This is Wayne Newton's place. Mr. Las Vegas himself. The Stardust Resort and Casino is a classic Vegas landmark at the Strip's north end. This bastion of "old school Vegas" was featured prominently in the film "Swingers" and proudly hosts Mr. Newton 40 weeks out of the year and an impressive lineup of other entertainers, such as Don Rickles, Harvey Korman and Chicago. Big-band dance concerts filter through the Stardust Ballroom.

Stardust's 85,000-square-foot and busy casino comes complete with poker, slots, video poker, blackjack, craps, roulette, pai gow poker, Caribbean poker, keno, baccarat, mini-baccarat, and a race and sports book that was the first one inside a Vegas casino-hotel. The casino includes Carousel One, a secluded high-limit lounge.

For recreation, tropical gardens and coconut palms surround two pools, including an Olympic monster and two waterfall spa pools. Social soakers can soak their sighs away in the 10-person spa. The resort's business center even rents digital cameras to vacationers. Hungry gamblers can chose from among several options, including William B's Steak House, Sushi King and Island Paradise Café.

All 1,500 guestrooms and suites at this Las Vegas hotel are close to the casino, restaurants, showroom, shops, lobby and recreation area. They feature armoires with color TVs, dining tables, movies and safes.

Las Vegas grew up around the Stardust's 62 tropical and desert acres on what would eventually become known as The Strip. Hotels.com users who book reservations at the Stardust are in store for traditional Las Vegas: a larger-than-life main entertainer, softly-lit lounges and their singers, and a casino where action is 24-hour non-stop. So Vegas!