The Venetian.
This casino deserves a blog entry of its own.
Not because it was the most chic - that was, in our opinion, the Mandalay Inn.
Nor because it was the most pompous one (the Bellagio). The most colourful was Flamingo, the Mirage was a disappointment, as was the MGM Grand.
No, but because they rebuilt Venice. You remember the Truman Show? Where Truman grows up in a film decor? That's your Venetian.
First you cross the Bridge of Sighs, by escalators (no need to walk yourself as you'd have to do in the real Venice) and you see a canal. Bright light blue with very clean and highly chlorinated water. In it are moored a couple of gondola's and under the next bridge a gondola appears with the gondolier singing O Sole Mio (a Neapolitan song). That's pretty hilarious, I must say.
But then inside. The sheer size of the colonnade, all marble.
You're getting impressed.
You enter a grand door and you step into a remake of Venice, with streets, houses, even a roof painted as a lovely summerday with whispy clouds floating in the sky.
You walk along canals, you sit at St. Mark's Square, you stroll through endless shopping streets and everywhere there are restaurants, diners, bars.
It's unreal.
It's massive fun.
See for yourself!
This casino deserves a blog entry of its own.
Not because it was the most chic - that was, in our opinion, the Mandalay Inn.
Nor because it was the most pompous one (the Bellagio). The most colourful was Flamingo, the Mirage was a disappointment, as was the MGM Grand.
No, but because they rebuilt Venice. You remember the Truman Show? Where Truman grows up in a film decor? That's your Venetian.
First you cross the Bridge of Sighs, by escalators (no need to walk yourself as you'd have to do in the real Venice) and you see a canal. Bright light blue with very clean and highly chlorinated water. In it are moored a couple of gondola's and under the next bridge a gondola appears with the gondolier singing O Sole Mio (a Neapolitan song). That's pretty hilarious, I must say.
But then inside. The sheer size of the colonnade, all marble.
You're getting impressed.
You enter a grand door and you step into a remake of Venice, with streets, houses, even a roof painted as a lovely summerday with whispy clouds floating in the sky.
You walk along canals, you sit at St. Mark's Square, you stroll through endless shopping streets and everywhere there are restaurants, diners, bars.
It's unreal.
It's massive fun.
See for yourself!
No comments:
Post a Comment
Note: only a member of this blog may post a comment.