Where a car takes you from Tampa
These are the day trips from Tampa on our own pages where a car earns its keep. Trains reach some of them; a car reaches all of them, on your own clock.
- St Petersburg (Downtown and the Pier) St Petersburg downtown runs a stronger waterfront restaurant scene than Tampa, with the Pier complex carrying Fresco's, Doc Ford's and Teak waterfront
- Tarpon Springs (Sponge Docks Greek) Tarpon Springs on the Greek sponge docks runs the largest concentration of Greek restaurants in the country, with Hellas, Mykonos and the bakeries
- Dunedin (Craft Beer Crawl) Dunedin on Pinellas has Tampa Bay's densest craft brewery row, with Dunedin Brewery, 7venth Sun Dunedin and Cueni Brewing in a Scottish-American villa
- Plant City (Strawberry Capital) Plant City east of Tampa is Florida's strawberry capital, with Parkesdale Farm stand and a strawberry festival every March that pulls 500,000 visitors
- Clearwater Beach (Grouper Sandwich) Clearwater Beach runs the Tampa Bay grouper sandwich circuit, with Frenchy's Cafe, Crabby's and the Palm Pavilion serving fresh Gulf grouper
- Ybor City (Cigar Day with Food) Ybor City just east of downtown Tampa runs the National Historic Landmark District with working cigar rollers, the Columbia Restaurant since 1905
Booking a car in Tampa
We compare through one partner rather than listing every broker. Desks sit at the airport and in town, and the headline rate below is theirs, not ours.
- Desks on site
- Alamo, Dollar, Hertz, National, Sixt, Thrifty
- Pick up at
- Tampa Airport · Tampa Intl Airport
Rates are the partner's headline price at our last check (2026-10-25) and move with dates, car class and insurance. We earn a commission if you book, at no cost to you.