Guides · Tampa-Ybor
Tampa-Ybor
30 places · 6 areas · a free route, then $4.99 for the whole city · offline map 4.4 MB
The free route
Free in the app, permanently, before you pay anything. 8 stops, 1 day, about 3.9 km, planned by the app's own engine.
Day 1 · ~3.9 km
1
Cotanchobee Fort Brooke Park
601 Old Water St; Garrison Channel park at the 1824 army post of the Seminole Wars
Stop at the bronze bust and the markers by the water, then continue along the riverwalk.
2
Tampa Riverwalk
Hillsborough River; 2.6-mile path from Channelside to Tampa Heights with bronze busts of Tampa figures
Walk the river path from the Channelside end north past Curtis Hixon Park, reading the bronze busts along the way, and watch the minarets of the old Tampa Bay Hotel light up across the water.
3
Tampa City Hall
315 E Kennedy Blvd; 1915 city hall by Bonfoey and Elliott with its clock tower, restored in 2017
Look up at the clock tower from Kennedy Boulevard, then walk on toward the river.
4
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
509 N Florida Ave; 1905 Romanesque Revival church in granite and marble with 70 Munich stained glass windows
Step inside to see the stained glass windows, especially the Resurrection Window, and the light they throw across the nave.
5
Tampa Firefighters Museum
720 E Zack St; free museum in Historic Station No. 1, a firehouse since 1911
Step into the old station for exhibits on the city's fire service.
6
S. H. Kress and Co. Building
811 N Franklin St; 1928 terra-cotta Kress dime store on Franklin Street, next to a civil rights sit-in site
Look at the terra-cotta front and bronze marquee on Franklin Street, a block from the Tampa Theatre.
7
Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park
downtown riverbank; 8-acre lawn of 2010 facing the minarets of the old Tampa Bay Hotel
Sit on the terraced lawn that steps down to the river and look across at the silver minarets of the University of Tampa.
8
Henry B. Plant Museum
401 W Kennedy Blvd; Moorish Revival Tampa Bay Hotel of 1891, Rough Riders base in 1898, closed Mon
Tour the rooms of the old hotel's south wing, then walk around the University of Tampa grounds to see the minarets and domes from every side.
More of the top sights
A few of the 30 places in the full guide. Each one has its own written guide in the app: what to do, what to notice, the history, and why it hits.
Ybor City Historic District
E 7th Ave (La Setima) spine; 1886 cigar town of Cuban, Spanish and Italian workers, NHL district since 1990
Tampa Theatre
711 N Franklin St; 1926 atmospheric movie palace by John Eberson, reopening for its centennial in October 2026
Bayshore Boulevard
along Hillsborough Bay from Platt St south; 4.5-mile balustraded seawall sidewalk to Gandy Blvd
Areas
Ybor Seventh Avenue · Ybor Palm Avenue · Downtown Tampa · Riverwalk and Curtis Hixon · Channelside · Plant Museum and Hyde Park
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