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.

Best Western Zion Park Inn

The inn is located at the foot of a 1,300-ft (430-m) cliff of Navajo sandstone. The 120 rooms are individually climate-controlled and some have kitchenettes.
Big Mama’s

Creole and Cajun dishes such as jambalaya, creole gumbo, okra, fish cakes, and sweet potato pie.
Big Shot

Located on the world’s tallest observation tower, the Big Shot shoots riders 160 ft (50 m) into the air. They then freefall back to the launch pad. It’s not a ride for the faint-hearted, or for kids – fortunately for them, though, there’s a child-size version of Big Shot at Stratosphere.
Birds of Prey

Red-tailed hawks are the most common predatory birds in all three parks, but at the Grand Canyon look out for the king of the skies, the golden eagle.
Black Canyon Kayak Trip

Black canyon kayak trip from the base of hoover dam with stops at hot springs.
Blue Man Group

Unique, funny, and wildly innovative, three bald blue men take the audience on a multi-sensory journey, featuring theater, percussion music, and vaudeville. Like nothing else you have ever seen!
Bob’s All Family Restaurant, Boulder City

The place to order home-made soup or chili and big slabs of pie. Decor is cozy, and the waitresses are small-town friendly.
Bonanza Gift Shop

The list of merchandise at this enormous store is as long as the souvenir manufacturers’ imaginations.
Bonanza Gift Shop

The mother-of-all-souvenir-stores includes such delights as miniature slot machine banks, X-rated bumper stickers, Elvis motifs on black velvet, sequinstudded hats, personalized dice, and gambling chip-encrusted toilet seats. The place is enormous, crowded with tourists, and crammed with anything that can possibly be marketed as a souvenir of the city.
Bonnie Springs and Old Nevada

This Old West theme park, which is 45 minutes west of the Strip, may lack the slickness typical of others in Las Vegas, but its rough-and-ready charm usually wins the children over. Among the best features are staged gunfights, stagecoach rides, a zoo, and stores with merchandise from the days of yore.

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