The Strip is actually Las Vegas Boulevard. Much of what you would want to see runs from the Mandalay Bay hotel area in the far southern end and close to the airport to the Stratosphere hotel in the north. I will guess that covers at least a good three miles and you can walk it all like we did. The central area is where we stayed and was the most crowded with the large hotels. As you go south or north there are some open areas where new buildings might be going up. Some of the famous hotels are off the Strip by up to a few blocks like Rio and Trump and the Convention Center also. The downtown area is another two miles north of the north end of the Strip area but Las Vegas Boulevard runs right to it also. Although the Strip is dominated by large hotels there are a few smaller ones, a few restaurants, some shopping malls, and a few small shops and fast food outlets plus casinos. We stayed in the central area and walked south one day and north the next in order to admire the architecture of the prominent hotels and stopped to check out the interior of several as well. In the evening we did the same to check out all the light displays although we did not walk to the ends of the Strip at night. Good walking shoes would be a good idea as would going in spring or fall to avoid the terribly hot summers. If you cannot walk all the way then the double decker Deuce bus looked OK and it ran the full length of the Strip to the downtown area for $3 or $7 for a one day pass. It was often crowded and lines of folks waited for it at the stops. The $5 monorail did not cover the entire Strip but it did go to the Convention Center which was not right on Las Vegas Blvd.

We stayed in Vegas in Sept 08. We stayed downtown to experience the Fremont scene for the first three nights and then we moved to the strip. We loved both places for different reasons.

The strip was fun, fast, and there was always so much going on at all times of the day and, especially, night.

There are many free shows and attractions; you just have to look for them. Some of our favorites were the Bellagio Fountains and casino, the living statues at Venetian along with their beautiful canals, the Sirens free show at the TI, the rain storm at Miracle Mile Shops, the moving statues at CP and their casino, and just plain old people watching to name a few.

Of course, you can also see just about anything you want for a price. There are tons of shows, nightclubs, parties, and romantic areas all around in addition to quite a bit of "adult entertainment clearly visible." I would not want to bring my children here, but we had a blast!

Their is quite a bit of walking to get from spots to others, but we did not think it was bad as some make it out to be. I don't really walk a lot as I do medical transcription (translate to sit on butt a lot) and I had no problem with walking some pretty good distances when needed. Also, the monorail worked out pretty good for us (did a review on that too). We took the bus one time, but it was not our favorite way of transport. The taxi's are good for tetting around too.

We pretty much tried to see most of the strip in our time here and seen a lot of things from the Luxor down to the Strat. Every area has its own theme and go really have to see some of the things that they have done to these places to believe it. We did not get to see everything we wanted, but we did see was just incredible.

I hope you have just as good of a time here as we did.

I did enjoy the Strip, but will be glad if I never see it again. Of course if you visit Vegas you have to see the strip, basically because there is bugger all else in Vegas but the strip. It's long. Very, very long. Don't forget to purchase a life saving Deuce ticket. The Deuce is a bus that goes up and down the Strip all day. And you can ride it for a 24 hour period for just $5, for an unlimited amount of times.

The strip starts at one end with Mandalay Bay and finishes way up the North end at the Stratosphere. The South end of the strip is by far the better end. The North end starts to resemble pictures of Afghanistan, it's rough! There are loads of Hotel/Casino's to visit as well as shops selling the same rubbish Vegas souvenirs and Gamesworks, the Coca Cola shop and M and M World.

The one thing I will warn you about is the endless line of men and women trying to hand you cards advertising cheap prostitution. Just ignore them. They do not trouble you as long as you just carry on walking past them.

Just go enjoy the strip, say you've done it!!

Its just amazing, theres so much to do and see..... The Vibe is incredible. Dont forget to bring comfy shoes, you will for sure need it!!!