World Sponge Month = Trip to Tarpon Springs by FloridaFunTravel
Link to article: https://floridafuntravel.com/our-travels/world-sponge-month-trip-to-tarpon-springs/ According to our crack research team, June is World Sponge Month. And you cannot think of sponges without thinking of Tarpon Springs. In fact, did you know that Tarpon Springs is the “Sponge Capital of the World”? We suggest a road trip is in order. The Epicenter of Spongedom Harvesting…
CELEBRITY CITY – Production company produces Tarpon Springs promotional video
Meant to be ‘springboard’ to increased tourism TARPON SPRINGS — For one day last week Tarpon Springs was transformed into Tinseltown when a production company from Orlando shot a tourism video on Tuesday, April 30. Production house Waymack and Crew filmed at the Sponge Docks, the splash and dog park and the historic downtown district,…
EXPLORE Tarpon Springs
In the 1880s and 1890s, the first local sponge businesses were founded, and as the sponging industry grew, so did the City. Built around the sponging industry, tarpon Springs was once known as the “Venice of the South” and has long touted the moniker “The Sponge Capital of the World.” Tarpon Springs was the very…