Entire home

Stylish Bungalow in Tampa’s Historic Ybor

Plenty of counter space and great morning light. Well organized and equipped.

Dining Room with bar counter passthrough to Kitchen.

Large comfortable sectional sets the scene as you enter Casa Grande.

Bathroom, Tub/ Shower with lots of shelving for unpacking toiletries.

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2 bedrooms1 bathroomSleeps 61100 sq ft

Popular amenities

Dryer
Pool
Washer
Parking available
Kitchen
Outdoor space

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Tampa, FL

Port of Tampa
‪4 min drive‬
Florida Aquarium
‪4 min drive‬
Tampa Convention Center
‪4 min drive‬
Tampa, FL (TPA-Tampa Intl.)
‪14 min drive‬

Rooms & beds

2 bedrooms (sleeps 6)

Queen Bedroom

1 Queen Bed

Twin Bedroom

1 Single Bed

1 bathroom

Bathroom

Soap · Towels provided · Bathtub or shower · Toilet · Shampoo · Hair dryer

Spaces

Porch or lanai

Kitchen

Separate dining area

Outdoor play area

Garden

About this property

Stylish Bungalow in Tampa’s Historic Ybor

Nestled just two blocks from Cuscaden Park and the community pool on a quiet street sits Casa Grande. She's a lovely renovated 1908 split bungalow. Casa Grande is the two bedroom main house and La Casita is the mother-in-law apartment located at the back of the property, also available for rent.

The sun drenched front porch offers plenty of seating overlooking a picket lined front yard. Street parking available. Keyless locks make for easy excess. Check-in is a breeze. We’ve taken the time to pay attention to the details making sure you have everything you need for a fantastic stay.

Centrally located in Ybor's Historic Landmark District, 7 minutes to downtown and less than 5 to the highways. Spacious and thoughtfully equipped for all of your holiday needs. Great for small families, couples, friends, & business trips.

My brother Kyle and his pup Meera live on the adjacent lot. They have a separate entrance from Casa Grande on the east side of the property. You will share the detached laundry room.

VM Ybor is a historically and culturally rich neighborhood. Conveinently located just outside of the city proper and 10 blocks from Centro. VM is up and coming. Casa Grande is in a safe area and our neighbors have been a part of the community for decades. Please do your diligence on Ybor's history and the VM neighborhood when booking your stay.

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Melissa Kelly

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House Rules

Check in after 4:00 PM

Minimum age to rent: 25

Check out before 12:00 PM

Children

Children allowed: ages 0–17

Events

No events allowed

Pets

No pets allowed

Smoking

Smoking allowed: in designated areas

Check-out instructions

The host requires you to complete the following before checking out:

Load and start the dishwasher

Remove personal items, remove leftover food and drinks and take out the rubbish

Lock the doors

Return thermostat to 78°

Failure to complete these may result in a negative review from the host.

Guests not listed on the reservation will not be allowed on the property unless plans have been made with the host.

Respect Casa Grande and our neighbors.

We ask that you please be mindful of noise and music on the deck and front porch after 10PM. Smoking outside only.

Important information

You need to know

This property is managed by a professional host. The provision of housing is linked to their trade, business or profession.

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy

Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges

Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed

On-site parties or group events are strictly prohibited

This property uses eco-friendly cleaning products

Host has indicated that there is a carbon monoxide detector on the property

Host has indicated that there is a smoke detector on the property

Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher, a first aid kit and a deadlock

About the area

Tampa

Located in Ybor City, a neighbourhood in Tampa, this holiday home is near theme parks and by the sea. MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre and MacDill Air Force Base are cultural highlights, and some of the area's popular attractions include Florida Aquarium and ZooTampa at Lowry Park. Travelling with kids? Make time for Busch Gardens Tampa Bay, or head to an event or a match at Amalie Arena. Make sure you get close to the area's animals with activities such as game walks and birdwatching.

