Two full-service Strip resorts, each with a spa, a resort fee of about $55 a night and a show without leaving the building. Caesars Palace, from about $160, if you want the Garden of the Gods pools from March to October, the Forum Shops and a headliner at The Colosseum; Wynn Las Vegas, from about $400, if you would rather have a 640 sq ft entry room, the Lake of Dreams at dinner and the only full golf course on the grounds of a Strip resort.
The classicThe 1966 Roman fantasy, being renewed tower by tower, with the Garden of the Gods pools, the Forum Shops and the Colosseum on site.
$From about $160 a night
Choose Caesars Palace if
The catch
A $54.95 nightly resort fee plus tax covers only Wi-Fi for two devices, local calls and the gym for two, and parking is extra: $20 a day to self-park and $50 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
Two full-service Strip resorts, each with a spa, a resort fee of about $55 a night and a show without leaving the building. Caesars Palace, from about $160, if you want the Garden of the Gods pools from March to October, the Forum Shops and a headliner at The Colosseum; Wynn Las Vegas, from about $400, if you would rather have a 640 sq ft entry room, the Lake of Dreams at dinner and the only full golf course on the grounds of a Strip resort.
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Questions people ask
Two full-service Strip resorts, each with a spa, a resort fee of about $55 a night and a show without leaving the building. Caesars Palace, from about $160, if you want the Garden of the Gods pools from March to October, the Forum Shops and a headliner at The Colosseum; Wynn Las Vegas, from about $400, if you would rather have a 640 sq ft entry room, the Lake of Dreams at dinner and the only full golf course on the grounds of a Strip resort.
Book Caesars Palace for Las Vegas in full: the Garden of the Gods by day from March to October, The Colosseum or Guy Savoy by night and the Forum Shops in between. Pay the step to an Augustus Fountain View Room, and budget for the resort fee and the walking. A vast, famous and lively casino resort where the pools, the shops, the shows and the restaurants are the point, at a middling price before the fee. Expect crowds, long indoor walks and a different hotel in every tower.
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.
