FLORIDA PLACES AND DESTINATIONS - ELLENTON

Located across the river from Bradenton, midway between Tampa and Sarasota, Ellenton is rated as one of the top 25 outlet shopping Centers in the United States by Value Retail News (March, 2007).

Shopaholics can indulge in an excursion to Prime Outlets, West Florida's largest outlet center with over 130 factory direct stores including Coach Factory, Banana Republic Factory Store, Gap Outlet, Polo Ralph Lauren Factory Store, and Saks Fifth Avenue.




But it’s not just all about shopping – with a trip to Ellenton, visitors will find the Gamble Plantation Historic State Park, the only surviving antebellum home in South Florida. This extensive sugar plantation was home to Major Robert Gamble and was the hideaway of Confederate Secretary of State Judah P. Benjamin after the fall of the Confederacy.

Today, visitors to Gamble Plantation State Historic Site can tour the beautiful mansion and grounds and enjoy feature exhibits about Florida’s antebellum period at the visitors’ center.









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