Las Vegas attractions

Bigger than both the London Eye and the Singapore Flyer, the LINQ High Roller offers you some of the best views of the Las Vegas Strip; there's no better perspective than the one you get 550 feet (167m) up in the sky. As you float around in one of 28 state-of-the-art cabins, you’ll be moving at a leisurely foot-a-second. Turn the party right up by booking the Happy Half Hour ticket and enjoy an open bar. Bar cabin guests must be 21 or older.

Get behind the wheel of a Ferrari, Lamborghini or Aston Martin on a real racetrack at Vegas’s Exotics Racing School. Go on and opt for some one-on-one coaching with a sexy male instructor – a perfect distraction for ladies on a hen weekend. Vroom vroom, indeed! Want more action? How about screaming through the desert on a zipline? Or driving a bulldozer, excavator or both at Dig This, a “Heavy Equipment Playground.” Can you dig it? Yes you can.

Sure, it’s not actually in Las Vegas, but the Grand Canyon is so tantalizingly close to Sin City it’d be silly not to make time for this geological marvel. Besides, with both helicopter and plane flights to take you out and back from McCarran Airport, you hardly have to give up any gambling time. And anyway, as fun as it is to fork over your money to the Sin City casino magnates, the Grand Canyon offers you memories you will actually prefer to remember.

It’s not all Blackjack and Poker. Performing shows in Vegas has been a venerable career path for stars as far back as the Rat Pack. Nowadays there’s a thief’s banquet of shows on offer (venerable circus institution Cirque de Soleil has no fewer than six different shows running concurrently). Other highlights include magic shows from Mat Franco, Criss Angel and Penn & Teller, and concerts from Boyz II Men, Celine Dion, and Britney Spears.