The Best Family Hotels in Las Vegas

To stand out on the Strip, big and bold is your only option. And the iconic Luxor pyramid has both in abundance. Guarded by a grand sphinx, the Egyptian-themed hotel has plenty for children to gawp at. Particularly good for older kids, it’s home to a dedicated esports arena and the hypnotic, out-of-this-world Blue Man Group. It also has a pool – split into four areas – spanning 19,000 square feet (1,765sqm).

The open book-shaped Mirage Hotel is astounding from the get-go. At the main entrance, a volcano fires replica lava into the sky every evening. Behind the front desk, a 20,000-gallon (91,000-liter) saltwater tank is home to 450 fish and a brightly colored coral reef. The Mirage is also home to Siegfried & Roy’s Secret Garden and Dolphin Habitat, which houses several white lions, tigers and frolicsome dolphins.

Sitting at the south end of the Strip, Mandalay Bay Resort is part-hotel, part-conservation center. Its watery core is the Shark Reef Aquarium, home to 2,000 marine animals including sea turtles, piranhas and, yes, sharks. It also has a motion-platform VR theater. Strap on a headset and swim behind a humpback whale in Tonga or dive with a 15-foot (4.6m) tiger shark in the Bahamas. If you’re happy to return to the water, there’s an extensive pool complex with looming palms and a lazy river.