A minute's walk from Aladdin is the City of Light, faithfully reflected in every square inch of Paris Las Vegas. The block north contains Bellagio, renowned for its excess, detail and luxury. It sits on a landscaped hillside with a 10-acre lake. Bellagio also is furnished with art masterpieces. More than 1,000 fountains dance in front of the hotel, creating a union of water, music and light.
Performances range from delicate and whimsical to grand and commanding.
In Bellagio's Botanical Gardens are a dozen couples standing in line to have their pictures taken in a white gazebo. At Via Bellagio, the shopping arcade at the Bellagio hotel-casino, even a CEO could plunk down a year's salary in less than an hour. The shop's nature collection boasts diamond-encrusted fish, sea horses, crabs, etc. It takes me an hour to walk through Bellagio's lobby, garden, gallery, casino, shopping mall and lake. When I see blue sky again, I'm awestruck by Caesar's Palace.