A beautiful and lively park located in downtown Tampa. There’s many restaurants and eateries surrounding the park perfect for getting a bite. I would definitely recommend Eddie and Sam’s New York pizza! When we were there, there was music and a good number of attractions such as ice skating and electrical scooters available for rent. Definitely worth visiting at night or in the day time and definitely great for Christmas time! There’s a playground for children to play on as well located right near the water. The only down side was the extremely long line for the bathroom as there was only one stall throughout the whole park. Overall a great experience!

The best day to go is on sundays if you go by car the area has plenty of meter parking which is free to park on sundays. Not much to eat in the area but for a good walk we enjoyed it. There was a lot of boat traffic which very nice to see . Along the walk near the museum there was a stand that sells cold drinks and frozen ice pops. The public restrooms were open, beware of children because they allow bicycles on the walkway. Some riders were going a little fast and very close to people as you walk. But nice

Was ok until my girlfriend fell as she tripped on broken sidewalk along river...so we didnt get to explore much! Not much of a warning when were visiting for first time....lucky she didnt break her 77 year old hip! Sore, scrapped up too....good Samaritans offered theyre assistance right away!Disappointed in citys efforts to warn a very heavily traveled pedestrian path!!

Beautiful open space. Access to the riverwalk and lots of sun. The eateries were closed and more parking is needed. There are signs reminding you to wear your masks, so dont forget them!

Amazing light show that danced with the music that was playing. Plenty of areas to sit and enjoy the view. They need more bathrooms, the line for the bathroom was extremely long but other than that we had wonderful time.

A beautiful park on the Hillsborough river with the Tampa skyline on one side of the park & the University of Tampa with its unique architecture across the river. The Tampa Art Museum can be seen on the North side of the park. Great area to visit & chill outdoors!

Absolutely amazing environment at all hours of the day! There are people/children/animals of all ages and backgrounds together in one beautiful place. You’ll find people with skate boards, roller skate, scooters, bikes, etc. It is such an exciting place to be.

It is so pretty here. It is dog friendly and I loved how there was plenty to do for everyone. They had electronic scooters and bikes to ride to rent.

I absolutely love this place. Always something to do. Fun for the whole family. Lots of places to eat. Pet friendly.

Nice place to go on walks, bike rides, and even have electric schooters everywhere to rent. Everything seems clean and had public restrooms and drinks fountains. Definitely a place to check out if youre in or around Tampa.

I onewheel down here daily. Its a great place for just about anything. Food, relaxing, dating, fun and even ice skating depending on the time of year!

Very nice place for family or friends to enjoy together. Theres also lots of single people just enjoying a nice run or peaceful walk. Love it there! Bring your doggies too.

Amazing park with so many events, things to do, and the riverwalk just keeps getting better. Be careful at night, but you should be fine.

Awesome! Really cool spot. Great view of downtown and the river walk awesome.

It is an ideal location for gatherings. Some of my friends once arranged a small Latin dance gathering there and it was great. Strangely, the bathroom in that park has air-conditioning!

We took the railcar over and the driver told me about all the chickens/rooster. They are very cool! Besides that, nothing much to see here besides homeless people.

Was amazing. Ice skating beautiful views.All decorated for the holidays.

The premier public park in Tampa Bay Area currently! No questions. Theres other spots, but none cater to a more diverse crowd and attracts more traffic that Curtis Hixon! My family loves walking downtown and Curtis Hixon park is always a destination. I also love the many events held here. A lot of space and the highest standards of maintenance make this a locals playground and a tourist attraction. Great job done here

This is a great park to go relax with your friends and family, especially around sunset time. Located right in the middle of Downtown, Tampa. There is a huge parking garage right next door. There are street parking as well. Parking fee is very reasonable. You can access to river walk from this park. You can watch beautiful sunsets here with the beautiful downtown skyline behind you. People go there to walk, ride bicycles, and to sit down and relax. During summer times, there are water fountains where kids have so much fun. I highly recommend this place to anyone visiting Tampa.

This place is really awesome. I took my students here while we were on a field trip to the University of Tampa. I suggest you check it out.

Such a beautiful and large park,I love going here with my boyfriend just walking and talking.

Love this park after dark! A very romantic night out for a couple or young family.A great place to meet new people face to face, a great gathering spot! I with the art museum were open late night!

Excellent, only issue is the reservations for ice skating. No walk up service. So when you see the place off the street and decide to go in. You can not get into the ice skating at all, unless you book online.

