The Venetian
<p>The most painstakingly detailed of the themed casino resorts, the Venetian is a condensed version of its namesake city and features some of the largest rooms on the Strip, averaging 700 square feet with sunken living rooms and marble baths. Like <a href="/hotels/wynn-las-vegas-las-vegas-nevada-hotel">Wynn</a> and <a href="/hotels/caesars-palace-las-vegas-nevada">Caesars</a> nearby, the Venetian is in full expansion mode, with a new 50-floor, 3,068-room sister property that opened in January 2008. Rooms in the all-suite 3,014-room main tower (which opened in 1999) have traded their gilded, faux-Venetian décor for a more modern style (backlit onyx walls, clean-lined, natural-hued couches and chairs, remote-controlled Roman shades), and each now has three LCD or plasma televisions (including one TV in the bath), wireless Internet, and a sectional sofa for guests. And just outside, of course, is a Piazza San Marco entrance (just like the real thing, minus the pigeons), in- and outdoor canals plied by gondoliers, and reproductions of famous frescoes on the soaring ceilings within.</p> <p><strong>Tip:</strong> Have breakfast at Thomas Keller's <a href="/restaurants/bouchon-las-vegas-las-vegas-nevada">Bouchon</a> (boudin blanc and eggs, flaky croissants). If you want a taste without the production of a sit-down breakfast, pick up masterful pastries and sticky buns at Bouchon Bakery, near the Phantom of the Opera theater lobby.</p> <p><strong>Room to Book:</strong> Bypass rooms in the newer—but darker—Venezia tower, which opened in 2003, for the renovated suites in the main tower. </p>
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Last updated January 2008
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