It is hard not to love Venice Beach. Probably one of the best places to people watch around. There are a definate cast of characters here. We walked up and down the boardwalk for a while and had a good time looking at all the vendors. And there is definately some good food to had along the boardwalk. I suggest... More

Venice beach is so much fun to spend the day in. Foods..people..entertainment....

It's just terrible. Some rays of sunshine include surfing and some great looking beaches, but anything more inland than where the seaweed comes to shore is disgusting. Plenty of homeless people living off the tourists and not giving a hoot, smelly, dirty, and somehow that level of hygiene has slowly started to work its way into the common goes. It's... More

This is a place I bring friends who are visiting Los Angeles for the 1st time. It is funky, colorful, with a dark side as well. As an Angelino I find no good reason to visit this place on my own. It is a fun place to bring first timers! There are fortune tellers, tattoo artists, all sorts of other... More

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

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