I love this park! Tampa Bay Lightning watch parties, Christmas events, and to just go down and walk around. I love taking pictures from the park! Nice open fields for my dog to run around in.

A great venue for Gasparilla Music Festival. Set up well, ease of entry, staff all pleasant, and the entire layout was great. Plenty of food and drink options but the best part was the music. The only complaint I have and its getting to be a common complaint from going to shows of the late... People need to learn to be respectful of the artists and other concert goers and please be quiet so folks can enjoy the reason they came!

What a great place to visit and walk around and see all the different cultural groups and events I have always loved downtown Tampa but now its really a good time for everyone

I absolutely love this park! Its always amazingly clean and it has a great landscape. Great for picnic, exercise or even to just walk around. During Christmas time they have an ice skating ring which is super nice for kids and parents or just anyone of any age.

The create a Winter Park..good coffee offer by KAHWA..!!

Love this park and the Riverwalk. Tampa did such a great job building this Riverwalk. Lots of great bars and restaurants up and down at all different expense levels. Recommend highly!

Curtis Hixon is a well thought out Park with really cool lights and lots of cool chill spots. Usually there are awesome music and sports events. Family fun. Except for the crazies. You get em at EVERY park. But theyre still people.

Its a beautiful outdoor experience. Great for running, walking and biking. There is a dog park near by if you would like to bring along your companion.

Love it, peopke were respecting social distancing and wearing

Great place,lots of fun and spacious.

Really enjoyed the Holiday Market, particularly Apartmentno3. Stylish, good taste, charming owner.

Such a pretty view of downtown and the river! Lots of space and wearing with the large steps, very easy to stay distant from other groups and park guests.

It was a beautiful city park...and have an awesome picture I took there of swans on the waters edge (Ill try to attach).

Beautiful park right across from beautiful University of Tampa. Lots of foot traffic makes it lively. The riverwalk is gorgeous. Especially worth it from September to February.

Love coming here with my daughter and our dog!! This place is relaxing and full of Tampa Life! Makes me proud to live inYbor City/Channelside!!

Chill vibe! Good with the fam.

Big outdoor seating area. Seafood quesadilla was excellent

Cool time, nice park. Praising Jesus with so many like minded believers was amazing.️

Winter Village at Curtis Hixon Park Downtown Tampa .. We stopped after passing it so glad we did it was wonderful will go back when little shops are open. If you are in tje area definitely take a walk through the park. Weather was cool and perfect! Happy holidays all!

What a lovely place! Great view, close to everything: Sparkmans Wharf, Childrens Museum, Eddie & Sams, Urban Cantina.. taxi boats, great attractions and lots to do. Great park for the kids.. awesome night scene with live music and lively atmosphere. Good spot to kill a few hrs with the family.

Very good for walking and working out. You also can take you kids to. Little playground if you want

Nice park area, big spaces for kids to play and the events on the grounds are very cool. If I could recommend something Id like to see a bathroom section halfway through the trail.

I went on a Tuesday evening I really didnt expect so many people out there I felt like on that day or any other day it could have been that people werent self distancing themselves but we still had fun

Its a park on the waterfront; but you probably guessed that by the name.Im there every time I visit it.Maybe you could be too.

Fun place for family. Lots of room people social distancing and staying safe.

Lets Worship with Sean Feucht event. It was Awesome, Powerful full of the Love of Jesus, Impactful for our City, our Nation and our world.

The view from this place to the canal its cute but nothing much to do. I would have add more restaurants and bars around to make this park more interesting and also bring more people around specially locals.

This park is beautiful. The playground is fun and modern, there is a splash pad, clean bathrooms and plenty of unique things to do. Its truly a photographic view of the heart of Tampa. Also. The bathrooms are usually pretty clean.

What a great trail right nice to the water located downtown with parking garage. I love the ambience. The pictionary usf just right across the street

This is a very nice park. For St. Patricks day, they dyed the water green! It was very pretty and very cool. The park is downtown, right next to the museum. It seems to be dog friendly too as there were a lot of people with their dogs! A nice place to go on a pretty day!

Love the lighting of the buildings around the park... A special playground look great for exercise the kids and parents. Picnic tables. Awesome River Walk, bench and resting areas along the river. ... Very sad many homeless all day and night ... some of them grouped together ocuping the testing areas...all of these make the park no safe and ugly....

Beautiful park along river walk. Highly recommended

Some great views. But as soon as dusk comes run. The sceaters will eat u alive, lol.

