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Venice Ranked 3rd Best Beach Vacation Spot In The World
Travel experts named Venice the third best beach in the world for vacation, beating out Santa Monica and South Beach, Miami.
VENICE, CA — Travel experts ranked Venice the third best vacationing beach in the world ahead of neighboring Santa Monica Beach, according to Bounce, a bag storage company.
The company used a ranking system that factored in weather, ocean temperature, nearby restaurants and hotel prices and even how Instragrammable the beach is.
Venice Beach ranked third with a score of 6.54 out of 10. It had the second most restaurants nearby and had the fourth most people talking about it on Instagram with 4.2 million related hashtags.
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Santa Monica came in fifth place after South Beach, Miami with a score of 6.14 out of 10. Santa Monica ranked similarly to Venice, according to Bounce, but had less social media traction.
Copacabana Beach in Brazil topped the list with a score of 6.97 out of 10. Santa Monica and Venice were the only two California beaches to make the top 10.
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Read the full report and see what other beaches made the top 10 on Bounce's website.
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