Las Vegas Sights
In Vegas, history means Elvis and culture is a European replica.
The aim is old-fashioned: ensure visitors go gaga and keep coming back for more. Beyond the casinos, the Liberace Museum has recently been upstaged by the Smithsonian-affiliated Atomic Testing Museum and Las Vegas Art Museum, while back on the Strip you'll find showy spectaculars, kitschy sideshows, high-flying thrill rides and amusement parks galore.
Las Vegas Nightlife
Sin city does high-octane entertainment, 24 hours a day.
Vegas is one big show - a low-plot production utterly upstaged by song and dance numbers. You can catch a stage show at midnight, hit a hip-hop club in the wee hours or settle in for old-fashioned laughs at stand-up comedy club.
Shopping Las Vegas
It's not just the Nevada sun that'll melt the plastic.
In Las Vegas consumption is as conspicuous as dancing fountains in the desert. Haute purveyors cater to the cashed-up, and here you can find almost anything on offer that you mIght pick up in London, New York or Tokyo, along with a few high-roller items not likely to be sold anytime soon.
Eiffel Tower Experience
Views,
Monument
How authentic is the half-scale tower? Gustave Eiffel's original drawings were consulted, but the 50-story ersatz replica is welded rather than riveted together. It's also fireproof and engineered to withstand a major earthquake. Ascend in a glass elevator to the observation deck for panoramic views over the Strip, Vegas Valley and mountains.
3645 Las Vegas Blvd S, The Strip
09:30-00:30, weather permitting
702 946 7000
Adventuredome
Theme park/funfair
Enclosed by over 8000 pink-glass panes, Circus Circus' indoor amusement park is packed with thrills. Must-rides include the double-loop, double-corkscrew Canyon Blaster and the Sling Shot tower ride packing a whopping four Gs of acceleration. Clowns perform free shows throughout the day.
2880 Las Vegas Blvd S, The Strip
call for seasonal schedule
702 794 3939
Manhattan Express Rollercoaster
Theme park/funfair
Feel your life flash before you on the Manhattan Express Rollercoaster, where a twist-and-dive maneuver produces a (rather violent) sensation similar to what a pilot feels during a barrel roll in a fighter plane.
3790 Las Vegas Blvd S, The Strip
11:00-23:00 Sun-Thu, 10:30-24:00 Fri & Sat
740 6969
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