10 Reasons To Travel To Vegas

To spend a few days in any unique Las Vegas hotels is reason enough to jump on a plane right now. Just imagine that you can have a chance to stay in Venice and have a drink in New York, dine in Paris, than drink again in Egypt - and all of that in one night. Every famous hotel in Vegas is a world in itself, you just have to choose what you prefer to be surrounded by, you just have to choose what fairy tale you want to be in. And it is true, to be in a Las Vegas hotel, it is like to be in a fairy tale. Here are my personal favorites among Las Vegas hotels.

Luxor Hotel & Casino - spacious, beautifully decorated rooms with breathtaking views on top of 350 feet pyramid. Spa suites are even more remarkable experience. Each Luxor Spa suites features separate living and bedroom areas, plus you can relax soaking in your very own private spa tub enjoying panoramic view of Vegas. The hotel was voted one of the top 50 resorts in the world by discriminating readers of Gourmet Magazine.

The Venetian Resort Hotel Casino - newly remodeled suites with Roman décor - reminiscent of modern European ambience. Plus, gondola rides and cobblestone walkways, beautiful piazzas and expensive shops, street performers and high-end art exhibits - the Venetian is a unique opportunity to experience upscale culture of Venice right in a heart of Las Vegas.

New York-New York Hotel & Casino - The tallest hotel on the Vegas Strip replicates Manhattan skyline with 12 New York-style skyscrapers and its most famous landmarks, all the while evoking the Big Apple's sights, sounds, and tastes. If you never stayed in Manhattan hotel, but always wanted to experience it, that's your chance - the best of Manhattan presented luxuriously for you in New York-New York Hotel.

Bellagio - Hotel's lobby features 2,000 hand-blown glass flowers; hotel's conservatory and botanical gardens display hundreds of exceptionally gorgeous plants, flowers and trees; hotel's rooms are an elegant combination of contemporary wood furnishings and artwork with traditional fabrics and accessories. Attention to details - that's how you can describe a stylish and luxurious atmosphere in Bellagio hotel.

Wynn Las Vegas Hotel - This is only casino resort in the world that received the Mobil 5 Star, AAA 5 Diamond and Michelin 5 Red Pavilions awards. Decorated with replicas of art from Steve Wynn's art collection, the hotel rooms offer spectacular views through wall to wall floor to ceiling windows. Custom pillow-top beds, armchairs with ottomans, fluffy towels and 320-thread-count linens - everything in your room is screaming luxury and style.

To have a dinner in one of many acclaimed Las Vegas restaurants is another reason to travel to Vegas. Paris and New York are probably culinary capitals of the world, but Las Vegas offers quintessence of all best culinary from around the world in its array of internationally acclaimed names of chefs and venues. If you love fine dining in elegant surroundings, if you want to have gourmet for breakfast, lunch and dinner, if you wish to try best of different cuisines - Las Vegas is the place to be. Just look at long list of Las Vegas restaurants and you would realize that you have to spend at least a couple weeks in Vegas to have a bite in all best of them. Here are my personal favorites.

Le Cirque and Picasso at Bellagio Hotel are both offer fantastic culinary experiences, both have AAA Five Diamond awards for many years and both stylishly designed. For over a quarter century, Le Cirque has remained the gustatory temple at the epicenter of New York's social, business and power dining scenes. Ringmaster Sirio Maccioni, long recognized as the "world's most charismatic restaurateur," brought his culinary magic to Las Vegas with a high respect to exquisite French cuisine. At Picasso legendary Spanish chef Julian Serrano's menu is inspired by the regional cuisine of France and Spain where Picasso spent much of his life. The restaurant also boasts a wine cellar stocked with more than 1,000 bottles from the finest European vineyards. Picasso masterpieces, as well as a collection of his charming ceramic pieces, further delight the senses of diners enjoying the Picasso experience.

