Where to stay · Las Vegas, United States
Where to stay in Las Vegas
6 areas worth booking in Las Vegas, sorted by the budget each one actually suits — what the neighborhood feels like, and what a night there costs.
Budget — best areas
≈ $45 / nightOld Vegas under the Fremont Street canopy: $10 blackjack, low-rise casinos and the cheapest beds in the city, fifteen minutes north of the Strip.
A three-mile strip-mall corridor west of the Strip with the best and cheapest eating in the city, open very late. A car or rideshare is essential.
Budget picks to book
Mid-range — best areas
≈ $130 / nightFrom MGM Grand down to Mandalay Bay: the biggest properties, marginally cheaper rooms, and a short tram or monorail hop to the middle.
Eighteen blocks of breweries, vintage shops and murals between Downtown and the Strip — where Las Vegas residents actually go out.
Master-planned suburbs on the western and south-eastern edges, near Red Rock Canyon. Quiet, green and completely car-dependent.
Mid-range picks to book
Luxury — best areas
≈ $380 / nightBellagio, Caesars, the Cosmopolitan and the Venetian within a few blocks. The most walkable stretch of the Strip and the closest to the Grand Prix circuit.
Luxury picks to book
Now pick the hotel
The Las Vegas guide carries the full shortlist for each tier, with why each hotel is on it.