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Hotel Overview: Bellagio Hotel and Casino

Opulent Italian-themed resort

More than 1,000 fountains dance to music and light in front of this Tuscan-style extravaganza—the ultimate in Las Vegas luxury.   Guestroom décor is inspired by that of a Mediterranean estate. Custom furnishings include beds draped with semi-canopies.   Onsite, a theater reminiscent of the Paris Opera House showcases Cirque du Soleil.   The resort also houses an expansive fine-art gallery.

 Location: The Strip, Las Vegas

Bellagio offers 3,005 sumptuous rooms in a 37-floor tower. Elegance begins in the luxurious marble lobby under a ceiling of 2,000 glass blossoms created by renowned artist Dale Chihuly and extends throughout, including a mini-Rodeo Drive mall called Via Bellagio that offers world-class shops and designer boutiques under an ornate canopy of etched glass and green wrought iron.

Reserved for hotel guests, Spa Bellagio offers 26,500 square feet of pampering in the serene ambience of soft pastels and grass wallpaper. The spa includes a state-of-the-art fitness center, saunas, steam rooms, lounges, and men's and women's complexes with three spas at different temperatures plus a cold plunge pool.

What to expect: Exquisite, opulent, magnificent—these descriptions convey Bellagio's appeal to discriminating world travelers who wish to vacation like royalty. Adult-oriented, Bellagio bars non-hotel guests under 18 after dark and permits strollers only for hotel guests' children.

Amenity highlights: A 9.5-acre Mediterranean garden featuring fruit trees and slender cypresses contains six heated pools, three with oversize fountains and the two largest—180 feet and 150 feet long—open year-round. The garden also offers four jet spas roomy enough for 12-18 people, expansive sundecks, and luxurious for-rent cabanas furnished with television, telephone, refrigerator, sink, dining set, padded lounges, and both ceiling fan and misting system for cooling.

Insider tip: On request, undecided diners may peruse the offerings at Bellagio's sumptuous breakfast, lunch, and dinner buffets before buying a meal ticket.

Dining at Bellagio, Las Vegas

Picasso - Greeted by a massive floral display and surrounded by 12 artworks and numerous ceramics by the Spanish master, diners at this intimate, lakeside restaurant enjoy acclaimed chef Julian Serrano's French/Spanish culinary stylings. Tasting and fixed-price menus offer treats such as Peekytoe-crab salad and boudin of lobster, shrimp, and scallops.

Prime Steakhouse - Also located next to the lake, chef Jean-George Vongerichten's version of a steakhouse includes contemporary choices such as foie gras bru^le'e with spiced-fig jam in addition to meat, seafood, and 11 potato options.

Le Cirque - An outpost of the fabled New York City restaurant bearing the same name, this intimate, jewel-box restaurant features a draped silk "big-top" ceiling, an onyx bar, and mahogany accents. French-style dinners offer selections such as quail-confit salad and braised rabbit.

Osteria del Circo - Adjacent to and a sibling of Le Cirque, this restaurant also branched out from New York City. It serves Italian lunches and dinners featuring dishes such as a salad of poached lobster and Tuscan beans, rabbit-and-foie gras tortelli, and wild boar chops with onion confit. Decor features lighted cylinders of gold and scarlet cloth criss-crossing the ceiling. The dining room overlooks the lake.

Olives - Offering lake-view terrace seating in warm weather, this lunch-and-dinner place is an offshoot of Todd English's celebrated Boston restaurant. It offers choices such as spicy lobster, crisp duck, veal chops with caramelized endive, and flatbread pizzas. Decor includes a Peter Shire chandelier and a Viola Frey mural.

Aqua - A branch of Michael Mina and Charles Condy's popular San Francisco seafood house, this stunning restaurant features selections such as lobster pot pie and whole roasted foie gras, as well as a vegetarian tasting menus.

Recreation & Entertainment

Caramel Lounge Las Vegas is an intimate environment perfect for sipping martinis, sake, and exotic specialty drinks. Relax and revel in cozy ambience of rich browns and glass sculptures. Socialize while enjoying a versatile mix of hip-hop, 80's, classic rock and more. The room features a one way view of the bustling casino.

Light Ultra Lounge Shine, radiate, glow: Walk into the Light. See and be seen at the hot stylish night club inside the fabulous Bellagio. Relax and take in the scene from one of several private Vip booths surrounding the dance floor. Elegant and exhilarating, Club Light Las Vegas offers an exciting new style of nightlife at Light Vegas with its plush rich decor and European bottle service.

Employing a stage that rises from and falls into a 1.5-million-gallon pool, a Cirque du Soleil troupe presents "O" in, on, and above water—a cycle-of-life, "liquid magic" show of such grace and skill it ranks as perhaps Las Vegas' premiere stage-show attraction. Cirque du Soleil has created an entirely original form of live entertainment. "O" pays tribute to the magic of the theater at the Bellagio Las Vegas. Cirque du Soleil's first venture into aquatic theater has been seen by more than 2 million spectators and has earned the acclaim of journalists from around the world. The Chicago Tribune says, "as spectacular and inventive a live show as you're likely to find anywhere in the world right now" while Las Vegas Review-Journal recently honored "O" as the best production show. With an international cast of 81 artists, performing in, on and above a 1.5 million gallon pool of water, "O" by Cirque du Soleil tells the tale of theater through the ages and frees us to embark on a 90-minute voyage where dreams are not only encouraged, they come true.

Periodic displays by the Fountains at Bellagio attract thousands of sightseers. Located in eight-acre Lake Bellagio fronting the hotel, the lighted fountains erupt, sway, and dance to music ranging from Sinatra to Pavarotti.

The Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art exhibits works of renowned artists on loan by museums around the world.

An ornate vault of glass and green wrought iron, The Conservatory contains a seasonal flower garden over which hangs a serpentine glass-butterfly sculpture. Giant fabric butterflies and gentle fountains also grace the garden, which ranks among Bellagio's most photographed sites.

The elegant Light supplies an opulent nightclub ambience.

Comprising 89,000 square feet, the posh Casino features exquisitely colored, interior-lighted awnings that add grace and dampen noise. Exceptionally roomy, the Casino feels uncrowded even when busy. It provides a poker room, a plush high-limit room, video poker, blackjack, craps, roulette, baccarat, pai gow, keno, a sports book, and a race book.

The Chapels at Bellagio
Begin your journey to "happily ever after" with an elegant wedding set in the midst of Bellagio Las Vegas and it's richly adorned South Chapel. Boasting European design, this exquisite venue charms guests with opulent details serving as the perfect canvas for your picture-perfect union.

The Spa at Bellagio Las Vegas
In the European tradition, Spa Bellagio offers a full complement of therapeutic and rejuvenating body care treatments. Located in the Conservatory and Botanical Gardens, spa visitors are pampered while surrounded by the tranquil beauty of the gardens. Guests can choose among a variety of treatments including Aromatherapy, Combination Massage and Swedish Massage. Also available are the luxurious hydrotherapy services, facials, body treatments, and Vichy showers where guests receive a soothing massage by an overhead ballet of water.

Rooms

The hotel has 3,000 rooms that offer views of the mountains, the Strip, or the pool. Each room is designed in a contemporary Mediterranean-estate style and features solid-brass-frame mirrors, an Italian marble soaking tub and shower, lighted make-up mirror, designer toiletries, and beds with canopies and reading lights.