Casino Crawling

Each Casino/Hotel has a distinctive personality and it is fun cruising though each. The "grater" looking building on the right is Planet Hollywood, an older failing hotel that was redesigned and saved by Arnold Schwarzenegger, Demi Moore, and Bruce Willis. It has a flavor of the Hard Rock Café chain.

Next door is the Paris Hotel/Casino where you can ride to the top of the Eiffel Tower and take out a mortgage to pay for a drink while enjoying a gorgeous view of the city . It also boasts a restaurant where you can be insulted in person by Chef Gordon Ramsey while enjoying one of his delicious meals.

Paris also has Mon Ami Gabi, one of the mostly highly recommended restaurants in Vegas for good food, good prices, and good location. It was always packed.

A must see is the dancing fountains of the Bellagio. Every half hour in the evening a choreographed dancing fountain show will steal your heart. The music changes with each show so you could spend an entire evening just hanging out in front of the Bellagio. You might recognize it from the Oceans Eleven film.

The Ferris wheel near the Venetian was intriguing, but we never saw it move - so we were wary about trying it. Caesar's Palace is an institution in Vegas and a must see. The entire side of Aria is a technological marvel: a massive video screen that can be seen even in the brightest sunlight. It is about 25 stories tall!