Our First Visit to the Greek Town of Tarpon Springs, FL | Hellas Restaurant Review | Sponge Docks

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the altem life

the altem life

3 жыл бұрын

In today’s video, we headed down south to Tarpon Springs, Florida. This was our first time to visit this Greek town and there is so much to do! We did some research and found out that there are a lot of authentic style Greek things including restaurants and shops. Alex has been to Greece before so he was really excited to check out all the different things to do in Tarpon Springs. The spot we went to was called the Sponge District. There are so many sponges! We learned a lot about how they get the sponges and how the sponges grow back. The cool thing about a lot of their shops is that the soaps and lotions are all healthy, organic, and homemade! We stopped in to Lori’s and they had so many good things! Tember ended up getting face wash and Alex ended up getting cotton candy smelling lotion. We spent the full day walking down the street called Dodecanese and went to some shops. There was a guy playing the violin, which was really good and great to hear. We got lucky and were able to eat at Hellas Restaurant and Bakery. It is voted one of the best places to east at in Tarpon Springs, Florida! It was so good! It reminded Alex of Greece a lot. We got a lot of food and would recommend eating there if you get the chance. We ended by going into a sponge store and buying a couple sponges. There are so many sponge factories and stores that we will definitely have to come back and do another day of trying different things. Also, it seems like they have a pretty cool downtown area that we will have to check out to. If you are looking for cool towns in Florida and great places to eat and shop in Florida, visit the Greek town of Tarpon Springs! If you haven’t yet subscribed and wouldn’t mind doing so, that would really help us out. Thanks so much for watching. God Bless!
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@dbridges237
@dbridges237 8 күн бұрын
Thank you so much for this channel! I LOVE Florida and your videos make me feel like I’m right there ♥️ The reviews are good too~straight forward but, not mean! Helpful~I like that😊
@jillkinsman4068
@jillkinsman4068 2 ай бұрын
Next time you go to Tarpon Springs you REALLY should go into the bakery at Hellas Restaurant where you ate on your first visit…I would seriously consider this a top notch bakery and in fact one of if not the BEST bakery I have ever been to. I must have spent 50.00in there to take back to St. Pete Beach and everything was phenomenal!!!
@thealtemlife
@thealtemlife 2 ай бұрын
Hello! We actually have been back but didn’t film that time so we must go back and actually film! You are right. The items we got were so good! We were so full after eating at the bakery lol
@allie_renee2004
@allie_renee2004 Жыл бұрын
This video was super informative and easy to watch! I'm going to Tarpon Springs next month so i'll have to check some of these places out
@thealtemlife
@thealtemlife Жыл бұрын
Awesome! We hope enjoy it and have a blast. If you find something that we missed that was awesome, please reach out to us and let us know. Thanks for watching!
@julialaw6471
@julialaw6471 Жыл бұрын
Glad you had a nice afternoon in Tarpon. If you decide to go deep sea fishing, definitely go on the Miss Virginia. My son Noah is the capt/deckhand, my niece Stacey is the cook and cruise director . The crew is way better and you'll catch more fish than on the 2 George's. (My brother owns both so I know!) 😎👍
@thealtemlife
@thealtemlife Жыл бұрын
Oh thank you! We would absolutely love to go deep sea fishing there. That would be so awesome to do so we will have to look this up and do this. Thank you for letting us know!
@cyberageous
@cyberageous 2 жыл бұрын
Informative, Thank you!
@thealtemlife
@thealtemlife 2 жыл бұрын
Awesome! Thanks so much for watching our video!
@julialaw6471
@julialaw6471 Жыл бұрын
Next time you come to Tarpon-Springs you've gotta try the Greek Chow mein @Mr Souvlaki ❤ It's trademarked and nobody else sells it. It's addictive 😋
