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LA Venice Beach

1 VENICE CANALS

tart your tour of this quirky Los Angeles neighbourhood with a stroll along its tidal canals, which were inspired by Venice in Italy. Now a historic residential district located south of Santa Monica, they were built in 1905 by New Jersey-born developer Abbot Kinney, as part of his vision to create a “Venice of America”. At the time, visitors would come for gondola rides, amusements, a rollercoaster and freakshows, much like

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