Tours, tickets and day trips in Tampa, FL
The best-reviewed tours and tickets with live prices, the sights with published visitor numbers, and the towns close enough for a day out.
Top-rated experiences in Tampa
The best-reviewed experiences in Tampa from Viator, our tours partner: 166 to choose from, with the “from” price of each. You book on Viator, which takes payment and handles changes; free cancellation is marked where it applies.
Guided Tampa Sightseeing Tour in a Deluxe Street Legal Golf Cart (opens viator.com in a new tab)
from $49 Free cancellation
Tampa History Cruise (opens viator.com in a new tab)
from $30.77 Free cancellation
The Florida Aquarium in Tampa General Admission (opens viator.com in a new tab)
from $40.40 Free cancellation
Locally-Guided Tampa Sightseeing Tour in Street-Legal Golf Cart (opens viator.com in a new tab)
from $45 Free cancellation
1.5-hour Dolphin Sightseeing Cruise from Tampa (opens viator.com in a new tab)
from $30.77 Free cancellation
Small Group Tampa Sightseeing City Bus Tour (opens viator.com in a new tab)
from $44.99 Free cancellation
ZooTampa at Lowry Park Admission Ticket (opens viator.com in a new tab)
from $51.95 Free cancellation
Tides of Tethered Terror: Tampa Ghost Tours (opens viator.com in a new tab)
from $26 Free cancellation
Tampa Celebrity Homes Boat Tour (opens viator.com in a new tab)
from $30.77 Free cancellation
The Official Downtown Tampa Ghost Tour (opens viator.com in a new tab)
from $30 Free cancellation
All 166 experiences in Tampa on Viator (opens viator.com in a new tab)
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Tours, tickets and day trips across United States
What people come to see
| Sight | Visitors a year | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Busch Gardens Tampa | 3,975,000 | 2024 |
The busiest is Busch Gardens Tampa at 3,975,000 visitors in 2024. At that volume, anything with a gate is worth a timed ticket or an early start.
Day trips from Tampa
| Route | Country | Distance | Estimated time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa to Brandon | United States | 17 km (11 mi) | about 17 min |
| Tampa to St. Petersburg | United States | 29 km (18 mi) | about 29 min |
| Tampa to Clearwater | United States | 34 km (21 mi) | about 33 min |
| Tampa to Lakeland | United States | 51 km (32 mi) | about 50 min |
| Tampa to Orlando | United States | 124 km (77 mi) | about 2 h 1 min |
| Tampa to Cape Coral | United States | 162 km (101 mi) | about 2 h 38 min |
| Tampa to Palm Bay | United States | 184 km (114 mi) | about 2 h 59 min |
| Tampa to Gainesville | United States | 190 km (118 mi) | about 3 h 5 min |
| Tampa to Jacksonville | United States | 276 km (172 mi) | about 4 h 30 min |
| Tampa to Port Saint Lucie | United States | 220 km (137 mi) | about 3 h 35 min |
Distances are straight-line; road and rail routes run about 15–25% longer. Times are estimates from distance and typical speeds, not timetables.
Find things to do
Tours, tickets and day trips anywhere Viator sells them: pick a place, compare prices and reviews here, book on Viator.
Common questions
How do I book tours and tickets in Tampa?
Through Viator, our tours partner. The experiences on this page are live from Viator with their “from” prices; you book on Viator, which takes payment and handles changes and refunds.
What is the most visited attraction in Tampa?
Busch Gardens Tampa, with 3,975,000 visitors in 2024 (Wikidata).
How are the journey times on this page worked out?
From straight-line distance and typical speeds for each mode, so they are estimates for planning, not timetables. Road and rail routes run 15–25% longer than the straight line.
Where these facts come from
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, elevation, time zone, postal codes
- Wikidata (CC0): area, sister cities, visitor numbers, heritage listings, stations and ports
- OurAirports (public domain): airports, runways
- Natural Earth (public domain): map outlines
Data compiled 14 September 2026. Hotel and hostel figures are from our booking partner’s catalogue on that date. Journey times on this page are estimates from distance, not timetables; check the operator before you rely on one.