Caesars Palace remains an icon of classic Sin City decadence—few casinos can match it for
atmosphere. Casino Royale provides the cheapest fun you can have round the roulette wheel.
See a different country without leaving the city
Many of the more preposterously themed resorts in Vegas pay tacky homage to other world cities. You want Paris, and the Eiffel Tower? Try Paris Las Vegas. Venice? There are gondolas and a St. Mark’s Square at the Venetian. The Big Apple? New York New York has the Statue of Liberty, the Empire State Building, Central Park and much, much more. Only in Vegas (or Legoland). The Venetian, which recreates the city of canals in the desert, may be the world’s largest hotel, but the Egyptian vibe evoked by the glass pyramid of the Luxor is more suited to the topography, and it’s enjoyably silly. The high-intensity lights that shoot from its top at night can be seen from space and attracts bats during warmer months.
Mooch around a museum
The Atomic Testing Museum, a one-of-a-kind, often terrifying, insight into the Nevada Test Site,
once the country’s principal weapons testing facility, pulls back the curtain on the state’s history as nuclear guinea pig. Downtown, organized-crime buffs will flip for the Mob Museum, which details the mob’s involvement with Las Vegas’s rise.
See the sights of the Strip for less than $10
How the Deuce do you do that? By riding one of the city’s fleet of pimped-out double-decker buses that troll the Strip and all the way to Downtown. Known as the Deuce, these buses come cheap at $6 for a two-hour ride or $8 to hop on and off all day.
See a spectacular water-based show
The most eye-catching attraction at the Bellagio, a supersized, all-American Italian villa, is the
signature jumping fountain. It’s a fine, free appetizer for a rather more expensive attraction here. Cirque du Soleil’s most sophisticated show, O, comprises more than 70 swimmers, divers, aerialists, contortionists and clowns performing acrobatic feats around a pool/stage containing 1.5 million gallons of water. If you see only one show, make it O.
Tie the knot in the blink of an eye
Weddings are the other industry in Las Vegas. The classic place for lightning-quick, starry hitching is the Little White Wedding Chapel, where Frank Sinatra married Mia Farrow. The tackiest, a favorite with Elvis impersonators, is the Viva Las Vegas Chapel.
Little Church of West. Voted the city’s best chapel for the last ten years by the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the quaint Little Church is in the National Registry of Historical Places. Celebs such as Zsa Zsa Gabor and Angelina Jolie have wed here; hopefully, your marriage will last a little longer.
Try your luck on a slot machine
Quarters burning a hole in your pocket? You have options. Play the slots at Palms, Gold Coast or Circus Circus, where you’ll get free drinks and great people-watching opportunities, or test
your flipping skills at the peculiarly beautiful Pinball Hall of Fame, a museum of more than 100
operational pinball machines.
Go on a shopping spree in Caesars Palace
Take your credit card for a spin around the Forum Shops at Caesars Palace, where, if the faux Roman vibe doesn’t defeat you, the legions of medium – and high-end designer outlets will. You have until midnight to make your choices at weekends. If you’re thin and rich enough, shop at the Fashion Show Mall, whose one billion dollar Cloud, an amazing image projection screen hovering over the center, provides entertainment enough when the credit runs out.
Links:
http://www.timeout.com/las-vegas/city-guide/west-las-vegas-area-guide
http://www.timeout.com/las-vegas/city-guide/downtown-area-guide
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