Staying in the Luxury of Tampa Florida

Listen to the roars of roller coasters at Busch Gardens and Adventure Island.As you stroll under the glittering lights La Séptima Avenida (7th Avenue) in Ybor City, the smell paella, café con leche, and fresh, crispy, Cuban bread swirls around you. Piercing yells and cheers explode with the latest Tampa Bay Buccaneers touchdown at Raymond James Stadium. Visitors to Tampa will have plenty to do. The city is home to several professional sports teams. Keep your eye on the puck at the Ice Palace, while you cheer on the Tampa Bay Lightning, a National Hockey League (NHL) team. If America's great pastime is your love, then check out the Tampa Bay Devil Rays at Tropicana Field. Don't miss your tee time on the links at one of Tampa's many resorts. If it's comfort of nature you seek, bask in the sun while cooling off in the glistening waters of St. Petersburg and Clearwater Beaches or check out the marine life at the Florida Aquarium. Whether you're on a family vacation, or seeking a weekend getaway, the Tampa metropolitan area has all the accommodations you need.

Attractions and Theme Parks

The area's biggest theme park, Busch Gardens is a thrill park with the best roller coasters in the state and one of Florida's best zoos with about 2800 animals. Also known as "The Dark Continent," the theme park is divided into nine different areas fashioned after locations in Africa. Nearby Adventure Island is a 25-acre watermark offers loads of twisting and turning slides and water attractions. Daredevils will be thrilled by high speed rides such as The Water Moccasin, a 6-story-high twisting, extra wide water slide, and Tampa Typhoon, a 76-foot near free-fall drop.