Gasparilla Road's northbound lane on Coral Creek Bridge to close for sidewalk repairs by ERS Construction, July 16-18, 7 a.m.

Resorts along the Gulf Coast, including a family-owned property, topped the annual "World’s Best Awards" survey for 2025.

Located in Southwest Florida on the scenic barrier island of Boca Grande is The Gasparilla Inn, the 111-year-old resort that "T+L" readers named the best in the state.

Carla Kirk, of Lutz, wears a hat with a pirate ship on it before the start of the Gasparilla Invasion near the Tampa Convention Center on Saturday,Jan. 28, 2023, in Tampa.

LITTLE GASPARILLA ISLAND, Fla. — John Day and his 17-year-old son Jake loaded up their Carolina Skiff this week with a case of water, and other essentials at a marina near Englewood, Fla., to ...

A new parking ordinance restricting off island visits will challenge day fishing and guides here on the island, particularly ...

A Boca Grande Chamber of Commerce survey on visitors to Gasparilla Island is still gathering submissions. It now has over ...

Arrr, Gasparilla 2025 is days away, mateys! The Gasparilla Pirate Festival is a very popular annual parade with a variety of related pirate-themed community events, and it's held in Tampa every ...

The special offers last until Wednesday, Dec. 31. In a press release sent out Wednesday morning, EventFest and Ye Mystic Krewe of Gasparilla say tickets are now available for the 2026 Children's ...

Children's Gasparilla tickets start at $50 per person for reserved seating. The Gasparilla Invasion Brunch starts at $165 per person. Parade of Pirates starts at $65 per person.

The first written account of Gaspar’s marauding come from a brochure for the Gasparilla Inn on Gasparilla Island, located just 100 miles south of Tampa Bay in Charlotte County.

The origins of Gasparilla, both invasion and parade, are owed to what Ye Mystic Krewe of Gasparilla call the “last of the Buccaneers,” the “legendary” pirate captain José Gaspar.