Property
Imagine walking the halls of Disneyland’s Haunted Mansion, with flickering lights, oil paintings and stylized Italian ceilings and walls, and you have the Venetian. This all-suite hotel has lovely and spacious rooms (starting at 650 sf), with 130 sf bathrooms. The 4-diamond AAA rated hotel would be great for an adult-only weekend escape too, if you can get Grandma to take the kids.

Location
The hotel leads into the Grand Canal Shoppes, complete with indoor/outdoor gondola rides, cloud-painted ceilings, human statues and $14 bowling ball size candy apples. Across the street is Treasure Island’s free “The Sirens of TI” outdoor pirate show.

Sleeps
In rooms with two double beds and a pull-out couch, you can sleep six.

Highlights
Every elevator ride was a trip to Phantom of the Opera, with the show (based at the Venetian) tunes piped in. I embarrassed my companions more than once (okay, more than twice), breaking into song while other hotel guests were hostage in the elevator. Also, the bathroom was larger than both kids’ rooms put together. With both a Roman tub and glassed-in shower (two decadent shower heads from above, and two from the side), I felt guilty pleasure wasting the desert water. Plus two sinks, a vanity and a water closet.

Good to know
If you have sensory issues, the stench of perfume throughout the hotel hallways might send you over the edge. Book a suite in the newer Venetia tower to avoid walking through the casino to get to your room. There’s a separate registration area (if you can find it in the maze that is the Venetian). The main lobby registration has cordoned lines resembling the airport security line.

Contact
http://www.venetian.com/

Written by Debbie Abrams Kaplan

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