Las Vegas, NV

The Entertainment Capital of the World

When you think nightlife, gambling, fine dining, and world-class entertainment, Las Vegas comes to mind first. As the biggest city in the greater Mojave Desert, it's home to mega casino-hotels and unique experiences at every turn — and beyond gambling and nightlife, it's also a leading financial, commercial, and cultural center for the state of Nevada.

Vegas has earned a spot in countless movies, TV shows, and songs as one of the top three destinations in the country for hospitality, business conventions, and entertainment of every kind.

Top hotels & resorts to stay in Las Vegas

The Cosmopolitan houses 2,995 guest rooms behind elegant marble floors and Italian-style chandeliers, with a three-level casino bar, the Marquee Nightclub & Day Club, and the Sahra Spa for winding down.

ARIA Resort & Casino's curved glass tower is a LEED Gold–certified building filled with natural light, with about 4,000 guest rooms, 16 restaurants, eight bars, three pools, and the Cirque du Soleil show Zarkana.

The Venetian Resort Hotel & Casino recreates the canals and gondola rides of Venice across 4,000 suites, with one of the top-ranked spa clubs in North America.

Best entertainment in Las Vegas

Dig This lets you operate real excavators and bulldozers in a giant sandbox — open to anyone age three and up.

Apocalypse Vegas trains you with former military operators before sending you and your group hunting through an "evacuated" town for 1.5 hours.

Vegas Indoor Skydiving delivers the feeling of freefall — no parachute or airplane required — powered by a 1,000-horsepower vertical wind tunnel.

The STRAT Hotel, Casino & SkyPod straps you in for rides up to 160 ft. at 45 mph, with award-winning revolving restaurants at the top for the view.

Other favorites include Top Shot Las Vegas, a round of golf, Fremont Street, a helicopter ride over the Grand Canyon, the Mob Museum, Mandalay Bay's Shark Reef Aquarium, the Neon Museum, and MAGIC — one of the city's famous fashion trade shows.

Best restaurants in Las Vegas

Mizumi, Bazaar Meat by José Andrés, Bardot Brasserie, Twist by Pierre Gagnaire, Restaurant Guy Savoy, Wing Lei, Lakeside, Picasso, Kabuto, and Joël Robuchon are a few of the destination restaurants that keep the Strip's dining scene world-class.