Joe and Judy were very kind and gracious hosts to Don and I during our 4 night stay in their upstairs apartment in the very picturesque Venice Beach. The listing looks just as it does in the supplied photos – seeing it and experiencing it in person provides you with the added bonus of the smell of the ocean, just a block away. The neighbourhood is equipped with a number of great restaurants (Buna Café offered us the best brunch we’d had in quite some time, loved the sweet potato tater tots!) and is perfectly located for an early morning or late afternoon stroll along the beach (which we did – all the way to the Santa Monica Pier).

After our jam packed days exploring nearby Santa Monica, Hollywood, downtown LA and Malibu; we really enjoyed coming ‘home’ to our apartment. Not staying in a hotel really heightened our experience in Venice Beach and both of us left feeling like we had much more of a sense for how the locals live in the area.