Las Vegas is a fantastic, fun, slightly crazy, non-stop and in your face entertainment experience that you really must do at least once in your life! When I went I stayed in the Luxor which is a huge black pyramid shaped hotel with over 4000 rooms and a fun friendly atmosphere. It also has the largest man made light source pointing out of its roof up into the sky which can even be seen from space! I thoroughly recommend staying at the Luxor as it has great big comfortable rooms which are reasonably priced and loads of cool facilities including a very large casino in the centre of it. It has a quality restaurant and if you are in a hurry or on a budget you can dine in the buffet restaurant which has a huge choice of food and is available day and night.
You will never get bored in Las Vegas as the place is open for business 24 hours a day, in fact there are no clocks anywhere to be seen!
But what else is there to do and see apart from gambling? Well, one of the coolest things you can see when you are there is the grand water fountain show which is put on outside the Bellagio hotel (where Oceans Eleven was filmed) each evening for free. This is a truly amazing spectacle set to music with the stunning Bellagio hotel as a backdrop, this is something you wont forget and would be a very romantic moment to share with your girl if you are going as a couple on holiday.
Another great thing to do is to take a ride on a big rollercoaster built on top of one of the hotels, but make sure you do this at night, as the view of all the wonderful Las Vegas lights as you go up, down and loop the loop is something that you will always remember.
One of the best things I did when I was there was take a helicopter ride to the Grand Canyon, flying over it was absolutely awesome, a definate must do thing when you are there. Before the pilot took us to the Grand Canyon, he flew us over the Las Vegas strip and that to was pretty cool too.
If you have time, I would also recommend taking a walk up and down the whole Las Vegas strip, although this might take you most of the day as the strip is 7 or 8 miles long, however it is well worth it as you can walk in and out of the hotels and casinos and take in all there is to see for free, unless of course you stop to take a flutter which you will no doubt do! One of the hotels even has its own free mini zoo with lions, tigers and other animals inside it. Whilst you walk along the strip you may encounter some things you can only find in Las Vegas, when I walked up and down it I encountered three Elvis Presleys! I also saw some guys on a street corner handing out leaflets for lap dancing clubs standing right next to a minister of the church collecting for his ministryonly in Las Vegas! |
