Tampa’s Busch Gardens is one of those places you can visit and revisit and always find something new. My family’s visit this summer included two new sights: the baby rhino that hid behind its parents as they kept a wary eye on our safari truck, and the fabulous new four-acre Jungala attraction at the amusement [...]

From canoes to cats to crabs, there are plenty of things to do in Tampa, all within an easy drive of downtown. Here are three tours worth the time and money:

Canoe Adventure
The Hillsborough River runs through the center of the city, but about 20 minutes northeast of town, there’s a part of the river that [...]

The Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center opened its doors in July, 1987, and has welcomed more than 10 million guests.
TBPAC is downtown on a nine-acre site along the east bank of the Hillsborough River. As the largest performing arts complex south of the Kennedy Center, the 335,000 square-foot TBPAC provides an environment for a variety [...]

StarLite Cruises, a diverse line of passenger vessels, is an enterprise with five vessels that cruise the intracoastal waterways of coastal Florida. With the selection of vessels, multiple departure locations, a variety of cruising options and an extensive year-round schedule, StarLite Cruises offers something for everyone.
Cruising adventures and experiences include Sightseeing Cruises, Luncheon Cruises, [...]

You want Florida, you want it all, and you only want to unpack once. No problem! You want Tampa Bay.
There’s a sunny side to this West Coast community that makes this a true hot spot among the world’s destinations. Naturally there’s lots of water and sunshine. But you’ll also discover an area that’s full of [...]

Tampa Bay is a large natural harbor and estuary along the Gulf of Mexico on the west central coast of Florida, comprising Hillsborough Bay, Old Tampa Bay, Middle Tampa Bay, and Lower Tampa Bay.
“Tampa Bay” is not the name of any municipality within the state of Florida. This misconception probably stems from the naming of [...]