| Tampa has some interesting history with Ybor City. | | | | stone and brick sidewalks and streets. |
| While walking around this beautiful and quaint part of | | | | Ybor City is a National Historic Landmark District |
| town check out the Ybor City Museum. Ybor City | | | | because of the salvaging the city took in its rebuilding |
| was once an old factory town. There is a guided tour | | | | phase. 7th Avenue has been considered one of the |
| that visitors can catch that will shed light on the | | | | top ten greatest streets in America at least to the |
| interesting history of being a cigar factory town filled | | | | American Planning Association. This town has had its |
| with social clubs and residents hanging out of their | | | | years of real diversity since it began. Many of the |
| shotgun style houses. This makes for some really | | | | immigrants who lived here were from Spain, Italy and |
| great stories of good times and hard times. The | | | | Cuba. For fifty years they worked and played in this |
| museum itself is located in the old Ferlita Bakery | | | | town until after WWII as the industry changed and the |
| building, a Mediterranean style garden and an old | | | | city emptied out. It stayed empty for about 20 years |
| replica of a cigar worker's house. There are many | | | | until it became a poplar place for nightlife and learning. |
| special exhibits that focus on many of the immigrants | | | | If one sticks around into the night, the city lights up into |
| that came to live and work in this area. | | | | a different experience. The martini bars and dance |
| If you visit in November you could see the Annual | | | | clubs start to boom. The live entertainment plugs in and |
| Cigar Heritage Festival and see if anyone can break | | | | empties its energy out into the streets. The smell of |
| the record for the longest cigar. Right now it stands at | | | | some great foods become the aroma and the people |
| 196.3 feet long. As one gets out and walks around the | | | | are walking around with smiles and laughter. Since the |
| town it is clear to see that many of the early buildings | | | | place is packed at night there are also plenty of place |
| are still there and have been renovated to wonderful | | | | to eat at after hours restaurants. This could be a day |
| condition. There is also a streetcar that runs through | | | | into all night destination trip filled with great experiences |
| the area and adding even more charm to the cobble | | | | and interesting history lessons. |