Monte Carlo Hotel Las Vegas

Hotel Information: Monte Carlo Resort & Casino offers a Mediterranean-style atmosphere. Corinthian-inspired colonnades and arches set the scene outside, and a grand lobby glitters with crystal chandeliers.

Amenity highlights: Lance Burton's magic/comedy show features a flying Corvette, along with birds and dancers. The Monte Carlo’s French restaurant is an offshoot of an acclaimed fine-dining place in downtown Las Vegas. Diablo’s Mexican Cantina is a 13,000-square-foot hotspot set in front of Monte Carlo. A flowering garden with ponds, waterfalls, and surround sound encircles a lazy river, wave pool, lagoon pool, kiddie pool, and spa tub, open from 9 AM-5 PM during the spring, with extended hours in the summer. Rental cabanas in the garden/pool complex are furnished with plasma TVs, compact refrigerators, ceiling fans, sofas, and lounge chairs.

The Monte Carlo Resort & Casino offers 3,002 spacious guestrooms, including 259 suites that offer views of the Las Vegas Strip or the 80,000-square-foot tropical pool area.

Guestrooms at this Las Vegas resort are decorated in contemporary earth tones and cherry furniture, and include pillowtop mattresses, 27-inch televisions, and high-speed Internet access (surcharge). Irons and ironing boards, hair dryers, and in-room safes are provided.

Suites feature full baths, wet bars, jetted tubs, and complete music and video systems.