Frommer's Irreverent Guide to Las Vegas (Irreverent Guides) - Softcover

Herczog, Mary; Simon, Jordan S.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0764542974 ISBN 13: 9780764542978

Publisher: *Frommers, 2004

Synopsis

Looking for a travel guide that goes where other guides fear to tread? One that rides roughshod over ad-copy puffery to smartly deliver the real scoop on a destination's sites and attractions? One that dares to be honest, hip, and fun? Look no more. Frommer's Irreverent Travel Guides are wickedly irreverent, unabashedly honest, and downright hilarious, and provide an insider's perspective on which attractions are overrated tourist traps and which are the secret gems that locals love. You'll get the lowdown on restaurants, lodging, and shopping, and even find out what the locals think of you. "Like being taken around by a savvy local," said the New York Times. "Hipper and savvier than other guides," concurred Diversion magazine. Never shy about confronting the issues, the Irreverents are guides to real travel in the real world.

Irreverence is Las Vegas's stock and trade. Still, you won't find a more hilariously entertaining and irreverent look at this over-the-top city than that the one in Frommer's Irreverent Guide to Las Vegas. Discover statuary that doubles as slot machines, have a slice at Wayne Newton's favorite pizza joint, and find out which hotel offers 24-hour emergency care. You'll get the lowdown on corn-free entertainment, the most lavish casino buffets, and honest-to-god worthwhile sites and attractions that have absolutely nothing to do with gambling. Frommer's Irreverent Guide to Las Vegas is no-smoke-and-mirrors destination guide where you'll discover the genuine Vegas beneath all that neon.

About this title

From the Back Cover

"Full of solid, insider information with just the right amount of cynicism."
–Travel Savvy magazine

Are you tired of cliché-ridden guidebooks packed with promotional fluff? Then move over to the IRREVERENT GUIDES–the travel series that no tourist board would dare to recommend.

Look inside for the lowdown on:

• The best statues to rub for luck
• Where to run into Wolfgang Puck, Emeril Lagasse, and other über-chefs
• How to play the G-string with strippers and conventioneers
• Visiting neon graveyards and Liberace shrines
• Where to roll with the Dennis Rodmans, the Bruce Willises, and the Adnan Khashoggis
• And much more!

About the Author

Mary Herczog is the author of a number of Frommer’s books, many of them about Las Vegas, including Frommer’s Las Vegas, Frommer’s New Orleans, Las Vegas For Dummies, Los Angeles For Dummies, and Portable Las Vegas for Non-Gamblers. This makes up for all those Vegas jackpots she never, ever wins.

Jordan Simon is the author of Irreverent Guide to Las Vegas, 2nd Edition.

About this edition

• Publisher: *Frommers
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0764542974
• ISBN 13: 9780764542978
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 262