Guides Posts, Page 26

The Experience

In the widely varied world of shopping on the Vegas Strip, there are many destinations, each with their own offerings, but perhaps only one captures the imagination as a must-see location: the Venetian’s Grand Canal Shoppes. You’ve heard the fantasy, and I have to tell you, it’s quite true. They really did build a replica Venetian canal inside a shopping mall (on the second floor!), and yes, you can even take a ride on it with a singing gondolier (actually, you can even get married on it, but that’s another story).

So you say you are a visual person? No worries, Galavantier.com has you covered and it's time for you to sit back and start watching a few videos that should motivate you to head to Las Vegas right now!

If you are at work you might want to put the volume down and settle yourself in because after these videos there is a good chance that you are going to start feeling sick. You'll start playing up the flu. A cold. The latest virus. You'll find something that will keep you from coming in to work on Monday because you'll be in Las Vegas.

Are you ready?

This week in Las Vegas, May 9 - 12, 2013, you can go off your diet and indulge in one too many cocktails because the food extravaganza also known as Uncork'd will be happening and you will definitely need to treat yourself. This is a four day event that includes some serious eating and plenty of opportunities to engage your inner foodie in some decadence and food education. Pace yourself because four days of heavy lifting at the dinner table can definitely take their toll.

It goes without saying (but we’ll say it anyway) that virtually every large casino resort on the Las Vegas Strip has some good shopping. However, one casino mall is truly the granddaddy of them all, and very arguably still the reigning retail monarch. I’m talking of course about the Forum Shops at Caesars Palace. Now in it’s 20th year of operation, the expanded Forum Shops offers a sprawling array of retail on every level, restaurants, services and more.

You wake up in Las Vegas and the sting is still alive and well in your head after a long fun night experiencing all that Las Vegas had in store for you. Well, don't stop there have a little more fun.

These are the 5 things you should be thinking about doing today in Las Vegas.

Here we go:

Finding a reason to visit Las Vegas is not a difficult task but choosing where to go can often seem like an impossible endeavor. That s if you don’t know me. If you have me on your digital rolodex you should be set. If you have me bookmarked at home or on speed dial when you are on the go you should be fine. You could be following along on Twitter or be a Fan on Facebook. Go ahead follow us and you get keep up with all the tips we have every single day.

Imagine having your very own personal Las Vegas guide with you every step of the way.

Today’s Las Vegas Hint:

There is this feeling that comes from spending an afternoon in a nice robe and feeling beads of sweat runoff your brow in a hot steam. It’s called relaxation. It’s that moment when you feel the stress leave your body. That moment that we all crave when the only thing we are concerned with is our breathing or the trashy magazine we are reading. A spa day is the perfect remedy for the long hours you put in at the office or the even longer hours you put in raising those kids that seemed like such a good idea at the time.

A Few Las Vegas Spas You Should Check Out

Many of the most successful people in the world will tell you: A problem is just an opportunity in disguise. And apparently, Las Vegas had a problem. The problem, I’m told, was that women didn’t feel comfortable in our Sports Books.

Well, The One Group, operators of STK at the Cosmopolitan (pretty much the most ‘happening’ restaurant on the Strip) saw that as an opportunity. And so we have Heraea at Palms.

If you are staying at the Wynn or Encore adjoining resorts, or you just happen to be nearby with an unlimited credit account, you’ll have a hard time resisting the pull of the shops at Wynn and Encore.

Steve Wynn, who assembled the impressive shopping arcade at Bellagio (the first seriously high-end retail collection on the Las Vegas Strip) sought to top his own creation with first the Shops at Wynn and then later the second row of stores at Encore. Few retail experiences could easily improve upon both the selection and the lavishness of the surroundings.