Attractions in Las Vegas Hotels

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This article describes the attractions within the main hotels in Las Vegas.

For information about other attractions in Vegas outside the hotels and in the nearby surroundings, read the article: A trip to Las Vegas attractions and surroundings.

General details about Las Vegas are provided in the article: The traveler's guide to Las Vegas.

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General Information

Las Vegas has become a resort and amusement city for the whole family, not just for gamblers. Besides Orlando, no other city in the US provides so many special entertainment and recreation options.

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Most of the hotels considered luxury hotels of the city 30 years ago and more have been completely demolished or expanded and renovated beyond recognition, and even more luxurious new hotels have been built. Today, Las Vegas is home to some of the largest hotels in the world, where each hotel is not only a place for lodging, gambling, and eating, but a small city with special attractions and amusements. Every year, new "Mega Resorts" are built in the city: hotels built around a specific theme, such as: circus, knights, carnival, Egypt, Paris, Venice, and the list goes on. Each hotel has thousands of rooms, casino halls, restaurants of all kinds, special shows, amusement facilities for children, shops, pools, and additional attractions. Almost every hotel has world-class entertainment performances, amusements, electronic games, and simulators suitable for children of all ages. In Las Vegas, many of the largest hotels in the world are found. As of 2018, 14 of the 25 largest hotels in the world are located in Las Vegas, all on the same street! 3 of them have over 6,000 rooms! (For comparison, the largest hotels in Israel have up to 500 rooms). The city has the largest number of hotel rooms than any other city in the US—over 147,000. In the years before the pandemic, over 40 million tourists visited it every year!

Las Vegas is also close to interesting travel routes. For golf enthusiasts, there are high-level golf courses, and for motor sports fans, there are car racing tracks. Extensive water sports activities exist in the nearby lakes.

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Las Vegas Hotels

The heart of the city is one long, wide street whose official name is Las Vegas Boulevard, but it is known by its nickname, the "Strip" (STRIP), where most of the major hotels and special attractions are concentrated. Each hotel has a giant covered parking lot offered even to those not staying at the hotel (sometimes for a fee). The main activity is moving from one hotel to another, touring the hotel, and using its entertainment facilities.

Main recommended hotels in Las Vegas:

5-Star Hotels

♦ Venetian Hotel - The Venetian® Resort Las Vegas

A 5-star hotel, among the largest in the world, with an amazing design inspired by Venice in a central location on the Strip. The hotel has spacious suites, over 40 types of restaurants! A shopping complex with over 150 boutiques, 10 outdoor pools! A high-quality casino, free spa and gym. The hotel houses Madame Tussauds Wax Museum, free internet, and parking.

♦ Bellagio Hotel - Bellagio

A magnificent 5-star hotel with luxurious furnishings in the rooms and spectacular fountain shows every evening. Artistic design throughout the hotel. The hotel features 5 pools, a gym, and a wide variety of restaurants. Parking and internet are paid. Central location on the Strip.

♦Wynn Hotel - Wynn Las Vegas

A magnificent 5-star hotel with a large casino, several pools, a luxury shopping complex, and special restaurants. Free parking, paid internet.

4-Star Hotels

♦New York New York Hotel: New York New York

A 4-star hotel built as New York's skyscrapers with a large Statue of Liberty in front and a roller coaster circling it. Features spacious rooms, various restaurants, pool, paid parking, and internet. Central location on the Strip.

♦Paris Hotel - Paris Las Vegas Hotel & Casino

A 4-star hotel with a Parisian atmosphere featuring an Eiffel Tower, rooms with French design, and more. Pool on the hotel roof, 11 restaurants, 5 bars, and a large casino. Paid internet and parking. Central location on the Strip.

♦ Mandalay Bay Hotel,  Mandalay Bay

A 4-star hotel with pools and a water park including a sandy beach. A variety of clubs, bars, and a casino. The hotel has an aquarium with a variety of sharks and other animals. Paid internet and parking. Rooms with floor-to-ceiling windows for maximum view. Located at the southern end of the Strip.

3-Star Hotels

♦Strat Hotel - The STRAT Hotel, Casino and Skypod

A 3-star hotel with a high observation tower including cool amusement rides at the top for the brave! There's also a rotating scenic restaurant at the top of the tower. Located at the northern part of the Strip. Free internet and parking. Features 2 pools and a variety of restaurants. DJ music every evening, show hall. 

♦Excalibur Hotel - Excalibur

A 3-star hotel in the middle of the Strip, built as a castle, with 4 pools, 6 restaurants, a gym, and paid internet and parking. 

