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VENICE

Driving
57 Stops
1h 30m
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Tour Overview

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This tour starts at: 303 E. Venice Avenue in the parking lot of the 1927 Historic Venice Train Depot.

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After you stop at each site, be sure to view the photos included with the app. This tour is sponsored by: Venice Heritage and the Venice Area Historical Society. It is produced by the Sarasota County Centennial Committee.

Stops include:

  • Venice Historic Train Depot
  • Hotel Venice
  • Venice Municipal Mobile Home Park
  • Site of the Greatest Show on Earth
  • The Venice Museum

Be sure to enjoy the scenery along the way and the narratives about some of the places you will pass. Please get out at the stops with parking to explore the area. As you travel from place to place we'll take you back in time to hear the stories and see the sights that are part of the colorful history of Sarasota County. Drive carefully!

Stops

  1. Stop 1: Intro & Stop 1: VENICE HISTORIC TRAIN DEPOT

  2. Stop 2: Direction 1 - Go under bridge then L

  3. Stop 3: Direction 1A - Merge, Get into L lane

  4. Stop 4: Direction 1B - L on Grove

  5. Stop 5: Direction 2 - L on Calle De Toro

  6. Stop 6: Direction 3 - R on Warfield

  7. Stop 7: Stop 2: UNION MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH

  8. Stop 8: Dir 3a R on Venice Ave

  9. Stop 9: Go over bridge

  10. Stop 10: Cross over Tamiami Trail

  11. Stop 11: L on Harbor Drive

  12. Stop 12: R on Menendez

  13. Stop 13: R at T-intersection, pull over

  14. Stop 14: Stop 3: GRANADA APARTMENTS and JOHN NOLEN

  15. Stop 15: L on Menendez

  16. Stop 16: John Nolan Park

  17. Stop 17: R on Harbor, R on Armada

  18. Stop 18: R on Armada

  19. Stop 19: Apartment District

  20. Stop 20: Cross Park Blvd

  21. Stop 21: R on Venice Ave

  22. Stop 22: 605 W. Venice Ave

  23. Stop 23: Stop 4: 605 W. VENICE AVENUE

  24. Stop 24: Cross Barcelona Ave to Manatee

  25. Stop 25: R on Manatee Court

  26. Stop 26: L then R on Tarpon Street

  27. Stop 27: R on Tarpon

  28. Stop 28: R on Nassau St

  29. Stop 29: Pull Over at 200 Nassau St

  30. Stop 30: Stop 5: HOTEL VENICE

  31. Stop 31: R into Centennial Park

  32. Stop 32: Historical marker

  33. Stop 33: Stop 6: KENTUCKY MILITARY INSTITUTE

  34. Stop 34: Nokomis 9/10 mile, L on San Marco Dr

  35. Stop 35: L on San Marco Dr

  36. Stop 36: R on The Rialto

  37. Stop 37: L on Cockrill

  38. Stop 38: Stop 7: VENICE-NOKOMIS PRESBYTERIAN DRIVE-IN CHURCH

  39. Stop 39: L on Firenze Ave

  40. Stop 40: Park near mailbox

  41. Stop 41: Stop 8: MUNICIPAL MOBILE HOME PARK COMMUNITY CENTER/VENICE ARMY AIR BASE

  42. Stop 42: south on Cockrill, L on Field Ave

  43. Stop 43: Ringling Dr

  44. Stop 44: Stop 9: RINGLING BROTHERS and BARNUM & BAILEY CIRCUS

  45. Stop 45: VENICE AIRPORT, R on Airport, R on Avenida del Circo

  46. Stop 46: L on Rt 41

  47. Stop 47: Tamiami Trail

  48. Stop 48: L on Palermo

  49. Stop 49: soft R on Salerno

  50. Stop 50: Cross Harbor Drive onto Alhambra

  51. Stop 51: 615 Alhambra Road.

  52. Stop 52: Stop 10: HERRON HOUSE 615 AHLAMBRA ROAD

  53. Stop 53: R on Valencia

  54. Stop 54: R on Harbor, L on Salerno

  55. Stop 55: Sharp L on Nassau.

  56. Stop 56: Nassau to Museum

  57. Stop 57: Stop 11: VENICE MUSEUM

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