Ybor City Visitors Information

Ybor City is part of Tampa, Florida, and is known as Tampa's Latin Quarter. The district has a distinct Latin feel, with restaurants and entertainment making the most of the south-of-the-border heritage.

Historical

• Ybor City was founded as a cigar manufacturing center in 1886, and still retains the Latin influence. As one of only two National Historic Landmark Districts in Florida, Ybor City boasts narrow brick streets, wrought iron balconies and red brick buildings for a Latin ambience. Ybor City Museum State Park offers historical exhibitions and a tour of a cigar maker's house.

Saturday Market

• Every Saturday in Ybor City Centennial Park a market, from 9 a.m. to mid afternoon, has stalls selling local produce and arts and crafts. Parking and admission is free.

Food and Culture

• Ybor City specializes in Spanish, Cuban and Mediterranean cuisine, with restaurants dotted along the main street, La Setima. The district also offers shops selling the local speciality, and the product the area was built on, the cigar. Cigar rolling can also be seen first hand in Stogie Castillo's cigar lounge and factory.