Venice Pier

Creo que se me ocurrió ir en una de las peores temporadas en cuanto al clima se refiere. Quede verme con un amigo que vive en Los Ángeles para salir al muelle y el día anterior estuvo lloviendo muy fuerte y ese día el 7 de Enero del 2016 estaba haciendo mucho frío y un fuerte viento. Este mal clima no nos permitió disfrutar al 100% de la belleza de este muelle. El muelle es bastante largo y ancho con algunas banquitas para los que quieran sentarse y descansar un rato en lo que admiran la belleza del mar y sus alrededores. Yo fui a ver la puesta del sol y fue realmente hermosa, pude apreciar la playa y sus paisajes.
Las cosas que no me gustaron es que había persona sobre el muelle fumando marihuana en frente de todo mundo y esa imagen y olor me molestaron un poco. Por otro lado, el precio del estacionamiento fue de $ 6 dólares que para mi gusto no deberían de cobrar para lugares públicos como la playa.

I had a couple of hours to kill before heading back to SF, so I popped out my phone and blindly headed to the beach — this cute little pier is where I landed!
There’s nothing to do on the pier other than walk and fish (if that’s your thing), but you can get great views of Venice Beach and not have to get your feet sandy. Coming off a business meeting, I was stoked about this. :-P Next time I’ll run headlong into those waves.
There’s a lot of transient folks out and about in this area, which is why I have to crop off a star; I wouldn’t head out of the way for this place, either, and it’s not the most kid-​friendly area in the world.
That said, if you’re looking to catch some rays and fresh air, take a stroll around and mellow out. This is SoCal, dude. ;-P

I did not know Venice beach had a pier. I am familiar with the board walk and decided to check this place out. There is a large parking lot at the foot of the pier. It is large compared to other pier parking lot but is probably the most expensive. The road leading to the pier has places to eat but around the pier itself, not much. The morning I visited it was mostly tourist walking around, locals biking or walking by, or people fishing. There is not much here compared to other local piers. For me, I walked it and enjoyed the views. Like other piers along the coast here, they are great places to catch a sunset.

SO GROSS! KEEP YOUR KIDS AWAY!!!
First and last time i come here! Aged low life losers hang around like a herd of dbags drink beer and pee everywhere. NOT in the bathrooms, no… but right there on the pier behind a light pillar. So gross. Dont even care to be carful of their junk showing. Low down dirt bags!

Not the best pier on the left coast. A little forgotten, and seems to be more of a fishing pier. It’s nice to walk past, but I don’t think you need to venture down it unless your hobbies include watching people fishing, and stepping around land mines strategically placed by seagulls, and pigeons. I’m glad there is a Venice pier, but only in existence for nostalgia’s sake.

I like this pier more than Santa Monica’s because it doesn’t have all the touristy stuff piled on, and it’s a nice peaceful walk to the end with great views back to Venice Beach and Santa Monica. Great place to watch the sun set/​rise and just listen to the waves. It can be cool to walk halfway down and watch surfers if they are out and about.
On the down side, this is a popular fishing spot and therefore there are a ton of fish carcasses and seagulls. But that is to be expected I guess.

I think ‘gritty’ is a friendly way to describe the Venice Beach area. We went down to Venice to rent bikes ($ 10/​hr, everywhere) and rode down to Will Rodgers Beach in Malibu on a super-​nice bike path. After returning our bikes, it was time to erase all the healthful benefits of that ride with a hot dog lunch at Jody Maroni’s Sausage Kingdom on the Venice boardwalk (some of the best french fries I’ve ever had).
Then, well, when in Rome as they say, we decided to walk the Venice boardwalk which adjoins the pier. «Medical» pot shops every 100 feet or so, with scrub-​clad salespeople carrying clipboards at the ready, the worst overpriced t-​shirt and snapback shops, overly aggressive guys forcing tourists to take (and buy) copies of their rap CDs (the CDs are actually blank) and a rather forlorn Muscle Beach (sans any muscles on this Saturday afternoon). Oh, and that guy with the turban on roller skates who plays the guitar.
A must visit, one time only.