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Your One Stop Guide to Historic Tarpon Springs, Florida and The Famous Sponge Docks. Greek Restaurants, Greek Hertitage, Historic sites.
Looking to visit the Tarpon Springs Sponge Docks? A complete guide for the best shops, boat tours, where to stay, and more.
1) Tarpon Springs Sponge Docks Of course, you have to visit the Sponge Docks while in Tarpon Springs. All aspects of the sponge industry are available to view in Tarpon Springs, from the harvesting to the sale of the sponges.
There’s a lot of history here in Tarpon Springs Sponge Docks. It was fun for us to peruse the streets and meet a lot of the Greek locals whose ancestors immigrated and cultivated sponges for their livelihood.
Come explore the beautiful Tarpon Springs Sponge Docks and enjoy delicious Greek foods, sponge diving, tours, treats, shops, and more.
Stop by the Tarpon Springs Cultural Center, housed inside the old City Hall on Pinellas Avenue to find out about walking and bus tours plus see a film on Tarpon Springs history. A city trolley goes back and forth between downtown and the sponge docks of Tarpon Springs.
You can make a great day out of strolling Tarpon Springs’ most well-known attraction: the historic Sponge Docks, a busy pedestrian area on the Anclote River with shops, restaurants, sponge...
Tourism has now replaced sponging as Tarpon’s big money maker, thanks in part of people visiting the Sponge Docks. Today you’ll find lots of Greek restaurants, unique shops and sponge industry history at the docks.
Located north of Clearwater, Florida along the Gulf Coast, the Tarpon Springs Sponge Docks offer a unique and immersive experience for tourists seeking a taste of Greek heritage intertwined with maritime history.
Walk along Dodecanese Boulevard to see docked sponge boats, shops selling seas sponges and restaurants serving up authentic Greek cuisine. The early sponge industry created a need for eating places at the Docks for the boat crews.