Things to do in florida?

Question

im going on a trip to florida with my boyfriend in march any one from ther have any great places to go, see or do? Near tampa?

Answer 1

Want to see a really great looking city? Go to St.Petersburg, beautiful place. Hit Clearwater beach, and hit a place called "Crabby Bill's" Great seafood place. These places are within about a 30 min drive or from Tampa

Answer 2

From the UK, but.... Okay, the big list:

Tampa: Busch Gardens - themed park with animals and some truly AWESOME rides (Montu & Kumba are the best) & a hospitality center - free beer!!!

South of Orlando: Cypress Gardens - plants, plants, oh look - more plants. OK if you like that kind of thing (yawn) - about 45-50mi from Tampa

Kissimmee area: Ah, the biggie; DISNEY WORLD
Magic Kingdom - mostly for kids, but you do have the Thunder Mountain Railroad, Space Mountain (completely in the dark), Splash Mountain (says it all); Pirates of the Caribbean & Haunted Mansion are also pretty cool.
EPCOT Center - Test Track, Mission Space etc. - awesome, awesome, AWESOME
MGM Studios - not much here; Star Tours (simulator - getting old now), Stunt Shows, movie Backlot Tour
Animal Kingdom - animals - big animals - lions, tigers, monkeys, crocs & gators. Good if you like animals.
about 65-70mi from Tampa. Last year's admission was about $60 per person, per day, per park although you can opt for a mutli-park, multi day ticket.
Disney's Pleasure Island - daytime shop 'til you drop, night is party time. $10 admission for 1 club

Gatorland - everything you (didn't) want to know about gators. Havn't been for some time, but gator ribs - mmm, mmm, mmmm

Orlando - SeaWorld Orlando - dolphin show, killer whale show, more shows, rides (Kraken is also awesome). About 70-75mi from Tampa. Didn't go last year so can't give an idea on admission

Orlando - Universal Studios Orlando - 2 parks, 1 night-spot: Islands of Adventure - adrenaline junkie time ('nuff said), City Walk - Hard Rock Cafe among other things to do, Universal proper - MIB the Ride (gotta try it), Back to the Future the ride, Jaws, Revenge of the Mummy (coaster). Just along the street from SeaWorld

Plenty more to do in central/west Florida (I think you get the picture)

Good luck & have a great time.

Answer 3

There is a lot of stuff to do around Orlando, i live near there.

1. Ripely's Believe it or Not Museum
2. Wet and Wild, Water park
3. Orlando Science Center
4. Orlando Paintball
5. Bill Airboat Adventures
6. Gatorland
7. Sleuths Mystery Dinner Theatre
8. Piarate Dinner Theatre
9. Medievil Times Dinner Theatre
10. Titanic. Ship of Dreams Exhibit
11.Pirate's Cove Adventure Golf
12. Kennedy Space Center (Space Shuttle I think is lifting frm there March 15th im pretty sure)
13. Also you could go to Cocoa Beach and Kennedy Space Center. It is only 40 mins from Orlando on the Beachline/Beeline/528.

Answer 4

I stayed in Kissimee last year - and went specifically for spring training. If you and/or your boyfriend are baseball fans at all, there are plenty of ballparks around Florida hosting MLB teams - it's also the best time to meet players, get autographs and that sort of thing.

Also, there's a little town I believe north of Tampa...not far from Clearwater maybe...it's called Tarpon Springs...it's like a little Greek village...there's food, attractions, can't recall too much because it's been about 6 years since I was there.

Answer 5

There is a restaurant in Kissimmee called Mideval Times where you eat dinner and see a show based on jousting. It is very different and extremely intertaining. Kissimmee is the next city from Orlando.

Answer 6

omg i just moved from florida! ive lived there all my life...you could go to clearwater beach for the day.or go to the aquarium or to treasure island,its beautiful,you could go to all the malls around there cuz theres quite a few...or you could drive over to orlando to go to universal or disney..if you feel like driving..its not an entirely long drive...theres tons of stuff to do in florida!

