| Local Attractions & Suggestions from the Locals |
GETTING AROUND
TAXI
TAXIS ARE PLENTIFUL BOTH AT THE AIRPORT AND HOTELS
LOCALS TIP: WHEN GETTING
IN A CAB AT THE AIRPORT TO ANY STRIP LOCATION INCLUDING BALLY’S (HOST HOTEL),
TELL THE DRIVER “NO TUNNEL” THIS IS CALLED LONG HAULING AND WILL MORE THAN
DOUBLE YOUR FARE AND IS VERY DISHONEST, VERY ILLEGAL AND VERY COMMON.
UBER AND LYFT
BOTH ARE EASILY AVAILABLE AND TEND TO BE MUCH LESS EXPENSIVE
THAN TAXIS
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION: BUS
THERE ARE NUMEROUS ROUTES SERVING THE ENTIRE CITY INCLUDING THE
DEUCE WHICH IS A HIGH FREQUENCY, DOUBLE DECK BUS ROUTE SERVING THE STRIP AND
OFFERING A SPECTACULAR VIEW OF THE LIGHTS AS WELL AS TRANSPORTATION.
REGIONAL TRANSIT SYSTEM: LAS VEGAS MONORAIL
RAIL TRANSIT SERVES THE EAST SIDE OF THE STRIP BTWEEN THE SLS
HOTEL AND THE MGM GRAND INCLUDING A STOP AT BALLY’S/PARIS LAS VEGAS.
LAS VEGAS BEYOND THE
STRIP
OFF STRIP LOCALS WORLD
ARTS DISTRICT
LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF DOWNTOWN LAS VEGAS THIS UP AND COMING AREA
CONTAINS MANY GALLERIES, CO-OPS AND OTHER ARTISTIC DEVELOPMENTS
ARTS FACTORY
HEART OF THE ARTS DISTRICT LOCATED IN A 50 YEAR OLD WAREHOUSE
CONTAINING NUMEROUS ARTIST SPACES, GALLERIES AND A BISTRO/BAR
FREMONT STREET EXPERIENCE
3 BLOCK LONG CURB TO CURB OVERHEAD SCREEN SHOWING MUSICAL AND
ARTISTIC SHOWS HOURLY 9:00P-MIDNIGHT AS WELL AS A ZIP LINE A VIBRANT STREET
SCENE
FREMONT EAST
JUST EAST OF THE FREMONT STREET EXPERIENCE IS FREMONT EAST
HOME TO NUMEROUS BARS, RESTAURANTS, AND THE CLASSIC OLD VEGAS
HOTEL, THE EL CORTEZ. THERE ARE SEVERAL ART SPACES AND BOOKSTORES AS WELL AS A WIDE RANGE OF MURALS AND OTHER
PUBLIC ART.
NEON MUSEUM
HOUSING OVER 200 PIECES OF NEON FROM VEGAS’S GLORY DAYS AS WELL
AS A VISITOR CENTER HOUSED IN A SPACE AGE HOTEL OFFICE BUILDING
HOWARD W CANNON AVIATION MUSEUM
AT MCCARRAN AIRPORT
CONTAINS A LARGE NUMBER OF EXHIBITS ON THE HISTORY OF COMERICAL
AVIATION AS IT ENABLED THE GROWTH OF LAS VEGAS AND THE WEST. WORTH DROPPING IN IF YOU HAVE SOME TIME AS
YOU PASS THRU MCCARRAN AIRPORT
AVIATION MUSEUM AT
MCCARRAN AIRPORT
THE NATURAL WORLD
WETLANDS PARK
CLOSEST ESCAPE TO A PEACEFUL NATURAL AREA AWAY FROM THE NOISE
AND FRANTICNESS OF THE TOURIST DISTRICT. GREAT FOR STROLLING AND SHORT HIKING
IN A UNDEVELOPED AREA ALONG A RIVER BANK - 8 MILES EAST
SPRINGS PRESERVE
COLLECTION OF BOTANICAL GARDENS, EXHIBITS AND OTHER HISTORICAL
DISPLAYS
MT CHARLESTON
VISIBLE FROM THE STRIP, MT CHARLESTON IS A GREAT PLACE TO ESCAPE
THE HEAT. SOARING THOUSANDS OF FEET TO
THE NORTHWEST OF THE CITY. IT’S GREAT FOR HIKING, SKIING, PICNICKING AND A
GREAT SCENIC DRIVE - 30 MILES NORTHWEST
SOUTHERN NEVADA
CONSERVANCY MT CHARLESTON
US FOREST SERVICE
SPRING MOUNTAINS
RED ROCK NATIONAL CONSERVATION AREA
SCENIC DRIVE THRU SPECTACULAR DESERT LANDSCAPE ALONG WITH HIKING,
BIKING, AND A GREAT VISITORS CENTER - 20 MILES WEST
SOUTHERN NEVADA
CONSERVANCY RED ROCK CANYON
BUREAU OF LAND
MANAGEMENT RED ROCK CANYON
LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA
THE UNITED STATES MOST DIVERSE NATIONAL RECREATION AREA RANGING
FROM BRILLIANT BLUE WATER TO SCENIC DESERT LANDSCAPE AS WELL AS THE MAN-MADE
MARVEL OF THE HOOVER DAM ITSELF - 20 MILES EAST OF THE STRIP