 Recommended suite hotels in a central location:

♦ Marriott's Grand Chateau -  Marriott's Grand Chateau

A 4-star hotel with rooms and family villas, near the Strip, outdoor pool, gym, free internet and parking. Non-gaming and non-smoking hotel. 

♦ Desert Rose Resort -  Desert Rose Resort

A 3-star resort with one or two-bedroom suites plus a living room and fully equipped kitchen. Heated outdoor pool. Gym and jacuzzi. Free internet and parking. 

♦ Holiday Inn Club Vacations -  Holiday Inn Club Vacations: Las Vegas at Desert Club Resort

A 3-star hotel with suites and rooms. Suites have a full kitchen. 5 heated pools, restaurant, 2 gyms, 5 jacuzzis, game room, mini golf. Free internet and parking.

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Attractions in the Main Hotels on the Strip

Below is a description of the most impressive hotels and especially those with activities suitable for the whole family. It is unlikely you will manage to visit all of them due to lack of time as each hotel is virtually a small city and requires time to tour.

Circus Circus

The first gambling hotel to adopt the principle of providing active recreation for the whole family alongside gambling halls decades ago. It has an entire floor with daily acrobat and clown performances until midnight. Around it in the Midway, there are plenty of games and throwing facilities suitable for children and adults, where you can win many teddy bears and dolls. Adjacent to the hotel is a covered and air-conditioned amusement park (extremely important in the scorching summer months!) called: Adventuredome Theme Park, which features a roller coaster with two full loops, boats that slide down a steep slope, 4D simulators, laser tag, and other rides suitable for all ages. You can purchase a daily ticket for free use of all facilities, or separate tickets for each ride.

A new attraction (paid) in the hotel is "The Chuck Jones Experience," a must-see attraction for fans of animation and cartoons. It is a guided tour at a site specifically built for a creative and animation experience. At the beginning of the tour, you will enter a 1930s-style cinema hall, where you will see a short film about Chuck Jones, one of the greatest animators of all time, the "father" of Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck. Afterwards, you will move to a street where you will meet famous cartoon characters, learn how they become three-dimensional, and enter Chuck Jones' reconstructed studio. From there, you will move to the "Animation Alley" where you will watch a multi-media display including clips from famous cartoons. The tour ends with a creative workshop where you can try your hand at animation and test your skills in the field.

 

 

 Caesars Palace

This is one of the most beautiful hotels in Las Vegas, in my opinion, even though serious competitors have arisen in recent years. The hotel is one of the oldest in the city, but it underwent a thorough renovation a few years ago and has since been renewing and growing every year. It has a charming shopping and entertainment center called: Forum, built as a covered Roman street with a ceiling that simulates a sky constantly changing colors, looking like midday sky at times, like twilight at others, and occasionally with a beautiful sunset. In the street are squares with Roman-style statues, and at one end of the street (near the aquarium) are fountains with statues that move and speak every hour combined with many effects of fire, water, and lasers. The Forum contains many impressive shops, where it might not be worth shopping because they are expensive, but it's pleasant and interesting to wander through them. Some of the impressive stores are the Nike store, which is a giant and impressive hall containing all the latest models and innovations of the company, the Apple store, Gucci, Louis Vuitton, the "Schwarz" toy store, and many galleries. In the Forum is a giant aquarium with over 500 tropical fish. Twice a day, you can watch the feeding of the fish in the aquarium.

 

 The Strat (formerly Stratosphere)

The main attraction in this hotel is a needle-shaped tower towering at its top, rising to a height of 356 meters above the "Strip". This is the tallest observation tower in the US. It is 48 meters taller than the Eiffel Tower. It offers a spectacular view of the entire city. Especially recommended after dark when the city is lit up and glowing. It has two observation decks, one covered and one open. At the top of the tower are four hair-raising attractions, intended for the brave only: The Big Shot - seats that fly into the sky at tremendous acceleration (4G) from the top of the tower to a height of 50 meters and fall in a free fall back to the starting point.

