The catch at Caesars Palace

Every rate carries a nightly resort fee of $54.95 plus tax, and it buys three things: in-room internet for two devices, the fitness centre for two a day and local calls. With room tax and the fee added, the entry Julius Deluxe Room priced at $254 for a Tuesday in May 2027 comes to about $350 a night. A third or fourth person costs $30 a night each, whatever their age, self-parking is $20 a day and valet $50, and a $100-a-day hold can go on your card. Check-in is at 4pm and checkout at 11am, and early check-in, late checkout and checking out before the booked date all carry charges. Paying to connect more than two devices is a repeated complaint.

Caesars Palace spreads six towers over more than 85 acres around a central casino, and the hotel's own advice is to allow extra time to get about. Most guests check in at the central lobby by the main casino entrance, and taxis and rideshares do not stop at the front door: they set down in the parking garage at the back, and the way in follows signs through the resort. From the Strip entrance by Café Americano, the Bellagio fountains are six minutes on foot, the LINQ Promenade seven and the Eiffel Tower at Paris eight. Smoking is allowed in designated areas of the casino, so the walk to the lifts can be smoky, and queues at the front desk at busy times are a steady complaint.

In January 2026 Caesars announced a full renovation of the Augustus Tower, nearly 1,000 rooms redesigned by Peter Silling & Associates, and full renovations of the Julius, with more than 500 rooms, and the Palace, with nearly 1,200, for 2027. The Augustus work was planned for summer 2026, with completion slated for early 2027. Until a tower's turn comes its rooms are the old ones, and worn, dated rooms in the older towers are a steady complaint. For a Tuesday in May 2027 the Palace Premium and Palace Pool View rooms carried no rate at all, and the booking terms let the hotel move a guest to a comparable room type at any time.

The Garden of the Gods covers five acres on three levels, and entry is free for guests, four to a room key. Its season typically runs from March to October, with the water heated to about 72°F. Of the seven pools, only Temple, Fortuna and Neptune open every day from 9am; Jupiter and the 21+ Venus open Friday to Sunday, and Apollo is reserved, so a standard room does not include it. Swim-up blackjack at Fortuna starts at 10am. Loungers are free on a first-come basis, while cabanas, canopies and daybeds are paid rentals by the full or half day, with a full-day or morning booking held only until 11am for a late arrival. OMNIA Dayclub, on the Strip side, is a separate 21+ venue open Thursday to Sunday.

The Las Vegas Grand Prix is held each November on a street circuit that uses Las Vegas Boulevard past Caesars Palace, the Bellagio and Paris; in 2026 it runs from 19 to 21 November. The build starts weeks earlier. The pavement along the Bellagio fountains is closed from 14 September to 9 November 2026, and a temporary hospitality stand, the Bellagio Fountain Club, goes up along the Strip edge of the lake from mid-September to December, at the edge of the view from the fountain-facing rooms. Restaurants along the Strip sell race-weekend seats, and sporting events are among the weeks when the hotel's rates rise. The fountain shows have run through earlier builds.