Downtown Las Vegas: Small-Group Historical Walking Tour
4.8
61 Ratings
Las Vegas
Discover the hidden gems of Downtown Las Vegas on a small-group walking tour. Explore the hipster-frequented Downtown Container Park, neon-lit Fremont Street, and learn about the city's intriguing history. Limited to twelve people for a personalized experience.
Duration:
2 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Downtown Container Park - Check out an eclectic park and retail area - including a fire spouting praying Mantis!
- Casino at the El Cortez Hotel - Old Time Casino once owned by mobster Meyer Lansky.. Stories of Mobbed-up Sin City.
- Fremont East District - Neon signs and an eclectic offering of clubs, brew pubs and klitchy restaurants.
- Fremont Street Experience - Walking along the Fremont Street Experience. Neon Lights! Quirky Street Performers! Live Stage performances! Plus we take in a Viva Vision performance!
- Golden Nugget Casino - The Class of Downtown Las Vegas - The World’s Largest Golden Nugget - Sharks in the Pool!
- Binion’s Gambling Hall & Hotel - Old Style Sin City Gambling Hall and the birth place of the World Series of poker - You get your picture taken with a pile of cash - $1,000,000 US Dollars!
- The D Casino - A visit to one of the more important casinos on Fremont Street, with a visit to Sigma Derby and the lucky Blarney Stone.
- Circa Resort & Casino - Fremont Street’s newest casino. We visit the dazzling SPorts Book Stadium and say hi to Vegas Vicky
What's Included
- Free picture with a $1,000,000 cash display.
What's Not Included
- Private transportation
- Does not include gratuities
Additional Information
Set foot off the Strip and venture into the largely unexplored Downtown Las Vegas on this intimate walking tour with a small group.
Begin your journey with your guide, exploring lesser-known sites that many tourists overlook, from the trendy Downtown Container Park and the glow of Fremont Street Experience to a casino once operated by mobster Meyer Lansky. As you traverse, your guide will reveal the surprising and dramatic historical tales of Las Vegas.
With a maximum limit of twelve participants, this small-group adventure promises a more personalized experience.
Delve into the history of Las Vegas, from mob-run casinos and beyond, and engage in night-time exploration to witness the city shining at its peak.
- Those under 21 years of age may have restricted access to some facilities and gaming areas.
- Tour guests are requested to wear a face mask or covering while on this tour during the current health situation.
Location
Downtown Container Park
East Fremont Street
We meet under The Mantis (can't miss it!) by the main entrance to the Downtown Container Park.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.8
(61 Ratings)
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Passenger575849
Feb 11, 2024
Excellent! Thank you, Richard Evans! - Richard Evans was my tour guide, and it ended up being just the two of us. His great wealth of knowledge created a very informative tour for me. He is very kind, friendly, funny, and intelligent. I have not been to Vegas many times, and I learned a lot on that 2 hour tour that helped me to understand so much more about this wonderful city. I highly recommend using Richard as your next tour guide, you won’t be disappointed.
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Paul_c
Oct 16, 2023
Early days tour of old Las Vegas - Richard gave us a detailed and informative tour telling us all about the founding of Las Vegas and the beginnings of the casino and hotel business.
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Margaret_f
Sep 8, 2023
A tour to remember. - We loved this tour. We learned a ton about the early mob. Was shown pictures in each casino and Sammy did a great job of making those pics come alive. He pointed out many items in the casinos we would have missed on our own. Sammy was also funny and very friendly.
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P9528nemichaelk
Aug 18, 2023
A+++ - Extremely knowledgeable and well spoken on all aspects of old Vegas. Highly recommended to anyone looking to check out that area.
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Waleed_a
Jun 1, 2023
Good - Good guy and great knowledge about stuff. Wish we were able to see the praying mantis show.
Kind of all over the place at some point.
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Jennifer_r
May 24, 2023
Fremont Street with a fantastic storyteller - Our (unintentionally) private tour of Fremont Street with Richard was great! His enthusiastic telling of stories and the history of the area and all of Las Vegas was exactly what we were looking for from this tour. Would love to explore more with Richard someday!
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Bob_s
May 21, 2023
Fremont Street Tour - Richard did an excellent job extremely knowledgeable really interesting of all the things that took place down there in Fremont Street back in the 30s and 40s
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B7243owlauraw
May 5, 2023
Great tour! - This tour was great! Richard was very knowledgeable and shared lots of "fun facts" about the casinos and the marques. I definitely recommend this tour.
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Eric_m
Sep 8, 2023
Golden age of casinos - All of downtown Golden nugget Fremont street.
Alcortez The mob elvis presley Marilyn Monroe That's all
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Robert_f
Dec 29, 2023
Unsafe - No thought or planning by guide. Meeting place was unlit and populated with panhandlers and possibly dangerous people. My family was nervous and felt unsafe as we waited for guide to show. And I'm from NYC. Poor choice, why put us in this position? The Fremont mall was well lit and a few blocks away or an open business would have been better. It was dark and desolate. It was Christmas day and the Container Park which is a local sight and many other stores and sights in area were closed. We were not informed to expect that. Didn't know Vegas closed. Shouldn't offer tour that day if area is closed. When guide appeared in the shadow (no sign or name tag) wouldn't address our concerns and so we left and toured the Fremont experience on our own.
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