 📸📸
I love it
When I relocated to Tampa from NE Ohio 1n 1976 my first job was at Tampa Armature Works. I am glad that the building was repurposed and that I live within walking distance.
great video!
Great Video!!
Great to hear ! Thanks 😀
Armature works is really cool but crowded on weekends
Bayshore Boulevard is a waterfront road on Hillsborough Bay in South Tampa, Florida. Located south of downtown Tampa, its sidewalk, claimed to be the longest continuous sidewalk in the world at 4.5 miles(7.2 km) long, is 10 feet (3.0 m) wide and is widely used for recreation and exercise.
Thanks Gary for making an amazing video of Tampa. I have lived here my whole life and you even showed me a few things I didn’t know. I subscribed to your channel. I really like your production value and B-Roll great video. Adventure Island is a great water park literally across from Busch Gardens I know you couldn’t mention everything but worth checking out.
Let me add a suggestion to visit the Columbia Restaurant in Ybor City. The Spanish Bean soup is fantastic as well as the Cuban sandwiches. Expect a crowd - it's worth it.
Great tip. I hear so much about there but did not get to go. Next time!
I went for dinner during the flamenco performance and it was great. I went back for lunch and it was terrible. The salad was not fresh and the Cuban sandwich was just sad. So it has potential to be good but it's also overhyped.
Sounds disappointing. I had the 1905 salad and mine was fresh, but it wasn't really all that. I loved the sandwich both times I've had it but my favorite is the soup. Sorry you had a bad experience, Nikki!
Forgot about the Columbia it is a great place to eat and watch the shows
Ordered a lot of things and half good half not fresh at all. I forgot about these things it’s been a few years
Very nice job of covering a huge variety of Tampa attractions - both for travelers and residents alike. This city is really coming of age, so it is much more than just sun and sand. I love Hyde Park and the whole Bayshore Blvd area. I am glad that it is really becoming a top downtown now. I remember when Harbor Island was developed 35+ years ago, but other than Ybor City, the downtown did not have a lot to draw one there. Now, there are tons of cultural options, tne Riverwalk is beautiful, and some new developments like Armature Works are great. I hope some of the public transit plans come to fruition, so downtown will not just be a congested mess with lots of ugly parking garages. I love the ferry and water taxis, as one needs to be on the water to experience TBA fully. Your voice is wonderful for narration as well! Thanks!
Awesome awesome video..
Great to hear, thanks!
Tampa looks so fun
For the tours it’s fun to get a Segway tour
Wonderful video. I lived there 30 yrs. now in Puerto Rico 10 yrs a mistake for sure.
I have visited quite a few places in Florida but never thought about Tampa. After watching your video I am definitely thinking of planning a visit this summer.
Great to hear you found this interesting and helpful. Also fab to hear that it made you want to visit!
Cornelia Brown YOU WILL BE DISAPPOINTED
I've lived in Cocoa Beach, Orlando, Kissimmee, Ocala, Sarasota And Tampa....by far Tampa is #1
Ok to visit but not to stay trust me
Always impressed with your videos! I live in St. Petersburg, just over the bridge from Tampa. Your video is spot on! I just wish you included making a possible trip across the bridge over Tampa Bay to visit St. Petersburg, Clearwater, and the many beaches close by. Overall, we’ll done Gary!
We live in Tampa! 1) Busch Gardens. We were just there today! We go about 3 times a month. 2) Ybor City in College it was student night on Thursdays. There is a secret you missed in Ybor. It's called Cephus Hot Shop. 3 & 4) Waterstuff like boats and stuff not my thing but I guess that would be fun for people who like that stuff. 5) The Museum and UT is a pretty good place to go.. 6) The Museum of Art is pretty cool 7) Lowery Park is like a poor mans Busch Gardens except it cost almost just as much and there aren't any ride to speak about. They do have a splash pad so that's cool! 8) The aquarium is sub-par to some other ones around the Country. 9) Top Golf is fun if you got the $$$ 10) The Straz Center is awesome! 11) As for sports, they are pretty good! GO LIGHTING, RAY, AND BUS! 12) The Food Places are okey... I am surprised to didn't mention the Buddist Temple... I messed up the count!
