- The five best luxury hotels on the Las Vegas Strip.
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This is part of my series of Las Vegas travel videos.
It's actually kind of a sequel to my video
on the five worst cheap hotels on the Las Vegas strip.
I thought I would do one about what's great to stay
and not just the ones that are awful to stay.
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Las Vegas has a staggering number
and variety of hotels to choose from.
You wanna stay in Venice, Italy?
They got that.
You wanna stay in Paris, France?
They got that.
New York City, they've got that too.
But in this video, when I'm talking about luxury,
none of these hotels are gonna be cheap.
The cheapest here probably starts at $200
on a good night and goes up from that.
And how did I pick the top five?
Well, based on Trip Advisor rankings,
and also my own experiences in a lot of these hotels.
Those two combined gives us the top five.
There will be a few honorable mentions
before we get to number one, as well.
We'll start with number five and
work our way down to number one.
The fifth best luxury hotel on
the Las Vegas strip goes to the
Four Seasons Hotel and the Delano Hotel.
Chris, I'm confused, why are two
hotels in the number five spot?
Actually, you're gonna find I'm
gonna do this quite a bit in this list
because both of these hotels,
the Four Seasons and the Delano
are in the Mandalay Bay complex.
The Mandalay Bay, that big gold tower right there behind me.
Well, the Four Seasons, it's the
35th to the 39th floor of The Mandalay Bay
and then the Delano, it's a separate
tower next to the Mandalay Bay.
Collectively, these two hotels get 8000
reviews on Trip Advisor and people love them.
When you arrive at the Four Seasons valet
it feels hard to believe this hotel can be in Vegas,
let alone connected to the Mandalay Bay.
It's a gaming-free sanctuary,
and it's the southern-most hotel
on the main part of the Las Vegas strip.
The Four Seasons hotel has it's own lobby,
two of it's own restaurants,
Charlie Palmer Steak and the Veranda.
It has it's own swimming pool,
it's own spa, basically it has a lot
of it's own things but it's connected
to the Mandalay Bay Casino and
all the things the Mandalay Bay has to offer,
so if you also want to access the
big Mandalay Bay pool you can do that as well.
The con for the Four Seasons,
it's 100% valet parking, which is why I prefer the Delano,
which is that big tower on the side of Mandalay Bay,
and what I like about the Delano is it's directly
connected to the Mandalay Bay's parking garage,
so you can park your car and it's a really
short walk to actually get into the hotel.
The Delano has 1,117 rooms, and it's for
guests or travelers that want a quite retreat
but still near Vegas hustle and bustle.
The Delano is a prime pick.
At the Delano they've tried to take elements
of the desert and incorporate them into a breezy hotel
to make you feel like you're right by the beach.
The views from the rooms are spectacular.
The biggest cons of both of these hotels
is the south location, they are really far
from everything else on the strip.
Though, there is a tram that'll take you
from the Mandalay Bay to the Excalibur,
and then you're kind of close to the action.
The fourth best luxury hotel on the
Las Vegas strip is Caesar's Palace.
On Trip Advisor this has 14,000 reviews,
four and a half stars, Caesar's Palace.
It is center-strip, it doesn't get any more
center-strip than this, and I've been
to Ceasar's Palace, it has this great
Roman theme and it's one of the few
older hotels on this strip that
has managed to actually stay nice and luxurious.
They've kept remodeling it, they've been
updating things, they've been building new towers.
I think some of the nicest rooms are
in the Augustus and Octavius towers.
They've got their own entrance off of
Flamingo road and so you don't have
to go through the casino to get in there.
Caesar's Palace has lots of high-end restaurants,
but if you want extra high-end, even more
high-end rooms, I don't know if you can see the sign,
but in this building right here is the Nobu Hotel.
It's another one of these hotel within a hotel
kinds of things, a boutique hotel.
But that's the highest end part of Caesar's Palace.
Caesar's Palace is also a great place for shopping.
They have a large shopping mall known as the Forum Shops.
It has 270 stores occupying 636,000 square feet,
and in fact this shopping mall
is the highest grossing shopping mall
per square foot of any shopping mall in the United States,
and if you don't wanna shop, it's worth a visit
just to ride on the curved escalators.
You don't see those everyday.
Next up, coming in at number three,
we've got the Bellagio Hotel.
The Bellagio is a classic.
15,000 reviews on Trip Advisor, four and a half stars.
What I love about the Bellagio is it has a classic
Vegas feel, but not classic and run down like
the downtown hotels, classic and upscale at the same time.
It's on a huge property of 67 acres.
It's got a big pool complex, and of course
it's got the iconic fountain show that's in front.
The Bellagio, truly amazing.
One of the highlights of the Bellagio is the conservatory,
this little kind of greenhouse section with the glass roof
always has lots of neat plants and displays and
it changes multiple times throughout the year.
So whether you're staying at the Bellagio or not,
you should definitely check out the conservatory,
and there's a garden store next door
so you can pick up souvenirs of the garden variety.
For this particular display in the
conservatory they've got two swans.
They're actually animatronic and they move.
Each one is made of 10,000 feathers.
That tells you the detail that goes into these exhibits.
The second best luxury hotel on the Las Vegas strip
is the Wynn and the Encore.
Collectively, these two hotels have 35,000 reviews
on Trip Advisor, four and a half stars.
The Wynn opened in 2005.
