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Official Destination Contact Information

Tampa Bay Convention & Visitors Bureau

Address:
401 East Jackson Street
Suite 2100
Tampa, Florida 33602

Phone:
(813) 223-1111

Tollfree:
(800) 44-TAMPA, (800) 448-2672

Website:
www.visittampabay.com

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Introduction

Tampa is a full-fledged city, with a high-rise skyline and highways jammed with traffic. Across the bay lies the peninsula that contains Clearwater and St. Petersburg. The compact St. Petersburg downtown, which has interesting restaurants, shops, and museums, is on the southeast side of the peninsula, facing Tampa.

Inland is largely classic American suburbia. The peninsula's western periphery is rimmed by barrier islands with beaches, quiet parks, and little, laid-back beach towns. To the north are communities that celebrate their ethnic heritage -- such as Tarpon Springs, settled by Greek sponge-divers -- and, farther north, mostly undeveloped land dotted with crystal-clear rivers, springs, and nature preserves.

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