the beach is home to unique amenities like the Original Muscle Beach (a 1930s-era beach park with retro gym equipment), the Santa Monica Pier and Pacific Park amusement park. There are plenty of ...

Muscle Beach in Santa Monica lit the spark for America’s fitness craze. Back in the 1930s, this sandy stretch just south of the Santa Monica Pier became a hot spot where gymnasts, acrobats ...

From Southeast Asian cuisine in Ocean Park to Mediterranean fare in front of Muscle Beach, these are the best restaurants in Santa Monica ... meet lush greenery and original vaulted ceilings ...

“Over lunch one day, he told me that the reason he wanted to live in the Santa Monica area … was because of Muscle Beach, the original location of Muscle Beach. It was considered to be the ...

In the 1930s, the Works Progress Administration, in one of its many economy-stimulating public works projects, installed sets of exercise equipment on the beach just south of the Santa Monica Pier ...

In a destination famous for its easy-breezy vibe, Regent Santa Monica Beach is now the most high-profile and most glamorous in the game. The original ... just in front of Muscle Beach, Regent ...

The organization's Beach Report Card ranks the most polluted and cleanest beaches in the state based on water quality tests from April 2024 to March 2025, evaluating harmful bacteria levels.

Located to the south of the Santa Monica Pier, Original Muscle Beach was established in the early 1930s. It quickly grew from a few tumbling mats and gymnastic bars to the epicentre of the 20th ...

Additionally, a 12,000-seat beach volleyball stadium near the Santa Monica Pier was “one of the cornerstones of an original venue plan that was instrumental in LA28 convincing the International ...

Not to be confused with its showier Venice sibling, it’s also home to the original Muscle Beach. This workout playground for grown-ups has given Santa Monica’s biggest and burliest somewhere ...

Jump on the rides at Pacific Park, on the Santa Monica Pier, and watch the bodybuilders at the nearby Original Muscle Beach, which originated during the Great Depression as a place for wrestlers ...