 

 

X-Scream - a special train running on a track that changes its angle until reaching a distance of about 8.5 meters beyond the edge of the tower, meaning: under you there is no floor and you are suspended at the height of a 100-story building and only the train track separates you from Las Vegas spread below. Insanity-The Ride (and indeed a certain amount of insanity is desirable to dare to ride the facility...). The facility is called an "inverted centrifuge". It is actually a giant carousel where you rotate at very high speeds and are suspended hovering over Las Vegas, when all that holds you is the rotating arm of the carousel. Participants in the experience feel a 3G acceleration while they are about 20 meters beyond the edge of the tower! The newest attraction is called Sky Jump and is suitable only for the very brave (www.skyjumplasvegas.com). This is actually a controlled free fall where you jump from the 108th floor of the Stratosphere tower dressed in a special suit and connected to a vertical cable connected to a device that controls the speed and slows down the fall when approaching the ground. Like other hair-raising attractions, the Sky Jump was also invented in New Zealand, where it has been popular for over ten years. This is the first facility of its kind in the US and the tallest in the world! It is recommended to book in advance for the jump. You can purchase a ticket for a single attraction from the first three or a combined ticket for several attractions at a discounted price. The tower has a sophisticated lighting system, creating a "light dance" show every evening, a sight visible from almost anywhere in Las Vegas. The site also has a luxury restaurant with a 360-degree view and many restaurants and shops (on the lower floor of the tower).

 The Mirage

At the entrance to the hotel is a "volcano" that erupts every half hour in the evening, emitting molten lava and flames that reach the waterfalls and create an amazing show of fire and water. Near the main entrance is a tropical rainforest with tall palm trees, orchids, and other tropical flowers and waterfalls. Inside the hotel: a cage with white tigers and other animals, a giant aquarium taking up the whole reception area, and a dolphin habitat where several dolphins live in a giant pool with a million gallons of seawater. Visitors can (for a fee) watch the dolphins above and below the water surface.

Love Show - by Cirque Du Soleil

The show is presented at The Mirage. A show by the "Sun Circus" that combines the acrobatics and wonderful stunts of the virtuoso troupe with the music of the Beatles.

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 Bellagio Hotel

One of the world's most expensive hotels, built in the style of a reconstructed Italian town near Lake Como. Opened in late 1998, it contains the most expensive European decoration and furniture. Thousands of fountains fill the lake in front of the hotel and are lit at night in many colors. Every hour in the evening, a spectacular fountain show accompanied by music of great composers takes place. Inside the vast lobby are impressive and colorful botanical gardens with exotic flowers in vibrant shades. On the lobby ceiling are 2,000 glass flowers created by the renowned American artist Dale Chihuly. The hotel has a large gallery of famous artworks including sculptures and paintings by great artists (entry for a fee).

Show "O" by Cirque Du Soleil

The show takes place at the "Bellagio" show hall. A show by the "Sun Circus" including stunning and innovative effects and considered the most impressive show in Las Vegas.

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Cirque Du Soleil

 Venetian Hotel, The Venetian

A grandiose hotel, among the largest in the world, located in the heart of the Strip and built with architecture that is a replica of the romantic Italian city of Venice (only cleaner, more polished, and orderly). The complex includes squares, lagoons filled with gondolas (which you can ride for a fee), towers, and bridges. Several times a day, various street shows are held in the colorful street. This is a city within a city that wandering through is impressive. Inside the hotel is a branch of the famous London wax museum: Madame Tussauds. The museum primarily displays figures of American movie, pop, rock, entertainment, and sports stars. Entry for a fee. Adjacent to the Venetian hotel and connected to it is another hotel named The Palazzo, built a few years later and designed in the same style. Together, these two hotels have over 7,000 rooms!

 

 

At the Palazzo hotel adjacent to the Venetian hotel is the Digital Art Museum - MODS - Museum of Dream Space 

 

This is a modern and unique museum, the first in the world dedicated to digital art. It is a unique interactive museum designed after Kusama Yayoi, known for the "Infinity Rooms" she created. The museum is located at the Venetian hotel. Tickets must be booked for a specific time. Open starting from 12 noon.

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Address: Grand Canal Shoppes / Palazzo, 3327 Las Vegas Blvd S Ste 2732, Las Vegas, NV 89109

 

Luxor Hotel, Luxor

The main hotel building is built in the shape of a giant 40-story Pharaonic pyramid. The entrance to the hotel is through a giant sphinx, and in the lobby are "mummies" and Egyptian statues. The hotel has several recommended exhibitions (entry to each for a separate fee). The most famous and echo-arousing of all is BODIES... The Exhibition. The exhibition displays 13 whole preserved bodies and 260 real human organs preserved that will teach you in a tangible and amazing way how the human body looks from the inside. You will see muscle systems, blood vessels, skeletal system, observe closely the difference between lungs of a smoker and healthy lungs, see what Alzheimer's does to a person's brain and alcohol to their liver. Some exhibits can even be touched. Another recommended exhibition is the Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition, displaying many items from the sunken ship (such as: suitcases, whistles, champagne bottle, window frame from first class, etc.) and also a model of the grand central staircase, a model of the deck (where you can feel the cool temperatures of that fateful April 15, 1912 night) and more.

