Eighteen minutes' walk apart at the north end of the Strip. Wynn Las Vegas, from about $400, if you want Tower Suites rated Five-Star for 20 years running, Wing Lei and the only full golf course on the grounds of a Strip resort; Fontainebleau, from about $165, if you would rather have the newest big resort, smoke-free rooms, a six-acre pool deck in season, Lapis Spa and LIV.
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.
The new oneThe Strip's newest big resort: a 67-storey tower with a six-acre pool deck, a two-storey spa and a MICHELIN Key.
$From about $165 a night
Choose Fontainebleau Las Vegas if
The catch
It stands at the north end of the Strip. The Bellagio fountains are about 45 minutes' walk (3.2 km) and the Venetian 34 minutes, and the Vegas Loop station downstairs runs to the Convention Center, Wynn and Encore, Resorts World and Westgate rather than the centre Strip, so the middle of the Strip means a taxi.
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The verdict
Eighteen minutes' walk apart at the north end of the Strip. Wynn Las Vegas, from about $400, if you want Tower Suites rated Five-Star for 20 years running, Wing Lei and the only full golf course on the grounds of a Strip resort; Fontainebleau, from about $165, if you would rather have the newest big resort, smoke-free rooms, a six-acre pool deck in season, Lapis Spa and LIV.
Questions people ask
Eighteen minutes' walk apart at the north end of the Strip. Wynn Las Vegas, from about $400, if you want Tower Suites rated Five-Star for 20 years running, Wing Lei and the only full golf course on the grounds of a Strip resort; Fontainebleau, from about $165, if you would rather have the newest big resort, smoke-free rooms, a six-acre pool deck in season, Lapis Spa and LIV.
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.
Book Fontainebleau for a new resort you need not leave: the pools, the spa, the restaurants and LIV are all under one roof. Pay the small step to a Gold King Strip Best View, and plan on a taxi or the Loop for the rest of the Strip. A brand-new, self-contained resort where the pool deck, the spa, the restaurants and a nightclub are the holiday, all under one roof. It stands at the north end of the Strip, so the rest of Las Vegas is a taxi ride away.
It has an outdoor pool. There is no beach; the nearest is a drive away.