Frommer's Irreverent Guide to Las Vegas [Paperback]

Jordan S. Simon (Author)

Book Description

Series: Irreverent Guides | Publication Date: March 29, 2002

Looking for a travel guide that goes where other guides fear to tread? One that rides roughshod over ad-copy puffery to smartly deliver the real scoop on a destination's sites and attractions? One that dares to be honest, hip, and fun? Look no more. Frommer's Irreverent Travel Guides are wickedly irreverent, unabashedly honest, and downright hilarious, and provide an insider's perspective on which attractions are overrated tourist traps and which are the secret gems that locals love. You'll get the lowdown on restaurants, lodging, and shopping, and even find out what the locals think of you. "Like being taken around by a savvy local," said the New York Times. "Hipper and savvier than other guides," concurred Diversion magazine. Never shy about confronting the issues, the Irreverents are guides to real travel in the real world.

Irreverence is Las Vegas's stock and trade. Still, you won't find a more hilariously entertaining and irreverent look at this over-the-top city than that the one in Frommer's Irreverent Guide to Las Vegas. Discover statuary that doubles as slot machines, have a slice at Wayne Newton's favorite pizza joint, and find out which hotel offers 24-hour emergency care. You'll get the lowdown on corn-free entertainment, the most lavish casino buffets, and honest-to-god worthwhile sites and attractions that have absolutely nothing to do with gambling. Frommer's Irreverent Guide to Las Vegas is no-smoke-and-mirrors destination guide where you'll discover the genuine Vegas beneath all that neon.

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

"Like being taken around by a savvy local." —The New York Times

"Little fluff and lots of fun." —Boston Globe

"Hipper and savvier than other guides." —Diversion magazine

Looking for a travel guide that goes where other guides fear to tread? One that rides roughshod over ad-copy puffery to smartly deliver the real scoop on a destination's sites and attractions? One that dares to be honest, hip, and fun? Look no more. Frommer's Irreverent Travel Guides are wickedly irreverent, unabashedly honest, and downright hilarious, and provide an insider's perspective on which attractions are overrated tourist traps and which are the secret gems that locals love. You'll get the lowdown on restaurants, lodging, and shopping, and even find out what the locals think of you. "Like being taken around by a savvy local," said the New York Times. "Hipper and savvier than other guides," concurred Diversion magazine. Never shy about confronting the issues, the Irreverents are guides to real travel in the real world.

everence is Las Vegas'sck and trade. Still, you won't find a more hilariously entertaining and irreverent look at this over-the-top city than that the one in Frommer's Irreverent Guide to Las Vegas. Discover statuary that doubles as slot machines, have a slice at Wayne Newton's favorite pizza joint, and find out which hotel offers 24-hour emergency care. You'll get the lowdown on corn-free entertainment, the most lavish casino buffets, and honest-to-god worthwhile sites and attractions that have absolutely nothing to do with gambling. Frommer's Irreverent Guide to Las Vegas is no-smoke-and-mirrors destination guide where you'll discover the genuine Vegas beneath all that neon.

Are you tired of clich?-ridden guidebooks packed with promotional fluff? Then move over to the IRREVERENT GUIDES?the travel series that no tourist board would dare to recommend.

Look inside for the lowdown on:

• The best statues to rub for luck
• Where to run into Wolfgang Puck, Emeril Lagasse, and other ?ber-chefs
• How to play the G-string with strippers and conventioneers
• Visiting neon graveyards and Liberace shrines
• Where to roll with the Dennis Rodmans, the Bruce Willises, and the Adnan Khashoggis
• And much more!

Your Guide to a World of Travel Experience

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Frommers; 2 edition (March 29, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764565508
• ISBN-13: 978-0764565502
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 4.4 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,989,337 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2.0 out of 5 stars Superficial guide to las vegas, December 31, 2002

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hank (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Frommer's Irreverent Guide to Las Vegas (Paperback)

I found this book pretty annoying. On the one hand, it gives a good overview of vegas and some interesting facts. But trying to use it while we were there, we found it almost never gave enough information to be useful. In particular, we tried to use the guide to find restaurants, and found the one-sentence-long reviews of restaurants severely lacking. If anything they sound like advertisements. Here's a random example: "At Samba Brazilian Steakhouse, skewered rotisserie meats are roasted over coals at the open kitchen, then carved table side with machete-like knives." That's the complete treatment of that restuarant! OK, so at a steak house they roast meats -- duh! Are they any good? Should I go there? Is it better than anywhere else? Is it expensive? This information is very typical of the level of detail in the book.