Wellen Park Insider

Start with how you want to live

Resort-style, golf, 55+, close to town, or less planned: find the kind of community that fits how you want to live.

Wellen Park Insider

Six good starting points

Resort-style living
Golf communities
55+ living
Smaller, quieter enclaves
Close to Downtown Wellen
Something less planned

Area photographs

Beaches, downtown Venice, and nearby nature

Venice beaches

Venice Fishing Pier, Venice, Florida — Venice Fishing Pier, Venice, Florida. Photo: Ricardo S. Ortiz

Sun setting over calm Gulf water — Sunset over the Gulf at Venice Beach. Photo: Ricardo S. Ortiz

Wooden boardwalk through dunes to a sunny beach — Beach access boardwalk in Venice. Photo: Ricardo S. Ortiz

People fishing along a rock jetty into turquoise water — Anglers on the Venice jetty. Photo: Ricardo S. Ortiz

Waves breaking over rocks on a beach at sunset — Caspersen Beach at sunset. Photo: Ricardo S. Ortiz

Historic downtown Venice

Palm-lined avenue with a historic-downtown wayfinding sign and a statue — Venice Avenue in historic downtown Venice. Photo: Ricardo S. Ortiz

Red-roofed gazebo among oaks and palms on a park lawn — Gazebo in a downtown Venice park. Photo: Ricardo S. Ortiz

Street lined with palms wrapped in lights under a dusk sky — Downtown Venice at dusk with lit palms. Photo: Ricardo S. Ortiz

Arched entrance of Venice City Hall with palms — Venice City Hall. Photo: Ricardo S. Ortiz

Trails and preserves

Shaded sandy trail with a wooden bench under oaks and palms — Area nature trail. Photo: Ricardo S. Ortiz

Lake framed by oaks and palmetto along a trail — Lake view from an area nature trail. Photo: Ricardo S. Ortiz

Three deer standing on a grassy trail through dense woods — Deer on an area nature trail. Photo: Ricardo S. Ortiz