Local Shopping & Attractions

The Punta Gorda & Port Charlotte area offers a wide variety of shopping opportunities as well as fun and relaxing diversions. Here is a sampling of area shopping and attractions available for your enjoyment.

Sports

Charlotte Sports Park, in Port Charlotte, is the Spring Training home of the Tampa Bay Rays.

The boys of spring arrive here each February and play games against other Florida spring-based teams like the Atlanta Braves, Boston Red Sox, Detroit Tigers, Minnesota Twins, New York Yankees, and Pittsburgh Pirates.

For more information visit these websites:

• Tampa Bay Rays
  

Nearby Shopping

• Fisherman’s Village
• Charlotte Town Center Mall
• Promenades Mall

 Nearby Attractions

• Muscle Car City Museum
  Muscle Car City is a 99,000 square foot museum with well over 200 vintage ’50s to early ’70s muscle cars.  Featuring classic cars and hot rods spanning 35 years of makes and models.
• Port Boca Grande Lighthouse & Museum
  Charming Museum and unique House-Dwelling style Lighthouse set on beautiful Boca Grande Pass. A great place to spend the day immersed in nature and history.
• Edison Winter Home
  Visit the estate of America’s greatest inventor. Home, laboratory, botanical gardens just as he left them. One of the largest collections of Edison memorabilia on public display in America.
• Henry Ford Winter Home
  The world’s first billionaire lived next door to Thomas Edison. Furnished to the historical periods. Garden tour completes your visit.
• Ringling Museum of Art
  The State Art Museum of Florida. Relive the splendor of the art galleries; “Ca’d’Zan”, the Ringling winter residence; the Circus Galleries; and the historic Asolo Theater.
• Babcock Widerness Adventures
  Experience Florida – naturally!! Enjoy a 90-minute swamp buggy nature tour guided by experienced naturalists. See the real Florida. Explore unspoiled woodlands and swamps on the 90,000-acre Crescent B Ranch. We guarantee you will see wild alligators, bison and panthers.
• The Shell Factory
  Take a free guided tour of the Shell Factory processing facility, featuring the world+s largest collection of shells and coral. Jewelry, shells, corals, gifts, international gourmet, resort wear, $1 store, aquariums, arcade, glass, art collection and full family restaurant.