Holiday Velvet Travel Blog

Thursday, November 30, 2006

ART: A Trip to Las Vegas

Why would anyone visit Las Vegas? For more reasons than you could think of or even imagine. The fastest growing city in the US, three hundred days of sunshine, world class golf courses and other sports facilities, excellent museums including a Guggenheim and oh - of course, I almost forgot – the Las Vegas Strip! The most impulsive reason to visit Las Vegas is to get married at one of its innumerable chapels!

South Nevada is booming and more people than ever before are relocating to the Las Vegas area. This is no desert but a thriving community, surrounded by scenic mountains. It has grown into a retirement destination that rivals Florida, with favorable taxes and no hurricanes! It is not just retirees or second home investors but people seeking to live in a place with good weather, reasonable cost of living and a good education system. The golf is a bonus!

Las Vegas Strip and off strip areas known as downtown are witnessing a stunning revival. Beautiful master planned communities, many with their own casinos and entertainment have developed around the city and luxurious mile-high condos and condo-hotels dot the Strip. The luxurious life style offered at any of the Las Vegas villas is to be seen to be believed. Getting around is not a hassle either. The city has great public transport with the monorail and two bus systems that get you to any part of the city quickly and efficiently.

No other city in the world can rival the glitter of the neon lit Las Vegas Strip with its larger than life casinos and entertainment centers. Las Vegas is like some TV reality show. There’s no need travel around the world – every famous landmark has been replicated here, probably with greater detail than the original. From slot machines to roulette you can take your pick for a little flutter or a night of gambling. If Lady Luck favors you, they throw in a luxury suite for a night or more!

There are several other attractions in Vegas and even kids can have fun at the various theme parks, rides and museums. It perhaps has more variety for entertainment than any other place in the world, though most people cannot imagine anything else here other than casinos.

One cannot make a trip to Vegas and not watch any of the entertainment. Go past the famous clubs and you will see the names of top performers blinking in neon signs. The greatest entertainers of the world have performed in Las Vegas and do not be surprised if you spot an Elvis or two!

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