The Strip

***Background*** Las Vegas wasn’t really top of our list when planning our honeymoon, as neither my hubby nor I are gamblers. Other places we wanted to visit though meant that this glitzy town was on the way and we felt we had to take it in for a couple of days so decided to book into The Mirage, which is quite a luxurious hotel right in the middle of The Strip. I’ve already done a review on it and the Secret Garden within it so I’m going to concentrate on other things we saw at various hotels down the 2 mile section of Las Vegas Boulevard that is commonly shown on shows such as the original CSI, in what I call The Strip ...  Read the complete review

The Strip is an experience you can never forget! Where else can you go to visit Egypt, New York, the Tropics, Rome/Greece, Hollywood, see wild tigers, Flamingos etc ? This is the street of lights, excitement, gambling like you've never seen before! The Hotels on the Strip have to compete with each other, to attract their visitors and try and keep them interested enough to stay and gamble in their Casinos, so alot of competition here, which is good news for the tourist! From its first hotel - Hotel Nevada - in 1906 -Then Bugsy Siegel's Flamingo Hotel (which some argue that it was not him who started this), and his Mob, opened in 1946 . The Rat Pack were ...  Read the complete review