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Places to Explore in Las Vegas
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Bellagio Las Vegas Bellagio opened in 1998 as the city's premier luxury resort, and it remains a top getaway despite the considerable competition from upscale properties. It's still impressive more for its refined elegance... |
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Caesars Palace The opulent entrance, fountains, Roman statuary, bas-reliefs, and roaming centurions all add up to the iconic, over-the-top Las Vegas hotel. Here you can get your picture taken with Caesar, Cleopatra... |
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Downtown Hotels are cheaper and favored by those with strictly adult pleasures: dice and drinks. They exist in the old Vegas tradition, when guests were expected to spend most of their hours in the casinos, not... |
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Hard Rock Hotel and Casino The Hard Rock doesn't try to be cool -- it just is -- and it is the cool-without-trying who hang out here. A vast collection of rock-and-roll memorabilia fills the property, from a Kurt Cobain guitar to... |
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Luxor Resort and Casino Welcome to the land of the Egyptians -- Vegas style. This wonder of the modern world is topped with a xenon light beam bright enough to be visible from space. The exterior is sheathed in 13 acres of black... |
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MGM Grand Hotel and Casino A regal, bronze rendering of the roaring MGM lion mascot fronts the four emerald-green, fortresslike towers of the MGM Grand, one of the largest hotels in the world. The self-proclaimed "City of Entertainment"... |
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Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino We like the South-Seas themed Mandalay because unlike other properties, such as Excalibur or Paris, it has wide-open spaces and broad, pleasant walkways. We love the selection of trendy restaurants, the... |
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Mirage Hotel and Casino The Mirage rang in the modern era of Las Vegas, but then started to look a little too "1989". So MGM Mirage gave the casino and restaurants an end-to-end makeover, all timed to the mid-2006 opening of... |
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New York-New York Hotel and Casino Vegas takes on Manhattan in this fantasy version of Gotham City. The mini-Manhattan skyline is one of our favorite parts of the Strip -- there are third-size to half-size re-creations of all the biggies:... |
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Paradise Road Parallel to the Strip, a short drive or 15-minute walk east, is mellower Paradise Road. There's less traffic and chaos and monorail service along one stretch. Hotel options include a mix of smaller, less... |
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Paris Las Vegas This homage to the City of Lights aims to conjure up all the charm of the French capital. Paris Las Vegas isn't quite as glamorous as the Strip's other Euro-metropolis-theme wonder, the Venetian, but it's... |
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The Burbs Get away from it all at Lake Las Vegas, near the suburb of Henderson. Here you find sprawling, luxury full-service resorts with major golf and recreational facilities and spectacular natural settings... |
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The Palms Striated shadows across the ceiling bring palm fronds to mind in this contempo California-style hot spot. Considered the city's first luxury boutique hotel when it opened in 2001, The Palms still attracts... |
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The Strip The more luxurious properties are South and Central Strip. Bellagio, Bally's, Caesars Palace, and the Flamingo converge at the heart of the Strip, the intersection of Flamingo Road and Las Vegas Boulevard... |
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The West Side Due west of the Strip, on the other side of I-15, are the Palms, Rio, and the Orleans. The drawbacks? It's not a very glamorous section of town, the walk to the Strip is dull, and you'll be cabbing or... |
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Treasure Island Las Vegas (TI) The jury is still out on Treasure Island's decision to pursue a trendy, younger crowd by nicknaming itself TI, but most signs suggest this rebranding of sorts is a fairly solid success. Gone are the distinctive... |
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Venetian Hotel and Casino This theme hotel re-creates Italy's most romantic city with meticulous reproductions of Venetian landmarks. From the Strip you enter through the Doge's Palace, set on a walkway over a large lagoon. Inside... |
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Wynn Las Vegas In a city that keeps raising the bar for sheer luxury, the Wynn -- monolithic in both name and appearance -- takes a turn for the tasteful. At $2.7 billion, this was the most expensive hotel project ever... |
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