Venice of America
was founded by tobacco millionaire Abbot Kinney in 1905 as a
beach resort town, 14 miles west of Los Angeles. He and his
partner Francis Ryan had bought two miles of ocean front
property south of Santa Monica in 1891. They built a resort town
called Ocean Park on the north end of the property, which was
soon annexed to Santa Monica. More info...
The Venice Beach
restaurant collection offers an immense variety of dining
opportunities to appeal to your every whim from take-out to five
star! Many of the restaurants are small and owner-operated. Most
are quite trendy, attracting not only local clientele but
notables from throughout LA. Here is just a sample of the kind
of restaurants you can expect to find in Venice Beach,
California. More info...
Come to Venice
Beach on a sunny weekend afternoon and you'll find a pretty
lively scene. Along the Ocean Front Walk, also called the Venice
Boardwalk, jugglers and acrobats, tarot readers and Mad Hatter
headwear vendors, jug-band musicians and political types
circulating petitions to decriminalize marijuana all compete
frantically for your attention. If voyeurism is more your style,
sit back and watch bikini-clad women watching body builders
watching themselves flex at Muscle Beach.
More info...
There are many
things to do, see and experience in Venice Beach and its
surroundings. From pubs, bars, nightclubs and movie theatres,
all the way to romantic walks on the beach. There are many more
places to visit within a driving distance from Venice, including
Hollywood and the Sunset Strip, Beverly Hills, the Santa Monica
Promenade and many more. More
info...
Venice of America
was founded by tobacco millionaire Abbot Kinney in 1905 as a
beach resort town, 14 miles west of Los Angeles. He and his
partner Francis Ryan had bought two miles of ocean front
property south of Santa Monica in 1891. They built a resort town
called Ocean Park on the north end of the property, which was
soon annexed to Santa Monica. 
The Venice Beach
restaurant collection offers an immense variety of dining
opportunities to appeal to your every whim from take-out to five
star! Many of the restaurants are small and owner-operated. Most
are quite trendy, attracting not only local clientele but
notables from throughout LA. Here is just a sample of the kind
of restaurants you can expect to find in Venice Beach,
California. 
Come to Venice
Beach on a sunny weekend afternoon and you'll find a pretty
lively scene. Along the Ocean Front Walk, also called the Venice
Boardwalk, jugglers and acrobats, tarot readers and Mad Hatter
headwear vendors, jug-band musicians and political types
circulating petitions to decriminalize marijuana all compete
frantically for your attention. If voyeurism is more your style,
sit back and watch bikini-clad women watching body builders
watching themselves flex at Muscle Beach. 
There are many
things to do, see and experience in Venice Beach and its
surroundings. From pubs, bars, nightclubs and movie theatres,
all the way to romantic walks on the beach. There are many more
places to visit within a driving distance from Venice, including
Hollywood and the Sunset Strip, Beverly Hills, the Santa Monica
Promenade and many more. 