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Vintage Venice Reel to Real Tours: See the Past and Present

Vintage Venice Reel to Real Tours (1601 Main Street Venice, CA 90291)
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Experience the only Venice walking tour using 102 years of film clips shown on an iPad to make long-gone roller coasters, canals and movie stars spring back to life before your eyes. You'll spend the day with Charlie Chaplin, Jim Morrison, Arnold Schwarzenegger and others as you visit each film location with Jonathan Kaplan, tour guide for the Los Angeles Historic Theatre Foundation, TV writer and 17-year Venice resident. After seeing where Chaplin put on his derby and mustache for the first time in 1914, and where Morrison spent the summer of 1965 writing poetry on a rooftop, the tour will head to the beach to see modern Venice's bike path, skate park, graffiti pit, Muscle Beach and basketball courts -- and learn what was there before. Then it's on to the canals, where 1920s bungalows sit side-by-side with modern mansions, all surrounded by Venice's famous ducks.

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Vintage Venice Reel to Real Tours
1601 Main Street
Venice, CA 90291
424-999-8687
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    Wear comfy shoes and pay attention to the weather
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    He kindly guided us to a great restroom facility inside a willing restaurant.
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    Leave time to look for cheap street parking - otherwise you'll really pay.
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This is a 3 1/2 hour walking tour that takes you through 100 years of Venice history. It is a wonderful way to get to know your own city. Most of us wait until we have out of town guests to take such tours. Don't wait. Even if you live in Venice, you will be introduced to aspects of Venice that you did not know. I especially enjoyed the use of IPad to show movie clips shot on location. The guide, Jonathan loves his town and loves to share his knowledge. His enthusiasm is contagious. I liked it so much that I want to do it again and introduce more friends to this tour.
Written on Apr 16 2012

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Very high quality tour! But, damn, its LONG! I would've been happier going on 1/2 of it twice. We were thrilled our dog could join us (but note that this is only OK in the non-crowded days of non-summer.)
Written on Mar 05 2012

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Have lived in the L.A. area for many years and have never been to Venice. This was a most interesting visit and Jonathan certainly knows his history. He was an excellent guide and the addition of all the old movie film clips and pics really brought the "old Venice" to life. It was a little long for us seniors, especially the canal visit and, at times, hard to keep up with the younger group. All in all, most enjoyable and I would definitely recommend it to anyone.
Written on Apr 30 2012

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This turned out to be grand. The guide, Jonathan, was friendly, well spoken and quite knowledgable.
His use of visual aids, along with the spoken words, were highly informative; a lot of history here.
Written on Apr 23 2012

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http://vintagevenicetours.com

Description

Venice, the beachfront district on L.A.'s west side, is known for its beaches and carnival-like Ocean Front Walk. Like on other tours, you'll see all of Venice's most popular attractions. But this unique three-hour walk also uses a century of film clips shown on an iPad and glossy 8 x 11 vintage photos to show you what was there before. Jonathan Kaplan, tour guide for the Los Angeles Historic Theatre Foundation, TV writer and a Venice resident for 17 years, will take you to parts of Venice only the locals go and show you show you history that even they don't know, allowing you to watch long-gone canals, roller coasters, pleasure piers and movie stars springing back to life before your eyes while standing at the actual locations.

*Be sure to bring sunscreen and something to cover your head, as well as comfortable walking shoes, as we will be outside for three hours. There will be one break for the restroom halfway through the tour and several points where we can stop for a snack and a drink, but bringing your own light snack and water is also a good idea. See tour website for more information, including where to park.