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 Capitol 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 a
Jet Ski or boat, go parasailing or water-skiing, rent scuba &
snorkel gear, or even adventure out on a deep-sea fishing charter.
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
that is very much alive with exciting activities, shopping and
dining. Browse the many quaint specialty shops. Play tennis at the
municipal courts located just beyond the downtown area.

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. Collecting prehistoric sharks teeth
has been a favorite pastime of visitors and residents of the Venice
area for years.

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 Nite” 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 the
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
Ristorante (muy bueno Mexican food and Mariachis too).

All shopping, restaurants, supermarkets, Venice Regional Medical
Center, golf, tennis, charter-fishing, pier-fishing, and water sports
(snorkeling, diving, sailing, parasailing, jet ski rentals) are
within a 5-10 minute drive.

Other area 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
is 1.5 hours north; Orlando/Disney is 2.5 hours northeast.