Tampa - comfortably located on the shore of the large Bay of Tampa Bay, on the Florida peninsula, the third largest city in the state . As the name of the city appeared, it is not exactly established, but there are two versions . One of them is believed that the city received its name from the Indian word "tampa", which meant "fire sticks" (so the Indians called lightnings) . And indeed, this natural phenomenon occurs here very often during summer storms . The second version of the city name is more modern . Already in 1695 on maps it was possible to find Bay of Tanpa, the hall in Tanpa . But the arriving Spaniards did not understand the language of the local tribes at all and decided that Tanpa was the name of the terrain . And over time Tanpa changed to Tampa .
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How to get to
Tampa is 330 km from Miami International Airport and in 160 km from Orlando. In addition, the city has its own international airport, so to get here tourists will not be difficult. In addition, Tampa has the largest seaport in Florida, where tourist cruise ships very often stop.
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Entertainment, excursions and attractions Tampa
The oldest district of the city is called Ibor City, once here lived a large diaspora of Hispanics . This region was also famous for the fact that cigar production plants were concentrated here . But time passed, Ibor-city all grew old and collapsed until one day its fiasco failed . @ But only recently Ibor City began to rise again from the ashes . New modern houses and roads were built up, schools and public institutions were built . But from the old Ibor City there remained a wonderful museum of cigars where you can trace the whole history and all the process of creating once the best cigars in the whole of Florida .
There are also a zoo in Tampa, where about two thousand animals live. There are pens where birds live in a natural habitat, as well as places where visitors can feed animals themselves and even pat them. Especially popular is the exhibition of reptiles and terrarium. The ticket price for the child is $ 8 here, for an adult $ 10.
No less popular in Tampa and the adventure island water entertainment complex . There are all kinds of water slides and attractions on the territory of 25 acres, and for fans of thrill and adrenaline there are several high-speed slides - 25 meters of almost free fall under the name "Water Typhoon" or a 6-story dashing twist descent "Water Makasin" . For children there is a real children's paradise of entertainment and permissiveness called "Attack Bray g ". This complex has just an uncountable number of all kinds of carousels, swings, water slides and other equally exciting attractions . Park is open daily . Price of child ticket is $ 43, adult - $ 52 .
A special honor among tourists and residents of the city enjoys the "Florida Aquarium". Here, without much difficulty, you can see everything that is seen underwater only divers and scuba divers. The entire aquarium is divided into 4 zones, each of which represents its part of the aquatic flora and fauna of the entire coast of Florida. In addition to small fish, you can see sharks, rays, turtles, jellyfish.
Events and celebrations
Tampa is a pretty cheerful city. Each year, residents and guests are eagerly awaiting the most beloved holiday - the Pirate Festival Gasparilla. The festival takes place at the end of January and is a very significant event for Tampa. According to legend, once a very long time in these places a pirate named José Gaspare sailed, and it is in honor of his brave and grandiose adventures that a holiday is organized, which the locals call simply Gasparilla.