| When you come to Las Vegas, you get shocked | | | | places like Grand Canyon or in a limo |
| by the city's glamour, beauty and enormous | | | | cruising around the Strip or going as far as |
| opportunities to have fun and just enjoy | | | | to the Valley of Fire. By the way, Stretched |
| yourself. Lavish casinos and hotels offer | | | | Hummer and Lincoln Navigator are recently the |
| every imaginable style of accommodation and | | | | most popular limousines. |
| entertainment. | | | | |
| | | | And finally, Las Vegas is also a great place |
| Gambling is Las Vegas #1 activity because it | | | | for shopping and dining out. Las Vegas has a |
| is so readily available (you'll see the first | | | | lot of most elegant specialty boutiques, |
| slot machines while boarding off the plane), | | | | magnificent malls, attractive outlet bargains |
| but it truly offers some of the best shows in | | | | and chic shops inside the hotels and casinos. |
| the country, including such sell-outs as | | | | Among the most popular are: The Grand Canal |
| concerts by Celine Dion and Elton John at | | | | Shoppes at The Venetian -- with cobblestone |
| Caesars, Cirque Du Soleil shows at a number | | | | walkways, arched bridges and winding canals; |
| of venues, Lance Burton at Monte Carlo Hotel | | | | Desert Passage at Aladdin -- with indoor |
| or Barry Manilow at Las Vegas Hilton. The | | | | rainstorm, customized pedicab tours and |
| best rock and pop stars just love to have | | | | specialty entertainment troupes performing |
| tour stops in Las Vegas. | | | | throughout the shops and The Wynn Esplanade |
| | | | at Wynn Las Vegas that features an incredible |
| Magic shows are also extremely popular and -- | | | | array of international, exclusive and unique |
| obviously -- the nightclubs that provide | | | | shopping boutiques, including Manolo Blahnik, |
| excitement and opportunity to have hot and | | | | Brioni, Oscar de la Renta, Graff and The Pro |
| wild bachelor and bachelorette parties all | | | | Shop. |
| thru the night. | | | | |
| | | | World-famous Fashion Show Mall, featuring |
| The second most popular activity in Las Vegas | | | | live runway shows, has 250 shops, restaurants |
| is getting married! Yes, Las Vegas | | | | and seven department stores, including |
| practically has no competition when it comes | | | | Macy's, Neiman Marcus, Saks Fifth Avenue, |
| to destination weddings. Well over 120 | | | | Dillard's, Robinsons-May, Bloomingdale's Home |
| thousand couples marry there every year and | | | | and Nordstrom. |
| many of them come back years later to renew | | | | |
| their wedding vows. There are many reasons | | | | The best chefs have their restaurants in Las |
| why people love to come to Vegas to exchange | | | | Vegas, including a number of them by Wolfgang |
| their vows -- it's so stunningly beautiful | | | | Puck -- the Celebrity Chef who was even |
| there, the ceremony is quick and relatively | | | | inducted into the Gaming Hall of Fame. His |
| inexpensive, getting the marriage license is | | | | Spago, Chinois, Postrio, Trattoria del Lupo |
| very quick and straightforward and you can | | | | and the Wolfgang Puck Bar & Grill are among |
| have your wedding prepared by the best | | | | the most popular dining spots in town. |
| professionals in the world. | | | | |
| | | | Getting around Las Vegas is very easy -- |
| As for your ceremony and reception, you can | | | | especially within its most popular district |
| have not only a traditional wedding at one of | | | | -- the famous Strip. Using a limo is very |
| over 50 chapels, but also one of those themed | | | | popular -- not only among the celebrities, |
| weddings that are getting extremely popular | | | | but also for bachelor and bachelorette |
| recently. It's no longer only a choice | | | | parties. If you can't afford that, you can |
| between an Elvis wedding and a quickie drive | | | | always use a taxi, but there are also other |
| thru wedding. There are many romantic | | | | options -- very convenient and relatively |
| weddings taking place in Las Vegas each day. | | | | inexpensive: the Las Vegas Monorail, the Las |
| Among them those at The Paris Hotel -- on the | | | | Vegas Strip Trolley and the Las Vegas' public |
| top of Eiffel Tower (especially the twilight | | | | transportation system buses (CAT -- Citizen |
| option!), gondola weddings at the channels of | | | | Area Transit). |
| The Venetian Hotel or on Lake Las Vegas. For | | | | |
| crazier wedding you can choose saying "I do!" | | | | So that's why all that makes Las Vegas such |
| on a pirate ship (at the Treasure Island | | | | desirable place to have good time every day |
| Hotel) or on the deck of the Star Trek's USS | | | | of the year, practically 24/7! As soon as you |
| Enterprise (Las Vegas Hilton). | | | | get aboard your return plane, you are already |
| | | | thinking about coming back. Such is the charm |
| Very popular are intimate weddings aboard the | | | | of fabulous Las Vegas. . . |
| helicopter taking the couples to such scenic | | | | |