Venice, Florida Guide
Vacation, Dining and Hotel Information on Florida's Gulf Coast
Venice, Florida on the Gulf of Mexico. Venice is a beautiful, quaint city built Mediterranean style in the early 1900's. Check the accommodations link in Venice
to find local hotels and vacation accommodation in Venice, Florida.
Along with a beautiful gulf-front location, Venice also enjoys a great location by its proximity to Sarasota and the wonderful
cultural attractions located there. Venice, Florida is also close enough to the theme parks of Orlando or for a visit to Miami Beach for a day trip.
On Venice Island you'll find a quaint downtown that will remind you
of the downtown's of the 1950's. With wide sidewalks designed for
strolling and window shopping. Venice, Florida was designed as a
planned resort and retirement town and celebrated it's 85th
anniversary in 2012. Venice is known as the "Shark's Tooth
Capitol of the World" for the millions of year's old shark's
teeth that anyone can find on the beaches of
Venice. If you don't want to hunt for shark's teeth, you can buy
them in just about any store in Venice. Many places even give them
away. The Shark's Tooth Festival and many more events are held in
Venice throughout the year.
Nearby
Sarasota, Florida offers an opera, a professional orchestra, professional theater, classical, jazz, blues, country and rock concerts, the State Museum of Florida, Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall, a circus museum, more art
galleries than you can count, antique shops and hundreds of restaurants and bars to choose from.
On Venice Island is a general aviation airport, Venice Municipal Airport. In addition to full private aircraft services. The
southern portion of the airport property is home to the Venice Airport Festival Grounds. The festival area is home to a number of popular annual events including the Shark's Tooth Festival and Suncoast BBQ and Bluegrass
Bash.
Hotels & Rentals
Movie showtimes are also available at the Frank Theatres - Galleria Stadium 12.
Click the accommodations link to view some great hotels and vacation rentals in Venice and real time online reservations available at many area hotels and motels.
Get the latest Venice weather forecast as well as the boating forecast for the Gulf of Mexico
and Intracoastal waters.
Search the Internet for
more information or use our yellow page search choices to find a specific
business, find a person or find a book.
Get information on dozens of area attractions.
Venice is home to the Venice Theater, in operation since 1950, Venice Theater is the second largest community theater in the United States.
Find a Venice restaurant. Check our map for local restaurants
sorted by cuisine
Restaurant Owners add your free listing.
