Las Vegas Travel Blog

Las Vegas is a city that goes over the top with huge hotels and faux cities. During the day, the Strip’s hotels are impressive, but it’s at night that city truly shines. The Las Vegas Strip during the day from a birds-eye view, looking south.

CityCenter brought more to the Las Vegas Strip than just a sleek, modern, look. The complex also incorporated non-gaming properties like Vdara, an all-suites, non-gaming, and non-smoking hotel. The large suites have kitchenettes and great views, and the hotel is just off the Strip. If you’re looking...

Music lovers, take note: the 2011 Billboard Music Awards will be held on May 22 at the MGM Grand. Tickets are still available for the show, which will feature some of the biggest names in music. Performers include Cee Lo Green, Black Eyes Peas, Rihanna, Keith Urban, and Lady Antebellum. According to...

May 5 falls on a Thursday this year, but in Las Vegas, a weekday is no reason to hold up the party. Much like St. Patrick’s Day has grown into a festival that celebrates Irish heritage, Cinco de Mayo represents a day to do the same for Mexican heritage. And in Las Vegas, a celebration of any kind...

If you’ve been thinking that the entertainment in Las Vegas was a little dull, perhaps too stodgy, or not inventive enough, “Absinthe” may be just what you’re looking for. Housed in a vintage Spiegeltent assembled in front of Caesars Palace, “Absinthe” seeks to capture...

Pool season in Las Vegas is when the pool clubs dust off the cabanas and break out the bottle service. If you’re looking for a quiet afternoon, relaxing next to the water, a pool club is not for you. On the other hand, if you’ve been waiting to experience the anything-goes pool club scene–booze,...

Okay, so it’s an extreme close-up, but I’ll give you a few clues: It’s really big–record-setting big. As a matter of fact, “big” defines its entire location. Yes, that’s metal. But if I told you what kind of metal, that would be too big a clue. Inside the hotel...

Rehab Pool Club at the Hard Rock MTV’s reality show “Real World” is back in Las Vegas. This season the seven-member cast stayed at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in a custom-made suite that included a bowling alley and hot tub. The season premier is on March 9, when viewers will get...

[flickrvideo]http://www.flickr.com/photos/pedrosz/5395252538/in/gallery-43025149@N02-72157625745176701/[/flickrvideo] The Bellagio’s Fountains may be one of the Strip’s most famous attractions, but capturing the show on video is a challenge. For starters, the show lasts four to five minutes–which...

For about two decades, Las Vegas stayed very busy imploding old hotels and building large, lavish resorts. The entire city seemed to be under construction, prompting the suggestion that maybe Nevada’s state flower should be changed from sagebrush to the orange barrels that were blooming everywhere...