The Best Hotels for First Time Visitors in Tampa

Embassy Suites by Hilton Tampa Downtown Convention Center

Perfect Hotel to Make the Most of Your First Visit

Located at 513 South Florida Avenue, Embassy Suites by Hilton Tampa Downtown Convention Center has great rooms from $198 (before taxes). It offers an outdoor pool, an outdoor pool, a pool bar, a pool bar, and room service. It has a terrific 8.30 rating out of 10 from previous guests who have stayed here. Only 0.4 miles from the city center, first time visitors will especially love room service, a restaurant, a restaurant, a fitness center, and a fitness center at this relaxing hotel. Getting room service delivered is always a nice luxury.

Renaissance Tampa International Plaza Hotel

Great Hotel for First Time Visitors

• Great Value: the price is lower than average for 4-star hotels.
• High Quality: guest ratings are higher than average.
• Heated pool

A great place to stay is Renaissance Tampa International Plaza Hotel which has nice rooms starting at $201. Offering an outdoor pool, room service, a restaurant, a fitness center, and scuba diving, it also has a great guest rating of 8.70 out of 10 from many previous guests. It's located at 4200 Jim Walter Boulevard. This convenient hotel is also nice because it offers snorkeling, a bar, parking, laundry services, and city views which visitors will enjoy. Also, it's just 4 miles from the city center. You'll enjoy unwinding in the hot tub, too.

Tampa Marriott Water Street

Perfect for Your First Visit to Tampa

• High Quality: guest ratings are higher than average.
• Heated pool

We found Tampa Marriott Water Street to be a great place to stay, and the price starts at $300. We loved that is has an outdoor pool, a pool bar, room service, a restaurant, and a fitness center, and it also has a terrific guest rating of 8.70 out of 10 from previous guests. It's located at 505 Water Street. You'll also find scuba diving, a bar, parking, child care, and laundry services which travelers will love. And this fun hotel is just 0.5 miles from the center of town. Make sure to set aside some time for swimming in the pool, too.

JW Marriott Tampa Water Street

A Good Stay for Your First Trip

With terrific rooms from $374, JW Marriott Tampa Water Street, at 510 Water Street provides an outdoor pool, a pool bar, room service, a restaurant, and a fitness center. Its terrific guest rating is 8.50 out of 10 from previous guests staying here. New visitors will really like this amazing hotel which also offers a bar, parking, laundry services, city views, and a spa. It's located just 0.5 miles from the city center, too. Having the delicious restaurant in the hotel is an added bonus.

Grand Hyatt Tampa Bay

Perfect for Your First Time in Tampa

• Great Value: the price is lower than average for 4-star hotels.

Grand Hyatt Tampa Bay has a great guest rating of 8.40 out of 10, and offers an outdoor pool, a pool bar, room service, a restaurant, and a fitness center. The great rooms here start at $204 before taxes and depending on the season. It can be found at 2900 Bayport Drive. Furthermore, it also offers a bar, parking, child care, laundry services, and pet-friendly rooms, which is nice for first time visitors. Just 5.7 miles from the city center, this fantastic hotel is a terrific choice. Don't miss the pool bar which offers drinks and a fun area to unwind.

The Barrymore Hotel Tampa Riverwalk

Perfect for First-Timers

• Great Value: the price is lower than average for 3-star hotels.

The great guest rating of The Barrymore Hotel Tampa Riverwalk is 8.30 out of 10. This place has an outdoor pool, a restaurant, a fitness center, snorkeling, and a bar. Prices for the terrific rooms are from $124, and it's located at 111 West Fortune Street. We also love the parking, laundry services, pet-friendly rooms, laundry facilities, and bicycle rental which are great for visitors. And since it's just 0.5 miles from the center of the town, the location is great, too. The price of this hotel is less than average for first time trip hotels, which makes it a great value.

The Tampa EDITION(SM)

Among the Best Places to Stay for a First Visit to Tampa

• High Quality: guest ratings are higher than average.
• Heated pool

A cool place is The Tampa EDITION(SM) because it has great rooms that start at $427. It has an outdoor pool, a pool bar, room service, a restaurant, and a fitness center, it also earned a great guest rating of 9.20 out of 10 from people who have stayed here before. It's found at 500 Channelside Drive. Only 0.5 miles from the city center, travelers will especially love a bar, parking, laundry services, pet-friendly rooms, and city views at this convenient hotel. After a busy day, the heated pool is a nice place to unwind.

The Westin Tampa Waterside

Perfect Hotel to Make the Most of Your First Visit

The Westin Tampa Waterside offers an outdoor pool, room service, a restaurant, a fitness center, and a bar which we really like. The terrific rooms here start at $218 (before taxes). It's located at 725 South Harbour Island Boulevard and has earned a guest rating of 8.10/10. This fun hotel is also nice because it offers parking, laundry services, golf, pet-friendly rooms, and city views which new visitors will enjoy. Also, it's just 0.7 miles from the city center.

AC Hotels by Marriott Tampa Airport

Great Hotel for First Time Visitors

• High Quality: guest ratings are higher than average.

Located at 4020 West Boy Scout Boulevard, AC Hotels by Marriott Tampa Airport has great rooms from $196 (before taxes). It offers an outdoor pool, a pool bar, room service, a restaurant, and a fitness center. It has a terrific 8.90 rating out of 10 from previous guests who have stayed here. You'll also find a bar, parking, laundry services, pet-friendly rooms, and horse riding which first time visitors will love. And this amazing hotel is just 3.4 miles from the center of town.

Hyatt Place Tampa Downtown

Perfect for Your First Visit to Tampa

• High Quality: guest ratings are higher than average.

A great place to stay is Hyatt Place Tampa Downtown which has nice rooms starting at $174. Offering an outdoor pool, a restaurant, a fitness center, a bar, and parking, it also has a great guest rating of 8.90 out of 10 from many previous guests. It's located at 325 North Florida Avenue. Visitors will really like this fantastic hotel which also offers laundry services, pet-friendly rooms, city views, laundry facilities, and air-conditioning. It's located just 0.1 miles from the city center, too.