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Santa Monica Ranked 5th Best Beach Vacation Spot In The World
Travel experts named Santa Monica the fifth best beach in the world for vacation, closely following Venice and South Beach, Miami.
SANTA MONICA, CA — Travel experts ranked Santa Monica the fifth best vacationing beach in the world shortly following of neighboring Venice Beach, according to Bounce, a bag storage company.
The company used a ranking system that factored in weather, ocean temperature, nearby restaurants and hotel prices and even how Instragrammable the beach is.
Santa Monica came in fifth place with a score of 6.14 out of 10, following South Beach, Miami.
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Venice came in third place with a score of 6.54 out of 10. It had the second most restaurants nearby and had the fourth most people talking about it on Instagram with 4.2 million related hashtags.
Santa Monica ranked similarly to Venice, according to Bounce, but had less social media traction.
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Copacabana Beach in Brazil topped the list with a score of 6.97 out of 10. Santa Monica and Venice were the only two California beaches to make the top 10.
Read the full report and see what other beaches made the top 10 on Bounce's website.
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