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“Tour a 19th century grand Hotel”
The 1891 Tampa Bay Hotel, now a National Historic Landmark, is home to The University of Tampa and the Henry B. Plant Museum. During the 1880s, Henry Bradley Plant was building an empire of railroads, steamships and hotels. He wanted that empire to have a palace and that palace was the Tampa Bay Hotel – now referred to as Florida’s “first Magic Kingdom.” Today, the Henry B. Plant Museum, located in the south wing of the original Tampa Bay Hotel, features original opulent furnishings and artifacts from the hotel collected by Mr. and Mrs. Plant on several buying trips to Europe and the Orient. The museum transports you through educational exhibits and events to the late Victorian period, the beginning of Florida’s tourist industry, and the early years of the City of Tampa. Learn the significance of the hotel during the early stages of the Spanish American War and how Tampa was thrust into the world arena in the summer of 1898.
A great place to lounge around, especially great to hammock as there is an array of palm trees around. The park also looks right across to the scenic Tampa riverfront. The park is right on the... Read more
Hammock Park, as I call it, is the perfect place to lounge around on a lazy day. With so many palm trees you can hang your hammock anywhere. If your hammock day coincides with an event at Curtis... Read more
A pretty nice park that hides behind UT campus. Get a unique view of the skyscrapers from the grasses. Spacious and relaxing. Read more
Henry B. Plant Park
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- Sun: 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm
- Tue - Sat: 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
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