Ninety minutes to a different Florida

Tampa is Orlando's natural big-city day trip, and the films here build the day around two anchors. First, the Tampa Riverwalk — recently voted the No. 2 riverwalk in the country by USA Today — walked end to end with 20 things to see and do along the way. Second, everything downtown around it: Sparkman Wharf, the revamped waterfront, and the waterways themselves.

Best Things To Do in Tampa Bay Florida 2026 4K

Island Hopper TV

Island Hopper TV tour the best of the Tampa Bay metro — starting in Ybor City, Tampa's historic Cuban district and primary nightlife area, and ranging across Tampa, Clearwater and St. Petersburg. (Scope note: this is a Tampa Bay-wide video, not Tampa only.)

Key takeaways
  • Tampa Bay metro's best things to do
  • Opens in historic Ybor City
  • Ranges to Clearwater and St. Pete

Tampa Riverwalk | 20 things to see & do on one of the BEST riverwalks in the US.

Sunshine State Insider

Sunshine State Insider walk the full Tampa Riverwalk end to end — recently voted the No. 2 riverwalk in the country by USA Today — stopping at 20 things to see and do along the way.

Key takeaways
  • 20 stops along the Tampa Riverwalk
  • Voted No. 2 riverwalk in the US (USA Today)
  • Walked end to end, north to south

Tampa's Ybor City Complete Guide: Hand-Rolled Cigars, Cuban Cuisine & Historic Streets

Todd Newton - Tastes & Travel

Todd Newton's complete guide to Ybor City — the neighborhood northeast of downtown Tampa where Cuban, Spanish and Italian immigrants rolled hundreds of millions of cigars a year and made Tampa 'Cigar City' — including the finest Cuban sandwich he's ever had.

Key takeaways
  • Ybor City's cigar-industry history
  • Hand-rolled cigars and Cuban cuisine
  • A standout Cuban sandwich

Ybor City is the soul of it

The complete guide here gives Ybor City its full story: the 300-acre historic district, founded in the 1880s when Vicente Martínez-Ybor brought the cigar industry to Tampa, where Cuban, Spanish and Italian immigrants rolled hundreds of millions of cigars a year and made Tampa 'Cigar City.' The anchors are hand-rolled cigars, Cuban cuisine — one host calls a Ybor sandwich the finest Cuban he's ever had — and the original Columbia Restaurant on Seventh Avenue.

Scope note

The metro tour on this page ranges across Tampa Bay — Clearwater and St. Petersburg included — which makes it a good second-day planner, but the strict day-trip films stick to Tampa proper: Riverwalk, downtown, Ybor. Do those three well and you've done Tampa in a day.

Sources: the nine videos on this page — a Tampa Bay metro tour, Riverwalk guides, Ybor City guides, and downtown walking tours — summarized from their entries in our catalog.

10 Best Things to Do in Ybor City, Florida // Tampa Travel Guide 2023

ChadGallivanter

ChadGallivanter count down the 10 best things to do in Ybor City — the 300-acre historic district founded in the 1880s when Vicente Martínez-Ybor brought the cigar industry to Tampa, anchored by the original Columbia Restaurant on Seventh Avenue. (Transcript not stored: Supadata returned a Bengali auto-translated caption track for this English video, verified by reading the text — rejected per gate.)

Discover Tampa - 10 Essential Experiences in Tampa Florida-Ybor City

TravelVuz

TravelVuz count down Tampa's 10 essential experiences — from historic sites like Ybor City and the Tampa Bay History Center to the city's nightlife and beaches.

Key takeaways
  • 10 essential Tampa experiences
  • History Center and historic districts
  • Nightlife and beaches included

Things To Do In Tampa Florida! Best of Downtown & Tampa Riverwalk - Living in Tampa Florida

Tampa Florida Living

Tampa Florida Living tour the Tampa Riverwalk and revamped downtown — one of the best riverwalks in the country — covering major attractions, ways to have fun on the waterways, and new projects changing the city.

Key takeaways
  • Riverwalk plus downtown highlights
  • Fun on the waterways covered
  • New downtown projects previewed

Watch: Tampa Day Trip from Orlando, guided

3 videos · summaries from the actual guides

Tampa's Riverwalk Walking Tour

City Walk

City Walk's walking tour of Tampa's Riverwalk. (Transcript not stored: no caption track available (Supadata api_error, unbilled).)

Tampa, Florida 2025 Walking Tour in 4K - Sparkman Wharf, Tampa Riverwalk & Downtown

Excursion Tours

Excursion Tours' 2025 walking tour of Tampa in 4K — Sparkman Wharf, the Tampa Riverwalk and downtown. (Transcript not stored: no caption track available (Supadata api_error, unbilled).)

Florida Travel: Experience Tampa Like a Local

VISIT FLORIDA

VISIT FLORIDA's quick take on experiencing Tampa like a local. (Transcript not stored: no caption track available (Supadata api_error, unbilled).)

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