Lots of buff Venice residents hang out here. The basketball court is famous from the movie White Men Can't Jump.

Take a walk along the Venice Boarwalk to Santa Monica Pier. There is a sandy, amazing three-mile beach here, but that is not the only thing what attracts visitors. You go to Venice to shop and gawk. During the summer season and on weekends, there is street entertainment at every intersection along Ocean Front Walk. Street performers include instrumental musicians, singers, jugglers, acrobats, mimes, comics, magicians, prophets, fortune tellers, and other assorted entertainers. You will see people with tricolor hairdos, painted faces, weird tattoos, and outlandish clothing--or lack of it. The Boardwalk is a virtual sidewalk circus, a walk 'n' rolling skin show. There are lots of funky shops, too, if you want to eat out of the ordinary or buy an unusual souvenir or T-shirt. Also home to the famous Muscle Beach and near where Baywatch the TV Series was filmed.