霓虹媚景不夜天——拉斯维加斯

　　Admission: Hoover Dam $10; Lake Mead Recreational Area $5 per vehicle, or $3 per individual, for 1 to 5 days
　　
　　Imperial Palace Auto Collection（皇宫汽车展示中心）: With over 250 classic antique cars on display (all are available for purchase), the collection is an absolute must for all car buffs. It is actually part of a larger collection and cars are rotated in and out of the showroom on a regular basis; once a car is sold it is replaced by another. Exhibited are rare models, race cars, muscle cars, touring roadsters and dozens of vehicles once owned by the rich and infamous.
　　Address: Imperial Palace Casino, 3535 S. Las Vegas Boulevard
　　
　　Telephone: (702) 794 3174
　　Email: info@autocollections.com
　　Website: www.autocollections.com
　　Opening Time: Daily 9.30am to 9.30pm
　　Admission: Free entrance vouchers are easily available at the Imperial Palace casino
　　
　　Red Rock Canyon（红岩绝壁）: Red Rock Canyon is a dramatic valley ten miles (16km) west of Las Vegas and is a good excursion to escape the neon lights and jangle of the slot machines. Its defining feature is the steep Red Rock escarpment, which rises 3,000ft (914m) on its western edge. Today the dramatic landscape is peppered with cactus and Joshua trees and is a good spot for walking, rock climbing, cycling or simply a scenic drive. The Mojave Desert is not barren as you might think; it teems with life and beauty that is rare and unique - waterfalls cascade into the canyons and high above red tailed hawks search for their next meal.
　　
　　Telephone: (702) 515 5350
　　Website: www.redrockcanyon.blm.gov
　　Transport: The Park has a 13-mile (21km) scenic drive. Coach tours can be organized through most hotels
　　
　　Liberace Museum（黎伯拉奇博物馆）: The Liberace Museum was founded in 1979 by the late entertainer and features’ Mr. Showmanship’s dazzling jeweler, outfits and other memorabilia. Liberace was a massively popular musician in America and best known for his outrageous outfits and stage sets. He was a regular visitor to Las Vegas. The museum houses his vast collection of pianos and cars, which include a custom-made Rolls Royce covered with tiny mirrors. His costumes, stage props and jeweler can also be seen. His ’crown jewels’ include a spectacular piano-shaped watch with diamonds, rubies, sapphires and emeralds, and a piano-shaped ring containing 260 diamonds in a white- and yellow-gold 18-carat setting with ivory and black jade keys. Proceeds from the not-for-profit museum support scholarships for the performing arts.
　　
　　Address: 1775 E. Tropicana Avenue
　　Telephone: (702) 798 5595
　　Email: info@liberace.org
　　Website: www.liberace.com
　　Opening Time: Monday to Saturday 10am to 5pm; Sunday 12pm to 4pm Admission: $12.50; concessions available
　　
　　
　　Las Vegas Boulevard is "the Strip"
　　博彩心跳，拉斯维加斯的林荫大道
　　
　　Las Vegas is located in the southwestern corner of Nevada near the borders of California and Arizona. It is 275 miles (450 km) from Los Angeles and less than a four-hours drive on excellent interstate highway. The city is situated in a broad flat desert valley surrounded by barren arid mountains. It receives only about 2 inches (5 cm) of rain per year; yet the city is an oasis of green grass, flowers and palm trees all subsisting on imported water. A vast checkerboard of low suburban homes sprawls across the valley floor for dozens of miles in every direction with new tracts of houses eternally sprouting like fields of cactus in the surrounding desert.