A Las Vegas Lifestyle Guide

The Galavantier Blog

This icon of the Las Vegas strip is right in the center of the Las Vegas strip. It is recognizable because it has been around forever and it constantly cleans itself up to stay current and relevant. Caesars Palace is Las Vegas and if you spend anytime walking through the property you’ll feel the old and the new and everything that makes Las Vegas the spot to visit. It’s luxury mixed up with nostalgia and then blended with the accents that are so Vegas!

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?

The concept of a boutique hotel in Las Vegas is odd since most people will find themselves in the midst of giant resorts with endless options and corridors jammed with people looking for the newest, best and brightest thing to hot Las Vegas. That is until you consider Nobu Hotel at Caesars Palace. It’s a hybrid boutique hotel. You can find them in Las Vegas as well. TheHotel at Mandalay Bay is another example of a hotel with a hotel. At Nobu you get some serious class and an understated luxury along with all the extras provided by Caesars Palace.

It's not everyday that we get to fly a plane. In fact I have only done it once. However, you should understand that in my one day of flying I learned how to flip it, tumble it, stall it and roll it. In fact I spend an afternoon doing all of this while a trained fighter pilot instructed me to push my own limits. That is the reason to go to Las Vegas. Somehow, in Las Vegas almost anything is possible.

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:

Is it possible that my job could get any better? Listen, for the last ten years I have been eating, drinking, sleeping, swimming, dancing and experiencing everything in Las Vegas. I literally get to do it all in order to help you make a better decision about what to see and do in Las Vegas. I know, unreal, right?