Joël Robuchon, is one of the best among upscale restaurants in Vegas. Internationally acclaimed French Chef Joël Robuchon chose the MGM Grand in Las Vegas to open his first restaurant in the USA. You don't have to fly to Paris for this once-in-a-lifetime culinary experience, you can try this impeccable cuisine in a friendly elegant atmosphere right here in Vegas. Very expensive but it is worth every penny.

Mandalay Bay is home for four outstanding restaurants, each is worth a visit. Alain Ducasse's Mix, located in the top of the hotel, features classic French and American dishes as well the chef's signature dishes from his restaurants in Paris and Monte Carlo. Plus, designed in white and silver, with sweeping staircases, mid-century modern furniture and a stunning 24-foot chandelier of 15,000 hand-blown glass spheres, Mix's setting is as much of the experience as the cuisine. The Fleur de Lys offers contemporary French cuisine in a sexy soulful atmosphere features with a live floral sculpture of more than 3,000 fresh-cut roses formed to shape a giant leaf. Red Square with an impressive caviar selection, Russian specialties and a famous frozen vodka bar will transport you to the intrigued world of Russia. STRIPSTEAK offers fantastic classic steaks artistically prepared using a special signature heating and grilling method.

Bouchon, at the Venetian Hotel, like the original bouchons of Lyon after which it was modeled, serves an award-winning menu of bistro classics and daily specials, under supervision of "America's Best Chef" Thomas Keller. If you never tried his French Laundry in Napa Valley or Per Se in New York, then you have a chance here in Vegas.

Alex, at Wynn, offers you an exquisite dining experience that you can only find on the French Riviera. Chef Alessandro Stratta brings Riviera cuisine to perfection at this unique restaurant in Las Vegas. One of the most special dining experiences in Vegas, Alex restaurant as well as staying at Wynn hotel itself could be a reason enough to travel to Las Vegas.

No other city in the world is known for its weddings more than Las Vegas. Whether your dream wedding is an elegant party surrounded by all your friends and family, or a jaunt to the county courthouse to simply say "I do", Las Vegas gives you the freedom of choice. No blood tests, birth certificates or waiting periods are required, however you must appear in person at the Clark County Marriage Bureau to obtain a wedding license before rushing up to the altar. With 50 diverse wedding chapels, hundreds of wedding planning experts and over-the-top themes, Las Vegas is ready to do the wedding planning for you and make the most important day of your life everything you've ever dreamed.

To see a show in Las Vegas is one of main reasons to travel to Vegas. Some of them are the best in the country and some can not be seen anywhere else. From Las Vegas comedy shows to best musicals to adult shows, you'll find every show type here in Las Vegas. The infamous Las Vegas Show Girls are the highlight of many musical shows and topless reviews. Blue Man Group at the Venetian is a unique show on the Las Vegas Strip. There are no elaborate costumes, no death-defying acrobatics and no scantily clad dancers. There are simply three blue-hued men dressed in black who make music, make you laugh and make you think. French for "the dream," Le Rêve at Wynn is a stunning combination of amazing acrobatics, aquatics and flights. The well known Chippendales perform for the ladies at the Rio, and sexy Crazy Horse Paris at MGM Grand can easily turn on not only men but women as well. Kid friendly magic shows, hypnosis shows, white tigers and dueling pianos - you wouldn't find that variety of entertainment anywhere else, even on Broadway.

Las Vegas is one of the great spa destinations in the country. Large, beautiful and extravagant facilities, excellent therapists, variety of treatments - Las Vegas spas are flamboyant and lavish. Desert inspired treatments, refreshing healing waters, whirlpools, cool plunge pools, saunas and steam rooms, everything for you to pamper and rejuvenate. Here are examples of best Las Vegas spas.

