Venice Florida is one of Florida's best travel destinations. It has many exciting or relaxing activities to take part in. Venice, Florida abounds in natural beauty and splendor. It offers something for everyone including: beautiful Venice Florida beaches; great fishing; world class golf; tennis; gorgeous sunsets; and a historic, quaint, and charming, downtown shopping area that is much alive with its specialty shops. Caspersen Beach, the longest beach in Sarasota County, is located south of the Venice Airport on Harbor Drive. It has been left in its natural state, uncultivated, windswept, and secluded. This is an exceptionally good area to look for and find pre-historic sharks teeth as well as enjoyable shelling. Venice is also the site of the annual 'Sharks Tooth Festival' since Venice is know as 'The Shark's Tooth Capital of the World.' Collecting prehistoric sharks teeth has been a favorite pastime of visitors and residents of the Venice area for years.

Beachfront one and two-bedroom condominiums provided by Venice Vacation Rentals and located on the Gulf Coast Island of Venice Florida welcomes families, children, couples and retirees. We offer our guests spacious, full-furnished ranch-style condos, with an attached lanai (Florida room), that are available for your beach holiday. All of our accommodations include: fresh linens and towels, a full equipped kitchen, central air conditioning and heating, cable TV, VCR, DVD player and free local telephone service. Guests may choose from a single king bed, two double beds, a full size bed with two twin beds, or one king bed and one queen bed in our two-bedroom condo. There is also a huge Olympic swimming pool for guests to enjoy and two gazebos overlooking the oceanfront that offer pristine beach views and gorgeous sunsets. Our condos additionally provide on premise laundry facilities and shuffle-board courts too. We are located within a 5 minute drive to shopping, dining, golf and fishing.

Venice Area Description and History: Venice is one of the few cities on Florida's West Coast without a barrier island. The soft white sand beaches of the Gulf of Mexico form the western boundary of Venice. Fourteen miles (22.5 km) of beaches from Casey Key to Manasota Key offer unparalleled recreational opportunities including: swimming, sunbathing, fishing and boating. Shelling is also a favorite pastime, and fossilized sharks teeth can be found in abundance by sifting through the sand. Golfers enjoy excellent courses in the greater Venice area. Venice is a Florida Main Street City; northern Italian architecture and beautifully landscaped boulevards that date back to the original city plans of 1925 grace its downtown. A historical treasure, Venice was originally called 'Horse and Chaise,' suggested by a tree formation along the coast. The settlement was named Venice after the canal city in Italy in 1888. Venice is a pleasant getaway for the vacationer who wants to relax and enjoy the Florida sunshine.

Things To Do in Venice: Take a walk along the miles of golden, sandy, uncrowded beach to search for shells or fossilized shark’s teeth. Venice is known as the 'Shark's Tooth Capital of the World.' Sunbathe, swim, or fish in the surf. Enjoy golfing at any one of the seven public golf courses located within the Venice area. At nearby Fisherman’s Wharf, you can rent scuba & snorkel gear. You may also try catching that big one at the Venice public 750-foot long fishing pier. Stroll along Venice Avenue in the historic downtown area of Venice Island that is very much alive with exciting activities, shopping, and dining. Browse the many quaint specialty shops. Play tennis or basketball at the municipal courts located just beyond the downtown area. Take in a Broadway play or musical at the Venice Little Theater. The activities are endless! All shopping, restaurants, supermarkets, golf, tennis, charter-fishing, pier-fishing, water sports, theater, and the Venice area hospital are within a 5 minute drive.

Venice Area Restaurants and Regional Attractions: There are many area restaurants with several of them having an oceanfront or waterfront view. These include: Sharkey's on the Pier (a must - Sunday night is “Reggae Night” featuring a live Calypso Band), Marker 4 Oyster Bar which has a Friday night fish fry, and The Crows Nest Marina Restaurant. For those landlubbers, try Luna Ristorante (great Italian fare), Ntinos Pizzeria and Restaurant (inexpensive and plentiful), Saltwater Café (superb seafood), Goldrush Barbeque (great baby back ribs), and MI Pueblo Mexican Restaurant (muy bueno Mexican food and Mariachis too). Regional attractions include: Sarasota Kennel Club Dog Racing, Ringling Brothers Circus and Art Museums, the Mote Marine Aquarium and Laboratory, Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, Sarasota Jungle Gardens, The Gulfcoast Wonder and Imagination Zone, and the Museum of Cars and Music which are all located in Sarasota only 30 minutes north of Venice. Fort Myers is 1 hour south; Tampa and Busch Gardens are 1.5 hours north.

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