I'm beginning to like staying at non-gaming and non-smoking hotels in Vegas. I've stayed at the Platinum Hotel (off the strip) and now here at Vdara, which offers a complete opposite experience from your standard hotel on the strip: \n\nNO casino = NO blaring sounds/jarring lights upon entering\nNO clubs = NO gathering of drunk and loud d*bags or beezys stumbling about \nNO smoking = NO cigarette/cigar stank and NO secondhand smoke\n\nThe rooms are all mini suites that come included with a combined mini kitchen & dining area. Our kitchen consisted of a microwave, mini fridge, and plenty of cupboard space (cookware is available upon request). Our dining area consisted of a table and 4 chairs. Our main room had separate sleeping and sitting areas. A dividing wall, with dual flat screen tvs on either side, separated the areas from each other. The bathroom was nice and big with a nice sized and deep bathtub. There was only one sink and the shower was average sized. Our bed was nice and big and the pillows...OMG the pillows! If I could, I would've smuggled a set back home. The pillows were a nice size with just the right amount of softness and firmness. \n\nWe had a expansive wall sized window view of the rear of Bellagio. The shades are controlled by a switch in the kitchen (odd) and only in the mornings did me and my boyfriend realize that the \"blackout\" option for the shades still allowed a \"nice\" stream of light to get into our room: not good after a long day and night of galavanting around Vegas -_-\n\n**Access to and from the surrounding hotels is pretty easy**:\n-The rear entrance of Aria shares a roundabout with the front entrance of Vdara. Its about a 2 minute walk using the outdoor and uncovered roundabout walkway to and from Aria. We made this walk multiple times during our recent stay since Aria is the closest hotel with a casino and restaurants.\n-The Bellagio is accessible directly from Vdara using an outdoor covered walkway. The walk is a bit longer with not much sightseeing along the way but it definitely beats having to take a taxi OR walking along the strip among a mass of random people\n-The Cosmopolitan is accessible from Vdara and while the walk isn't too bad, we had to go outside and take a set of stairs, a few feet away from the Vdara entrance, to the street level to get to the Cosmo. But we didn't have to go out onto the strip at all. The walk to the Cosmo is bit longer than the walk to Aria, but definitely shorter than the walk to Bellagio. \n\nThe hotel decor has a modern edge yet serene vibe to it. The main floor consists of \"Market Cafe Vdara\" the only place in the hotel to get food, drink, groceries, etc; a swanky lounge barl; the front desk; and the main lobby that offered plenty of comfy seating, located near the guest elevators. \n\nI probably wouldn't have stayed at Vdara if it hadn't been for the Expedia package I was able to get: $350/person (taxes and fees already included) for our hotel stay and flight from Friday-Monday. \n\nAfter experiencing what Vdara has to offer, I'd definitely come back :)
places reviews