Las Vegas is a city where you can spend a lot of money, but it’s also a city which offers lots of attractions for free. Here is the Free-City-Guides.com list of the top 10 things to do in Las Vegas for free…
1. Bellagio Fountains – There’s absolutely no doubt that these fountains are the best free show in Vegas! It never ceases to amaze us just how expressive the various jets of water can be, not to mention how hich the water is propelled as times. The fountains perform to a different song every 15 minutes at night. More info, pics, links and map...
The Bellagio Fountains at night
2. Fremont Street Experience – Away from the modern hotels, Las Vegas has made a huge effort to attract tourists back to the old “Downtown” area where you’ll find hotels like the Golden Nugget. All the streets here are closed off and they’ve constructed a roof on which light and picture shows are shown. You’ll also see some of the old neon signs dotted around as exhibits in the Las Vegas Neon Museum. To get downtown, hop on the busses that run up and down the strip or for a quicker journey, hail a cab. More info, pics, links & map…
The Fremont Street Experience - American Pie show
3. The Mirage Volcano – The volcano outside the hotel “erupts” with fire, water and light every night on the hour from 8pm. It’s well worth seeing and the show lasts around 5 minutes. The eruption is set to dramatic music and crowds start to gather along the hotel railings about 10 minutes before each hour. More info on the Mirage Hotel, pics, links & map…
The Mirage Volcano Erupts
4. MGM Grand Lion Habitat – You’ll find this free attraction inside the hotel located right in the heart of the Casino. The lions are actually kept on a large ranch outside Las Vegas, but different lions come on different days to spend a few hours in the specially built enclosure. It has running water, fake trees and is climate controlled to be the perfect environment for the lions while they watch the casino gamblers. We’d recommend being there at 11am when the lions first enter the enclosure as they are generally much more active at this point. More info, pics, links, lion habitat opening times & map…
The Lion Habitat at the MGM Grand
5. The “Sirens of TI” Show at Treasure Island – This show is certainly worth seeing and it takes place in the mini cove outside the hotel. It involves huge moving ships and scantily clad performers staging a pirate “battle”. Performances are every 90 minutes in the evenings but be there well ahead of time as there’s not much viewing space. More info, show times, pics, links & map…
The "Sirens of TI" show at Treasure Island
6. The Las Vegas Neon Sign – The old neon sign on Las Vegas Blvd has been the sight that welcomes visitors to the city for decades. It’s now an attraction in its own right and there’s even a small parking area in the middle of the road so you can stop for a photo. If you want to walk, it’s about 10 minutes further along the strip from the Mandalay Bay. More info, pics, links & map…
The Famous Las Vegas Neon Sign
7. The waterways of the Venetian – Outside this hotel are all the sights of Venice crammed into the frontage along the strip. You’ll find re-creations of the Rialto Bridge, the Campanile and the Doge’s Palace, along with mini canals and gondolas. Inside the hotel shopping centre there’s a recreation of the Grand Canal with more gondolas and a mini St Mark’s Square. Seeing all these sights is free, but you do have to pay to ride the gondolas. More info, pics, links & map…
The Indoor Grand Canal at the Venetian
8. Ride the City Center Tram – This is one of the newest developments in Las Vegas opposite Planet Hollywood on the strip. You can ride the “City Center Tram” which goes past the front of the building for free right from the Bellagio at one end to the Monte Carlo Hotel on the other. More info on Aria & the City Center Tram, pics, links & map…
The City Center tram at Aria
9. The Bellagio Indoor Garden – Inside the Bellagio Hotel near to main reception you’ll find the most extravagent indoor garden we have even seen. There are so many flowers here that you can’t believe they grow so well indoors. A team of gardeners look after the garden and the displays are changed each season. More info on the Bellagio Hotel, pics, links & map…
The Indoor Garden at the Bellagio
10. The Circus Show at Circus Circus - This hotel is one of the older ones further down the strip, but inside you can catch the daily 10 minute free circus trapeze shows. It’s claimed to be the world’s largest permanent circus and you’ll find it at the Carnival Midway, slightly above the casino floor. The shows start at 11am and there are a range of performers who appear throughout the day. If there’s nothing happening when you first arrive, it won’t be long before the start of the next show. More info on Circus Circus, pics, links & map…
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