Frommer's Las Vegas 2004
Frommer's Las Vegas 2004
Frommer's Las Vegas 2004
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<strong>Las</strong> <strong>Vegas</strong> Blvd. (The Strip)<br />
Harmon Ave.<br />
Tompkins Ave.<br />
Palms Center<br />
Dr.<br />
10<br />
1<br />
2<br />
3<br />
4 5<br />
6 7<br />
Harmon Ave.<br />
South Strip Accommodations<br />
Audrie St.<br />
Koval Ln.<br />
Deckow Ln.<br />
Nick Kelly Dr.<br />
Island St.<br />
Tropicana Ave.<br />
0<br />
0.5 mi<br />
0 0.5 km<br />
Naples Dr.<br />
605<br />
Paradise Rd.<br />
Swenson St.<br />
Reno Av.<br />
604<br />
Reno Ave.<br />
Valley View Blvd.<br />
Ali Baba Ln.<br />
Hacienda Ave.<br />
Diablo Dr.<br />
Dewey Dr.<br />
Quail Ave.<br />
Russell Rd.<br />
Oquendo Rd. Oquendo Rd.<br />
Sunset Rd.<br />
Industrial Rd.<br />
15<br />
Aladdin Resort<br />
& Casino 1<br />
Boardwalk Hotel<br />
& Casino 2<br />
Excalibur 6<br />
The Four Seasons 9<br />
Luxor <strong>Las</strong> <strong>Vegas</strong> 8<br />
9<br />
8<br />
Ali Baba<br />
Ln.<br />
Giles St.<br />
Diablo Dr.<br />
Dewey Dr.<br />
Hacienda Ave.<br />
Haven St.<br />
McCarran<br />
International<br />
Airport<br />
Hughes Executive<br />
Air Terminal<br />
Mandalay Bay 9<br />
MGM Grand Hotel & Casino 5<br />
Monte Carlo Resort & Casino 3<br />
Sunset Rd.<br />
95 93 95<br />
515<br />
Charleston Blvd.<br />
International<br />
Terminal<br />
15<br />
Wayne<br />
Newton<br />
Blvd.<br />
McCarran<br />
604 Air Terminal<br />
McCarran<br />
Exit Rd.<br />
<strong>Las</strong> <strong>Vegas</strong> Blvd. (The Strip)<br />
Tropicana Ave.<br />
AREA OF<br />
DETAIL<br />
McCarran<br />
15<br />
Int’l Airport<br />
Fremont St.<br />
Sahara Ave.<br />
Desert Inn Rd.<br />
Flamingo Rd.<br />
Maryland Pkwy.<br />
582<br />
New York–New York Hotel & Casino 4<br />
Orleans 10<br />
Tropicana Resort & Casino 7<br />
pop up regularly to entertain shoppers and add that hectic souk feel to the experience.<br />
Inside the Desert Passage are a number of terrific restaurants, including a<br />
branch of New Orleans’s venerated Commander’s Palace (p. 128). The hotel also<br />
has its own arena, the Center for the Performing Arts, which is attracting big<br />
names back to <strong>Vegas</strong>. Finally, there is the Elemis spa , maybe aesthetically<br />
our hands-down local favorite; the owners (who also run Elemis in London) sent<br />
their designers to Morocco for ideas, and it shows in this Medina-flavored facility;<br />
just looking at it is pampering, and that’s before one of their people puts you in a<br />
wrap and “dry float” (a womblike water bed–style cradle).<br />
All in all, the place teeters on the brink of a higher rating, and all we can hope<br />
is that the new owners help push it over the hump, rather than in the other<br />
direction. The place deserves it.<br />
3667 <strong>Las</strong> <strong>Vegas</strong> Blvd. S., <strong>Las</strong> <strong>Vegas</strong>, NV 89109. & 877/333-WISH (333-9474) or 702/785-5555. Fax<br />
702/785-5558. www.aladdincasino.com. 2,567 units. $99 and up double. Extra person $30, no discount for<br />
children. AE, DC, DISC, MC, V. Free self- and valet parking. Amenities: Casino; performing-arts center; showroom;<br />
15 restaurants; 7 bars/lounges; 2 outdoor pools; health club and spa; Jacuzzi; sauna; concierge; tour<br />
desk; car-rental desk; business center; shopping arcade; 24-hr. room service; in-room massage; babysitting;<br />
laundry/dry-cleaning service; nonsmoking rooms; executive-level rooms. In room: A/C, TV w/pay movies, dataport,<br />
high-speed Internet access (for a fee), hair dryer, iron and board, safe.<br />
Mandalay Bay Let’s hope the extreme southern Strip location doesn’t<br />
make you overlook Mandalay Bay, as it’s one of our favorite hotels. Why? Well,<br />
we love that the lobby (impossibly high ceilings, calm, gleaming with marble, and
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