Las Vegas: I need your travel tips!

Going to Las Vegas in 2 weeks. We have 4 nights at Circus Circus. Yeah, I know it’s going to be HOT. We got a good deal.

We’re pretty familiar with the Strip- Excalibur, Mirage, etc etc. I was more curious as to what there is to do AROUND Las vegas. For example, Hoover Dam, which I hear is VERY expensive.

How about other desert spots? Death Valley? Lake Mead? I hear Area 51 is a total waste of time.

Any inside tips you can throw my way, especially ones that don’t involve the newer casinos, I’d appreciate it!

Restaurants, bars, old Vegas landmarks, anything! :slight_smile:

The best bar food in the world resides in a hole in the wall on the corner of Maryland and Tropicanna. It used to be called the Four Kegs, now there’s a new owner and it’s called, I believe, House of Brews. They cleaned the place up, new carpeting, etc. but the food still rocks. Best wings ever (from a guy who went to college in upstate NY, where Buffalo Wings are everywhere), cajun onion rings, cajun fries, stromboli, you name it, plus beer served ice-cold in goblets. It’s a locals hangout.

I go out to Vegas once or twice a year for business. About 10 years ago a friend who used to live down the road from Four Kegs turned me onto it and I’ve been going ever since.

Don’t know much else about outside of town, but I hear Red Rocks is awesome.

Suggest you check out some other threads on the same subject. I put one out myself, but can’t remember where it is. I think it’s in IMHO, under “Las Vegas: Where to go, What to see”.

You can do an all day bus tour to Hoover Dam and the Grand Canyon for about $80 – worth it, in my opinion, since meals are included.