A resort of 3,933 rooms or a hotel of 424. Bellagio, from about $205, if you want the fountains mid-Strip; the Four Seasons, from about $380, if you would rather have no casino of its own, no smoking indoors, a guests-only pool and a Forbes Five-Star spa.
The iconThe Las Vegas of the postcards: fountain-view rooms facing the lake, the Conservatory and Chihuly's glass flowers.
$From about $205 a night
Choose Bellagio if
The catch
A $55 nightly resort fee plus tax is added to every stay, and parking is extra: hotel guests pay $20 a day to self-park and $40 for valet.
The quiet luxury oneNo casino and no smoke: a Four Seasons high in Mandalay Bay's tower, with its own entrance, pool and spa.
$$From about $380 a night
Choose Four Seasons Hotel Las Vegas if
The catch
It sits at the south end of the Strip. New York-New York is 21 minutes' walk and the Bellagio fountains 39, and the indoor way north runs through Mandalay Bay's busy casino, so most evenings out start with a taxi.
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The verdict
A resort of 3,933 rooms or a hotel of 424. Bellagio, from about $205, if you want the fountains mid-Strip; the Four Seasons, from about $380, if you would rather have no casino of its own, no smoking indoors, a guests-only pool and a Forbes Five-Star spa.
Questions people ask
A resort of 3,933 rooms or a hotel of 424. Bellagio, from about $205, if you want the fountains mid-Strip; the Four Seasons, from about $380, if you would rather have no casino of its own, no smoking indoors, a guests-only pool and a Forbes Five-Star spa.
Book Bellagio for the Las Vegas on the postcards, with the lake, the fountains and the Conservatory a lift ride from your bed. Pay the small step to a Fountain View King, and budget for the resort fee and parking on top. A huge, famous and busy resort in the middle of the Strip, where the lake, the fountains and the public rooms are the point and the crowds come with them. The rooms are polished and newly done, and a fountain view costs little more than the entry room.
It has an outdoor pool. There is no beach; the nearest is a drive away.
Book the Four Seasons for Las Vegas on call and none of it in the corridor: no casino, no smoke, a guests-only pool and a Five-Star spa. Pay the step to a Strip View Room, and budget for taxis to the centre of the Strip. A calm, polished Four Seasons tucked into Mandalay Bay, with no casino or smoke of its own, a guests-only pool and a Five-Star spa. It is dear, quiet by design and a taxi ride from the centre of the Strip.
It has an outdoor pool. There is no beach; the nearest is a drive away.