Las Vegas in 4 days
A metropolitan area of 2.3 million people in the Mojave Desert, where one boulevard lines up casino hotels, dancing fountains and a 112-metre sphere covered in screens. An hour's drive away, Hoover Dam, the sandstone of Red Rock and the Valley of Fire remind you where you are.

The plan, day by day
Day 1
- Morning
The Stripfree · 2 to 3 hSeven kilometres of Las Vegas Boulevard lined with some thirty themed casino hotels, from the Luxor pyramid to the Venetian's canals, most open all night.
- Afternoon
Bellagio fountainsfree · a few minutesSome 1,200 jets on an artificial lake send water up to 140 metres, set to music from Sinatra to Céline Dion, in short shows.
- Late afternoon
Sphereabout 1 hA 112-metre globe behind the Venetian, opened in 2023, its LED shell visible across the Strip and its 16K interior screen wrapping around 17,600 seats.
Day 2
- Morning
Fremont Street Experiencefree · 2 to 3 hOld downtown, with 1940s and 1950s casinos such as the Golden Nugget, under an LED canopy since 1995, beside the 1951 Vegas Vic cowboy.
- Afternoon
The Neon Museumabout 1 h 30Over 200 retired signs from demolished casinos and motels, with the ticket office in the shell-shaped lobby of the 1961 La Concha Motel.
Day 3
- Morning
Red Rock Canyonhalf a dayAztec sandstone cliffs 25 km west of the Strip, circled by a one-way 21 km scenic drive with trailheads such as Ice Box Canyon.
- Late afternoon
Hoover Damabout 1 h 30A 221-metre concrete wall on the Colorado, finished in 1936, holding back Lake Mead, where a white band on the rock shows the falling water.
Day 4
- Morning
Valley of Firehalf a dayNevada's first state park, opened in 1935, where 150-million-year-old fossilised dunes form red, pink and yellow sandstone, including the striped Fire Wave.
Where to sleep in Las Vegas
- Harrah's Las Vegas · €70 a night
- El Cortez Hotel and Casino · €45 a night
- Plaza Hotel & Casino · €55 a night
- Paris Las Vegas Hotel & Casino · €110 a night
- Caesars Palace Hotel & Casino · €150 a night
- The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas · €180 a night
- Bellagio · €260 a night
- Wynn Las Vegas · €300 a night
- Waldorf Astoria Las Vegas · €350 a night
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