Luxor Beach Hotel, Cattolica

Advantages: Great location, spacious rooms, great food - I can go on and on!!
Disadvantages: Little bit noisy due to traffic outside at night

...are completely different to what we have in the UK. Each hotel has a designated beach area where you can pay a small amount to have a beach umbrella and chairs/loungers for the day. I cannot tell you how much this is simply because my dad paid for it!!! The beach for the Acropolis was immaculate and the sand is cleaned and swept daily - its actually heaven. I think you can purchase loungers in other hotels' areas too, we were never asked what hotel we were from. If you'd prefer the kind of beach we have here, behind the Mcdonalds (which is a 10 min walk from the hotel), there is a public beach where all you have to do is chuck your towel down and your away! Ten minutes walk along the sea front will take you into the centre of Cattolica, to the main square. This is home to loads of restaurants, bars and daily entertainment. We became quite big fans... Read review

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Advantages: An unmistakable icon on the Strip, distinctive and with no shortage of class. Exceptional price for exceptional quality of room, service and attraction. Caters for all ages, groups and functional needs. One of the best.
Disadvantages: Watch the queues and price increase around American holidays but at all other times it is a supremely priced hotel.

...To be honest, when ‘The Luxor’ first opened in 1992 I was in Las Vegas at the time staying at the ‘Mirage’ and as a boy in my late teens I thought it looked a little bit tacky and uninspiring. It may have had something to do with the fact that I was staying in one of the higher echelon hotels on the strip and was surrounded by other sensational hotels such as ‘Caesars’ and the ‘MGM Grand’. It lacked that bit of aura, that mystique that comes with a Las Vegas Casino and Hotel complex. The idea was pretty cool: build a 30-story black pyramid in the middle of the desert and put in hotel rooms and a casino with an Egyptian theme, but it just didn’t have the feel or look of something to rival the big Casino’s. However once the Mandalay Resorts (the owners of the property) threw a few million dollars (around 300 to be precise... Read review

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Advantages: Central Location, loads going on for both children and adults, if you shop around you can get a great deal
Disadvantages: We did initially get put in a smoking room when we'd requested non smoking but that was soon resolved to our satisfaction and with no fuss

...In April 2003, I visited America for the first time, the reason behind the visit was to attend my brothers wedding which took place in a hotel in the mountains, about a half an hour drive from Las Vegas. Whilst in Las Vegas we stayed in the Luxor Hotel, it is situated on the strip, although not on the main part of the strip, and consists of two large tower blocks full of rooms and a unique pyramid building which is also used for accommodation. In total there are over 4000 rooms available in the Luxor - and believe it or not they are very often fully booked. We had booked a pyramid room as we thought it would be quite unique to stay in the pyramid and use the inclinator to go up and down from our room. Check in was straight forward and there were lots of well groomed staff waiting to check us in. When we arrived at our room we... Read review

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