Las Vegas
Las Vegas
Getting Around
Accommodation
The City
The Strip
Paris
Caesars Palace
Circus Circus
Food
Getting Wed in Las Vegas
Las Vegas
Las Vegas, with a total population of over one million people is considered the most dynamic, spectacular city on earth. It did not even exist at the start of the 20th Century.However in Las Vegas, we are still possible to find good, Discount Las Vegas Hotel Deals with all-you-can-eat buffets which offer unbeatable price.
If you have come purely for gambling in Las Vegas, there is not much to say as all casinos are free and run 24hrs per day with casino games like video-poker, craps, roulette wheels, blackjack, million-dollar slots and many many more.
Getting Around
Las Vegas McCarran International Airport is a mile east from the southern end of the strip and about four miles from downtown. Some Hotels does offer free shutter service for their guest, So be sure to check with the hotel before you book, you can save the hassle to find your own transport to the hotel if they are providing this service. However if your hotel does not provide this service, you may book a Airport Shuttle Service at Bell Trans.
In Summer it's very hot to walk more then a few minutes more on the streets. A car is proof to be invaluable. Public Transport does exist but to a first time traveler it's not the best method unless you are the adventures type of person. They have a Las Vegas Monorail that run along the eastern side of the strip from the MGM Grand to the Sahara, but doesn't go as far as from the airport to downtown.
Although there's a visitor center at the Convention Center, 3150 Paradise, at about half a mile east of the strip, it's too far to travel by foot. Other source of information can be found at Las Vegas 24 Hours
Accommodation
Although Las Vegas has well over 135,000 motel and hotel rooms, It's best to book a Discount Hotel ahead if you are on a tight budget or you are arriving during the so call peak period ( Friday & Saturday ) as it's expected to have hundreds and thousands of people entering the city every weekends. The hotel in Las Vegas no longer offer incredible cheap deals during weekends. It is true that members do get hotel rooms for free. But to be considered as their member, you have to commit to gambling several thousands of dollars
Some hotel may charge you different rates everyday depending on the day of the week and what's going on in the town. So be sure to check the hotel rates carefully and lookout for any discount.
The City
Although Las Vegas measure 15 miles wide by 15 miles long, most tourists only stick to the 6 miles stretch of Las Vegas Boulevard. The Strip, home to the major casinos and the downtown area. In between lie 2 seedy miles of gas station, fast-food drive-in, and weeding chapels, while the rest of the town is largely residential area.
The Strip
Currently Las Vegas has 18 of the largest 21 hotels in the world and walking down The Strip visitors will see the skylines of New York and Paris, discover the canals of Venice and the Pyramids of Egypt and, at Treasure Island, see a full on-sea battle between a Pirate ship and a British Galleon.
It's hard to imagine that Las Vegas was once an ordinary city, and Las Vegas Boulevard a dusty streets that scattered with the usual edge-of-town motels. After six decades of capitalism, and every new casino-hotels setting out to surpass anything it's neighbor ever dream of. The Strip seems to be lock into a hyperactive craving for thrill and glamor, forever discarding it's latest toy in it's frenzied pursuit of the next jackpot.
Each casino is self-contented fantasy land of high genuine excitement. Huge attractive moving walkways sweep you in from the sidewalk, almost against your will. Once inside, it can be almost impossible to find your way out. The action keeps going day and night, and in this sealed and windowless environment, you rapidly lose track of time. Even if you manage to get back on the streets during the day, the scorching heat is capable to drive you straight back in. Night is the best time to venture out, when the neon's blazing at it's brightest.
Paris
With a half size Eiffel Tower straddling the Arc de Triomphe and the opera beside Paris, it does feel a little compress. It includes a fine top-notch french restaurant for anyone who likes french food. Elevators soar through the roof of the casino and up to the summit of the Eiffel Tower. Chose after dark for best view.
Caesars Palace
The long established Caesars Palace still encapsulates Las Vegas at it's best. Past the endless grand marble staircase. There's a full-size replicas of Michelangelo's David to a vast labyrinth of slots. Peopled by strutting half-naked Roman centurions and cleopatra cropped waitress. The blue color dom ceiling that dims and glow at it's endless cycle. While the animatronic status that top its ornate fountain comes to life at a regular intervals. Above the extraordinary Forum with stores and restaurants.
Circus Circus
The family oriented Circus Circus uses live circus show to attract visitors, a trapeze artist here, a fire eater there. They also have America's largest indoor theme park called the Adventuredome.
Food
As recent as 1990s, restaurant is almost non existent, and the only quality restaurant were Italian places well away from The Strips. Today, the situation has reversed as the casinos are competing to attract the best culinary from all over the country. You may also find tourist come to the city specially to taste the best food in US without having to reserve table or paying sky high price. You can be almost certain to find a good restaurant in your own hotel.
Almost every casino features an all-you-can-eat buffet. They offer not so great cooking but fast food to tourist. There are plenty of Bars scattered around the casino. If you are just looking for a drink there are retro style to rock to quieter Bars and Clubs to suit your style.
Getting Wed in Las Vegas
Other then making a fortune, it's also a popular destination for getting married in Las Vegas. You don't have to be a local resident or need to take blood test to get wed here. So long as both of you are above 18 years old and carrying your picture ID, Simply turn up at Clark Country Marriage License Bureau and buy a marriage license for $55 each and walk over to the Clerk Country Court House and be married by the Commissioner or Civil Marriages.
Graceland Wedding Chapel Home of The King. An Elvis impersonator will act as best man, give the bride away, or serenade you.
Little Church of The West The fifty years old church has moved down the strip to south of Mandalay Bay. This is a quiet and more peaceful place to exchange your vows if you prefer.
Little White Chapel for those in a major hurry. This is the place where some major star like Bruce Wills and Demi Moore, Michael Jordan and Joan Collins and also Britney Spears and Jason Alexander in 2004.