Las Vegas, the City that Never Sleeps, is also known as the Entertainment Capital of the World – so you’re guaranteed to have the time of your life!  Las Vegas, in Nevada’s Mojave Desert, is a resort town famed for its buzzing energy, 24-hour casinos and endless entertainment options. Its focal point is the Strip, just over 4 miles long and lined with elaborate theme hotels such as the pyramid-shaped Luxor and the Venetian, complete with Grand Canal; luxury resorts including the Bellagio, set behind iconic dancing fountains; and innumerable casinos0

Las Vegas boasts some of the best attraction rides in the world, the most weird and wonderful things to do, and an incomparable backdrop of the Nevada landscape.

With casinos, hotels, theme parks, museums and attractions at your fingertips, as well as the great outdoors, there’s so much to see and do.

Las Vegas has inspired plenty of myths, legends and lore. Here, though, are a few surprising and actual facts: When Paul Anka first played Vegas he was too young to be allowed in the casino; Bugsy Siegel named his casino the Flamingo after the long legs of his showgirl girlfriend; In Nevada it is mandatory that video slot machines pay a minimum of 75 percent on average; Vegas Vic, the enormous neon cowboy that towers over Fremont Street, is the world’s largest mechanical neon sign, Howard Hughes stayed at the Desert Inn for so long that he was asked to leave. He bought the hotel; Camels were used as pack animals in Nevada as late as 1870; More than 41 million people visit Las Vegas each year; Seventeen of the 20 biggest hotels in the U.S. are in Las Vegas.

Las Vegas’ climate is a subtropical, hot desert climate, typical of the Mojave Desert in which it lies. The city enjoys abundant sunshine year-round; it has an average of about 310 sunny days per year.  The summer months of June through September are very hot and mostly dry, with a July daily average temperature of 33°C, while nighttime temperatures often remain above 27 °C.  Las Vegas’ winters are short and the season is generally mild. December, the coolest month, averages 8.7 °C. The mountains surrounding Las Vegas accumulate snow during the winter, but snow is rare in the Las Vegas Valley itself. 

What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas!