While you might not think of Vegas as a shopping mecca, Las Vegas shopping offers something for everyone from the most expensive items money can buy to cheap souvenir trinkets. In fact, you can pretty much buy anything you want in Vegas from fine chocolate, to sweat shirts, to Rolex watches.
If you find yourself in Vegas on a winning streak with your pockets bulging with money, you'll surely want to lighten the load by visiting some of these great shops:
Mandalay Place
Mandalay Place, located in Mandalay Bay, offers over 40 shops where you can get plenty of interesting items. If you left your pet behind in your vacation, you might want to bring them back a souvenir from Lush Puppy, a shop that offers doggie spa products, dog toys and other dog accessories including fortune cookies made just for your pet.
You can satisfy your sweet tooth here at the Chocolate Swan, and then pop into the reading room and browse through their selection of unique books while you are digesting. Here you might find everything from information on glassblowing techniques to books on ancient Greek oenology.
After that, slip on over to 55 Degrees Wine and Design where you can select from fine vintage wines using a tablet PC, then try them out at the wine bar.
Grand Canal Shoppes
If you're staying at the Venetian, you can get a taste of great Las Vegas shopping right in the hotel. Here you will find a wide array of stores where you can buy upscale goods including Movado watches and clothing from Ann Taylor's. The shopping is quite pleasant as you can be entertained by street performance while window shopping along the canal. If you need a little break from shopping you can always take a gondola ride yourself.
No visit to the Grand Canal Shoppes would be complete without a stop at their replica of St. Mark's Square where you'll find exquisite Venetian glass figurines as well as other treats to look at such as costume masks and fine stationery that comes complete with a personalized wax seal.
Forum Shops
One of the largest Las Vegas shopping Mecca as is the forum shops located in Caesar's Palace. This trilevel complex boasts 175,000 square feet of shopping space and over a hundred stores. Here you will find the most exquisite shops in Vegas. You can buy designer clothes from Versace as well as view their new home collection with everything for the house from dish where to rugs. Then if you need some jewelry to go with your new Versace with the Reds, you'll have to check in at Harry Winston's shop for a peek at some of his famous jewelry design's. If you have any money left after this, you might want to get a sweet treat at the cheesecake factory.
Las Vegas shopping has a lot to offer and there are dozens of shopping centers on the strip as well as Fremont Street. In fact, there's so many interesting stores to explore you may have a hard time deciding whether to put your money into the slot machines or simply go shopping!