The landmark Golden Nugget Hotel and Casino on Fremont Street goes back more than 50 years but has evolved into a luxurious four-diamond property. The Fremont Street Experience sound-and-light show right outside the Golden Nugget will dazzle guests every night. Certainly the Golden Nugget's glittering façade is one of the brightest on Fremont Street, but guests will find inside the hotel an elegant and tasteful sanctuary, with marble floors and a classic Victorian influenced décor. The modest casino caters to high roller novice gamblers. One of the hotel's unique attractions is its namesake, a 61-pound gold nugget prominently displayed in the casino.

Guestrooms feature truly elegant ambience, with rich brown and beige décors and views of the pool terrace, downtown Las Vegas or Spring Mountains. They feature signature touches, including full- sized desks, armoires with cable TVs, and marble bathrooms with elegant fixtures. Dining choices are some of the city's best, including Stefano's and its traditional Northern Italian cuisine, and Lillie Langtry's mesquite-broiled prime-grade beef and Catonese dishes.

While many downtown casino hotels lack swimming pools, the Golden Nugget offers a heated pool surrounded by coconut palm trees, white alabaster swans, bronze fishes, spacious sundeck and eight-person spa. For-rent cabanas come furnished with TVs, radios and complimentary snacks. Guests can pamper themselves with health-and-beauty spa, which features a fitness center, tanning rooms, saunas, steam rooms, Swedish showers and 12-person spas.

Guests will like the Golden Nugget for its personal service, its manageable size and layout for a Las Vegas hotel, and location close to all the action.