Answer 7

Sarasota has Ringling Museum of Art...

Answer 8

More than just a big city with all the sophistication, culture, industry and services that implies, Tampa is also a place for family vacations and encounters of the natural kind. Situated on Florida’s largest inlet, Tampa Bay, which separates it from sister city St. Petersburg, Tampa has a lot of shipping history in its past, and in its present. With its strategic position, it began as a Seminole War fort. Later its quick access to the Gulf of Mexico and deep port brought cigar-making and Spanish-American War preparations to town.

The cigar industry, moved here from Key West, centered in the district of Ybor City. With the factories came immigrant workers from Cuba, Italy, Germany and Spain to flavor the town with the chatter, food and traditions of many cultures. The Cuban influence has stuck most tenaciously and today Cuban restaurants, a redolent coffee-roasting plant, cigar shops and lively Latin festivals persist even though the factories are gone. Shopping and entertainment’s Centro Ybor occupies one of the colorful neighborhood’s historic buildings. Ybor City Museum State Park resides in the old bakery. An inn, restaurants and shops line main street Seventh Avenue, home of the original Columbia Restaurant. Progenitor to a line of Spanish restaurant spin-offs throughout Florida, it stands out with its elaborate tiled exterior and flamenco dancing shows.

Downtown Tampa, the focus in recent years has returned to the harbor and the Hillsborough River that runs through town. Cruise ship business has picked up, and a new trolley transports passengers to Ybor City and other attractions. At the Channelside District, an entertainment-dining multiplex has appeared along with big-name resorts, professional hockey and the Florida Aquarium, a seashell-shaped glass dome with more than 10,000 aquatic plants and animals inside. Next door, you can tour a WW II-era merchant marine ship.

Inner city, attractions old and new beckon. Railroad builder Henry Plant’s fantastical Tampa Hotel now holds university offices and the Henry B. Plant Museum, furnished for the 1890s, when Teddy Roosevelt and his Rough Riders headquartered there. The Tampa Theatre is another elaborate historic specimen, standing in contrast to an ultra-modern performing arts hall and art museum. Bayshore Boulevard winds between the waterfront and its stately homes, known as the world’s longest unbroken sidewalk and site of the swashbuckling Gasparilla
Behold the treasures of the sea at the Florida Aquarium
Greg Brown

Pirate Festival in February. In historic neighborhoods such as Hyde Park, shopping and dining opportunities excel.

In its northern reaches, Tampa satisfies family urges with the Lowry Park Zoo, a hands-on kids town, the wondrous Museum of Science and Industry (MOSI), Busch Gardens Tampa Bay and Adventure Island. Begun as a tour of a beer factory, Busch Gardens stands today among Florida’s leading theme parks. Here the motif is Africa, and hundreds of real live animals add to the realism of exotic shows and thrill rides. Its sidekick water park, Adventure Island, is one of Florida’s oldest, biggest and most exhilarating. Nearby Plant City has its Dinosaur World attraction to offer family vacationers, and its annual Strawberry Festival, a celebration of the town’s sweet and juicy crop.

Along Tampa’s fringes, the Hillsborough River, state parks and other natural kingdoms provide a quiet, bucolic flipside to the city life. The same river that plunges through city center takes canoeists and kayakers on a nature odyssey where alligators, hawks and majestic domes of cypress trees dwell. A 16,000-acre preserve known as Wilderness Park surrounds the river and its branches and was made for paddlers and pedallers. The river also is centerpiece of Hillsborough River State Park, one of Florida’s oldest. Here, the river frolics around limestone upcroppings, providing rapids for experienced canoeists, who can rent vessels at the park. History buffs can tour a reconstructed Seminole War historic site, Fort Foster, and the park has campgrounds, a swimming pool and nature trails.

Head northwest of the city for more adventure. Once a vast cattle ranch, a wilderness park now encompasses miles of scrubland hiking trails. Deer, alligator and birds of all types feed off the land here.

Answer 9

go jogging along the beach