Bellagio

Italian-themed extravaganza on a manmade lake in the middle of the Strip.... More

Four Seasons Hotel, Las Vegas

Floors 35–39 of a tower adjacent to Mandalay Bay, on the Strip's south end.... More

The Venetian

Colossal Italianate fantasy replete with faux Grand Canal.... More

Wynn Las Vegas

Picasso's Le Rêve, bought at Christie's for a reco... More

Aria Resort & Casino

Binion's Horseshoe Hotel & Casino

To see how Las Vegas played on this theme, we headed to the old downtown casinos along Glitter Gulch. The... More

Caesars Palace

Circus Circus

The Strip's most kid-centric hotel pre-dates the mega-resort era, so we cut it some slack for having a lame, postage... More

Encore Wynn Las Vegas

You hear a musical cue, and the wall descends. Up comes a glass wall, and the roof accordions open. Then... More

Excalibur

This resort prides itself on being child-friendly, but the only interesting pool feature—a small waterfall—is accompanied by a DO NOT... More

Flamingo Las Vegas

Brooklyn-born mobster Bugsy Siegel played a key ro... More

The Hard Rock Hotel and Casino

And, for glitz that evokes the glamour of rock-and-roll singles... More

THEhotel at Mandalay Bay

Sleek, all-suite hotel with Vegas's only topless pool (for ages 21 and up).... More

Las Vegas Hilton

A regular performer at the Las Vegas Hilton... More

Luxor

A gigantic glass pyramid with a gaudy Egyptian theme (miles of fake gold and limestone, sphinxes over 100 feet tall).... More

Mandarin Oriental

In the new CityCenter complex, the Adam D. Tihany ... More

Mansion at MGM Grand

Four-Bedroom Villa $15,000.... More

The MGM Grand

The city's largest hotel had to have a giant water feature, if only to accommodate its capacity of 10,000 guests... More

The Mirage

The first of the new generation of themed resorts plays up its Polynesian aesthetic with aplomb.... More

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