Must-see attractions in Venice, Marina Del Rey & Playa del Rey

  • VENICE BEACH, USA - SEPTEMBER 29, 2016: The crowded Venice Beach Boardwalk. Lots of people are strolling down the boardwalk. On the sides there are several shops and palm trees.

    Venice Boardwalk

    Venice, Marina Del Rey & Playa del Rey

    Prepare for a sensory overload on Venice's Boardwalk, a one-of-a-kind experience. Buff bodybuilders brush elbows with street performers and sellers of…

  • Abbot Kinney Boulevard

    Venice, Marina Del Rey & Playa del Rey

    Abbot Kinney, who founded Venice in the early 1900s, would probably be delighted to find that one of Venice’s best-loved streets bears his name. Sort of a…

  • Venice Canals

    Venice, Marina Del Rey & Playa del Rey

    Even many Angelenos have no idea that just a couple of blocks from the Boardwalk madness is an idyllic neighborhood that preserves 3 miles of Abbot Kinney…

  • Fire pit at Dockweiler State Beach.

    Dockweiler State Beach

    Venice, Marina Del Rey & Playa del Rey

    With jumbo jets soaring overhead, sailboats bobbing beyond the rolling surf, bonfires raging in the pit and a waxing moon rising high, summer nights on…

  • LA Louver

    Venice, Marina Del Rey & Playa del Rey

    The best art gallery in Venice, and arguably the best in LA, LA Louver was established by Peter Gouls in 1975, and since 1994 has been housed in a…

  • Venice Reconstituted

    Venice, Marina Del Rey & Playa del Rey

    Perhaps Venice's signature mural, it depicts an updated version of Botticelli's Birth of Venus, painted by Rip Cronk in 1989.

  • Ballona Wetlands

    Venice, Marina Del Rey & Playa del Rey

    These last remaining wetlands in LA County are home to at least 200 migrating and resident bird species, including the great blue heron. Their habitat,…

  • Ballerina Clown

    Venice, Marina Del Rey & Playa del Rey

    Even the artist, Jonathan Borofsky, has questioned the taste of this landmark sculpture of a ballerina in a bearded clown mask perched above the corner of…

  • C.A.V.E.

    Venice, Marina Del Rey & Playa del Rey

    One of our favorite Venice galleries, it specializes in single-artist exhibitions. When we passed it hosted the works of Ralph Ziman, a South African–born…

  • Binoculars Building

    Venice, Marina Del Rey & Playa del Rey

    Formerly known as the Chiat/Day Building, this Frank Gehry–designed office building is home to Google and, thanks to its eye-catching architecture and the…

  • South Venice Beach

    Venice, Marina Del Rey & Playa del Rey

    South of Washington Blvd, the throng dissipates and the golden sands unfurl in a more pristine manner. Waves roll in consistently and are ideal for…

  • Venice Beach Art Walls

    Venice, Marina Del Rey & Playa del Rey

    These walls, right on the beach, have been covered by generations of graffiti artists from 1961 to the present.

  • Jim Morrison Mural

    Venice, Marina Del Rey & Playa del Rey

    Epic 30ft-high portrait of one-time Venice resident Jim Morrison of the rock band The Doors, by Rip Cronk.

  • Abbot Kinney Mural

    Venice, Marina Del Rey & Playa del Rey

    A 30ft-high portrait of Venice's founder, by Rip Cronk.

  • Fisherman’s Village

    Venice, Marina Del Rey & Playa del Rey

    Most boats, including party fishing boats and winter whale-watching boats, leave from this kitschy strip of candy-colored cottages filled with tacky gift…