An attraction in the hotel is Score!  - an interactive sports display including halls of fame for diverse sports (such as: basketball, baseball, boxing, car racing, football, hockey, and many others), more than 200 prestigious trophies and awards from various sports competitions and allows visitors to take an active part in various sports activities and measurements, such as measuring the speed of a baseball hit, or participating in a hockey drill. The site includes a shop selling various sports brands and souvenirs from teams in the leading leagues of popular US sports. The hotel has an entertainment and recreation area called the "Atrium" with shops, restaurants, and a show hall. A powerful laser beam at the tip of the pyramid lights up the city's sky during the dark hours.

The Blue Man Group show is also presented at the Luxor.

Tickets for the show can be purchased from the following site:

 

 

 

 WYNN LAS VEGAS 

This is the first resort built in the city (in 2005) without a specific "theme," but rather named after its founder, Steve Wynn. Adjacent to the luxurious bronze-glowing hotel tower, which is impressively designed and features beautiful flower paintings on the floor, a 7-story man-made mountain with plenty of trees was built. From the hotel, one can see the mountain, a lake, and several waterfalls reaching a height of over 30 meters. Another attraction is the dancing fountains with special effects.

Adjacent to the Wynn hotel is the Encore hotel, a suite hotel with a structure and design similar to the Wynn (here the floor is decorated with colorful butterflies).

 

 

MGM Grand hotel:

The largest hotel in the city, which is expanded every few years, changing its appearance, design, and attractions. It was originally built around the movie theme, particularly The Wizard of Oz. The hotel has large pools designed as an exotic beach. Near the main hotel, two luxury boutique hotels belonging to the same hotel complex have been built in recent years: the Signature and Skylofts. An attraction in the hotel is the "CSI: The Experience," built following the popular spy series.

 

KA Show - by Cirque Du Soleil

A show by the "Sun Circus" presented at the MGM hotel. The show combines acrobatics, puppets, multimedia, and pyrotechnics.

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 Treasure Island

The hotel is built as a Caribbean pirate city situated on the shore of Buccaneer Bay, featuring a giant pirate ship docked in the port. Inside the hotel is a children's play area.

 Mystere Show - by Cirque Du Soleil

The "Sun Circus" show, Mystere, is presented at the "Treasure Island" hotel. This is an original and imaginative show by 72 theater-circus performers in colorful and wild costumes performing dances, acrobatics, and entertainment accompanied by innovative music.

 

 

 New York New York Hotel

A beautiful hotel, inside and out, composed of nine 50-story skyscrapers connected to each other creating the Manhattan skyline, including the Empire State Building, the Chrysler Building, and the Statue of Liberty. It's worth going inside to see it. A dizzying roller coaster called the "Manhattan Express" with all possible twists runs around it. It has a large floor with over 200 throwing games and amusements for children.

 

 

 

 The Excalibur

The Knights' hotel: a Medieval fortress-style hotel protected by moats. A knights' show used to take place every evening at the main entrance of the hotel. Inside the hotel is a recommended play area for children called the Fantasy Faire Midway, featuring simulators and skill games. Near the main all-you-can-eat restaurant is a small stage where magicians, clowns, etc. perform several times a day. The hotel holds a dinner show called: "Tournament of Kings".

 

Paris Hotel

The hotel opened at the end of 1999 and looks entirely like Paris, the City of Lights. Its main attraction is the "Eiffel Tower," 50 stories high, which is half the size of the original tower. Visitors can go up in a glass elevator to its top floor and watch the colorful view of the Strip (this is the best vantage point for the Bellagio fountain show). The hotel also includes copies of famous Parisian buildings like the Opera, the Louvre, and the Arc de Triomphe standing in front of the hotel and is two-thirds the size of the original. A typical Parisian atmosphere prevails in the hotel, including street painters, human "statues," mimes, baguette vendors riding their bicycles (inside the beautiful lobby), etc.

 

 Resort & Casino Mandalay Bay

A magnificent and impressive hotel, named after a bay in the India region, at the southern end of the "Strip" (near the Luxor hotel). The hotel features a unique aquarium called Shark Reef, designed as an ancient temple that sank in water, with a transparent shark tunnel and a great view of giant turtles and other fascinating sea creatures (entry to the aquarium is paid). Adjacent to the hotel is an amazing water park with a giant wave pool capable of creating huge waves that can be surfed, a long lazy river, and a sandy "beach". The pools are for hotel guests only, but it is nonetheless justified to visit the hotel and admire its impressive design.

