Make your Vegas experience everything it should be – try one of these top hotels in Vegas, and discover why these Las Vegas luxury hotels are completely fabulous.

Top 10 Las Vegas Hotels - Luxury on the Strip

If you’re lucky enough to be planning a trip to Las Vegas, you’ll want to give a lot of thought to your hotel.  Why?  Because Las Vegas hotels are something special – loaded with ambience, meticulously decorated, boasting features that are guaranteed to delight you.  We’re certain you’ll agree that a stay at any of these top hotels in Vegas will make your Vegas trip the memorable event you want it to be.  These 10 great Las Vegas luxury hotels are completely unique, totally cool, and incredibly luxurious.  

1.  The Wynn

From its elegant minimalist exterior to the depths of its notorious “Tryst” nightclub, the Wynn wins raves.  Steve Wynn clearly knows what people want, and he gives it to them in this gleaming tower of a hotel.  The  Wynn is arguably the top hotel in Vegas, at least until Mr. Wynn opens his new Encore Las Vegas hotel. 

Try the incredible view from your suite’s floor-to-ceiling windows – or the touted Wynn Dream Bed.  Take a stroll through the shops, including Louis Vuitton, The Ferrari Store (my husband had to be led away), and Manolo Blahnik. Inside and out, the Wynn gives you class and luxury in one very incredible experience.  

3.  The Signature at the MGM Grand

This plush new addition to the MGM Grand Complex is literally in the middle of things, in terms of the southern Strip. The tower was designed as a quiet oasis in the heart of the action. 

With luxury linens, marble and granite bathrooms, whirlpool spa tubs and HDTV flat screens throughout, you can feel like the ultimate high roller.  With a private entrance, private balcony and 24-hour gourmet in-room dining, the signature is the ultimate in style and service. 

3.  THE Hotel at Mandalay Bay

Our latest foray into the Las Vegas hotel scene netted a suite in this ultra-hip, designer hotel that is the newer, chic addition to the huge Mandalay Bay complex.   

Our suite was done in tones of dark brown, sienna and basic black, sleek and contemporary.  Flat screen TV’s had been skillfully blended in everywhere, even in the marble-bedecked master bath.  And watching the sunset behind the Luxor pyramid from our floor-to-ceiling window was an experience we’ll always remember. 

4.  The Four Seasons

If you’re in Las Vegas for golfing, shopping, or para-sailing over the Grand Canyon – but those beeping slot machine make you crazy – we have just the hotel for you. 

The elegant Four Seasons, located on the top five floors of Mandalay Bay, promises its guests peace and quiet, impeccable antique furnishings, and no gambling whatsoever.  With its ratio of twostaff members to every guest, this is a hotel than delivers on its pledge of the utmost in service, including Evian water and chilled grapes in every room.  You’ve earned some pampering – you’ll find it at the Four Seasons. 

5.  The Palazzo

Ahh, the Palazzo.  This plush, European resort can take you away to Florence, Italy the minute you walk into your room.

While you surround yourself with opulence, your personal workspace beckons, with your own fax, copier and printer.  Once you are able to leave behind your plasma TV’s and remote control Roman window dressing, dress yourself up for dinner at CUT, Wolfgang Puck’s Beverly Hills transplant now wowing diners with its “mini Kobe sliders,” among other delicacies.   

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6.  The Venetian 

The sumptuous Venetian, with its namesake city’s canals and gondola rides, is an all-suite hotel.  Every one of the suites has been recently remodeled, with updated European elegance as the theme.  Luxurious fabrics, elegant lighting and hand-picked artworks set off each suite.  The top five floors contain 122 concierge suites that feature a private lobby, registration, and the Venezia Garden Pool Deck.  These suites contain even more amenities.  Other Venetian delights include the renowned Canyon Ranch Spa and Wolfgang Puck’s RIVA poolside dining.  Don’t forget to take in a gondola ride (watch out for the pigeons!).  

7.  Palms Casino Resort's Fantasy Suites

When you really want to experience the wilder side of Las Vegas, book yourself into one of the Fantasy Suites of the The Palms. 

There’s the Hugh Hefner Sky Villa, billed as the “ultimate playroom for bad boys and girls.”  The “Real World” suite is the actual site of the 2002 filming of MTV’s reality show.  The “G Suite” is themed after the hotel’s famed fifty-fifth floor Ghost Bar – and that’s all we’ll say about that.  Except, ask about the dancer’s pole. 

8.  Bellagio Las Vegas

Once you pass the 8-acre lake with its famous computerized (and re-cycled) “Dancing Waters,” you’ll find yourself bathed in Italianate elegance, a hotel and casino where even the slot machines somehow sound more sedate. 

Stay in a newly-redesigned room or suite, replete with luxury fabrics, soothing light, a refreshing haven from the street level raucousness. Remember to check out the Dale Chiluly glass chandelier in the lobby – it’s a breathtaking departure from the ordinary!   

9.  The Hard Rock Hotel and Casino 

This is not your hometown Hard Rock, not by a long shot.  Las Vegas’ Hard Rock Hotel and Casino has evolved into THE place to see and be seen -- the place where, if you can’t find an A-list celebrity, you can certainly enjoy watching all the beautiful young things who would love to be on the B-list. 

If the crowds of pretty people in sequins and tight jeans start to wear at you, head on over to Nobu, where the best of cool Asian fusion cuisine awaits. The rooms are as sleek and contemporary as the clientele, with French doors that open onto great pool views or great mountain views, your choice.  

10.  Caesar’s Palace (Augustus Tower*)

You may find this huge, Roman-themed hotel and casino a bit overwhelming, with its hundreds of shops, living statuary and marble columns everywhere. 

But you may very well find yourself most entranced by your room, many of which feature spa bathtubs, dual marble sinks, Anachini bed linens and cool modern décor. 

The Forum, Palace and Augustus Towers contain levels of rooms and suites that offer some of the most appealingly luxurious amenities on the Strip. 

In spite of all that, you’ll be tempted to venture outside to the Garden of the Gods pool oasis, and the serene Temple, Neptune and Venus pools. 

*Caesar's Palace makes our top Vegas hotels list if you get a room in the Augustus Tower.  Rooms in the older towers are so-so, while the rooms in the new Augustus Tower are incredible.