Your guide to family-friendly Vegas vacations
from the authors of Las Vegas with Kids
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Your guide to family-friendly Vegas vacations
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Downtown Las Vegas Hotels
BINION'S HORSESHOE This 366-guestroom hotel is a favorite with serious gamblers thanks to its annual tournaments. While small fries can swim in the Top of the World pool or grab a bite at Binion's Burgers, this is an old-fashioned Vegas hotel, with the emphasis on gaming. High rollers are far more common here than high chairs. CALIFORNIA HOTEL This 781-room hotel prides itself on its “Aloha Spirit.” Let's see...it's called the California, it's located in Nevada, but it has Aloha Spirit! This 638-room tower hotel is a downtown fixture. Each room has a safe, 25-inch TV, and modem ports. Geared toward serious gamblers, the venue has little to offer in terms of child-friendly fare beyond a McDonald's and Krispy Kreme doughnut shop. FOUR QUEENS This 690-room high rise hotel features Jacuzzis in some suites as well as features such as valet parking, same-day laundry service, a 32" inch HD flat panel TV and room service. Families can step outside the hotel to watch a free nightly nod to the Vegas of yesteryear as the Fremont Street Experience's big Viva Vision screen lights up overhead, displaying spectacular special effects and iconic Vegas imagery, all to a pulsating soundtrack. GOLDEN GATE HOTEL AND CASINO The Golden Gate is one of the oldest hotels in the city and has a more intimate atmosphere than other properties thanks to its small size - just 106 guest rooms. With almost a B&B feel, this hotel is just steps from the Fremont Street Experience. Guests receive a complimentary newspaper and also have amenities such as cable TV and voice mail. GOLDEN NUGGET This 1907-room casino hotel is a AAA Four Diamond property and known for its elegance, from its crystal chandeliers to its fine marble. The hotel has several elegant features as well such as a spa and dates back to the days of “old” Las Vegas, first opening its doors in 1946. The completely renovated retreat offers such family-oriented fare as The Tank, where parents and their pint-sized counterparts can plunge down a three-story water slide into a pool connected to a 200,000 gallon aquarium containing an array of marine species, including the danger of the deep-- sharks. Families can also enrich their Vegas vacation by checking out “The Hand of Faith,” the world's largest single nugget of gold. You can take a free look 24 hours a day; the nugget weighs in a over 61 pounds. The hotel is also home to what must be Las Vegas's most unique pool complex: "The Tank." This $20 million complex is home to five species of sharks and various game fish in a 200,000-gallon shark aquarium. The aquarium is the centerpiece of the three-story pool complex, complete with waterfalls and a great waterslide that speeds adventurous guests through the aquarium.The Tank is open exclusively to hotel guests, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. PLAZA HOTEL AND CASINO This 1037-room hotel is a downtown fixture. Although it's best known for its casino, it does have some family friendly features as well as good prices.
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Downtown Las Vegas isn't home to the family-friendly properties you'll find on the Strip. Don't look for the theme properties or family attractions of the Strip...but you will find hotels that are easy on the family budget in this area. Here's a look at several top downtown Las Vegas hotels: