Tampa Sail House: Easy Walk to Downtown Riverwalk, Restaurants, Parks, Concerts

Astonishing high-end, renovated mid-century modern home offered by Premier/Super Host owner has everything needed for a comfortable, relaxing and enjoyable stay while exploring Tampa Bay. It is centrally located near Downtown Tampa w/ quick access to I -275 & I-4; and all of Tampa Bay including St. Petersburg, Clearwater, white sand Gulf beaches, ZooTampa, Busch Gardens Theme Park, & Tampa Int'l Airport for quick access to area attractions, restaurants, and other fun activities.

Abundant glass windows & doors in the living room and kitchen provides a bright, airy open space to view the tropical garden landscape outside; blurring the lines between indoor and outdoor living. Enjoy your privacy and relaxation after exploring the excitement offered by the Tampa Riverwalk; a short 10 minute walk from the house. Welcome to your Tampa home!

A front yard and fenced backyard provides ample area for outdoor recreational activities, or for simply relaxing in a quilted two-person hammock in a butterfly garden under the filtered canopy and shade of neighboring 180 year old grand oak trees.

The open-space floorplan combines the living room/kitchen/dining area spaces for socializing. Expansive window views make the interior common space light and airy.

The 3 bedrooms feature 1 king, 1 queen, and 2 twin/single sized beds with memory foam mattresses, high thread count linens and pillows for a restful night's sleep.

A fully provisioned kitchen contains cookware, flatware, dinnerware, cooking utensils, and a coffee maker; just bring your own food and an appetite. A outdoor grill is also available for the aspiring chef/pyromaniac. Whole Foods, Sprouts, Publix and other supermarkets are 0.5 - 2 miles distant.

1 Gb ultra high-speed hard-wired Internet w/ high speed WiFi uploads/downloads facilitate working from home. Smart TV w/ Hulu TV are included; or access your own Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney+, Apple, HBO Max or other streaming service accounts through the available TV apps.

Guests have exclusive use of the house, washer/dryer, utility room and fenced backyard. Parking for 2 vehicles is available in the front driveway. The house features easy keyless entry check-in; pick your own 6 digit code prior to arrival. The air handler hallway closet is locked and reserved for owner use between rentals.

Located in Tampa's West Riverfront neighborhood, a vibrant area populated with young professionals, University of Tampa faculty, families and diverse long time residents, this home is an easy walk to Downtown Tampa's premier riverfront parks , attractions, restaurants, pubs & the Tampa Riverwalk. A long established neighborhood adjacent to Downtown Tampa and just north of the Historic Hyde Park District, it boasts a mix of single family homes, condos, apartments, restaurants and light commercial offices; as well as drop-in, friendly drinking establishments and nearby breweries. The West Riverfront neighborhood has reached “critical mass” as the place to work, live and play. As such, new residential homes are being constructed, which may occasionally result in light construction noise.

The neighborhood has a very high "walk-able" and biking index as most errands can be accomplished on foot, with an abundance of sights and fun activities also within easy walking and biking range. Live like a local at some of our favorite nearby local places and activities including:

Julian B. Lane Riverfront Park - Tampa’s newest large riverfront park features picnic pavilions, a children’s water park, public tennis courts, dragon boat river center, open-air table tennis, chess, bocce ball, wide open green spaces, and is an ideal location for quality family time. Its tree and bench lined riverfront affords magnificent daytime cityscape views of the Downtown Tampa skyline and the Riverwalk, as well as colorful nightscapes providing the perfect backdrop for romance or quiet introspection. Our favorite piece of public art in the park is The Form of Wonder (a.k.a The Canopy) by artist Marc Fornes. From Julian B. Lane Riverfront Park, it is only a 5-10 minute walk across the Hillsborough River to the Tampa Riverwalk and downtown attractions. Browse for treasures at Schiller's Architectural and Design Salvage on the walk to the park.

Downtown Tampa - The Tampa Riverwalk is the city’s premiere riverfront entertainment attraction; connecting the Tampa Heights/Armature Works (a converted former electric trolley maintenance center) on the northern edge of Downtown Tampa with the Water Street/Channelside District southeast of downtown terminating at The Florida Aquarium. This 12' wide, 2.6 mile pedestrian and family friendly promenade highlights the best of Downtown Tampa around every turn, including:

- The Armature Works / Tampa Public Heights Market
- U-le-le Restaurant
- Waterworks Water Park, Children's Water Splash Pad & Green Space
- Julian B. Lane Riverfront Park with Water Splash Pad
- The Straz Center for the Performing Arts
- Tampa Museum of Art / Sonos Restaurant
- Glazer Children’s Museum
- Iconic University of Tampa “Onion-Dome” Minarets & Henry Plant Museum
- Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park & Green Space (great downtown views)
- The Historic Tampa Theatre (Restored regal & ornate theatre built in 1926 w/ backstage tours, Indie movies, and special events.)
- Famous Tampa Postcard Mural (on Royal St. between Florida Ave. & Franklin St.)
- Four Green Fields Irish Pub
- Tampa Convention Center
- Amalie Arena (Tampa Bay Lightning professional hockey and concert venue.)
- Sail Pavilion Waterfront Bar
- Tampa Bay Water Bike Company
- Tampa Bay Stand-Up Paddle-Boarding (SUP)
- Pirate Water Taxi Boat Rides
- Remedy
- Yacht Starship Dinner Cruises
- Sparkman Wharf / Water Street
- Florida Aquarium / Channelside
- WWII Liberty Ship Tours
- Cruise Ship Terminals
- Historic 1926 Fortune Taylor (Laurel Street) & Iconic 1926 Cass Street Bridges
- City Bike Tampa E. Cass St to rent additional bikes or for bicycle accessories,

Historic Hyde Park / SoHo / Beautiful Bayshore Boulevard -

Favorite eating and drinking establishments (we have personally tried each one and frequent them often:)

Mixed Cuisine Food Venues:

- Armature Works/Heights Public Market: Self-service, indoor/outdoor seating, food hall and event venue.
- Sparkman Wharf/Water Street: Self-service, indoor/outdoor seating food hall and event venue.

Bakeries, Health & Natural Foods:
- Alessi Bakery: Locally owned bakery on Cypress St., a true Tampa landmark dating back over a century to 1912, best Cuban sandwich and best guava and cream cheese pastries, assorted additional pastries, deli lunches, catering, breads and cakes.
- Rollin Oats: Locally owned, natural food market and café serving the Tampa Bay community since 1994.

Iconic Pizzeria and Italian Restaurants:
- Bella's Italian Cafe on S. Howard Italian Food or
- Bernini in Ybor City for Italian food.
- Cappy's Pizza (cash only) on Bay to Bay Blvd for eclectic and fun pizza restaurant.
- Lee's Grocery (Pizza Pub) on N. Central Ave
- Bavaro's Pizza or Eddie & Sam's N.Y. Pizza in downtown.

Steak Restaurants:
- Bern's Steakhouse, locally owned legendary steakhouse since 1954.
- Armani's Restaurant is a high end, fine dining restaurant near the airport with sweeping views of Tampa Bay
- Steelbach Steak Restaurant & Southern Cuisine

Neighborhood Pubs / Sports Bars:
- Rick's on the River, marina & casual waterfront dining with indoor or outdoor seating.
- Hattrick's, best dry rub chicken wings, sports bar downtown.
- King of the Coop for hot-n-spicy, Nashville-style chicken.

Cuban Restaurants:
- The Columbia Restaurant in Ybor City open since 1905; or
- The Columbia Café on the Tampa Riverwalk adjacent to the Tampa Bay History Center.
- Michelle Faedo's Tampeño Cuisine.

Asian Cuisine / Sushi Restaurants:
- Yoko's Japanese Restaurant for sushi.
- Samurai Blue (Ybor City) for sushi.
- Yummy House South Tampa on Dale Mabry Hwy for best Chinese food.

Mexican Cuisine:
- Taco Bus (downtown) for taco's and late night food.
- Miguel's Mexican Grill on Kennedy Blvd for table service, authentic Mexican food.

Middle Eastern Cuisine:
- Bayshore Mediterranean Grill on Interbay Blvd. for superior Middle Eastern Food.

Craft Breweries:
- Coppertail Brewing Company in Ybor City for best brewery
- Cigar City Brewing Company in Tampa on Spruce Street
- Tampa Bay Brewing Company in Ybor City.
- Bay Cannon Beer Company

Iconic American Cuisine:
- Goody Goody in Hyde Park Village for best vintage burgers.
- The Anchor Bar (downtown) on Twiggs St. for the best dive /sports bar, also great burgers.
- Wright's Gourmet House for sandwiches, cakes, cupcakes and catering.
- Cass Street Deli for best deli style sandwiches.
- The Portico Cafe (downtown) for best smoothies, deli sandwiches, and a quick lunch.
- Oxford Exchange for lunch, brunch (highest rated Insta restaurant in Tampa.)