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Ybor City

National Historic Landmark district of cigar-era brick buildings, social clubs and Seventh Avenue nightlife

Ybor City is a National Historic Landmark District just east-northeast of downtown Tampa, developed from 1886 by cigar manufacturer Vicente Martinez Ybor.

Seventh Avenue is Tampa's best-known nightlife street, but Ybor rewards daytime visits too.

TampaUpdated October 2026

Known for

  • Cigar-era heritage
  • Seventh Avenue strip
  • Immigrant social clubs
  • Historic cigar factories
  • Roaming chickens

Good for

  • Nightlife
  • History walks
  • Live music
  • Date night

Landmarks

  • Ybor City Museum State Park
  • J.C. Newman Cigar Company (El Reloj factory)
  • Columbia Restaurant
  • Parque Amigos de Jose Marti
  • Centro Ybor
  • Seventh Avenue historic strip

Getting there

Ybor City lies just northeast of downtown Tampa, with Interstate 4 running through it, and the TECO Line Streetcar runs here from downtown and the Channel District. Seventh Avenue and the blocks around it are easy to cover on foot.

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15 places in Ybor City made our Tampa Bay guides, including La Segunda Central Bakery, Acropolis Greek Taverna, BarrieHaus Beer Co.. Each one links to the guide that picked it.

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Nearby areas

North TampaBroad north-of-downtown area anchored by USF, Busch Gardens, MOSI and the Fowler Avenue corridorChannel DistrictWaterfront district of cruise terminals, aquarium, arena and apartment towers east of downtownTampa HeightsHistoric riverfront neighborhood north of downtown with Armature Works, Water Works Park and early homesDowntown TampaHillsborough River core of Tampa with the Riverwalk, museums, Channelside and Water Street

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