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Sightseeing on the Strip
If you’re looking for the heart of the action, look no further than the Strip – a glittering boulevard of hotels, casinos, restaurants, nightclubs, shops and other attractions. Best experienced by night, its full 7 km stretch is dotted with some of Vegas’s most well-known landmarks.
There’s the choreographed fountain show
at the Bellagio’s man-made lake, with over 1,000 fountains dancing in sync to classical or Broadway tunes. At the Mirage, an artificial volcano “erupts” every half hour, complete with smoke, “lava” flows and thundering sound effects. There’s nothing understated about the Strip and every hotel has its gimmick, be it Caesar’s Palace with its Roman centurions or the Luxor with its King Tut Museum.
Family-friendly attractions also abound, such as the jangling arcade and free circus performances at Circus Circus, and heart- stopping thrill rides at the Stratosphere, the tallest free-standing observation tower in the United States. Looming at 35 m high, the latter boasts the 360-degree rotating Top of the World Restaurant & Lounge, with its bird’s-eye view of the Strip and the city.
But there’s more here than blinking lights and loud music. Art lovers can explore the Bellagio’s Gallery of Fine Art or the
Venetian, which houses the Guggenheim Hermitage Museum, designed by eminent architect Rem Koolhaas. The Mirage is as famous for its indoor tropical rainforest, bottlenose dolphin habitat and aquarium as it is for its volcano. And curious celebrity- spotters may want to pop into the Little White Wedding Chapel, whose themed weddings are legendary (Elvis impersonators officiate regularly). This is where Bruce Willis and Demi Moore got married, among other famous personalities.
The Neon Nightscape
Say “Las Vegas” to anyone, and the first thing that probably springs to mind is the nightly neon explosion of colours. More than just a backdrop for nocturnal adventures, the flashy signs best represent the city’s spirit of devil- may-care extravagance. Where else, after all, would you find a glittering Disneyesque white castle or the replica of an Egyptian pyramid, the latter with its own spotlight projecting majestically straight up into the sky?
The kaleidoscopic spectacle runs down the entire Strip and spills over to the downtown area around Fremont Street. Captured in numerous TV shows and films, it includes well-known illuminated landmarks such as the bright golden sign at the Golden Nugget Casino, the sassy cowgirl outline at the Glitter Gulch and the cowboy figure waving “howdy” at the Pioneer Club.
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