DK Travel : Las Vegas

The Entertainment Capital of the World offers just about everything: the world’s largest hotels; the brightest stars in show business; shops and restaurants that rival any on earth. It’s true, too, that the lights are brighter in Las Vegas. Yet you don’t have to go far from the glamour and glitter to find the natural beauty of lakes and the desert as well.

Outdoor Basketball

There always seem to be pick-up basketball games in progress at either Desert Breeze Park or Sunset Park. The former has only two courts, but they are very new and of good quality.
Overton Arm Campgrounds, Lake Mead

The campground offers showers, restrooms, and fuel. Reservations are not accepted.
Pacific Islands Festival

The many Pacific Rim peoples who live in the Las Vegas area celebrate their various heritages one day each year with continuous entertainment, cultural exhibits, and fashion boutiques. Food includes everything from kim-chee and poi to potstickers and teriyaki.
Pamplemousse

With rough-hewn beams, baskets of fresh flowers on the tables, and nooks decorated with pottery and copper cookware, Pamplemousse (“grapefruit” in French) resembles a dining room in Provence. Dinner begins with baskets of breads, crudités, hard-cooked eggs, and olives. Entrées include veal medallions in a dijon-accented cream sauce, and roast duckling in a red wine and rum sauce.
Panamint Mountains, Death Valley

The Panamints are honorary park members, lying as they do just outside it. Head for Aguereberry Point for amazing views of the Funeral Mountains and the Sierra Nevada beyond.
Papillon Grand Canyon Helicopters

The Grand Celebration Tour includes landing on the floor of the Grand Canyon, exploration of Native American lands, a champagne picnic, and views of Lake Mead, Hoover Dam, and the Las Vegas Strip.
Paradise Garden Buffet, Laughlin

Several sauté stations serve up fried catfish and Italian sausage. Crowd-pleasers include complimentary beer and wine and a make-your-own sundae bar.
Paris Buffet

An innovative blend of offerings at the Paris Las Vegas Hotel, including omelets, imported cheeses, bouillabaisse, wild mushroom bisque, lamb, venison, prime rib steak, and huge shrimp, all followed by a wealth of French-inspired desserts.
Paris Las Vegas

The Eiffel Tower and Arc de Triomphe are faithfully and impressively reproduced at Paris Las Vegas Hotel, albeit on a smaller scale than the originals. Buy fresh baguettes from a street vendor, and nibble to the strains of tunes by the great Maurice Chevalier, as interpreted by a wandering accordionist.
Paris Las Vegas

It may not be quite the real thing, but well-observed touches lend the place a characteristic joie de vivre .

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Restaurant price categories

For a three course meal for one with a half bottle of wine (or equivalent meal), taxes and extra charges.
- under $20
- $20–$30
- $30–$45
- $45–$60
- over $60
Hotel price categories

For a standard, double room per night (with breakfast if included), taxes, and extra charges.
- under $50
- $50–$100
- $100–$150
- $150–$200
- over $200