Spa at the Ritz-Carlton, Lake Las Vegas is 30,000 square-foot spa with 24 treatment rooms and is well known for its signature treatments such as "Drift To Sleep", a special journey that is designed to help you with your trouble falling asleep and staying asleep; beer tasting for gentlemen while they are enjoying pedicure; four hands massage therapy; Chardonnay exfoliation and etc.

Bellagio spa offers an award-winning beauty oasis with a unique menu of treatments in a luxurious 65,000 square-foot setting. Caviar fusion facial, coconut milk and detox-thalasso seaweed bathes, Bellagio signature stone facial, watsu massage - when you get to Bellagio spa you would never want to leave.

Paris Spa by Mandara at Paris Las Vegas, is the incredibly luxurious 26,000-square-foot spa with an exclusive treatments and techniques from Bali. 24 treatment rooms with handcrafted Balinese hardwood massage tables, embroidered silks and carpets, and artwork from around the world provide treatments that reflect the beauty, spirit and traditions of Asian culture.

Spa at Mandalay with a magnificent Indian theme, specializes in Ayurvedic body treatments like Shirodhara, however you can also get all regulars like Swedish and Shiatsu massages, aromatherapy rituals and hot stones. Four swimming pools and 11-acre beach, aquariums and whirlpools make this resort a paradise for water lovers.

Las Vegas is surrounded by beautiful and picturesque deserts, which difficult to find anywhere else in the country. Red Rock Canyon, located about 15 miles west of Las Vegas, is a unique rock formation with natural beauty and wild life of the Mojave Desert. Death Valley National Park, which is 280 feet below sea level, has the lowest elevation on the North American continent. Located 135 miles from Las Vegas, Death Valley has a lot of points of interest including Badwater, the hottest place in the country, Scotty's castle, Zabriskie Point and 20 Mule Team Canyon. Just 20 miles away is the Floyd Lamb Park, where four great ponds provide fantastic fishing opportunities. Grand Canyon, probably the most famous natural treasure in the area, is 300 miles southeast of Las Vegas. Another place close by is Lake Mead, a large man-made lake, one of the largest in the world. It is formed by the Hoover Dam and the Colorado River and is a great place to enjoy the beauty of the Nevada desert, as well as to do swimming and boating.

Las Vegas fantastic golf courses bring here thousands of people for only this particular reason - play golf. More than fifty golf courses of Vegas offer variety of challenges and designs. Panoramic views of the Spring and Red Rock Mountains await golf players at the Mountain Course at Angel Park G.C.; tropical paradise with tropical plants, flowers and ponds as well as Augusta white sand and black volcanic rocks welcome golfers to Bali Hai Golf Club, one of "America's Top 40 Resort Courses"; Black Mountains' view and the Mojave Desert's surroundings meet golf lovers in Black Mountain Golf & Country Club. Beautifully designed Las Vegas' golf courses with spending views and fantastic natural surroundings make Vegas a unique golf destination in the country.

Las Vegas definitely knows how to party. No wonder that Las Vegas is the prime destination for bachelor and bachelorette parties. You can find every possible way of night entertainment in hundreds various Las Vegas clubs from dancing to drinking to adult entertainment. Here some of best clubs in the country such as OPM with huge dance floor; PURE - a 36,000-square-foot two-level paradise with a chance to meet Christina Aguilera, Charlize Theron, Eva Longoria and other celebrities; TAO with great food that just as exciting as the night entertainment and fantastic decorations; Light with state-of-the-art lighting and sound. And remember what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas.

Las Vegas hotel specials are very easy to find. The Internet is full of special offers and deals with great discounts on your Las Vegas trip, which makes you trip is quite affordable and very appealing. Some Las Vegas hotels target couples that want to get married, and if you one of them, they will give huge discounts to you and guests of your wedding. Hotel owners know their customers will spend more money on gaming than they will a hotel room. Therefore, they can afford to keep the hotel rooms low and offer great Las Vegas hotel specials to almost everyone. There are plenty deals on Vegas vacation which include not only a hotel but an airfare as well.