Tampa, FL

What's nearby

Tampa Riverwalk - 3 min drive - 3.1 km
Port of Tampa - 4 min drive - 3.5 km
Florida Aquarium - 4 min drive - 3.5 km
Tampa Convention Center - 4 min drive - 3.8 km
University of Tampa - 4 min drive - 3.8 km

Getting around

Tampa Union Station - 7 min drive
Tampa, FL (TPF-Peter O. Knight) - 18 min drive

Restaurants

‪King State - ‬14 min walk
‪Bradley's On 7th - ‬14 min walk
‪The Ritz Ybor - ‬14 min walk
‪Checkers - ‬11 min walk
‪Copper Shaker - ‬14 min walk

Frequently asked questions

Does Stylish Bungalow in Tampa’s Historic Ybor have a pool?

Yes, this property has an outdoor pool. Pool types include heated pools.

Is Stylish Bungalow in Tampa’s Historic Ybor pet-friendly?

No, pets are not allowed at this property.

What time is check-in at Stylish Bungalow in Tampa’s Historic Ybor?

Check-in begins at 4:00 PM.

What time is check-out at Stylish Bungalow in Tampa’s Historic Ybor?

Checkout is at 12:00 PM.

Where is Stylish Bungalow in Tampa’s Historic Ybor located?

This family-friendly Tampa holiday home is located by the sea, within a 15-minute walk of Ritz Ybor and Ybor City Museum State Park. Tampa Riverwalk and Port of Tampa are also within 3 miles (5 km). Tampa Union Station is 28 minutes by foot.

9.8

Exceptional

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9.8/10

Cleanliness

10/10

Amenities

10/10

Property conditions & facilities

10/10

Eco-friendliness

9.8/10

Check-in

9.8/10

Communication

9.4/10

Location

9.8/10

Listing accuracy

10/10 Excellent

Darin B.

29 May 2025

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great Spot

Charming, Sweet and great location !

Stayed 5 nights in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Michael T.

7 Mar 2025

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Amazing spot!!

The house was well maintained, great location, and extremely accommodating hosts. 10/10 recommend this spot!

Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2025

8/10 Good

Tami F.

21 Apr 2025

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Clean, Communication

The place was excellent. It was clean, contacted the owner without any problem. Always available. Perfect home for our needs. Thank you!

Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Jennifer W.

9 Mar 2025

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Cozy comfy bungalow

•Convenient location•super cute updated rental•so clean (which we greatly appreciated)•supplied extras, that were nice to have on hand•host is responsive and easy to contact Highly recommend!

Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Zach E.

26 Jan 2025

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great Gasparilla!!

Mel was very accommodating and the house is amazing! Can’t wait to come back!

Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Steve B.

19 Jan 2025

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

a few nights for a business event

clean and nicely appointed home in fun area. short walk to restaurants and night life and the trolley to downtown. very responsive and helpful host and will stay here again when back in the area.

Stayed 5 nights in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Jennifer R.

8 Apr 2025

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great stay in YBor!

Simply put, this is one of the best rental properties I have stayed in! It was very nicely updated, roomy, clean, and had everything you could need and more! The kitchen was well stocked down to the spices. Plenty of games, cards, books, extra towels…even sunscreen. Uber to downtown Tampa was easy and reasonable. A few other reviews talked about the condition of the area. It is an old, historic neighborhood in a city. You will find narrow streets and some run down homes sitting next to million dollar properties. Nothing about Casa Grande felt unsafe for four women traveling together.The host was very accommodating and easy to communicate with! If I could give this 10 stars, I would!

Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Thomas W.

4 May 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great stay

This place was amazing. Would definitely stay here when I’m in Tampa again

Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Thomas W.

26 Jun 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great stay

Second time staying at this property and it was great as usual. The location is perfect

Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Bobby H.

4 Dec 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Cigar Heritage Festival

Great property. Clean and close to Ybor, but not within walking distance.

Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

demere m.

