Choosing Your Resort Area in Las Vegas

Las Vegas is a land of resorts. But even if you don't know where you want to stay, you can narrow your choices by deciding what area in the city you most prefer. With few exceptions, Las Vegas resort layout is somewhat linear, with most resorts located on a four-mile stretch of Highway 91, also known as Las Vegas Boulevard. Interestingly, while considered part of Las Vegas, the strip itself is actually outside the city proper.

Traveling up the strip, from south to north, is very much like taking a trip back in time. With a few notable exceptions, the southernmost resorts are generally the largest, newest, and most modern facilities with contemporary design and more of a luxurious atmosphere. The further north one travels, the resorts be-come reminiscent of the classic Las Vegas, with the flashier lights and glittery symbols made famous in the earlier years of the strip.

Finally, downtown Las Vegas, in an area commonly called Fremont Street, is just a short drive from the strip. This section is the Las Vegas of yesterday. Today it is called the Fremont Street Experience which includes a pedestrian-only street covered by a domed roof. It was here that Las Vegas was born.

Not all resorts are on the strip or in downtown, however. Many area locals (and sometimes tourists) venture off the strip to find more inexpensive accommodations, locals casinos, or an intimate, out-of-the-way setting.

South Strip
The south strip is along Las Vegas Boulevard, from the tip of the strip to Flamingo Road. This section is where most of the largest hotels in Las Vegas are located. Within a small quarter-mile (or so) are some truly gargantuan properties. In fact, the intersection of Las Vegas Boulevard and Tropicana Avenue is the busiest in America.

Mid-Strip
Between Flamingo Road and Spring Mountain Road is the mid-strip section of town. Mid-strip became the birthplace of the Las Vegas Strip when Bugsy Siegel built the Fabulous Flamingo in the late 1940s. Today, this section of town contains the most compact resorts; they are among the smaller ones on the strip but there are many of them in a small area.

North Strip
North of Spring Mountain Road all the way to the Stratosphere (north of Sahara), is the north strip area. North strip is the smallest resort area on the strip, but it contains the true classic Las Vegas properties from the 1950s. The last remaining hotels of the rat-pack era are here, and the area is a bit more spread out and visibly aging than the other, newer sections of town. Still, it is the best way to enter the Vegas of yesteryear; even Fremont Street has updated itself more than the north strip area.

Downtown / Fremont Street
Fremont Street is the quintessential classic Las Vegas, with shimmering light-adorned awnings, cramped smoky gaming quarters, and throngs of onlookers. Everything seems a bit closer here. Fremont Streets attendance has understandably gone downhill since the popularization of strip resorts, but it has been re-invented several times over. Today the 2-block road is closed to automobile traffic, and a sun-blocking canopy (great for hot days) is high above the street.

Off-Strip
And then there are the resorts outside of the main area. And with Nevadas liberal casino laws, there are many, all over the place. Drive on a main road, in any direction, and youre sure to come across a large resort complex. Of course, this is not limited to the Las Vegas area; but this book will focus only on nearby off-strip resorts.

Dirk Vanderwilt is the author of several travel guidebooks for the Tourist Town Guides series. Tourist Town Guides offer independent, honest advice about America's top tourist hotspots.

For more information, visit http://www.touristtown.com

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