Founded in 1992 by Rosann Guggino Garcia, the company, first of its kind in Tampa / Ybor City, was founded to promote the Latin flavor with entertaining and educational value.

All of our guides are natives of Tampa, have studied the history, lived the unwritten history, and have an inside scoop on some very colorful customs and goings on.

We are all grandchildren of the immigrants who came to Tampa in the late 1800's with a fierce work ethic, high respect for education, and appreciation of family, including the greater community of friends and fellow workers.

Customized Historic Tours of Tampa / Ybor City has been featured in local and national newspapers, magazines, television, Burt Wolf Travels PBS cable show, and Restore America with Bob Villa.

Customized Historic Tours in Tampa, Florida, introduces your group to Tampa's colorful past and rich ethic heritage, an at the same time focuses on the City's development as a center for art, entertainment, and business.

The client plays a part in customized it's guests' Tampa Experience. We offer ideas for tour themes, suggest sites, apporpriate landmarks, use our " inside information" and simply create the best educational and entertaining tours especially for you.

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Ybor City Resources

To receive a visitor information packet send an email to Ybor City Chamber of Commerce.

Ybor City Museum State Park: Florida Dept. of Enviromental Protection
Teaching Guides: Lesson Plans
City of Tampa
Historic Preservation in Ybor City: Historic Preservation - Maps - Ybor City
National Historic Landmark Program: Ybor City Historic District
Tampa Bay History Center
Tampa Museum of Art
Things to do in Ybor City: Ybor City Fresh Market
Ybor City Chamber of Commerce
USF: Tampa Special Collections at the Center for Florida Studies
Tampa Bay Convention and Visitors Bureau

Social Clubs
Centro Asturiano
Italian Club
Cuban Club
Marti Maceo Club