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Review:
Santa Monica State Beach is 3.5 miles of soft, white beach with a large pleasure pier in its center. From the beach it is walking distance to excellent shops, restaurants, and hotels, in addition to rental facilities from which visitors may obtain umbrellas and beach chairs.
Santa Monica State Beach has gymnastics equipment for use by children and adults: Parallel bars, rings, swings, and ropes as well as a multitude of beach volleyball nets, which are on a first-come first-served basis. Popular for swimming, surfing, and sunbathing, the beach can be accessed by the Marvin Braude Beach Trail, which permits bicycles and inline skates. The Santa Monica Pier is world renowned and offers an amusement park, an arcade, and has an outdoor concert series in the summer season.
Pacific Coast Highway, Santa Monica, CA 90407, Phone: 310-458-8300
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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