Both stand mid-Strip, both add a $55 nightly resort fee and both suit a first Las Vegas trip. Bellagio, from about $205, if you want the lake and its fountains in the window, with a Fountain View King for $22 a night more than the entry room; The Venetian, from about $240, if you would rather have a suite remodelled in 2024 or 2025, a two-acre pool deck open all year and more than 40 restaurants under one roof.
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 all-rounderEvery room a suite, remodelled in 2024 and 2025, with gondolas, a two-acre pool deck and 40-plus restaurants on site.
$From about $240 a night
Choose The Venetian Resort Las Vegas if
The catch
A $55 nightly resort fee plus tax is added to every stay. It covers in-suite Wi-Fi, the Canyon Ranch gym for two, local calls and boarding-pass printing, but not the spa, and self-parking costs hotel guests another $20 a day, valet $40.
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BellagioThe Venetian Resort Las Vegas
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The verdict
Both stand mid-Strip, both add a $55 nightly resort fee and both suit a first Las Vegas trip. Bellagio, from about $205, if you want the lake and its fountains in the window, with a Fountain View King for $22 a night more than the entry room; The Venetian, from about $240, if you would rather have a suite remodelled in 2024 or 2025, a two-acre pool deck open all year and more than 40 restaurants under one roof.
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Both stand mid-Strip, both add a $55 nightly resort fee and both suit a first Las Vegas trip. Bellagio, from about $205, if you want the lake and its fountains in the window, with a Fountain View King for $22 a night more than the entry room; The Venetian, from about $240, if you would rather have a suite remodelled in 2024 or 2025, a two-acre pool deck open all year and more than 40 restaurants under one roof.
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 Venetian for a big remodelled suite with the pools, the canal, 40-plus restaurants and a covered bridge to Sphere, all without a taxi. Pay for the Sphere View, budget for the $55 nightly fee, and check your dates, since the same suite can cost nearly three times as much in a busy week. A small city of a resort in the middle of the Strip, where the suite, the pools, dinner and the shops are all on site and a covered bridge leads to Sphere. Expect crowds, long corridors and a casino at the centre of it all.
It has an outdoor pool. There is no beach; the nearest is a drive away.