@thealtemlife
@thealtemlife Жыл бұрын
Oh good to know! Thanks so much for sharing this info! We will be back and we will try it!
@JoAnnMajor-vh8fd
@JoAnnMajor-vh8fd Жыл бұрын
The movie in the sponge exchange or behind Yianni's are well worth the time. Only about 10/15 minutes and a great history on sponges.
@thealtemlife
@thealtemlife Жыл бұрын
Good to know! We can’t wait to head back down there and we will totally go watch the film. Thanks for sharing!
@bendamichael8894
@bendamichael8894 Жыл бұрын
This is a Greek town with Greek people, so naturally the food is authentic Greek food.
@thealtemlife
@thealtemlife Жыл бұрын
Yeah we have been a few times and have really enjoyed it!
@RHarry
@RHarry 2 жыл бұрын
Great job thanks 👍
@thealtemlife
@thealtemlife 2 жыл бұрын
You are welcome! Thank you for the compliment!
@kevinronske9894
@kevinronske9894 Жыл бұрын
Prime Minister of Greece visited Tarpon for the Epiphany event in town and had lunch at Hellas 2 years ago.
@thealtemlife
@thealtemlife Жыл бұрын
Wow that is really cool! Wish we would have known that then. We love the town! Thanks for the info!
@eloiseparker6160
@eloiseparker6160 Жыл бұрын
Next time you go to Tarpon you need to go to Rusty Bellies. It is amazing. Stinkin Good. Not Greek but seafood. Owned by a family. And they serve the like fried balls with powdered sugar free before your meal.
@thealtemlife
@thealtemlife Жыл бұрын
Wow that sounds great! Thanks for the suggestion! We appreciate it!
@kevinronske9894
@kevinronske9894 Жыл бұрын
​@@thealtemlife Hellas and Rusty Bellies are the two busiest on the street
@thealtemlife
@thealtemlife Жыл бұрын
Thanks for letting us know! Must be good!
@PCBill0622
@PCBill0622 Ай бұрын
Just stumbled onto your channel-I see this video is older. If you haven’t been to Rusty Bellies yet it’s must do. Muscles and calamari appetizers; anything grouper or shrimp. (Their own shrimp boat parks right there.) absolutely amazing service-always packed for good reason.
@michaelfowler8942
@michaelfowler8942 Жыл бұрын
I love the soap sponges
@thealtemlife
@thealtemlife Жыл бұрын
Those are great!
@carlzimmerman4341
@carlzimmerman4341 29 күн бұрын
We lived in Palm Harbor just south of Tarpon Springs from 91-99. Visited there many times not much of it has changed except the prices and all of the parking was free. However the Ouzo in the US is not the same as authentic Ouzo is in Greece
@thealtemlife
@thealtemlife 29 күн бұрын
Do you have any recommendations for favorite spots there?
@Stump44
@Stump44 3 ай бұрын
Good video. Don't think I will eat there.
@thealtemlife
@thealtemlife 3 ай бұрын
Thanks! We need to do an updated video as that one was an older style. We just did another restaurant in that area that was good!
@laurieking9544
@laurieking9544 2 ай бұрын
Would have LOVED to have watched, but you have BIG TIME "shaky cam syndrome." Figure out that issue, and you have a GREAT channel!
@thealtemlife
@thealtemlife 2 ай бұрын
Thanks! You do realize this video is from almost three years ago? Have you watched any recent ones?
@lizasauniere5145
@lizasauniere5145 2 жыл бұрын
We went to Hellen's restaurant and bakery. The food is no better then fast food warmed up in microwave. Greek coffee is no diferwnt then McDonald's coffee. I have been to Greece, THERE ARE NO GREEK FOOD IN TARPON SPRINGS.
@thealtemlife
@thealtemlife 2 жыл бұрын
I’m not sure we are talking about the same restaurant, we filmed Hellas in the Greek town of Tarpon Springs. Alex has also been to Greece and loved his visit! We enjoy finding new things to try and sharing our experiences with others so that they can decide for themselves if they want go!
@user-ff7hq9nd4m
@user-ff7hq9nd4m 6 ай бұрын
Brother- you must stop moving your camera so fast. Pan slowly, you are making people puke and stop watching. You do this on most of your videos
@thealtemlife
@thealtemlife 6 ай бұрын
Hey there! This is an older video where we didn’t do videos like we do now. If it’s something you can’t watch, there are plenty of other videos that might be “slower” so feel free to check those out! Thanks for watching!
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