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Things to do in Tampa, Tampa
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Tampa's Cigar Heritage Festival
Once the capital of the world, thousands converged at the Ybor City
Museum State Park to celebrate the annual Cigar Heritage Festival. Cybor's rich
cigar history is what developed this city into a modern
metropolitan district burgeoning with life. Highlighted at the
festival will include vendors such as Cigars and Stars II, Shop the finest
cigars, cigar accessories, cigar rolling, domino tournament, live
entertainment, charity beer garden, cultural food vendors, and much more.
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Ybor City Museum
Consisting of the Ferita Bakery Building, the Casita, and the Garden, Vicente
Martinez built his empire on the lucrative cigar business established by
Italian immigrants. Permanent exhibits of Martinez, early history of Ybor,
cigar industry, social clubs, and Ferita Bakery are currently available for
viewing. Ongoing changes have been occurring to the Museum's space a couple of
times a year. Items can be purchased at the museum's store reflecting the
ethnic heritage, cigar trade and the site's history. Representing
some of the earliest structures around is the Casita built in 1895
for cigar worker's families. As part of a preservation initiative, the Ferita
Bakery, and other community structures were moved to their current location in
1976. In the early nineteen hundreds these Casitas rented for $1.50 to $2.50 a
week and could be purchased from $400 and up.
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Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo
Tampa's number one animal zoo in the U.S., it draws thousands
of families to view the many exotic animals there are now extinct in
the world. Designed to enhance the quality of life for endangered
species at Tampa Bay, it is the region's only dedicated zoological garden
in all of Florida. An affordable leisure destination, it is a natural
outdoor exhibit that houses more than 1,800 animals from Florida. Other
exhibits include
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