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Venice, Florida Vacation Rentals by Owner Luxury Villas, Condos, and Houses.

Venice, Florida abounds in natural beauty and splendor. Venice Florida offers something for everyone including beautiful beaches, its quaint downtown shopping area, Venice, Florida vacation rentals by owner luxury villas, condos, houses, and the old Florida scenery along the Myakka River.

Venice is a small town that is crisscrossed with more canals than the city for which it was named. This lovely town with a plethora of Venice, Florida vacation rentals by owner luxury villas, condos, and houses sits on the Myakka River along the Gulf of Mexico coastline, approximately 18 miles south of Sarasota. Venice beaches are good for shell collecting, but fossil hunters know that it is among the best places in North America to find 50-million year old sharks teeth. They are relatively abundant here due to the ancient shark burial grounds located just offshore.

Venice, Florida has been listed in many publications as being the "Shark's Tooth Capital of The World". It hosts an annual festival, the "Shark's Tooth Festival", every year to celebrate the abundance of fossilized shark's teeth that can be found on its shores. In addition to finding shark's teeth on beach shores, many large sized teeth can be found freediving off of the coast or by excavating in the many shell deposits that are left over from the dredging of the Intracoastal Waterway. Beach renourishment efforts also bring new sand from only a few thousand yards off the coast, yielding new fossilized shark's teeth. The festival is a busy time for Venice, Florida vacation rentals by owner luxury villas, condos, and houses, so reservations must be made early in the year.

Venice is a very scenic place, abundant with beach plants such as sea grapes. It has a 750-foot fishing pier with a restaurant and snack bar. The beach at Venice also has a nature trail, park playground, restrooms and picnic areas. All of the usual beach activities are also available at Venice and they have a very unusual campground located in an old-growth oak tree hammock on the Myakka River.

Venice also is known for its beaches, scenic parks and Northern Italian Renaissance architectural style. It is one of the earliest planned cities in the country, planned by John Nolen for the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers in the 1920's. The city takes pride in its many parades, art fests, nationally award-winning community theater, and preserved natural environments.