If you come to visit Tampa, Fl or if you live in Tampa you have to come to Curtis Hixon Park. The new river walk sidewalk sits alongside the river and hosts many benches and water taxis, you can rent scooter or bikes. Sometimes musicians play there it’s very centrally located to everything. Come check it out!

Awesome park for the kids for the adults for the teens for everybody its basically the staple park in Tampa.

Really great place to visit in the city of Tampa. Can walk along the river, see what events are going on, people watch and find some food nearby. During new years and Christmas time events pop up in the area for everyone to visit and enjoy, such as lights and boat parades. A nice to visit if you have the time.

Nice place went for the pig jig. Had a great time.

Perfect free way to cool down during hot days. Kids love it. Grass area it’s a nice open area during nonevent days. River walk it’s calming and lovely for walks, bike rides, or stroller rides. Trick o treating it’s great every year.

Really nice area to spend time with your loved ones.

Great experience. Awesome people. Keep Tampa Beautiful!

Nice place, we got there little late, but overall, good place

Such great history and skyline - at night it really is wander ti behold

Visited The Seafood Festival at Curtis Hixon Park, it was a great experience. Wonderful food, music, and local vendors. Highly recommend visiting the park, whether for a festival or just a visit/walk by the river.

When you’re visiting a large city, you often need to take a break. I don’t mean a break that involves a visit to a restaurant for food and drink. I mean a break from the hustle of the city. Most every large city has at least one place to try to get away and in Tampa, Florida, that place is Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park, an urban park located next to the Hillsborough River. .I stayed in downtown Tampa recently when I was touring the area in support of my beer blog, Great Beer Now. Since I always like to include natural settings and attractions whenever and wherever I travel, I decided that a visit to Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park was a must. It is right on the edge of downtown and it was an easy walk from my hotel room.Curtis Hixon Park is an urban park and it is thus not as natural as some other parks. It is loaded with concrete and other structures, so it may not suffice for someone who wants to put any trace of the city behind him/her. Still, it is nonetheless a park and it does have enough natural elements to help you enjoy a much needed break from the city. It’s also large enough- about 8 acres- to offer many things while still small enough to navigate on foot.Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park has multiple fountains, groves of palm trees, and open space for entertainment. There is an amphitheater here and I saw many ads when I visited for festivals and local entertainment. And once you’re finished with your time in the park, you can continue walking down the Tampa Bay Riverwalk, which happens to be the longest continuous sidewalk in the USA, or visit one of the museums that are basically attached to the park. The park even has its own tavern, which is always a plus in my book. And if you have kids, you can walk them over to the kids’ outdoor play area.Because it is next to downtown, Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park is easy walking distance to many hotels and other attractions. I walked here directly from my downtown hotel and while I would have liked it more if the park was more natural overall, I still liked what I experienced and I recommend a stroll in Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park the next time you’re in downtown Tampa, Florida.

One of the best parks in Tampa with something always going on here! Festivals pretty much every weekend.. With great views of downtown and University of Tampa.. With direct access to the Riverwalk, Childrens Museum and Tampa Museum of Art!

Beautiful walkway and scenery. Only 4 stars because the dog park was the dumbest park Ive ever seen.

Park is on the waterfront you will enjoy especially when the weather is good!

Arrived 9am. Sunday morning. Lots of parking available. Area clean,walking and running and biking available next to river.

Such a great public space that Tampa utilizes very well. Last night was a free concert for Riverwalk Festival. The sunset was free too.

A great place to enjoy the beautiful Florida weather. There’s a huge lawn where they hold multiple festivals and concerts throughout the year. Surrounded by the Tampa skyline and with the University of Tampa right across the river this is a prime place for photo shoots. There’s plenty of street parking and a parking garage close.It’s attached to the River Walk which will take you for a gorgeous walk along the Hillsborough River.

They really cleaned up Curtis Hixon Park! People would not have been hanging out here before they put in the time money and effort to make it a nice place. Winter Wonderland was smaller than I expected, but I assume it will continue to grow! A scattering of small vendors during the beginning of the Saturday. Nice to see people actually hanging out in downtown Tampa.The new Riverwalk has beautiful views of University of Tampa. What a great addition to the area. The Poe garage near the library was easy to get in and out of and cheap too! Cant wait to see what they do with the old trip Park Amphitheatre.

Loved it here for the Gaspirilla Music Festival. There are plenty of space so you werent cramped while trying to watch/hear the music. Also, they had great set ups for shade during a hot day. Will go back for sure!

Best place to relax and take a walk along the river ️

Such a wonderful use of Downtown Space. Our Counseling Office did our photo shoot here. Just Awesome!

