Things to do.

Downtown aquarium with The Tide Pool, Heart of the Sea, touch experiences, and visible coral and sea-turtle conservation work, walkable from the Riverwalk.

Restored Tampa Electric streetcar warehouse anchoring Tampa Heights with the Heights Public Market food hall, full-service restaurants, a riverfront lawn, regular markets, and an easy Tampa Riverwalk connection.

Riverfront museum pairing Greek and Roman antiquities with modern and contemporary exhibitions, photography, and studio programs, directly beside Curtis Hixon Park and the Tampa Riverwalk.

Multi-theater Riverwalk campus for touring Broadway productions, opera, concerts, comedy, and local theater, with pre-show dining and outdoor waterfront space that make it a complete downtown night out.

Walkable downtown waterfront neighborhood with dining, hotels, public art, regular markets and events, and Riverwalk connections.

Moorish atmospheric movie palace marking its 1926 centennial in October 2026 with a newly restored main auditorium, plus films and events in the smaller Taylor Screening Room.

Downtown home of the Tampa Bay Lightning and the bay area’s primary indoor arena for major concerts, comedy, and touring productions. Its Water Street location makes the arena easy to combine with the Riverwalk, Sparkman Wharf, or pre-event dining.

Three-floor Channelside museum tracing Tampa Bay from Indigenous communities and Spanish exploration through cigar manufacturing, local sports, and modern growth, with interactive exhibits and a Columbia Cafe outpost.

Hands-on science campus with the Saunders Planetarium & Digital Dome Theatre and the outdoor SciLinx Cretaceous Course, a dinosaur-themed mini-golf experience added in 2026.

Hands-on downtown museum built for active family play, with the Big John triceratops fossil, a working-water KidsPort zone, giant fort building, a kid-size Publix, climbing structures, and quieter sensory-friendly options.

Large casino resort with dining, shows, a hotel tower, and a pool deck on the east side of Tampa.

Compact state-park museum inside the historic Ferlita Bakery, with self-guided exhibits, audio interpretation, and a short film tracing Ybor City’s cigar industry and immigrant communities. Pair it with the ornamental garden and surrounding historic district.