Between the two of the hotels,
they have about 4,700 rooms, and what makes the Wynn
just amazing is how they've kind of taken
floral and plants and put them everywhere.
I mean, when you walk in to the Wynn
it feels like you've stepped off the strip
into an alternate floral universe.
It is a great place to get away
from the hustle and bustle of the Las Vegas strip.
It feels very relaxed inside the Wynn.
It also probably helps that the Wynn is one of the largest
grounds of the Las Vegas hotels, it is on 215 acres.
It has it's own golf course that's part of the property.
The rooms at the Wynn start at 600 square feet,
and they are also described as very red.
The Wynn is also home to one of Las Vegas'
premier pool clubs, the Encore Beach Club.
If you are a pool club goer, you will like the Encore.
The biggest con about the Wynn and the Encore
is it's location, it's not quite the center of the strip.
It's sort of on the northern part of the strip.
It's across form the Fashion Show mall right there,
and directly next to the Venetian and the Palazzo,
but going north from here there's
pretty much nothing right now.
There's new hotels under construction,
but they've been under construction for a long time,
and it's a long haul to like the Circus Circus and
then the Stratosphere which are the next hotels that way.
But before I get to number one,
just a few honorable mentions that I couldn't leave out.
The first honorable mention are
the Sky Suites atop the Aria Hotel.
There's 442 rooms at the top of this hotel, the Aria,
that are their ultra premium, super luxury rooms.
They start at $700 and go up to $7000.
The smallest room is 1,000 square feet,
going up to 7,000 square feet.
These rooms are bigger than my house.
If you've got the cash and that
doesn't seem like too much money,
then definitely consider the Aria.
It has a great location, center-strip, and great views
from the Sky Suites all the way at the top.
The second honorable mention goes to another hotel
in the same city-center complex.
This one is the Mandarin Oriental.
Tucked away down there at the bottom
you can see there's the little hotel logo right there,
it's that fan, and it's this tall building right here,
but the Mandarin Oriental is famous for having
excellent service, some of the best service in Las Vegas,
there's also no casino at all so you can go in
and get to your room pretty quick,
don't have to deal with slot machines,
dealers, cigarette smoke, all that stuff.
The only reason it didn't make the top five
is it's becoming a Waldorf Astoria in a month or two
and so I'm not sure how it's gonna change
with the change to a different chain,
but it's worth considering, Waldorf Astoria might continue
the great tradition of the Mandarin Oriental.
The third honorable mention goes to the Cosmopolitan Hotel.
This one right here, it's also located pretty much
center-strip, just right next to the city center complex.
It is currently the only Marriott
affiliated hotel on the strip.
The Cosmopolitan caters to the younger demographic.
It's known for having some of the best restaurants
in the city, though on the trendy, younger side,
and many of the rooms actually have balconies, too.
A lot of Vegas hotels don't have balconies,
so if you want a balcony, consider the Cosmopolitan.
One final honorable mention before we get on to number one,
and this one's at the MGM Grand.
If the Sky Suites at the Aria were not high-end enough
for you, check out the Sky Lofts at the MGM Grand.
It's about 50 boutique suites that they have.
They're dual-level lofts to be made
to feel like a Manhattan loft.
These rooms start at $1,000 a night.
The smallest room is 1400 square feet,
and each one of them at the MGM Sky Lofts
comes with a private butler.
And now the number one best luxury hotel
on the Las Vegas strip, drum-roll please.
Well, you've probably already guessed it
'cause you've got the theme which is,
I always stand in front of it,
but it's the Venetian and the Palazzo.
These two hotels, connected together form the world's
second largest hotel complex, with over 7000 rooms.
These two hotels together on Trip Advisor
have 45,000 reviews, four and a half stars.
The Venetian originally opened in 1999.
The Palazzo opened later, but together
they have this great theme of Venice, Italy.
They've got canals, they've got gondolas,
they've got a great recreation of St Mark's square.
I mean, I just love the theme of this hotel.
It is also the world's second largest casino,
in addition to being the second largest hotel.
The only casino larger than this one,
it's the Venetian in Macao, in China.
The rooms here, they range from $179 a night
in the low season, up to $10,000.
But what I like about the rooms in the Venetian
is that they're basically all suites.
They have a living room and a bedroom.
Big rooms, the standard rooms at
the Venetian start at 650 square feet.
They're among the largest on the strip.
They have floor to ceiling windows, a king size,
pillow top bed dressed in Egyptian cotton sheets.
The most memorable thing about the Venetian
is it's huge array of restaurants.
You can find everything inside.
There's even more restaurants at
the Venetian than at the Caesar's Palace.
It feels like an entire city, inside of a hotel.
It's great for people who wanna go to Vegas
and plant themselves in one place.
And if you like nightclubs it's home
to the Tao nightclub, which is a Asian themed
nightclub and it's one of Vegas' most popular.
The Palazzo is the extravagant,
younger sibling of the Venetian.
The rooms at the Palazzo are a bit bigger,
and they start at 720 square feet,
and it's based on the same kind of
renaissance, Italian aesthetic.
The Palazzo is a little bit more modern,
but it's still reminiscent of classic Italy.
And I also like that you can get
from their parking garage to your room
without having to go through a casino.
Oh, and did I mention the themeing.
I love the whole of Venice, Italy, shopping area.
I mean, it's a little bit cheesy, but frankly
I think it's the best well-done theme
of any of the Las Vegas hotels.
Well, there you have it, the best
luxury hotels on the Las Vegas strip.
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