Totally agree. Tampa is a great city on the West Coast. Lots of influence from the mid-west USA. East Coast of Florida reflects a lot of the New York "vibe". West Coast reflects more of the Central - Midwest. Good point about sports - a very big sports town and much more affordable - accessible than places such as Boston, New York, etc. Great job.
Thanks! Good to hear you enjoyed and thanks for adding your perspective
jnjtiger i live in the tampa bay area
Tampa has low pay for all jobs. No pensions, no employer provided anything. You are all slaves in tampa.
@Chris Brooks I'm from the northeast considering possibly to move to Florida and while doing my research, it keeps coming up that the east coast is more New York-ish and the wesrpt coast is more mid west influenced..........
@@RG-hf4et I was born and raised in Tampa Bay... There are more New Yorkers living in Tampa Bay then what these comments lead you to believe. There's a reason why the Yankees have their spring training there, which wasn't even mentioned. St Pete has a ton to offer as well... The Spanish architecture is in abundance throughout the St Pete area. There's a ton of diversity from the North East and Midwest in the bay area, but most of all it has its own identity.
Moved here in the area several years ago. I absolutely love it here. You pointed out many things that I have already discovered but there were also new ones that I intend to check out. One that I do believe you missed was Tampa History Museum. It is a must see.
Thanks for watching! And the tip
Omg I’m definitely doing the water bikes! thank you I never would of known about that! I’m super excited!!!
Great job of sharing my home town of Tampa! What a wonderful wonderful place!!!
Thank you for very pleasant review! I would add that Tampa International Airport is a one of the best
Tampa is such a lovely place with lots of attractions!
Also: How does he somehow remind me of Jeff Besos ?
Tampa for summer 2019!!
Thank you Hannibal Lecter for telling me about Tampa Florida I just might visit someday.
Nice video!
Thanks ! Great to hear you liked it !
Just moved to Tampa area last month and so far so good!
where did you move from? I'm seeing all these comments saying to leave Tampa, and that's kind of scaring me...
It's just expensive to live in Tampa. You don't visit a lot of the places downtown, because you are always working or just staying near your home to do things.
Its definitely interesting to see someone that doesn't live in the Tampa area cover it as a cool place to visit. Really gave some perspective as every place I am like oh yeah that is over there etc. Thanks for reviewing and maybe I might take some time to check out some of those places that I have not been to. Definitely love the cigar places in the Tampa area and yes Ybor at night is definitely a whole different ball game than during the day time but its nice during the day. :) Thanks for the reviews.
Thanks for watching! I had a great time in Tampa and so much to do. Great to hear you felt I did a decent job talking about your city !
It's nice during the night, too! Check it out sometime.
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#12: Go to La Lechonera over on Armenia in West tampa. You'll get one of the best meals you've ever had for like 8 bucks. Armature works and all those new fancy places are good but I stick to the classic Tampa meals.
So many things to see and do in Tampa and I have to be honest, after watching the video, I have to check few of the mentioned locations as I have never seen them.
Great to hear I had some things you had not tried out yet! Thanks for watching and taking time to leave your feedback.
Thank you very helpful and I like everybody else’s comments about Tampa very interesting
Muy bello friend
Emmy's outro !
The TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING ⚡ ⚡ NHL hockey team is my favorite team in TAMPA BAY I'm so glad you got to visit TAMPA BAY FLORIDA
This is an amazing video. Very informative and helpful. I'll be using this video while building my itinerary and map/guide for a day trip, this Saturday! I'm so excited, but now even more so due to the wealth of knowledge you've shared. Thank you so very much. I'm grateful for your video!
Wow, I like this place 😍
It is a fab city !!
Tips For Travellers good