Highly reccomend bringing your camera and doing a bay watch re-enactment ;). So much fun and so beautiful. Sand was soft and went on for miles. Rent a bike for $8/hr or $12 for 2 and explore the whole beach. muscle beach was meh..but the monkey bars/swings on the other end by the carnival thing on the pier, was really... More

I really don't see why you wouldn't like Venice Beach. It's weird, crazy, unique, and just plain odd. It's one of a kind, and I loved every minute of it. Unless you're a stuffy old fuddy duddy, or you have young children, you should definitely visit Venice Beach. Lots of interesting things, people, and animals to see, and there are... More

I did not enjoy our visits to Venice Beach Boardwalk. The shops were full of the same crappy touristy junk. There were very pushy sales people for the medical marijuana stores that were every few feet, there were tons of homeless, mentally ill people in the area setting up booths, begging, sleeping and fighting. Some had very offensive saying on... More

Having not been back for 8 years I was disgusted how terrible it was. Accosted every 100 metros by ex vietnam vets men selling music and downright not friendly people, I lasted 40 minutes. Crap shops and really nothing to offer a tourist. Stay away More

There are no Boards on this Boardwalk... instead it is a wide cement sidewalk. For some reason, the Venice area became home to a lot of "artistic" types (ie: misfits, counter-culturists, alchoholics, and the occasional talented artist) and the boardwalk is brimming with them. And all sorts of unusual characters like to come here, either to see or be seen.... More

Beautiful location full of hippies selling junk art for their next bag of weed. Prescription Pot dispensers every 10, every 10 feet they approach you trying to convince you that you will qualify for medicinal pot. California legalized the use of pot and dispensing of pot, they just do not know it yet or turn their head. What has the... More

If you have an open mind and like diversity this is your place. You can't take things to seriously. More

First travelled to Venice Beach Boardwalk in April 2011 and we (wife and kids 9 & 13) loved every minute of it. Back in the US for another family holiday and just had to return to the Boardwalk. So many "interesting" people from street performers to the skaters to the muscle men and basketballers. We hired 2 tandem bikes for... More

This is a place that you need to visit at least once. Yes, most of the shops on the boardwalk are pretty cheesy, but you might want to pick up a souvenir. The people dressed up like doctors selling "medical marijuana" are pretty funny. People watching is at its best here. You never know what you might see. Lots of... More