Neighborhood 48H guide
Venice: Where to Stay & What to Do in 48 Hours
The boardwalk’s skatepark and Muscle Beach, the quiet canals and Abbot Kinney’s shops.
Venice is the beach neighborhood just south of Santa Monica. The boardwalk has the skatepark, Muscle Beach and street performers. Inland are the 1905 canals and Abbot Kinney Boulevard’s shops and restaurants.
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Photo: Steven Lek · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Los Angeles · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Why stay here
Beach, canals and some of LA’s best casual food, all walkable.
Who it's for: Creative types, surfers and people-watchers.
Pros
- Boardwalk and beach
- Walk to the canals and Abbot Kinney
- Bike to Santa Monica
Cons
- Boardwalk can feel gritty at night
- Street parking is hard
- No Metro
48H in Venice
Pastries, canals, boardwalk.
08:00 – Gjusta
Bakery and deli near the beach; expect a line.
10:00 – Venice Canals
Walk the footbridges of the canal district.
16:00 – Venice Beach Boardwalk
Skatepark, Muscle Beach and sunset on the sand.
Named recommendations
Real places with links to their official site or a Maps place page. We do not invent hours, prices, or ratings.
Eat
Shop
Shop
Abbot Kinney Boulevard
Abbot Kinney Blvd
Venice’s main street of boutiques and restaurants.
Official site / map →
See / do
See / do
Venice Beach Boardwalk
Ocean Front Walk
Skatepark, Muscle Beach and street performers.
Photo: Steven Lek · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons Official site / map →
Outdoors
Outdoors
Venice Canals
Dell Ave & Carroll Canal
Quiet residential canals with footbridges, built in 1905.
Photo: Los Angeles · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons Official site / map →
Where to stay
Specific named properties—not vague city-wide searches. Expedia stays use tracked Creator links; others open the hotel's official site.
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Hotel · Expedia
Hotel Erwin Venice Beach
1697 Pacific Ave
Boutique hotel steps from the boardwalk, with a rooftop bar.
Check rates on Expedia →
Vacation rentals
Prefer an apartment or whole home in this neighborhood? Browse Vrbo listings for Venice.
Los Angeles and most nearby cities (Santa Monica, West Hollywood, Beverly Hills, Pasadena, Culver City, Malibu) limit short-term rentals, usually to registered hosts in their own homes. Look for a city registration or permit number on the listing before you book.
Browse vacation rentals in Venice on Vrbo →Other ways to spend 48 hours in Los Angeles
- Santa Monica — The pier’s Ferris wheel, the beach bike path and beachfront hotels on the sand.
- Malibu — El Matador’s sea stacks, Malibu Pier and an inn on Carbon Beach.
- Hollywood — The TCL Chinese Theatre, the Walk of Fame, Musso & Frank and Griffith Observatory above it all.
- West Hollywood — The Sunset Strip’s clubs, the Comedy Store and cocktails at the Art Deco Sunset Tower.
- Beverly Hills — Rodeo Drive, the Pink Palace’s Polo Lounge and Wolfgang Puck’s Spago.
- Downtown LA — The Broad, Disney Concert Hall, Grand Central Market and the Angels Flight funicular.
- Silver Lake / Echo Park — The reservoir loop, Intelligentsia at Sunset Junction and Echo Park Lake’s paddle boats.
- Culver City — Sony Pictures’ studio tour, the Culver City Stairs and a 1924 hotel downtown.
- Pasadena — The Huntington’s gardens, Old Pasadena, the domed City Hall and the Colorado Street Bridge.