Whether it’s a festival, concert or just a walk along the river, Curtis Hixon Park is a must see in Tampa. Beautiful outdoor space overlooking the water with amazing restaurants easily accessible through the water taxi. So much to enjoy here!

Good place to walk around while maintaining social distance.

Located right on the Riverwalk and a safe place for children.

Great park right in downtown. Lots of venues. Very clean.

Very nice park right on the Hillsborough River. It has incredible views of the University of Tampa. As well as the Downtown Tampa city skyline. We went during the Winter Village and they had cute little shops and eateries with some amazing food choices, as well as Ice Skating and a giant screen and open lawn to watch Christmas movies for free. They were showing the Grinch on this particular night.In my opinion the BEST feature is the playground. They have this new school type of merry-go-round, more like a slick plastic disc with shallow indentations for tiny bottoms and low rise walls for seat backs. The kids try to pile on as many bodies as they can at once, disregarding seat count, then 3 or 4 kids, usually the bigger ones, all push the thing as fast as they can. If you stand there for a few moments, you can experience the magic of children in flight, the kind that would make Peter Pan jealous! Tiny tots come shooting off that thing like miniature flailing, squealing, misguided missiles. Fortunately the ground is cushioned for a soft landing. They rise, disoriented, they check for blood and body parts, and they return for the next round on the wheel of death. Wish i could post the vid!

I tagged along here as a second shooter on a photo shoot. There is so much going on in this little downtown area of Tampa. It’s a very artsy area with a great view. The University of Tampa is nearby. It’s right along the river and the art pieces surrounding the park make it a very fun little area.

I love skateboarding here even though youre really not supposed to its a pretty chill place

This is probably one of the nicest public parks you will visit. You can see the beautiful University of Tampa across the water, there is a lot of room for kids to run around, you can picnic or play games and even when there are a lot of people there, it doesnt feel crowded. The childrens museum borders the park as well. We recently also went to the Gasparilla Music Fest in the park, and that was so much fun.

Such a wonderful and beautiful place to visit especially at night. The lights and sight are one of a kind. They have events going on through out the year that always has me coming back for more.

This park is so beautiful as it has the best of several worlds. You get the park feel, you get the waterfront feel and the cityscape. There is so much to do here weather it be going on the water taxi, sitting on the lawn, playing in the fountains or playground or walking the boardwalk. Such a great location too and there is always events for the community happening.

I come here wren Im bored or cant think of anything to do. Its great to just relax and read, smoke, listen to music and vibe, bring your kids or dogs. Plus youre basically downtown so you all of those amenities.

One of the best spots in the Bay Area, beautiful outdoor park, direct river walk Access . With plenty of places to grab a bite to eat or a handcrafted cocktail. Make sure you make this a spot to check out when you are in the Downtown Tampa area next time! Always a good decision!!!

Tampa bay seafood festival - was a good day. Small venue with several food, jewellery, photo art &craft vendors. Pics of ther area inside thr festival and area/bldgs that can be seen aroundthe park.

Outdoor yoga on a Sunday evening is just heavenly

It was so beautiful and pretty I saw water and water coming from the ground with lights it was so beautiful

Fun place for the whole family. There are bike rentals, water taxis, boat rentals, and even a dog park right next to the Tampa art museum. There is a river walk that takes u for miles. Across youll find university of Tampa and its Henry Plant museum.

The park is in awesome location, as it’s directly downtown. Tons of parking and things to do around it. The area is always clean and well kept. I love when they have concerts and events set up because they are so well run and look fantastic. The picture is when I saw Cage the Elephant there.

Fun place to wander and people watch. Rock the park is a fun night. Bring a blanket. Something to eat and drink. Enjoy free live music

Good vibes! Perfect Sunday place! You can walk by the river, take a river taxi and even do Yoga!! Love it!

First time to Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park and it was lovely! Lucky Cat Yoga put on very nice class...unfortunately distracted by some loud scooter riders and bicycles with loud music. But all-in-all, a good experience at a waterfront (river) location.

Definitely recommended to go for both day and night. River Walk at night is better than during the day time.

The park is nice and cozy. You feel at ease walking around, enjoying the breeze, etc. I walked twice along the river back and forth, alone and with a friend who arrived later. Just to say how pleasant the walk is.

Fun place to cool off, have a picnic and people watch. Close to a great pizza place and the Glazer Childrens Museum. Located along the water where you can walk to oh there locations such as the WaterWorks Park and Ulele.