Review:

Venice Beach is an oceanfront community and beach renowned as a haven for the creative and artistic; it is a location heavily populated with Hollywood actors and musicians. It is famed for its “Muscle Beach,” an area of the shore where bodybuilders work out and where Arnold Schwarzenegger was discovered.

The beach has lifeguards as well as a bike and rollerblade path and is popular for surfing at a site called the Venice Breakwater. Most visitors don’t come to Venice Beach to swim or sunbathe; they come for the boardwalk, along which there are literally hundreds of street performers and small stalls selling arts and crafts. The beach itself has courts for beach volleyball, tennis, handball, and basketball, and there are skateboard ramps where champion skateboarders have trained.

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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