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Lonely Planet guides are, quite simply, like no other. New York TimesTwo perfect days in Las VegasWhether youre a local looking for a long weekend escape, or a visitor looking to explore, Lonely Planets Trips series offers the best itineraries and makes it easy to plan the perfect trip time and again.Everyone knows road-tripping is the ultimate way to experience the USA. You can drive up, down, across, around or straight through every state on the continental map. Were here to help you narrow down the options. Whether youre on a quest for that perfect Pacific Northwest microbrewery pint, fresh lobster right off the boat in Maine or the coolest classic all-night diners in New Jersey, weve got you covered. Our authors drove, paddled, walked, cycled, rode the rails and hopped buses all across the country to bring you their 99 favorite trips across the US.This eBook-only offering is an excerpt of Lonely Planets USAs Best Trips, which includes 99 themed itineraries across America. The trip chosen for this eBook includes: Activities for every interest, from clubs and casinos to spas and circuses Food for every taste, from all-you-can-eat buffets to Michelin-starred fine dining Hotel recommendations for all budgets, from penny-slots to high-stakes Easy-to-use map for your tripLonely Planets USAs Best Trips is written and researched by Sara Benson, Amy Balfour, Alison Bing, Becca Blond, Jennifer Denniston, Lisa Dunford, Alex Leviton, David Ozanich, Danny Palmerlee, Brandon Presser and Karla Zimmerman. Check out Lonely Planets other eBook guides including USAs Best Trips, Southwest USAs Best Trips, Best California Trips, 48 Hours in Los Angeles and more.

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LONELY PLANET AUTHORS

Why is our travel information the best in the world? Its simple: our authors are independent, dedicated travelers. They dont research using just the internet or phone, and they dont take freebies, so you can rely on their advice being well researched and impartial. They travel widely, to all the popular spots and off the beaten track. They personally visit thousands of hotels, restaurants, cafs, bars, galleries, palaces, museums and more and they take pride in getting all the details right, and telling it how it is. Think you can do it? Find out how at lonelyplanet.com.


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48 Hours in Las Vegas

TIME

2 3 days

BEST TIME TO GO

Apr Jun

START

Bellagio

END

The Strip



WHY GO Las Vegas is a wild ride. It doesnt matter if you play the penny slots, lay down a bankroll on the poker tables or never gamble at all youll leave this town feeling like youve just had the time of your life. Guaranteed.


According to Hollywood legend, the day mobster Bugsy Siegel drove from LA into the Mojave Desert and decided to finish raising a glamorous, tropical-themed casino under the searing sun, all there was here were some ramshackle gambling houses, tumbleweeds and cacti. Nobody thought anyone would ever come here. But everybody couldnt have been more wrong, baby.

Today, Las Vegas welcomes more visitors each year than the holy city of Mecca. Admittedly, its tourist traps, especially on the infamous Strip, are nonstop party zones. But scratch beneath the surface, and youll find Sin City has much more on tap than just gambling, booze and cheap thrills. There are as many different faces to Nevadas biggest metropolis as there are Elvis impersonators or wedding chapels here.

Sprawled immodestly along Las Vegas Blvd, the Strip is a never-ending spectacle, especially at night with all of its neon lights blazing. Ever since Bugsys Flamingo casino hotel upped the ante back in 1946, casino hotels have competed to dream up the next big thing, no matter how gimmicky. You can be mesmerized by the dancing fountain show outside of the Picture 2Bellagio, an exploding faux-Polynesian volcano in a lagoon fronting the Picture 3Mirage, singing gondoliers plying the artificial canals of the Picture 4Venetian or sexy pirates in a mock battle of the sexes with pyrotechnics galore at Picture 5TI (Treasure Island). Rise above the Strips madness inside glass elevators shooting up the half-scale replica of the Eiffel Tower at Paris Las Vegas or ascend the 110-story Stratosphere Tower where the worlds - photo 6Paris Las Vegas, or ascend the 110-story Stratosphere Tower where the worlds highest thrill rides await All of this - photo 7Stratosphere Tower, where the worlds highest thrill rides await.

All of this showy stuff is old hat for Las Vegas This century-old city is - photo 8

All of this showy stuff is old hat for Las Vegas. This century-old city is quickly metamorphosing into a sophisticated but still sexy and sybaritic destination. Boutique hotels within casino resorts (for example, the Signature Suites at Picture 9MGM Grand), star chefs restaurants (including a recent invasion of high-flying French folk: witness CityCenters Picture 10Twist by Pierre Gagnaire), and indulgent spas such as Picture 11Spa at Aria, also at CityCenter, with Japanese-style stone sauna beds and a therapy room made of illuminated salt bricks, are what hip, younger crowds demand. Ironically, this polish and sophistication hearken back to Old Vegas heyday in the Fabulous 50s, when mobsters mixed with Rat Pack movie stars and even showgirls dressed in diamonds and silk to just step inside a casino. The most decadent high-roller casino resorts such as Picture 12Palazzo and Picture 13Wynn Las Vegas each have their own galaxy of catwalk couture shops, epicurean restaurants and entertaining diversions, from Broadway shows to nightclubs on par with LA or NYC. To gawk at the VIPs, stroll through the front doors anytime theyre free, and they never close.

You can still find the kitschier and oh-so-cheesy side of Las Vegas. After all, this is the city that brought fame and fortune to flamboyant Liberace, and staged a 1969 comeback show for Elvis outfitted in a rhinestone-studded jumpsuit. Pay your respects at the outrageous Picture 14Liberace Museum, stuffed with hand-painted antique pianos, luxury cars including a mirror-tiled Rolls Royce, and a collection of feathered capes and million-dollar furs. Elvis has indeed left the building, but you can still play blackjack with the King at the Picture 15Imperial Palace, where dealertainers do double duty as casino card dealers and celebrity impersonators. Speaking of casinos, theres none tackier than the 1960s Picture 16Circus Circus, where trapeze artists, high-wire workers and contortionists steal center stage. Grab a seat at the revolving Horse-A-Round Bar, made famous by Hunter S Thompsons Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. At Slots A Fun next door, grab a coupon book, give the giant slot machine a free spin and scarf down a few $2 beers and hot dogs; then relax and enjoy the laughable lounge acts. At the retro Picture 17Fireside Lounge, a swingin 70s hideaway, cooing couples nestle into blue-velvet couches and make out like theres no tomorrow.

When youve exhausted the hurly-burly Strip, take yourself downtown to the Picture 18Fremont Street Experience, a five-block-long pedestrian mall with a canopy steroid-enhanced by a super-big Viva Vision screen and 550,000 watts of concert-hall sound. When the 12.5-million synchronized LEDs come on, its silly sound-and-light shows hypnotize passersby (especially anyone whos already drunk on those 99 fluorescent-pink margaritas sold in gigantic souvenir glasses). Fremont St is the citys historic quarter, preferred by serious gamblers who find faux volcanoes beneath them; the smoky, low-ceilinged casinos have changed little over the years. Check out the nerve-wracking, no-limit Texas- hold-em action at legendary Picture 19Binions, where the World Series of Poker was born. Then stumble across the street to the Picture 20Golden Nugget

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