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Venice, Florida

The shark-tooth capital with an Italian-planned downtown

⭐ The one thing: You can literally pocket a million-year-old shark tooth off the beach — in a town designed to look like Northern Italy.

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  Florida pickBayfront Park
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  Florida pickSiesta Key Watersports
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  Florida pickArcade Monsters
  3.3k reviews17 mi
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  Florida pickSURFIT USA | Kayaks, Paddleboards & Surf
  3.2k reviews9.0 mi
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  Florida pickCoolToday Park
  1.7k reviews9.5 mi🔥 Popular with locals
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  Florida pickKayaking SRQ
  1.5k reviews16 mi
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  Florida pickEvasive Escape Rooms
  1.3k reviews16 mi
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  Florida pickULTIMATE KAYAK SRQ - Siesta Key Kayaking Tours & Rentals
  954 reviews9.1 mi
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  Florida pickGet Up And Go Kayaking - Sarasota
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  Florida pickVenice Performing Arts Center
  636 reviews0.8 mi
  A 1,090-seat multi-level auditorium on the Venice High campus
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Things to do

Hunt fossilized shark teeth on the beach — this is the self-proclaimed Shark Tooth Capital of the World — stroll the 1920s Northern-Italian-inspired downtown, and bike the rail-trail.

Caspersen Beach

The best shark-tooth hunting on the coast; bring a sifter.

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The Legacy Trail

A paved rail-trail running Venice to Sarasota — rent a bike and go.

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Food & drink

Charming downtown cafés and old-Florida seafood — walkable, unhurried, and a little retro.

Tonight

Gentle — it skews older and calmer; a nice dinner and a stroll beats a bar crawl here.

Beaches & outdoors

Real beaches — Venice Beach, Caspersen (best for shark teeth), and Nokomis — the Gulf-front vibe of a smaller, quieter coast.

Shopping

A pedestrian-friendly downtown of independent shops — and beaches full of free fossils.

Where to stay

A calm, walkable beach-town base with genuine 1920s architecture and none of the high-rise sprawl.

Ranked lists for Venice: Things to do · Restaurants · Beaches · Nightlife

Nearby: Parrish · Bradenton · Palmetto · Ellenton · Lakewood Ranch · Anna Maria Island · Cortez · Longboat Key · Siesta Key · Sarasota & the Cultural Coast

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