Neon Museum
It celebrates its tenth anniversary this year. A true sanctuary, the collection of which began in 1996, the Neon Museum is found in the lobby of a former motel saved from demolition (“La Concha”), a perfect example of medieval architecture, and opens onto an open-air museum of no less than 250 illuminated signs. of hotels, casinos, shops and restaurants dating from 1930 to the present day. Journey through monumental works such as the giant Hard Rock Café guitar that once graced the front of the restaurant and is now fully restored, passing through the Stardust, which was restored by the museum when the casino closed in 2006, or the Moulin Rouge. The hotel was opened in 1955 and closed 6 months later. In the aisles, other cacti, happy ducks and signs for “wedding chapels” guarantee memorable shots.
Neon Museum, 770 Las Vegas Boulevard North, Las Vegas, NV 89101. Open daily from 4pm to midnight in summer (2pm to 10pm in winter). Admission: $20 ($10 for children 7 to 17 and $16 for children 65 and older).
Fountains of Bellagio
From 15:00 you should arrive at the Bellagio Hotel Lake on the Strip. Offered every 30 minutes, then every quarter of an hour after 8 p.m., the spectacle of water fountains in sound and light promises to erupt at dizzying heights (up to 140 meters) and several water dances to the rhythms of carols. the moment Billy John Michael Jackson and Unforgettable fly me to the moon by Frank Sinatra in Favorites. Opened by Las Vegas star entrepreneur Steve Wynn in 1998, the fountains cost their owner, the Blackstone Group, between $300,000 and $400,000 each month in maintenance costs. A rarity in Vegas, their entry is free for all. Generally crowded, the terrace of the Mon Gabi restaurant (at the Paris Casino) and Lago, the elegant Italian table at the Bellagio, allow dining to face the show.
Fountains of Bellagio, 3600 S Las Vegas Blvd.
The Grand Canyon
A helicopter ride to fly over the Grand Canyon usually makes you forget about losing at poker, like at roulette. A shuttle offered at all of the city’s hotels takes passengers across rocky, burning landscapes from the hotel lobby to either Las Vegas International Airport or Boulder City Airport, both about ten minutes from the Strip, where flocks of helicopters await tourists. Depending on the option chosen, the aerial tour lasts from 1 hour to 1.5 hours, offers views of the spectacular Hoover Dam, Lake Mead, the ancient volcano of Amratsum Hill, the Colorado River and may include a stop in the middle of the mountains. or on the Skywalk, a structure with a glass balcony that hangs in the void that evokes startling scenes of terror.
Fares for helicopter tours from Las Vegas usually start at $300. Gcflight.com, Papillon.com or Bookgrandcanyonhelicopters.com are some of the links in this field.
Mob Museum
It was in a former federal building in Las Vegas in the mid-1930s that the Mafia Museum opened on February 14, 2012. To the day, 83 years after the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, when seven members of the Bugs Moran gang were wiped out by star gangster Al Capone in Chicago, standing in front of a brick wall, reenacting line by line (but without the actual bloodstains). museum. The collections spread over three floors detail archival documents and personal belongings, underworld abuses from money laundering to wiretapping, car bombings and other organized murders. In addition to being able to sit in a gas chamber chair, visitors can pose as a prisoner with a badge included, play experts in a crime lab, participate in training sessions with FBI forces, and finish with… a cocktail at a speakeasy typical of Prohibition.
The Mob Museum, 300 Stewart Ave. Tickets start at $29.95. Such. +1 702 229 2734.
Fremont Street Experience
While wearing headphones may be recommended here, Old Vegas’ main drag promises a variety of activities aimed specifically at families. From 27-meter-high hanging giant screens to non-stop street performances to the “SlotZilla zip line” that takes fans into the Fremont Street sky past souvenir shops and kiosks (cheaper than on the Strip), the carnival spirit is here. All day. A snack break at Downtown Container Park, a few meters away, allows you to admire giant praying mantis sculptures, attend a free concert and bring back pins, hats, cigars or popcorn.
www.vegasexperience.com
Gourmet cuisine
If the Michelin guide today has lost interest in the destination (no guide has been published since 2009), then some gastronomic tables deserve a Vegas as well as a restaurant experience. Joel Robuchon (at the MGM Grand Casino) and its annex L’Atelier, or restaurant Guy Savoy At Caesars Palace, always fabulous. The French chef, who was three stars in Paris, also opened a shop called Brioche in 2020 at the Las Vegas Hotel in Paris, offering all kinds of sauces, sweet and savory. A chef in the French pastry department Dominique Anseladored in New York for its cronuts (a cross between a croissant and a doughnut) has just reinforced the battalion of French good taste with the opening of its new boutique. Caesar’s Palace. Scheduled for early 2023: food court The Sunny:located in the Uncommons shopping center (about 15 minutes from the Strip) and without a casino, will finally open dozens of restaurants, including some highly anticipated ones. Madrinathe new vegan restaurant by three-star French chef Dominique Cren.
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Las Vegas Visitor Center.
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Source: Le Figaro
