6 THINGS YOU MUST DO IN... to Fabulous LAS VEGAS NEVADA; THIS Supercharged City in the Desert Is All Outrageous High Life, 24-Hour Play, Bright Lights, Shows and Spectacle, with Just a Little Gambling. and in 2009, the Entertainment Capital of the World Is More Affordable, with Even the Best Hotels Cutting Their Prices. GARETH HUW DAVIES Compiles a Big List of Things to Do in and around Sin City

Byline: GARETH HUW DAVIES

1...A WEALTH OF GREEN STUFF

SPANISH traders gave the name Las Vegas (The Meadows) to a bright patch of green land fed by springs, three miles from today's city. The precious waters dried up in 1962 but now the city's newest attraction is Springs Preserve, a big complex of gardens, trails, nature areas and displays telling the story of the area. It opened in 2007 and is the antidote to the town's glitz and glitter, 'a 100 per cent non-gaming attraction'. Solar panels power much of the complex. There are buildings made from straw bales, carpet tiles from plastic bottles and furnishings out of sunflower-seed husks. The Springs Cafe promises a …

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Publication information: Article title: 6 THINGS YOU MUST DO IN... to Fabulous LAS VEGAS NEVADA; THIS Supercharged City in the Desert Is All Outrageous High Life, 24-Hour Play, Bright Lights, Shows and Spectacle, with Just a Little Gambling. and in 2009, the Entertainment Capital of the World Is More Affordable, with Even the Best Hotels Cutting Their Prices. GARETH HUW DAVIES Compiles a Big List of Things to Do in and around Sin City. Contributors: Not available. Newspaper title: The Mail on Sunday (London, England). Publication date: August 9, 2009. Page number: 30. © 2009 Solo Syndication Limited. COPYRIGHT 2009 Gale Group.

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