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Driving and rental cars
If you're happy to see no more of Las Vegas than the Strip and perhaps downtown - and on a short visit, there's no great reason to venture any further - then it's perfectly possible to survive without a
car
. Bear in mind, though, that even the...
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Taxis
Every casino has a line of
taxis
waiting at its front entrance. Standard fares are $2.20 for the first mile and $1.50 for each additional mile, but the meter continues to run when you're caught in traffic. A $1.20 surcharge is added for trips...
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Buses
CAT
buses
(tel 228-7433,
) serve the entire city from their hub at the
Downtown Transportation Center
(daily 6am-10pm), a couple of blocks north of Fremont Street at Stewart Avenue and Casino Center Boulevard.
...
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Trolleys
The oak-veneered streetcars of the
Las Vegas Strip Trolley
(tel 382-1404) ply the Strip daily between 9.30am and 2am, with a flat fare of $1.50 and departures every fifteen minutes. Their route extends from
Mandalay Bay
as far...
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Monorails
Several Strip properties are connected by means of free
monorail
services. Such systems link
Excalibur
with
Mandalay Bay
via
Luxor
; the
MGM Grand
with
Bally's; Bellagio
with the
...
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Casino shuttle services
Several casino operators run
free shuttle services
either to connect different properties in the same chain, or between outlying casinos and the Strip. These include services between the various members of the Stations chain; between the
...
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Cycling
Cycling
in Las Vegas proper is not a good idea. Cops do it to beat the traffic on the Strip, but for visitors there's too much danger for too little reward. Red Rock Canyon is very popular with recreational cyclists, however. If you want to join...
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