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The previous price was £6 and current price is £4 per adult
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Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 2h 11m
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Multiple languages

Overview

  • Step into early 20th-century Tampa, where hotel magnates, newspaper editors, and railway promoters pulled off the ultimate marketing stunt. They invented a bloodthirsty Spanish pirate named Jose Gaspar, gave him fake diaries, and turned him into the city's patron saint. On this offbeat walking journey along the Hillsborough River, explore how a Gilded Age hotel, steel-hulled pirate ships, and the world's longest continuous pavement were built to serve a completely fictional character.

    • A 4.6 km self-guided tour with 7 stops over 131 min
    • Ideal for travellers interested in Pop Culture & Media Landscapes and History & Memory
    • Immersively told in a podcast style by experts and locals
    • Matching audio content, AI guide and navigation through the app

Activity location

  • Henry B. Plant Museum
    • 401 W Kennedy Blvd,
    • 33606-1450, Tampa, Florida, United States

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Henry B. Plant Museum
    • 401 West Kennedy Boulevard
    • 33606, Tampa, Florida, United States

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Tampa's Fake Pirate Empire Walking Podcast Tour in Multilingual

  • Activity duration is 2 hours and 11 minutes2h 11m
    2h 11m
  • Opening hours: Wed 00:00-23:59
  • English
Price details
£5.13
£4.10 x 1 Adult£4.10
Total
The previous price was £5.13 and current price is £4.10
20% off

What's included, what's not

  • Inclusions
    Verified facts woven into an engaging storey
  • Inclusions
    Interactive in-app guide for questions about the storey and surroundings
  • Inclusions
    Precise navigation between the stops
  • Inclusions
    Immersive podcast-style audio featuring experts and locals

Know before you book

    • Service animals allowed
    • Public transport options are available nearby
    • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
    • In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.
    • This activity is provided by a professional trader (a party acting within their trade, business or profession).

Activity itinerary

Henry B. Plant Museum

  • 10m
The historic Tampa Bay Hotel where Gilded Age tourism began and Gasparilla's first society balls took place.

Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park

  • 10m
Central riverfront lawn showing how private krewe rituals expanded into a massive municipal invasion.

Lykes Gaslight Square Park

  • 10m
A historic city centre park that highlights 20th-century corporate power, demolition, and social integration battles.

Tampa Bay History Center

  • 10m
A waterfront history museum containing map archives and exhibits that explore and debunk the Jose Gaspar myth.

Platt Street Bridge

  • 10m
A historic bascule bridge over the Hillsborough River, key to the annual mayoral surrender ceremony.

Tampa Convention Center

  • 10m
At the Convention Centre waterfront dock, hear the storey of the Jose Gasparilla II, a steel-hulled pirate ship built in 1954 to materialise Tampa's Gaspar myth. The ship may not be present outside events.

Bayshore Boulevard

  • 10m
The northern start of Bayshore Boulevard near W Platt Street: a famed continuous waterfront pavement and main parade route for Gasparilla.

Location

Activity location

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    Henry B. Plant Museum
    • 401 W Kennedy Blvd,
    • 33606-1450, Tampa, Florida, United States

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    Henry B. Plant Museum
    • 401 West Kennedy Boulevard
    • 33606, Tampa, Florida, United States

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