Tampa Holiday Guide

Expanding and competent, Tampa is home to novel museums and parks. And the recent arrival of the South Tampa restaurants is allowing the city to become trendy and elegant. Jam-packed with multi-story office blocks, Tampa also has significant ancient stations such as Ybor City and Old Hyde Park. In the core of downtown, the invigorated Riverwalk alongside the Hillsborough River sparkles with modern architecture and picturesque green spaces. And above all, the city is occupied with the zoo, the aquarium, the children’s museums and the theme parks, allowing families to have adequate top-shelf entertainment to last at least for a week.

 

The geography of the Tampa

The biggest city in West Central Florida on the north shore of Tampa Bay, Tampa is the county seat of the Hillsborough nation and is positioned on an inlet reaching far into the west coast of Florida. Saint Petersburg is situated on the west of the bay, while Bradenton is on the southern shore. The downtown commercial epicenter of the metropolitan is on the north coast of Hillsborough Bay and Ybor City is positioned to the east.
In the interior of Tampa, there are six authorized historical districts known as Hampton Terrace, Hyde Park, Seminole Heights, Tampa Heights, Historic West Tampa, Ybor City. Further, Tampa is separated into five chief boroughs from Downtown in the south-center amid the Hillsborough River and Ybor Channel. West Tampa is situated on the Hillsborough River to the west of Downtown while South Tampa is a big suburban area and spreads south along the Interbay Peninsula. Celebrated Ybor City lies on the northeast side of downtown and East Tampa, the ancient African-American side of the city, lies north of Ybor City.

Do not miss stuff in Tampa

• Busch Gardens
• Big Cat Rescue
• Ybor City
• Tampa Theatre
• Sunshine Skyway
• Tampa Electric Manatee Viewing Center at Apollo Beach
• Lowry Park Zoo
• Tampa Bay History Center
• Henry B Plant Museum
• Columbia Restaurant

Unavoidable things to do in Tampa

• Watch a Taba quero hand-roll a custom cigar
• Experience the adventure of a lifetime on our Speed Boat Adventure Tour
• Visit Adventure Island
• Adventure in iTrekkers Fishing Charters
• Take a trip at Captain Memo's Original Pirate Cruise

Colorful Events of Tampa

Fireworks, parade glides, food vendors and live entertainment in every month is the bizarre line-up of festivals and events of Tampa. Spring encompasses the principal attentiveness of festivals, where countless events are performed by professional and amateur. From sporting events to world-class dance, theater, concerts and shows year round, everything is part of Tampa's events

Shopping opportunities in Tampa

You can experience world-class shopping opportunities in Tampa. SoHo and Hyde Park shopping districts in south Tampa is known for fashionable and stylish boutiques along with leading-edge local designers to vintage furniture. The ancient Ybor City offers exclusive and fascinating gift stores.

Nightlife of Tampa

When the sun goes down, Tampa Bay occupy itself with plentiful of stuff to do. From bars and clubs to an evening of family fun, or if you want to catch a game of one of our pro sports teams, Tampa Bay has choices for everybody.

Best time to visit

Tampa becomes hot and humid during the summer months and most of the schools have their breaks, therefore the city remains packed and nastily hot during the summer. The hurricane period spreads from late summer through early fall. The peak time ranges from January to April as people come here to escape the cold weather. The finest time to visit Tampa is between September and December, when the weather is pleasant and hotels are available at reasonable rates.

Transportation

Hillsborough Area Regional Transit or HART buses covers the zoo, Busch Gardens, the Henry Plant Museum and Ybor City at $2. While In-Town Trolley Within downtown is HART's cheap trolley runs up and down Florida Ave, Tampa-St and Franklin St every 15 minutes. HART's TECO Line Streetcars is antiquated electric streetcars that unite downtown's Marion Transit Center with Ybor City, running every 20 minutes.

Travel to Tampa

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With a humid subtropical climate, Tampa is located on the Gulf of Mexico, which lets the warm Gulf Stream to generate mild winter climate. This city remains sunny for roughly 300 days out of the year and is known for its summers. Temperatures drop at night around freezing. From spring through fall, the weather is very warm and humid but feature some of the best weather in the country. Strong thunderstorms in most afternoons are common. Further, the Tampa Bay area is recognized as the lightning capital of North America. Aim for shelter when storm rolls.