McCarran International Airport (LAS): Approximate driving time is 10 minutes and distance is 4 miles.

Driving directions from McCarran International Airport: Exit the hotel via Swenson St. Turn left on E Tropicana Ave, then turn right on Las Vegas Blvd S (the Strip). The hotel is on the right.

Getting there: The best option from the airport is a taxi ($5–$15; fees subject to change without notice), or a rental car.

Getting around: For traveling along the Strip, guests have several convenient options. City buses (less than $5) run the length of the Strip, and private trollies (less than $5) serve the larger casinos. Many guests choose to walk, or take a taxi. As of spring 2004, guests can take the Las Vegas monorail (less than $5) to other casinos and the Convention Center. For other destinations, a rental car is the best option.

Mon Ami Gabi - Offering an inside dining room, a sunny front room, and an open-air terrace overlooking The Strip's colorful scene, this large, casual bistro features an extensive menu of French favorites. Included are various steaks with French fries, burgers, salads, raw seafood, and nightly specials such as beef short ribs.

Ah Sin - This large pan-Asian restaurant offers a large menu including sushi and dim sum, features show kitchens, and provides inside seating and terrace tables overlooking The Strip's pedestrian parade.

Ortanique - An outshoot of chef Cindy Hutson's acclaimed Coral Gables, Fla., restaurant, Ortanique serves "cuisine of the sun" such as Caribbean bouillabaisse and jerked double pork chop with guava-rum sauce served in a dramatic ambience of light, shadow, and draped gold fabric.

Les Artistes Steakhouse - A symphony of curves, this stylish steakhouse consists of a ground-floor dining room and a mezzanine up a pair of sweeping staircases—both beneath a brightly colored floral ceiling.

Le Provençal - Serving south-of-France and Italian food, this casual place features singing waiters, pastas, steaks, seafood, and pizza.

Le Village Buffet - This version of the classic Las Vegas buffet house features items from the five French provinces for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

Le Café Île St. Louis - Open 24 hours, this restaurant offers a broad range of light and full meals.

JJ's Boulangerie - French pastries, artisanal-bread sandwiches, and salads are the focus in this casual spot.

Lenôtre - This branch of a popular Parisian chocolatier also serves pastries and ice cream.

La Creperie - This walk-up window serves sweet and savory crepes.

Café du Parque - This poolside spot features healthful foods and juices.

Le Central - Elevated above the casino floor, this elegant lounge offers croissants, tea service, and French-style snacks.

Room service is available 24 hours.

Amenity highlights: A two-acre pool complex on the casino rooftop includes a massive, heated pool open year-round and two oval, 12-person spas secluded in a formal French garden. For-rent cabanas come with telephone, television, and ceiling fan. The Eiffel Tower replica soars above the complex, which contains a platform for photographing the Tower against the sky.

Insider tip: Without reservations or having to buy dinner, guests enjoy the Eiffel Tower Restaurant's Strip views by visiting the restaurant's lounge, which features specialty martinis and enforces a no-jeans-or-shorts rule.

A two-third's-scale Arc de Triomphe stands at the hotel's entrance. Other photography opportunities inside and outside the resort include partial replications of the Louvre, the Paris Opera House, the ornate bridge Le Pont Alexander III, Victor Hugo's neighborhood Places des Vosges, the Louvre Museum, and Versailles Palace's Hall of Mirrors.

Le Théâtre des Arts, an opulent, 1,200-seat theater presents headliners such as Natalie Cole, The Moody Blues, and Tony Bennett. Impressionist André-Philippe Gagnon also performs here on select mid-week dates.

The ornate Napoleon’s lounge offers jazz and pop bands nightly, along with carving-station sandwiches, light appetizers, chocolates, and 26 Champagnes by the glass. Le Cabaret Show Lounge features live French- and English-style entertainment.

With balconies overlooking The Strip and featuring French pastry confections, the "ultra-lounge" Risqué creates a stylishly hip ambience for dressed-up nightcrawlers Wednesday through Sunday.

Comprising 85,000 square feet and penetrated by three of the Eiffel Tower's legs, the Casino provides slots, video poker, backjack, craps, roulette, pai gow, and a sports and race book. Gaming areas are set under re-creations of Paris' ornate wrought-iron train platforms.

ParkPlace Connection offers free membership cards that consolidate in single accounts slot and gaming-table play at five casinos: Paris Las Vegas, Hilton Las Vegas, Bally's Las Vegas, Caesars Palace, and Flamingo Las Vegas. Members earn cash and/or comp rewards redeemable for food, drink, and hotel services and facilities. Members also receive 10-percent discounts at gift shops owned by the hotels and may charge expenditures at all five hotels to their rooms.