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.

Surya Bonaly

The former women’s figure-skating champion now performs professionally.
Sweet Tomatoes Salad Bar

The cool green and white interior plus extras like custom-made omelets and stuffed potato distinguish this salad bar from its rivals. The choice of dressings is extensive, and the ingredients are garden-fresh. The homemade chili is divine.
Swimming at Northwest Pool

Although almost every hotel and motel in Las Vegas has a swimming pool, people who want to swim laps may find that there are too many other swimmers in the way. For a good pool workout, locals head for the eight-lane Northwest Pool. When you’re bored with doing laps (or your children are bored with you doing laps), there is a 178-ft (54-m) spiral slide and an aquatic play gym.
Temple of Sinawava, Zion National Park

The so-called temple is, in fact, an awe-inspiring mass of red rock. The religious name echoes many others in the park.
Tennis at Sunset Park

The eight floodlit courts at Sunset Park are easy to get to (they are only about a mile from the southern end of the Strip), and they also cost far less than the courts at sports clubs and hotels. While you wait for a court enjoy the ringside view of planes coming in to land at McCarran International Airport.
Terrace, Hyatt Regency Lake

Wonderful at sunset, when the hills and houses are bathed in a gold light (see Hyatt Regency Lake Las Vegas).
Texas Station

The theme is of a 19th-century town in the Lone Star state of Texas, with wagon wheels and gunpowder barrels.
The Armadillo Lounge

This north Las Vegas nightclub gets swingin’ on Sunday afternoons with dancing to favorite swing tunes. On Fridays and Saturdays, the house band “Love Shack” plays popular classics from the 1980s.
The Attic

The largest vintage clothing store in the world, with 1940s pillbox hats and rhinestone jewelry, 1960s tuxedos, and 1950s-style hot pants and sequined eyeglasses.
The Beach

With waitresses in bikinis and two floors decorated in an ocean and surfing theme, the Beach is a complete entertainment complex. Dancing, a restaurant, a sports bar, and a sports book make this off-Strip club a favorite with the younger crowd.

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