Luxor Hotel and Casino

Luxor Hotel and Casino is at 3900 Las Vegas Blvd. S. (s. of Tropicana Ave.). One of the most recognizable resorts in Las Vegas and an icon on the city’s skyline, Luxor is the ideal destination for any occasion. Its 30-story pyramid is home to one of the strongest lights in the world, a 42.3 billion-candlepower beam projected from the pyramid’s apex and said to be visible from outer space.

Outside, at the foot of the sphinx, you can board a free monorail linking Luxor with its neighboring properties, Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino and Excalibur Hotel & Casino. Inside, the pyramid provides comfortable rooms, savory restaurants and 120,000 square feet of casino gaming where the cheapest table minimums are $10.

If staying at the hotel, you’re in for a unique setup. Guest rooms are along the pyramid’s sides. The four elevators (called ‘‘inclinators’’) that ascend from the base of each corner to the open-air hallways do so at a precipitous 39-degree incline.

If only visiting the casino, it's worth riding to an upper floor to marvel at the view of this cavernous, angled space, which is said could fit nine Boeing 747s stacked atop each other.

Food is available.