Top Ten Las Vegas Attractions
- The Fountains at Bellagio are hard to miss because the spectacular dancing light and water show performs hourly. Choreographed to regularly changing musical favorites, the free Bellagio Fountains entertain thousands of pedestrians hourly along Las Vegas Boulevard in the heart of the Vegas Strip.
- If you were a fan of the movie "Jaws" than a stop at the Shark Reef at Mandalay Bay is a must. This aquarium allows you to look eye to eye with hundreds of marine animals in one of the largest aquarium exhibits you will see anywhere in the world.
- The Fremont Street Experience is a multi-million dollar light show that dazzles onlookers with its city block wide Viva Vision Screen that hangs 90 feet in the air. For free every hour hundreds of people stare in awe for fifteen minutes at the best attraction in Downtown Las Vegas.
- Not cheap, but the Venetian's Gondola Ride down the Grand Canal inside the casino is extremely romantic and an experience only a notch below the real thing in Venice, Italy.
The Eiffel Tower at the Paris Hotel and Casino is a scaled down version of the real thing. In the heart of the Vegas Strip, take a trip to the top of the Eiffel Tower via the elevator for authentic French cuisine that will delight your taste buds for lunch or dinner and offers fantastic views of the Strip and the Bellagio Fountains.
- Attracting thrill seekers is the goal of the Stratosphere Casino which has an amusement park on top of its 151 story tower. The headline ride is the Big Shot that launches you 160 feet into the air at 45 mph in only 2.5 seconds, a force of 4Gs.
- New York New York Roller Coaster is another popular attraction. The flips and twists at high speed and the blending of the Vegas Strip lights will make your head spin.
- Sport car enthusiasts will be overwhelmed with the Wynn's Penske Ferrari Maserati dealership. Even if you don't plan on dropping hundreds of thousands for a beautiful red Ferrari you can still get a free close-up view of dozens of the sleekest sports cars.
- Since the Volcano and Pirate Battle are both free and next to each other they are worth checking out when walking by on the Strip Boulevard. The semi-realistic Mirage Volcano erupts every 15 minutes while the Treasure Island Pirate Battleship Show goes off every 90 minutes from 4pm till 11:30pm daily.
- Art enthusiasts can enjoy the Gallery of Fine Art at the Bellagio and the Liberace Museum (just off the Strip on Tropicana Avenue). For just a minute of awe head downtown to see the world's largest golden nugget 24 hours a day at the Golden Nugget Casino.
The one thing visitors will enjoy are the countless Vegas attractions. The Strip alone has dozens of top attractions that the casinos have heavily invested in to help attract visitors into their doors. Many attractions in Vegas occur off the Strip that are not owned by casinos, but the majority of the headline attractions can be found inside the enormous casinos that line Las Vegas Boulevard and entertain millions of tourists each year.