30 Dec 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, listing accuracy

Short stay with the kids

Super close to the aquarium and kids museum/riverwalk. Host is awesome. Fantastic communicator.

Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jake H.

13 Aug 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Awesome!

Awesome and very nice place to stay! Close enough to Uber wherever. Very good communication with the host, I would definitely recommend it!

Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

James O.

6 Jan 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Ybor and Downtown Tampa Visit

Super cute home located close to historic Ybor with easy options to get to downtown Tampa. Perfect for activities during the day and then cooking or chilling at home in the evening. Mel, the host, is super helpful and a great communicator!

Stayed 5 nights in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Alison B.

1 Mar 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great Experience..!

This was overall a great experience and I would definitely recommend this location.. it was close to everything you needed.. restaurants, groceries, pharmacy, beaches, water… and my favourite cigar / whiskey bars. 8 minutes from Ybor’s main strip which is a must experience. Thanks again.!

Stayed 5 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Ashley G., Suffolk, VA

20 Feb 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Precious Bungalow!

Mel's place was wonderful! We had an amazing stay and Mel was fantastic with communication! The bungalow was beautiful, roomy, clean and had easy access to everywhere we had to travel during our stay. It was a quiet neighborhood with lovely neighbors! I would highly recommend this place to others and will return if we need to visit Tampa again

Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2023

10/10 Excellent

John D., United States

4 Feb 2024

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Ybor House

Clean and cozy. Very well appointed in a cute neighborhood. Convenient to everything! Host was very engaged via text. Had no need to call.

Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Danielle F.

20 Nov 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Would stay again

The home was exactly as pictured. We only stayed 2 nights, but the neighbors to the left were super friendly, the owner was responsive and we were not far from Busch Gardens or Clearwater. The only thing is that the owner’s brother lives in the back in a separate property and that wasn’t disclosed until after we booked, but it wasn’t an issue. We just used the front porch, which was big and comfy. My family loved it here.

Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Cindy M.

13 Nov 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great for ladies weekend

3 generations of our family stayed here for a ladies weekend. We had coffee on the patio in the morning, shopped in the area and rode the streetcar from Ybor City to the Tampa convention center and back. Mel was so welcoming and the house was spotless and relaxing. Decor was stylish and fun and we loved the meme game. Lots of board games and supplies for a comfortable home away from home stay!

Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Craig G.

7 Apr 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Cralicia's Ybor experience at Casa Grande

My family and I had a fantastic Ybor experience. Casa Grande is as described. I was personally impressed with the attention to details. So much so than I'm booked to come back next year. A short drive or Uber will have you in the heart of the excitement of Ybor's 7th Avenue. Thank you Mel for being a gracious host. - Crailicia

Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Rogelio M., Miami Springs

1 Feb 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

La Casita

The stay was great. The house was perfect for 6 adults. My friends and I had a great time in Tampa. The neighborhood is up and coming but I felt very safe walking around. We were able to walk to La Segunda Bakery, the US’s oldest Cuban Bakery, each morning for some Cuban bread, coffee, and pastries. We did witness a rooster arguing with a cat in the neighborhood which was quite entertaining! The rooster won but the cat was ok. I highly recommend staying here if you want a central location with easy access to all of Tampa’s attractions, especially in Ybor City and Downtown.

Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2023

10/10 Excellent

Kimberly H., Longwood

10 Jul 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Perfect VRBO

Our host thought of everything! The VRBO has a name: Casa Grande and a story which our host shares. I was excited about staying here even before we walked-in. However when walking up the porch stairs and through the front door of this lovely home, I was even more excited. The attention to detail was beyond impressive. Its interior appearance looked directly out of an interior magazine. WE had an absolutely lovely time hanging out, playing games and even sleeping in the beautiful rooms. Mel was attentive and available to help with my extra requests and needs. Five Stars all the way around!

Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

29 May 2023

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Casa Grande

Our family absolutely loved our week at Casa Grande! It felt like home, only better! While we were in town we had local family come over to visit for the day...perfect place to catch up with one another! Love the different areas of the home to relax...mornings on the front porch, reading on the comfortable living room couch or enjoying a fun game, a cozy breakfast at the table in the "office" that doubled in the evening as a place for the kids to play a few games..cooking together in the kitchen and enjoying food and conversation around the dining room table to a quiet night relaxing on the back deck with patio lights and a candle on the table. Filled the house with fun and laughter and took home some great memories! Beds are super comfortable. A highlight is that it was an easy 40 minute drive to Tiki Gardens beach access on Indian Shores to enjoy the beautiful Gulf of Mexico! Melissa and Kyle are excellent hosts and have done a beautiful work with the home! We look forward to returning! Whether your on your own, a couple on a honeymoon or a family with kids of any age... Casa Grande is perfect and will only get better!

Stayed 7 nights in May 2023

2/10 Terrible

Jon S., Bonita Springs,Fl,USA

2 Feb 2024

Disliked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Everything but fabulous!

4 adult men arrive at the house to find a man living in the garage 6 ft away from the house. All four beds had hair in them! Not one hair, lots of hairs, not one bed all four beds in three different rooms! You wouldn’t find this acceptable anywhere or with anyone. The neighborhood most homes have bars on the windows. Not a safe area? After listening to some locals I would guess not! We moved out immediately! The Host said the guy living in garage her brother. The hairs in bed we would find in hotel rooms. I spend 3-4 nights a week in hotels 3 months a year working and never found hairs in the bed! Fabulous is not how we would described this property! For four adult men not being comfortable staying in this house, moved out and went and stayed in hotel rooms is saying a lot! If you want clean house without hairs in your bed, host found this to be acceptable, we didn’t! A neighborhood you could feel comfortable, safe walking around. Look for another property! Nothing Fabulous at this property.

Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Paul G.

20 May 2025

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Clean, lovely, and great communication.

The bungalow was perfect for us. Mel was a treat to work with and made our stay simple. The place had everything we needed, and was decorated vey well. Id absolutely stay there there any time I am in town.

Stayed 3 nights in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

SAMUEL N.

29 Apr 2025

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Casa Grande is Awesome

Very nice house well maintained, close to I-4 and Downtown. Very quiet neighborhood. The house have everything you need and a lot of space .

Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2025

About the host

Hosted by Melissa Kelly

I love people, new places, and adventure. I own an Interior Design Studio downtown. Once upon a time, I was a yacht stewardess traveling the high seas working with crew from around the globe to bring top-notch hospitality services to our guests. I love that I can offer people a great experience right here in Tampa. Live the life you love, Love the life you live.

Why they chose this property

Casa Grande offers a true sense of hygge. A quiet haven to explore a new city, short walk the trolly and Centro, Downtown’s nightlife, a great food and bar scene, plus lots of art and history. Whatever brings you to the Tampa Bay area you appreciate the convenient location to everything!

What makes this property unique

Our home was built in 1908 and is part of the National Landmark District, VM Ybor. You can walk to the heart of Ybor City in less than 1o minute or catch a trolly to downtown! Our community park one block East offers a huge pool and splash pad as well as Pickle Ball courts.

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2 bedrooms (sleeps 6)

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Tampa

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10/10 Excellent

Darin B.

Great Spot

Darin B.

10/10 Excellent

Michael T.

Amazing spot!!

Michael T.

8/10 Good

Tami F.

Clean, Communication

Tami F.

10/10 Excellent

Jennifer W.

Cozy comfy bungalow

Jennifer W.

10/10 Excellent

Zach E.

Great Gasparilla!!

Zach E.

10/10 Excellent

Steve B.

a few nights for a business event

Steve B.

10/10 Excellent

Jennifer R.

Great stay in YBor!

Jennifer R.

10/10 Excellent

Thomas W.

Great stay

Thomas W.