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An Ybor City Ghost Tour and Haunted Pub Crawl Beginning at Tampa Bay Brewing Company
1600 E 8th Ave, Tampa, FL 33605
Research updated September 2026
Age
21+ for the Booze and Boos Tour and its private version; 18+ (21+ to purchase alcohol) for the private Nightmares and Nightcaps Tour
Cost
$$
Tampa Booze and Boos Tour from $29.95 (extended version to ~$35); Tampa Private Booze and Boos Tour from $350 (group rate); Tampa Private Nightmares and Nightcaps Tour from $325 for up to 10 people (standard season) / $375 September 15-November 15, plus $27.50 per additional guest. Pricing per Nightly Spirits' Tampa booking pages.
Access
Limited Access
Just under one mile of Ybor City sidewalks, entering multiple bars; the operator does not recommend the tour for guests with mobility restrictions.
Equipment
Photos OK
Ybor City Historic District (National Historic Landmark) · Ybor Factory Building complex
Nightly Spirits operates costumed ghost-tour pub crawls in roughly twenty U.S. cities. In Tampa its route runs through Ybor City, the late-19th/early-20th-century cigar-manufacturing district founded by Vicente Martinez Ybor, covering just under one mile and entering 3-4 bars. Both public and private tours meet at Tampa Bay Brewing Company, 1600 E 8th Ave, itself housed in Ybor City's historic Ybor Factory Building complex.
Nightly Spirits maintains a listing with Visit Tampa Bay, the region's official destination-marketing organization, independent of the operator's own marketing, alongside a substantial TripAdvisor review presence.
Sources
The Booze and Boos Tour page references 'devastating fires, serial killers, and prohibition speakeasies,' the reported ghost of Vicente Martinez Ybor 'as his ghostly cigar burns bright in the darkness,' and 'The Vampire of Ybor City' as recurring storytelling themes, while explicitly disclaiming a guaranteed route or bar count. No individual haunting is attributed to a specific named building on the operator's own page beyond the Tampa Bay Brewing Company meeting point.
All of this is the tour operator's own marketing material, not documented history independently verified for this listing; it is included here as a description of what the tours cover, not as an endorsement of any specific claim.
A 2.5-hour, 21-and-up ghost tour and pub crawl through Ybor City, covering just under one mile and visiting 3-4 haunted bars. Tickets start at $29.95 (extended version ~$35). Meets at Tampa Bay Brewing Company, 1600 E 8th Ave.
A private version of the Booze and Boos Tour for corporate events, team building, and holiday parties, starting at $350. Booking cannot be guaranteed more than one month in advance.
A private, 1.5-hour, 18-and-up walking tour through Ybor City's haunted locations, beginning at Tampa Bay Brewing Company. Starts at $325 for up to 10 people (standard season) / $375 September 15-November 15, plus $27.50 per additional guest. Flexible start times 1pm-8pm daily; alternate pickup locations available at select hotels.
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Named meeting point for both the public Booze and Boos Tour and the private Nightmares and Nightcaps Tour, inside Ybor City's historic Ybor Factory Building complex.
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Denver, CO
Nightly Spirits is a multi-city ghost-tour and haunted-pub-crawl operator running a Denver program centered on LoDo, meeting at Celtic on Market and covering Denver Union Station and the Oxford Hotel; a second South Broadway route is currently private-booking-only.
Charleston, SC
Nightly Spirits is a multi-city ghost-tour and haunted-pub-crawl operator running public and private programs in about 20 U.S. cities, including a Historic Downtown Charleston route with a kid-friendly pirate-themed option. The company has been recognized as a top-rated U.S. ghost tour by USA Today in multiple years.
Washington, DC
Nightly Spirits is a multi-city ghost-tour and haunted-pub-crawl operator; its Washington D.C. program runs a public 21+ Booze and Boos pub crawl beginning and ending at the Willard Hotel, plus private versions of the Booze and Boos, Spooktacular, and Nightmares and Nightcaps tours, and school field trips.