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Sin City's 100th birthday celebration has put the city on the map as the top bargain destination this summer. Although festivities will run through the end of the year, the height of the celebration will be from May to July, and we're seeing sales and discounts that correspond to these peak months.
In Las Vegas you will find themed hotels based on New York, Venice, Luxor, Paris, Rome, New Orleans and Monte Carlo. Las Vegas even has the largest indoor theme park in the United States at the Circus Circus casino hotel as well as large performing circus arena. The Circus Circus hotel also has 3,800 guest rooms. |
At first sight, the Las Vegas Strip looks quite small and compact but is deceptively packed with casino resort hotels, amusement centres, shopping malls and music bars.
Almost everything is centered on the hotels - from gambling, dining and shopping, to theme park rides, sports bars, shows, health spas, pools and man made beaches. Not forgetting the enormous range of wedding chapels.
Hotels at the southern end of the Strip include Mandaly Bay, Luxor, Excabilur, New York-New York, Monte Carlo and Bellagio, followed by MGM-Grand, Aladdin and Paris.
To the north are Caesars Palace, the Mirage, Treasure Island, The Venetian, the Stardust and Circus Circus. Further down is Fremont Street, the original Las Vegas Strip of the 1940s - with smaller casinos such as the Golden Nugget, Four Queens, Lady Luck and the Pioneer. The further north you go, the smaller and less sophisticated they become - but these gaming houses are noisy and fun.
The Las Vegas buffet is inexpensive and lavish, and served up by vrtually every hotel - for breakfast, lunch and dinner. These feasts draw huge crowds, so if you are up for it eat earlier rather than later.
Table service restaurants and cafes get packed, especially at lunch times. However, some hotels offer "line jumper" passes to resident guests. The lunch and dinner buffet can feature some 45 different selections and ranges in price from $10 to $20.
A good routine for the day is to pick up some fresh fruit, muffins and coffee at one of the takeaway breakfast stalls in the hotel lobbies, and for lunch, opt either for a pizza, sandwich or salad at one of the quality fast food outlets. This means you can save yourself for a gourmet dinner as Las Vegas has some of the best restaurants in the World. Booking for dinner is essential everywhere. |
