Places to Explore

• Bellagio Las Vegas

  After more than 10 years, Bellagio remains a top getaway despite the considerable competition from upscale properties. It's impressive more for its refined elegance than for gimmicks, although hipsters... (more)

• Caesars Palace

  The opulent entrance, fountains, Roman statuary, bas-reliefs, and roaming centurions all add up to the iconic, over-the-top Las Vegas hotel. Here you can get your picture taken with Caesar, Cleopatra... (more)

• CityCenter

  It took the better part of ten years, $8.5 billion and a cash infusion from a company in Dubai, but CityCenter, the largest privately funded construction project in U.S. history, opened in late 2009 with... (more)

• Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas

• Encore Las Vegas

  After building the Mirage, Bellagio, and Wynn Las Vegas, fabled Vegas hotelier Steve Wynn decided he needed to build one more megaresort. Encore, which sits just north of Wynn Las Vegas (and is connected... (more)

• Luxor Las Vegas

  Welcome to the land of the Egyptians—Vegas style. This modern world wonder is topped with a xenon light beam that burns brighter than any other in the world and can be seen from anywhere in the valley... (more)

• Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino

  This resort is actually three hotels in one—the namesake Mandalay Bay, THEhotel, and the Four Seasons-Las Vegas. Each brand is distinct, and each has a separate entrance.... Mandalay itself is decked... (more)

• MGM Grand Hotel and Casino

  A regal, bronze rendering of the roaring MGM lion mascot fronts the four emerald-green, fortresslike towers of the MGM Grand, one of the largest hotels in the world. The self-proclaimed "City of Entertainment"... (more)

• Mirage Las Vegas

  The Mirage rang in the modern era of Las Vegas, but then started to look a little too "1989," thanks to modern hotel trends. So the casino and restaurants received an end-to-end makeover, all timed to... (more)

• New York-New York Hotel and Casino

  Vegas takes on Manhattan in this fantasy version of Gotham City. The mini-Manhattan skyline is one of our favorite parts of the Strip—there are third-size to half-size re-creations of all the biggies:... (more)

• Palazzo Resort-Casino

  "Palazzo" means "palace" in Italian, and when the Palazzo opened its doors in January 2008, the $1.8-billion, all-suites resort aimed to bring new meaning to the word, ushering even more luxury to the... (more)

• Paris Las Vegas

  This homage to the City of Light aims to conjure up all the charm of the French capital, and while it isn't quite as glamorous as the Strip's other Euro-metropolis-theme wonder (the Venetian), it's still... (more)

• Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino

  The hotel formerly known as Aladdin underwent a makeover in 2007, and was reborn as Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino. Nearly $300 million later, the resulting property offers some of the trendiest... (more)

• Treasure Island Las Vegas (TI)

  Once the realm of pirates and scalawags, Treasure Island is now courting a trendier, younger crowd. This effort began in late 2006, when the property rebranded itself "TI," and has continued ever since... (more)

• The Venetian Resort Casino

  This theme hotel re-creates Italy's most romantic city with meticulous reproductions of Venetian landmarks—including the Grand Canal.... From the Strip you enter through the Doge's Palace, set on a... (more)

• Wynn Las Vegas

  In a city that keeps raising the bar for sheer luxury, the Wynn—monolithic in both name and appearance—has taken a new, more discreet turn for the tasteful.... With this mammoth resort, Steve... (more)