Bellagio - Just like a dream

I felt in love with Bellagio, in Las Vegas, NV the first time I gazed over its gracious singing and dancing fountains… and ever since I longed to explore more of it and desired to enjoy its amenities. My wish came true for the first time in Nov 2009, which also coincided with my big thank you trip to the Sin City for my parents.

After spending an unpleasant weekend at a different hotel I decided to move my family for our last night in this gorgeous location. Bellagio became my favorite attraction on my first visit to Vegas and since dreamed of being able to stay in its lush rooms. Surprisingly, Heaven has rates for regular people, too.

On the official website I found that Sundays have extremely low rates (almost half off) and that by calling the reservation office and by prepaying the reservation you can secure even a LOWER rate. Of course, the offer comes with restrictions – the reservation is unchangeable or impossible to cancel without losing your money, but hey!, who would cancel on such a beautiful place?!?!?...

We moved from the previous hotel at 11am, so the Bell Desk at Bellagio was kind enough to hold our luggage until check-in. Knowing the interminable lines at leading hotels front desks in LV, I attempted to avoid the hassle by delaying the moment of getting our keys, by continuing exploring the Strip. We toured of the property, first.

After watching amazing representations of the fountain’s show over the day and dusk, while listening to various artists – from the New York Philharmonic to Elton John, Madonna, Faith Hill, and Elvis Presley – we toured the impressive ground floor. Stepping through the main doors it’s impossible to miss the extreme attention to details. The legendary “B” is encrusted everywhere: in ashtrays’ sand, on door knobs, windows, elevator doors, souvenirs, coffee cups, candies. The refurbished lobby has beautiful flower arrangements mirroring Dale Chihuly’s ceiling sculpture of 2,000
dynamic hand-blown glass flowers. The casino who recently received a face lift offers a new color integrated palette, coordinated with the entire concept of the resort. Next, the Conservatory and Botanical Gardens amaze through the passionate display of nature and the work of 140 horticulturists in every season. Fall’s best treasured decorations were on display during our visit – a scarecrow, giant pumpkins, talking trees, immense glass leaves, rainy forest, and unexpected flower arrangements. Across this magical land, raises the one of Jean Philippe patisserie. This one has $6 European style deserts, along with fresh made on the spot crapes, and a breath taking
chocolate fountain display awarded with the Guinness World Records. Continuing  the exploration, a spa, a bar and convention rooms follow the long lobby that circles the pool area. Coffee tables with arm chairs and inviting sofas are displayed along the lobby, in front of the tall windows with  heavy curtains, overlooking the a series of pools, cabanas and long chairs through the enclosed sunny area. With every step admiration grew for this place and the masterminds behind all creation. It felt like I was in my own little wonderland. No wonder it was hard to leave for the inquest of other attractions of the city.

We returned long after dark, rather late in the evening, maybe around 9pm, after a long day in the city to register at the Front Desk. However, my plan of avoiding unnecessary waste of minutes after millions of tourists to gain access to my room didn’t work and I still ended up in line for 20 minutes. Nothing was rushing me and I actually enjoyed being in that wonderful lobby. Then the amazing agent, despite my incredible low rate, and without even asking, checked us in a room at the 21st
floor, with a fountain view!! I was happy, surprised and excited all together when he started explaining how to navigate through the resort in order to reach my room. I guess the policy is: if occupancy is low anyway, at least let’s make our guests happy. And it worked!!!! We were delighted to discover impeccable service everywhere around the hotel, as well as our enormous room with an almost similar size bathroom, exquisite amenities, and wonderful view over the fountains. With floating steps we reached the smashing silver doors elevators where a hotel attended asked us politely to show our room key for up stairs access. 

Up on the floor I noticed that the music from the fountains resonates inside the hotel hallways as a perfectly integrated system. Inside the room, on the same note as the entire resort, everything was Spartan – the bathroom, his/her sinks, the shower, the beds, the windows...  Oh! and on channel 21 on TV you can also hear the music of the fountain shows.

What really surprised me was to discover that Bellagio still has turn down service – something I did not see in a very long time in hotels. Therefore there was chocolate on the pillows… and fluffy they all were.

As we had an early flight, I was extremely happy to take advantage of the express check out box and not deal with the hassle of waiting again at the Front Desk.

Impossible to miss, the Bellagio lays at:

3600 Las Vegas Blvd S

Las Vegas, NV 89109