Instead, history shows that Florida’s 20th governor, Albert W. Gilchrist owned a hotel on Gasparilla Island. He bought land ...

Gasparilla Parade, also known as the Gasparilla Pirate Festival, is a Tampa-based yearly event with more than a century-long ...

Those pesky pirates are invading Tampa again. For more than 100 years, Tampa city leaders have held the signature Gasparilla ...

For those wondering, Gasparilla means "little Gaspar" in Spanish. But was he actually real? The man is mostly likely a myth!

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — This month hundreds of thousands of people are expected to return to Tampa for the yearly Gasparilla Pirate Festival, taking place on Jan 25. Though the festival is one of ...

Tampa's time-honored tradition of the Gasparilla Parade of Pirates brings hundreds of thousands to the Tampa Bay area. It is ...

Clements teaches people about the pirate life at the Real Pirates Museum in Salem, Massachusetts. But it wasn’t until a year ...

TAMPA, Fla. — The Krewe of Europa is bringing the “krewe experience” to the world and in this year’s Gasparilla, some parts ...

While some expressed concerns about safety, others who have previously attended say the security measures that city leaders ...

Instead, history shows that Florida’s 20th governor, Albert W. Gilchrist owned a hotel on Gasparilla Island. He bought land at Boca Grande in 1897, an outpost, and wanted to develop it into a town.

We have a history of Gasparilla, starting when they arrived on horseback. And the Tampa Bay History Center has recounted Gasparilla floats through years, which have gotten more elaborate with each ...