Busch Gardens
3000 East Busch Blvd Tampa, FL 33612
813.987.5082
Walk in enclosed areas while viewing the animals, whom get to roam free this 300-acre park. You can see the park by monorail, cable car or train. Roller coasters, wild animals, entertaining shows, rides, food, shopping, sightseeing, bird shows, exotic flowers, train rides, and river rapids. Taste the Anheuser Busch brew that started it all.

Adventure Island
40th Street at Busch Blvd Tampa, FL 33604
813.987.5600
This 26-acre park at Busch Gardens is fun for both kids and adults. Ride four-foot waves in the Endless Surf wave pool to body flumes and twisting water slides.

D.G. Yuengling Brewery
11111 N 30th St Tampa, FL 33612-6439
813.972.8529
Tour for free one of the oldest breweries in action and sample the product so laboriously created.

Chanelside District
Channelside Dr Tampa, FL 33602
Tampa's newest elite shopping complex. Starting with the Florida Aquarium and curving around to end at the Tampa Convention Center, the district also includes the Ice Palace, the Port of Tampa, a movie theater with an IMAX theater, dining in the form of Newk's, G. Elliot's, and Pop City and a variety of clothing and gift stores.

The Florida Aquarium
701 Channelside Drive Tampa, FL 33602-5600
813.273.4000
Features four main galleries displaying a variety of marine life native to Florida. The Wetlands Gallery is located under a glass dome, which houses an intriguing assortment of freshwater fish, birds, river otters and the infamous Florida 'gator. Observe the gallery from the Wetlands Lookout atop the mezzanine. The Bays & Beaches Gallery presents seahorses and lobsters, while the Coral Reefs Gallery displays colorful fish and moray eels.