🌴 Tampa | Living the Leisurely Life in Florida
Spent 3 days & 4 nights in📍Tampa being a total chill seeker First time traveling alone with my parents and kid—made a detailed, flexible, comfortable, and family-friendly itinerary (no extreme rush!). This part focuses on the itinerary—food guide coming next! 🍽️ Day 1️⃣ 🛬 Landed → picked up rental car → headed to downtown 📍 Tampa Riverwalk: Perfect for strolling with kids ⛲️ | Parking: $10 at art museum 🌃 Light show at Riverwalk in the evening Day 2️⃣ 📍 Hyde Park: Shopping + dining street | Beautiful fountain ⛲ | 🅿️ Free street parking in nearby neighborhoods 📍 Tampa University: Urban campus | Photogenic + silver-domed building 💫 📍 Oxford Exchange: Yes, I count this as a attraction! 💐 Restaurant + bookstore + café + museum vibes—must book in advance! Every corner is Insta-worthy. Food review next time! 🅿️ Cheaper app-based parking behind the building 📍 Sunken Garden: Flamingo lovers, don’t miss this! 🦩 | Cheap tickets | Beautifully designed park—I loved it! Day 3️⃣ 📍 Ringling Museum: Probably came to Tampa just for this pink museum by the sea 💖 | Allow enough time for photos! 🎪 Circus museum was also amazing! Tickets available walk-in 📍 Siesta Beach: Skipped hard-to-park Clearwater → went to Siesta Beach instead 🏖️ | #1 white sand beach in the US—so fine and romantic! 💔 Parking is a struggle—avoid weekends if possible 😅 Day 4️⃣ 📍 Weeki Wachee Springs State Park HIGHLY RECOMMEND! 🏞️ “Jiuzhaigou of North America”—crystal clear water Rent a glass kayak if without kids With kids? Take the official boat tour (reserve on-site)—see gators 🐊, fish 🐟, manatees (if lucky!) Water park inside—bring swimwear! 👙 11 AM Mermaid Show + underwater storytime 🧜♀️—my daughter loved it! Line up early Ranger experience: alligators, snakes, turtles, peacocks 🐍🦚 ALL included in the $13 ticket! Super worth it! 📍 Tarpon Springs – Greek Sponge Town 🧽 Famous for natural sponges (great for face & dishes!) Town is fun—eating + shopping + vibe = 👍 📍 Orthodox Cathedral: stunning inside 📍 Little Anclote Channel Park: free sunset + sand play 🌅 📍 Ybor City – Take the historic Teco Streetcar! 🚎 #Tampa #TampaTravel #FamilyTravel #FloridaVibes 🌞👨👩👧👜