Whether you’re a lifelong TBAY resident longing to embrace your inner tourist, or you have a limited amount of time in the Cigar City or the Burg, here are 15 tours guaranteed to show you the sights you want to see.
Note: Price estimates are based on individual adult rates available at the time of publishing. Check each company’s website to see current pricing.
🚁 Top tours
Tampa Downtown Walking Tour
| Free | Year-round
Download the GPS My City
app and embark on your own self-guided tour of Florida’s third-largest city.
Tampa Bay Segway Tours
| $65 per person | Year-round
Cruise down the Tampa Riverwalk to the scenic Curtis Hixon Park and back. Bonus: Downtown St. Pete segway tours are also available.
St. Pete Helicopter Tours
| $126 per person | Year-round
Your pilot flies you right over + tells you about the history of Treasure Island, John’s Pass, The Don CeSar, and other iconic Pinellas spots.
Cruise to breweries in Ybor City, Seminole Heights, and Downtown Tampa via the City Brew Tours bus.
Photo by TBAYtoday
🍽 Eat and drink
City Brew Tours Tampa
| $49-$119 per person | Year-round
Your “beer oracle” takes you to some of the city’s best breweries + tells you more about our area’s hoppy history.
Tampa Bay Food Tours
| $94 per person | Year-round
Tour Tampa, Dunedin, or St. Pete’s food scene on foot — make sure to bring your ID.
Sunset Food Tours
| $80 per person | Year-round
This 3.5-hour walking tour of downtown St. Pete takes you to five family-owned establishments where you’ll meet local artisans and try out new cuisine — and get tips for how to spend the rest of your night.
Even if you’re not into smoking, El Reloj is a pillar in Tampa’s history worth exploring.
Photo via J.C. Newman
🦴 All in on history
Preserve the Burg
| $10-$25 per person | Year round
Make your way through Coffee Pot Bayou, Mirror Lake, Old Northeast, and other historic St. Pete neighborhoods with a guide. Bonus: Private and audio tours are also available.
J.C. Newman Tour
| $12-$75 per person | Year-round
Head to El Reloj, the only operating cigar factory in Ybor City, to learn about cigar making + Cigar City’s history. Bonus: Ghost tours + cigar hand-rolling classes are available.
Tampa Soul Walk
| Free | Year-round
Follow Tampa’s recently-launched African American history trail to spots like the historic Jackson House or the Scrub.
Tampa Bay History Center
| $20 per person | Year-round
A History Center-trained docent leads you through some of the city’s most historic neighborhoods on a 90-minute, intimate walking tour.
This mural wraps the Family Justic Center in St. Pete.
Photo by the City of St. Petersburg, art by Zulu Painter
🎨 Art is all around
Florida CraftArt
| $0-$20 per person | Year-round
Learn about + feast your eyes on 30 of St. Pete’s many murals on this four-block walking tour.
Friends of the Riverwalk
| Free | Year-round
Check out some of the art lining the buzzy Tampa Riverwalk — just download the non-profit’s PDF
and hit the streets.
👻 Get ghosted
Nightly Spirits
| $30 per person | Year-round
This ghost tour/pub crawl leads you through historic Ybor City’s haunting tales + “follows in the footsteps of deceased rum runners."Bonus: Book a private tour or celebration.
🚢 Boat tours
Pirate Water Taxi
| $24-$34 per person | Year-round
The popular boating company offers daily hop-on, hop-off tours down the Hillsborough River.
Tampa Bay Fun Boat Tours
| $10-$18 per person | Year-round
Hop on the charter for a one-hour scenic cruise past Davis Islands and Harbor Island homes + enjoy potential dolphins and wildlife spottings.
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