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Las Vegas
United States
In the midst of the southern Nevada desert, Las Vegas is the largest city in the state of Nevada. Nicknamed Sin City, Las Vegas and its surrounding communities are famed for their mega-casino resorts, often lavishly decorated with names and themes meant to evoke romance, mystery, and exotic destinations.
At a glance
- Best time to go
- November–March
- Getting around
- Monorail · Resort trams · Taxi
- Vetted picks
- 37 places — 1 backed by 3+ independent sources
- Real coverage
- 6 vetted creator sources
AI insights
AI-written from the Wikivoyage listings, transport section and the video stats on this page
Avoid driving on the Strip during peak hours or weekends, as the severe gridlock makes walking or utilizing the free resort trams on the west side significantly more efficient for traveling between properties.
Venture to the strip malls along Spring Mountain Road in Chinatown for a massive selection of authentic Asian cuisine, ranging from dim sum to Korean barbecue, which offers a culinary depth often missed by visitors staying strictly within the resort corridor.
If you are looking for a high-quality steak, skip the standard tourist traps and seek out established 'hidden gems' inside older casinos or long-standing local steakhouses, where the focus remains on traditional service and value rather than just the view.
Plan your visit to the Fountains of Bellagio by watching multiple consecutive shows, as the performances vary in music and choreography, ensuring you see the full range of the display.
How we vet these picks
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Best time to go
Best window: November–March
June, July, August and September are the months to avoid — punishing heat. The window below is when it is genuinely pleasant.
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Getting around
By monorail
Due to high prices, inconvenient station locations, low passenger ridership, and the lack of any connection to downtown or the airport, the Monorail is widely regarded as a failure.
By resort trams
The resort trams serve the west side of the Strip (the monorail serves the east side) and are all people movers / automated guideway transit on elevated tracks with free fares.
By taxi
One of the easiest ways to get around is by taxi. Every hotel and most attractions have a taxi stand. It is relatively cheap to go from hotel to hotel, but since traffic is often so congested on the strip, taking a taxi often isn't much faster than walking.
By car
Driving Las Vegas Boulevard (the "Strip"), especially on weekends, is an exercise in frustration. Due to extremely severe gridlock, you could easily spend an hour (or more) sitting in traffic on the Strip just to travel a couple of miles—good for viewing the…
Rental cars
If you mostly plan to hang around one casino and your time in Vegas is short, you might want to forego a rental car altogether and just take taxis.
What to see
Places are listed from Wikivoyage and our own sourced research. Worth it means a second, independent source names the place too; “3 sources agree” means three or more do — and each card names them, so you can check.
Bellagio Fountains
Worth itAlso recommended by Lonely Planet
Choreographed fountain shows set to music on the Bellagio's eight-acre lake.
Vetted sources
Discovery Children's Museum
360 Promenade Pl· Moderate
A combination museum and playground, this museum lets children engage in creative play while exposing them to science concepts. Kids especially love the 70-foot-tall Summit tower with 12 levels of interactive exhibits.
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