Within just a mile or two of walking down the Las Vegas strip, you could imagine that you had flown thousands of kilometres around the globe as many of the themed hotels had replica monuments, landmarks and buildings (albeit not to scale). Lewis the Lion thought that this fantasyland was great fun. You didn’t even have to leave America and you could pretend that you’d travelled around the world! In fact he discovered that many American citizens don’t own a passport. Lewis the Lion wondered if that was because there was so much already to explore in their own country or perhaps people just came to Las Vegas instead?! Some of the detail in the buildings was very precise indeed and Lewis the Lion marvelled at the ingenuity of the people who had created such a thing.
Here are some of his photos around these themed hotels:
Egypt: Cairo
A pyramid in the middle of the Nevada desert?
The magnificent Luxor hotel
Lewis stands beside the giant Sphinx
An obelisk stands in front of the Luxor hotel
A statue of Anubis guards the hotel entrance
America: New York
The American skyline of New York, New York hotel
Lewis sees the Statue of Liberty at New York, New York
New York, New York with its skyscrapers and copy Brooklyn Bridge
Old-fashioned American advertising for Pepsi-Cola
France: Paris
Lewis the Lion poses with a French hot-air balloon and the Eiffel Tower
The Las Vegas Arc de Triomphe is much smaller than the real thing
The road is even called ‘Paris’
The Eiffel Tower rises high above Lewis the Lion
The café bars have a real Parisian style
Italy: Rome
One of the biggest hotels on The Strip – Caesar’s Palace
Lewis the Lion spots a Caesar motif
The statues replicate the statues of Ancient Rome
The indoor shopping arcade is adorned with Roman statues and colonnades
The opulence is clear – even the escalators spiral around!
Lewis the Lion wants to know that if they were to design a themed hotel of your city or town, what sort of things would you want them to include?
