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Busch Gardens
Busch Garden has to be the ultimate family adventure park offering an array of fascinating attractions based on exotic encounters with the African continent. The park offers a unique blend of thrilling rides, one of the country’s premier zoos featuring more than 2,000 animals, live shows, restaurants, shops and games, Busch Gardens Tampa Bay provides unrivalled excitement for visitors of all ages.
Location: 3000 East Busch Blvd., Tampa, FL 33612
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Adventure Island
Adventure Island's 30 acres of water-drenched fun in the sun features the ultimate combination of high-speed thrills and tropical, tranquil surroundings for guests of all ages. Within a soothing Key West atmosphere awaits an unrivaled blend of slides, corkscrews, waterfalls, a wave pool, children’s water playground and other family attractions such as outdoor cafes, picnic and sunbathing areas, gift shops, and a championship white-sand volleyball complex. The newest addition to the park, Riptide, celebrates its second year at Adventure Island, this four-lane water slide allows riders to race against three other riders in a face-first mat-slide adventure.
Location: 10001 McKinely Drive., Tampa, FL 33612
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Lowry Park Zoo
Haled as the number 1 family friendly zoo in the United States by Child Magazine, Tampa’s Lowry Park Zoo features 56 acres of lush natural habitats. The zoo is broken down into seven themed areas: Asian Domain, Primate World, Manatee and Aquatic Center, Florida Wildlife Center, Free-Flight Aviary, Wallaroo Station children’s zoo and the latest area Safari Africa. The zoo began life as a collection of indigenous animals located on the banks of the Hillsborough River in Plant Park in the late 1930’s. It was move to the more centrally located Lowry Park in 1957 by Mayor Nick Nuccio, but it was not until the arrival of Sheena, an 18-month-old Asian elephant in 1961 that the zoo began to expand. The zoo continued to grow through the 1970’s & early 1980’s until it underwent a major redevelopment reopening as the Lowry Park Zoo in March 1988. Today Tampa’s Lowry Park Zoo is the region’s only dedicated zoological garden, and is home to more than 1,800 animals not only from Florida but from all over the world.
Location: 1101 West Sligh Avenue, Tampa, FL. 33604
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The Florida Aquarium
The Florida Aquarium is home to over 10,000 aquatic plants and animals, 1,340 different species from Florida and all over the world. The aquarium opened in March 1995 with a mission to entertain, educate and promote stewardship of our natural environment. Since that time more than six million visitors including 250,000 school children have visited the aquarium. One highlight is the shark collection, and for those brave enough there is the chance to swim with these magnificent fish. See a rare leafy sea dragon from Australia and experience many more wonders of the sea.
Location: 701 Channelside Drive, Tampa, FL 33602
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New York Yankees - Spring Training
Join the New York Yankees at Steinbrenner Field in Tampa as they take on other major league baseball teams in the Grapefruit League. Spring Training runs from the end of February through March.
Click on more information below for schedules and links to your favorite team.
Location: Steinbrenner Field, 1 Steinbrenner Drive, Tampa, Fl 33614
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