Circus & Clownmuseum

Advantages: Brightly lit
Disadvantages: Noisy,ugly,garish,lacking in architectural merit

...Piccadily Circus to me has never been a favourite bit of London. Frankly if I were a foreign tourist I would be rather disappointed with the place. It has always seemed to me to be garish,dirty,noisy, and generally lacking in architectural grace or harmony. Leicester Square,although also very busy,is,in my opinion,a much nicer area to explore. The Circus is also a let down in that Piccadily which leads into it is a very nice stretch of urban architecture and houses some great shops.When you arrive at the Circus,elegance has "gone out of the window". I do not understand why the site was not redeveloped years ago for it looks tatty and is not a suitable nodal point for a great world-class city.... Read review

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Advantages: great place to visit
Disadvantages: dangerous at times

...it was quite embarrasing..because everyone in my group thought that it was a circus...the one where you can see chimpanzee!....luckily..one of the member have the head to read the brochure....but picadilly circus is always a great place to visit if you're down to london...it's busy with people...day or night..but night time is even better. you can see people from all the walks of life..parading infront of you.with the neon lights and beatiful buildings, i think you would fall in love with london that night..if not a day before. i liked it so much, that i took two days off my tour to scout round the area.... Read review

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Advantages: Close to the LVHilton for shows, has trolley stop, good entertainment for kids
Disadvantages: Close to the northern end of the Strip,

...The one real reason I stayed at the Circus Circus hotel was that I was going to Vegas to see Barry Manilow and did not want to pay top dollar for a hotel room. That out of the way I can tell you my opinion on the huge hotel that scarily welcomes you with a giant neon clown! We arrived after an 18 hour journey, tired and exhausted, to be met at reception by the most courteous and friendly staff that I have encountered in any hotel. Being so tired it was difficult to understand the immense layout of the hotel complex but rather than ask for a porter to help us (and as there was a huge number of people checking in) we asked the receptionist to explain again and she drew us a detailed diagram on the hotel map of how to get to our room (in one of the towers) and patiently explained which escalators and elevators to take. Having seen... Read review

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