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Frommer’s® Las Vegas Day by Day™ Reveals 16 Smart Ways to See Vegas
Try to describe Las Vegas in one word, and you’ll likely have a few false starts. Casinos? Dining? Shows? The truth is that there’s something for practically everyone—tourists, gamblers, families, elopers, “sinners,” shoppers, adventure seekers, nature lovers, gourmands, and even art lovers. For those interested in experiencing the city’s wide range of entertainments, Frommer’s Las Vegas Day by Day, 1st Edition (Wiley; March 2008; $12.99) provides smart, time-efficient tours that take travelers through the very best of Las Vegas. This inexpensive, four-color guide is the latest in Frommer’s wildly popular Day by Day series (now at 32 titles). The Day by Day guides offer dozens of neighborhood and thematic tours, complete with hundreds of photos and detailed, bulleted maps that lead the way from sight to sight. Star-rated hotel and restaurant listings and coverage of offbeat places make these handy guides suitable for business and leisure travelers alike. The tours in Frommer’s Las Vegas Day by Day—organized by length of stay, neighborhoods, and special interests—should satisfy the needs of every visitor, regardless of income or schedule. You’ll find listings for the best neighborhood walks, shopping, restaurants, hotels, dance clubs, bars, shows, wedding chapels, and more. You’ll also get insider advice on getting discount tickets, access to clubs, a table at the top restaurants, gambling lessons, and all kinds of freebies. There are in-depth tours of the Strip (South Strip, Mid-Strip, individual hotels like the Bellagio, you name it!) and separate chapters on gambling and area casinos. The “Savvy Gambler” section includes advice on playing the games and tips on joining players clubs. For those that want to get away from it all, there’s even a chapter on side trips to places like Hoover Dam, Lake Mead, and Valley of Fire State Park. Just how diverse is Vegas? Here are a handful of experiences highlighted in the book: * Hotel hopping on the Strip. There’s only one place where ancient Egypt, Camelot, Paris, New York, and Venice are all within walking distance of one another: the Strip. Amble down this teeming street, and drop in on whichever supersized resort strikes your fancy. Every casino has its claim to fame, whether it’s the Bellagio for glamour, Wynn Las Vegas for comfort and luxury, or The Flamingo for kitsch. After all, it’s only in Vegas that the hotels aren’t just near the attractions, they are the attractions. See page 42. * Taking in a show. We’re not talking about Cirque du Soleil (although you can check that out, too). No, this is the kind of show that made Las Vegas famous and that is slowly on its way out. The best place to catch a topless revue is Jubilee!, which combines just the right amount of campy entertainment with talent. See page 116. -over
* Appreciating art at the Bellagio. Step inside the Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art, and you may need a minute to let your eyes adjust to the lack of customary glitter. But you’ll soon appreciate the respite provided by this gallery’s temporary exhibits, which include Ansel Adams retrospectives and other exhibits. See page 16. * Admiring the Liberace legacy. Where can you find a mirrored Rolls-Royce, a 50-pound rhinestone, a giant pink piano? The Liberace Museum, of course! See page 15. * Shopping the casino arcades. The high-end shops of The Forum at Caesars Palace (think Christian Dior and Louis Vuitton) aren’t the only retail venues tempting you to part with your cash. The Venetian’s Grand Canal Shops, the Wynn Esplanade, and Paris Las Vegas’ Le Boulevard are all great places to score luxury souvenirs. See page 72. * Redefining the museum experience. Las Vegas may embrace decadence, but its history is not all fun and games. Visit the Smithsonian-affiliated Atomic Testing Museum to explore nuclear weapons development and see the role that the state of Nevada played as the primary testing ground between 1951 and 1992. See p. 15. Frommer’s Las Vegas Day by Day, 1st Edition, includes everything that has made the Day by Day guides a bestselling series. Savvy travelers will find 16 detailed itineraries, 33 maps, a tri-fold cover, and a fullcolor, tear-resistant sheet map enclosed in a resealable plastic envelope. Along with its star-rating system, the guide employs a “kids” icon to identify family-friendly options and coffee-cup-shaped bullets to earmark the best cafes and eateries for satisfying tour breaks. Frommers.com offers many more tips on traveling to Las Vegas, as well as booking tools like flight and hotel options. A podcast is available for download on www.frommers.com/podcast or iTunes.com. About the author: Mary Herczog lives in Los Angeles and works in the film industry. She has authored Frommer’s New Orleans, California for Dummies, and Frommer’s Portable Las Vegas for Non-Gamblers, among other titles, and she has contributed to Frommer’s Los Angeles.
Frommer’s® Las Vegas Day by Day™, 1st Edition
ISBN: 978-0-470-13469-6/ $12.99 U.S. March 2008
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