Las Vegas

There’s no other city in the world like Vegas. The capital of debauchery, or Sin City as it’s been nearly officially nicknamed, is a giant amusement park for adults. Step onto the famous and absolutely surreal Strip - ablaze in neon and flashing lights, pyrotechnic shows, village-sized hotels and casinos - and join the 24/7 masses popping into strip clubs, getting pampered at luxurious spas, married at wedding chapels, dancing until dawn and busting their guts at all-you-can-eat buffets.

Lining the boulevard are absurdly extravagant themed hotels like Caesars Palace exploding with Roman statues, fountains, bas-reliefs and costumed staff dressed like centurion guards or Caesar himself, or New York-New York with its roller coaster zigzagging through the mini-Manhattan skyline.

In between gambling bouts and steakhouse dinners, thrilling (or terrifying) activities await - such as skydiving indoors, being dangled 19.5 meters (64 feet) over the edge of the 112-floor Stratosphere Tower by a pivoting arm or watching a cocktail lounge act hosted by celebrity impersonators. Whatever your poison, this over-the-top city will challenge your limits and enthrall your senses. And you’ll either leave feeling fantastically energized or fantastically hungover.

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  Grand Canyon

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  Hoover Dam

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  Jasmine

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  Okada at Wynn

  Award-winning Japanese in a Zen enivronment

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