Ybor City Historic Walking/Ghost Tour Thursday, November 17, 2022 2:30 – 5:00 pm 1601 E 7th Avenue Tampa, FL 33605 Arrival: 2:30 pm Tour Start Time: 3:00 pm Tour End Time: 5:00 pm The tour will be followed by networking, appetizers and raffle at Gaspar's Grotto 5:00 – 7:00 pm 1805 E 7th Avenue Tampa, FL 33605 In the fall of 1885 Vincente Martinez-Ybor purchased 40 acres of swampland and the saga of Ybor City began. Eventually, more than 230 factories were located here, employing 12,000 tabaqueros (cigar makers) and producing over half a billion cigars a year. The rich history of Ybor encompasses manufacturing, immigration, organized crime and revolution. Teddy Roosevelt marched his Rough Riders here and walked the streets of this industry town with Jose Marti, the leader of Cuban independence. Along with the cigar workers who came from Cuba and Europe to make a new life in the Ne World, "Cigar City" hosted more than its share of villains, conspirators, Buccaneers, bandits and gangsters. They arrived from all over the globe, and some have never left, despite slipping the bounds of their worldly forms. Ybor City's unique history and haunted buildings will come alive as you walk the area with your award-winning guide. Please plan to arrive by 2:30 pm for registration. This is a timed event, so please be punctual! Sponsored By:
Ybor City Historic Walking/Ghost Tour
Thursday, November 17, 2022
2:30 – 5:00 pm
1601 E 7th Avenue
Tampa, FL 33605
Arrival: 2:30 pm
Tour Start Time: 3:00 pm
Tour End Time: 5:00 pm
The tour will be followed by networking, appetizers and raffle at
Gaspar's Grotto
5:00 – 7:00 pm
1805 E 7th Avenue
In the fall of 1885 Vincente Martinez-Ybor purchased 40 acres of swampland and the saga of Ybor City began. Eventually, more than 230 factories were located here, employing 12,000 tabaqueros (cigar makers) and producing over half a billion cigars a year. The rich history of Ybor encompasses manufacturing, immigration, organized crime and revolution. Teddy Roosevelt marched his Rough Riders here and walked the streets of this industry town with Jose Marti, the leader of Cuban independence.
Along with the cigar workers who came from Cuba and Europe to make a new life in the Ne World, "Cigar City" hosted more than its share of villains, conspirators, Buccaneers, bandits and gangsters. They arrived from all over the globe, and some have never left, despite slipping the bounds of their worldly forms.
Ybor City's unique history and haunted buildings will come alive as you walk the area with your award-winning guide.
Please plan to arrive by 2:30 pm for registration. This is a timed event, so please be punctual!
Sponsored By:
