Things to do in Tampa, places to visit:
- Busch Gardens: with dozens of thrilling rides and attractions, ten main stage shows, a wide variety of authentic foods and shops, and a magical children's area, Busch Gardens Williamsburg is the ticket to a world-class adventure. Busch Gardens offers a little bit of everything for everyone old and young.
- Lowry Park Zoo: In 2006 the Lowry Park Zoo was rated the #1 Family Zoo in America by "Child" magazine. The zoo has animals of all types in natural enclosures.
- Tampa Theatre: a restored classic theatre showing modern independent and classic films in Tampa, Florida. 1926 movie palace is on the National Register of Historic Places and still plays its Wurlitzer organ before shows.
- Ybor City State Museum: the Ybor City Museum State Park is a state historic park consisting of the Ybor City Museum, housed in the Ferlita Bakery building (a neighborhood bakery operated by the Ferlita family, Italian immigrants who established the business at that location in 1896), the Casita, and the Garden.
- Henry B. Plant Museum: once the Tampa Bay Hotel, this museum focuses on the hotel's role in the Spanish-American War.
- Tampa Museum of Art: this museum's impressive collection includes contemporary art as well as Greek and Roman antiquities
- Tampa Electric Manatee Viewing Center: with both state and federal designations as a manatee sanctuary, the Manatee Viewing Center’s mission is to educate the public about the Florida manatee and its habitat.
- Adventure Island: visitors happily get drenched at this Key West style theme park that boasts 30 acres of wild water rides.
- Florida Aquarium: this aquarium features a fascinating array of animals and birds found along Florida's waterways.
- Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center: as the largest performing arts complex south of the Kennedy Center, the 335,000 square-foot TBPAC provides an environment for a wide variety of world-class events. It boasts one of the nation's leading Broadway series and is nationally respected for producing grand opera, as well as presenting a wide variety of concerts, performances and events.
- Westchase Golf Course: an upscale Par-72 course, Westchase was designed by architect Lloyd Clifton.
- World of Beer: Florida's Best Beer Bar. Based in Tampa, It offers 500 Beers, Live Music, and an Incredible Sports Bar atmosphere with the best beer.
- Legends Field: spring training home of the New York Yankees.
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