 

 

Additional recommended attractions can be found in the hotels: Sahara, Hard Rock Cafe, Tropicana, Imperial Palace, Flamingo Hilton, and many other hotels both on the Strip and outside it.

 ARIA Resort & Casino

A luxury 5-star hotel built in 2010 in the center of the Strip. Composed of two towers of 61 and 51 stories with over 4,000 rooms and 16 restaurants. The hotel has an impressive collection of artworks. Adjacent to the hotel is a modern shopping and entertainment center with an impressive design: Crystals, featuring luxury shops of the best famous designers, such as: Gucci, Prada, Dolce & Gabbana, and many others, several impressive galleries, and high-quality chef restaurants. This is not the place to buy "bargains," but certainly the place to feed the eyes on the best products or conduct shopping for those with unlimited budgets... The center is open daily from 10:00-23:00 and on Fridays and Saturdays until midnight. Aria is part of a modern hotel and entertainment complex called CityCenter, which also includes a new luxury suite hotel called "Vdara Hotel & Spa," a modern branch of the international luxury hotel chain "Mandarin Oriental" and several luxury residential towers.

The hotel has a recommended Chinese restaurant - Din Tai Fung. The restaurant is part of a chain with other branches: 7 in California, 4 in Washington state, 1 in Oregon.

Zarkana Show - by Cirque Du Soleil

The show is presented at the Aria hotel. This is an acrobatics and stunt show including special costumes by the "Sun Circus," Cirque Du Soleil.

 

The LINQ Hotel and Casino

A relatively small 4-star hotel, one of the oldest built in Las Vegas which, in the last renovation, was expanded and an impressive entertainment and shopping complex was also built. In the center of the complex is a promenade with a Ferris wheel, many restaurants, and the following attractions:

♦ The High Roller Ferris wheel, which is the tallest Ferris wheel in the world (even taller than the famous London Eye).

♦ Zipline - there are several zipline cables running over the entire complex that operate together as seen in the following picture:

 

 

♦ Virtual Reality Complex, VR Adventures, where you will wear special glasses and choose the "reality" you prefer: want to walk on a beam between 20-story skyscrapers? Always dreamed of hovering like a superhero over the Las Vegas sky? Maybe a flight simulator will excite you? Or will you dare enter the haunted horror house? In the virtual reality complex, you can realize these exciting fantasies. ♦ Ice Bar

♦ Free light show with music at night

♦ Giant candy store I Love Sugar:

♦ A cool Selfie Museum.

Attractions in Hotels that are Not on the Strip

Rio Hotel

Near the Strip is the Rio hotel, influenced by Brazilian culture and the atmosphere in Rio de Janeiro. The hotel has over 2,500 rooms.

The hotel features several recommended family attractions:

♦ A mini-golf that is entirely glow-in-the-dark: KISS by Monster Mini Golf. The complex is dedicated to and designed after the rock band KISS, and it also features video games, a souvenir shop with various merchandise, and a museum dedicated to the band.

♦ Another family attraction is the VooDoo ZipLine: an exhilarating ride providing a breathtaking view over the Strip. On the zipline, you will sit on a chair – alone or in a pair – and hover at a height of 120 meters above the ground between the towers of the Rio hotel. The zipline ride takes 1 minute and 10 seconds at a speed of over 30 km/h. ♦ The spectacular show WOW takes place at the Rio hotel with 30 performers and acrobats from all over the world. In a show of dances, music, lights, and spectacular acrobatics, all in grandiose scenery.

Tickets for the WOW show can be purchased at the following site:

Mystic Falls at Sam's Town Park

The "Sam's Town" hotel is located about 15 km from the Strip, far from the other giant and famous Las Vegas hotels, but it also has a recommended attraction to offer visitors: a dense forest in the middle of the hotel with tall trees, waterfalls, and various animals (animation) such as wolves, bears, goats, and birds of prey. Daily at 14:00, 16:00, 18:00, and 20:00, an impressive laser show combined with lights, fountains, and western music is held in the 10-story high covered park. Entry to the park and the show is free. Adjacent to the hotel is a 56-lane bowling center and a cinema with 18 halls.

Address:  5111 Boulder Hwy. Las Vegas, NV 89122.

The Aquarium at the Silverton Hotel

The hotel is located about 8 km from the Strip at the intersection of Diamond Road and Industrial Road. In a restaurant named "Mermaid Restaurant & Lounge" is an impressive and giant aquarium that serves as home to over 5,000 exotic fish and corals. Open daily, 24 hours a day. You can watch aquarium fish feedings several times a day, at 13:30 and 16:30. The "Mermaid" show takes place Thursday-Sunday at various times.

 

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