The final stop on my Las Vegas journal of tales here is the Luxor Hotel, which opened in 1993. I’ve never stayed at this one, but have enjoyed the Titanic exhibit (which appears to still be there) and gone to a convention there.
The exterior and all of its statues look like something out of “The Ten Commandments.”
One expects Yul Brynner and Charlton Heston to appear at any moment in their chariots.
I just happened to catch the sun as it was setting over the mirrored pyramid:
I wonder how authentic these replicas are, or if they just sprung from the imagination of the artists who sculpted them?
Am I in a hurry to go back? Hell no. But…if I did…there is one restaurant I had never noticed before that I definitely want to check out: Battista’s Italian Restaurant. This looks like a place where the Rat Pack would have eaten, although it has only been around since 1970.
Sadly, for reasons I won't go into, I did not get an opportunity to dine here and soak up the interior atmostphere.
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2 comments:
Typically a "hole in the wall" isn't that ostentatious, nor would one have such a large neon sign. Very cool.
Maybe it started out smaller and the "hole" grew!
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