Boiling springs are beautiful.
The Sponge Exchange offers more than 30 specialty shops and restaurants featuring unique and unusual fashions and gifts from Greece and around the world.
Shop
Located in the heart of the historic
Sponge Docks in picturesque Tarpon Springs,
the Sponge Exchange is known for its
great shops situated in an elegantly
refurbished Greek fishing village.
Dine
Casual dining, fine dining, cafes
and dessert.
Events
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Sponge Docks Arts & Crafts Show
October 28 & 29, 2017 - 10:00am to 6:00pmThe Tarpon Springs Sponge Docks Art and Craft Festival is a laid back venue filled with unique shops, Greek restaurants and art galleries.
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Seafood Festival
November 10-12, 2017 -
Wine Walk
November 25, 2017 - 4:00pm to 8:00pmCome meet all of the merchants and new businesses in our community! Souvenir wine glass, wine tastings, appetizers, raffles and special promotions.
Latest News
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The Sponge Docks and The Sponge Exchange are included in new Tarpon Springs Historic Walking Tour representing the Sponge industry.
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The Sponge Exchange
Walking Tour
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Dine
History
For years Tarpon Springs was the "sponge capital". Spongers would harvest sponge and bring them to The Sponge Exchange to be sold. In 1946 a blight, thought the result of a red tide (a toxic algae) outbreak, virtually wiped out the sponge beds.
Around this same time the synthetic sponge was introduced. The combination of these two circumstances virtually eliminated Florida’s sponging industry.
