Each stages a show on its own lake. Bellagio, from about $205, if this is your first trip and you want the fountains and the Conservatory in the middle of the Strip; Wynn Las Vegas, from about $400, if you would rather stay put at the north end, with about 640 sq ft even in the entry room, a Five-Star spa, the Lake of Dreams at dinner and golf.
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 grand oneA 2005 tower with Five-Star suites, spa and Chinese restaurant, a lake show at dinner and its own golf course.
$$From about $400 a night
Choose Wynn Las Vegas if
The catch
A $55 nightly resort fee plus tax is added to every room, on top of rates that start around $400 before tax midweek and climb far higher in convention and event weeks.
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The verdict
Each stages a show on its own lake. Bellagio, from about $205, if this is your first trip and you want the fountains and the Conservatory in the middle of the Strip; Wynn Las Vegas, from about $400, if you would rather stay put at the north end, with about 640 sq ft even in the entry room, a Five-Star spa, the Lake of Dreams at dinner and golf.
Questions people ask
Each stages a show on its own lake. Bellagio, from about $205, if this is your first trip and you want the fountains and the Conservatory in the middle of the Strip; Wynn Las Vegas, from about $400, if you would rather stay put at the north end, with about 640 sq ft even in the entry room, a Five-Star spa, the Lake of Dreams at dinner and golf.
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 Wynn Las Vegas for the polished, stay-put version of the city: a spa morning, the lake show or Wing Lei at dinner and a round on the course. Pay the step to a Wynn Tower Suite King, since the Five-Star rating belongs to the Tower Suites. A vast, polished Strip resort you need not leave, with Five-Star suites and spa, a lake show at dinner and golf behind the casino. It is expensive, and from the north end of the Strip the Center Strip is a long walk or a taxi away.
It has an outdoor pool. There is no beach; the nearest is a drive away.