McCarran International Airport (LAS): Approximate driving time is 10 minutes and distance is 3.75 miles.

Driving directions from McCarran International Airport: Traveling from the airport, turn right (south) onto Departing Flights [Wayne Newton Blvd]. Continue (north) on Arriving Flights. Bear right (north) onto Swenson St. Turn left (west) onto E Tropicana Ave. Bear right (west) onto local road(s), then right (north) onto SR-604 [S Las Vegas Blvd] and proceed to the hotel.

Prime Steakhouse - Also located next to the lake, chef Jean-George Vongerichten's version of a steakhouse includes contemporary choices such as foie gras brûlée with spiced-fig jam in addition to meat, seafood, and 11 potato options.

Le Cirque - An outpost of the fabled New York City restaurant bearing the same name, this intimate, jewel-box restaurant features a draped silk "big-top" ceiling, an onyx bar, and mahogany accents. French-style dinners offer selections such as quail-confit salad and braised rabbit.

Osteria del Circo - Adjacent to and a sibling of Le Cirque, this restaurant also branched out from New York City. It serves Italian lunches and dinners featuring dishes such as a salad of poached lobster and Tuscan beans, rabbit-and-foie gras tortelli, and wild boar chops with onion confit. Decor features lighted cylinders of gold and scarlet cloth criss-crossing the ceiling. The dining room overlooks the lake.

Olives - Offering lake-view terrace seating in warm weather, this lunch-and-dinner place is an offshoot of Todd English's celebrated Boston restaurant. It offers choices such as spicy lobster, crisp duck, veal chops with caramelized endive, and flatbread pizzas. Decor includes a Peter Shire chandelier and a Viola Frey mural.

Aqua - A branch of Michael Mina and Charles Condy's popular San Francisco seafood house, this stunning restaurant features selections such as lobster pot pie and whole roasted foie gras, as well as a vegetarian tasting menus.

Jasmine - This Chinese restaurant serves Peking duck, live-tank seafood, and wok-fried lamb chops in a windowed dining room overlooking the lake.

Shintaro - This Japanese restaurant offers a pre-theater tasting menu in addition to sushi, teppanyaki, and other classics.

Nectar - Another place offering a pre-theater menu, Nectar features prime rib and seafood stew and includes a groovy, casino-side seafood bar/lounge with molded-plastic stools.

noodles - Pan-Asian noodle dishes are the attractions in the strikingly austere restaurant featuring a marble floor and grass wall hangings. Dim sum is served Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays.

The Buffet - Bellagio's version of a classic Las Vegas all-you-can-eat buffet restaurant upgrades the usual breakfast, lunch, and dinner fare. A champagne brunch is offered on weekends and "gourmet" fare on Friday and Saturday nights.

Café Bellagio - This casual cafe serves light meals and offers conservatory views on one side and lake views on the other.

Palio Café - From pool-view tables, visitors here enjoy coffee drinks, pastries, and sandwiches.

Café Gelato - Italian ice creams are the attraction at this colorful spot.

The Pool Café - This poolside cafe offers full-service breakfasts and dinners.

Snacks - This spot serves quick food in the Casino.

Petrossian Lounge - An offshoot of the famed Paris place, this elegant wine bar features Champagne by the glass, specialty cocktails and beers fr

Amenity highlights: A 9.5-acre Mediterranean garden featuring fruit trees and slender cypresses contains six heated pools, three with oversize fountains and the two largest—180 feet and 150 feet long—open year-round. The garden also offers four jet spas roomy enough for 12-18 people, expansive sundecks, and luxurious for-rent cabanas furnished with television, telephone, refrigerator, sink, dining set, padded lounges, and both ceiling fan and misting system for cooling.

Insider tip: On request, undecided diners may peruse the offerings at Bellagio's sumptuous breakfast, lunch, and dinner buffets before buying a meal ticket.

Reserved for hotel guests, Spa Bellagio offers 26,500 square feet of pampering in the serene ambience of soft pastels and grass wallpaper. The spa includes a state-of-the-art fitness center (daily fee charged), saunas, steam rooms, lounges, and men's and women's complexes with three spas at different temperatures plus a cold plunge pool.

Periodic displays by the Fountains at Bellagio attract thousands of sightseers. Located in eight-acre Lake Bellagio fronting the hotel, the lighted fountains erupt, sway, and dance to music ranging from Sinatra to Pavarotti.

The Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art exhibits works of renowned artists on loan by museums around the world.

An ornate vault of glass and green wrought iron, The Conservatory contains a seasonal flower garden over which hangs a serpentine glass-butterfly sculpture. Giant fabric butterflies and gentle fountains also grace the garden, which ranks among Bellagio's most photographed sites.

The elegant Light supplies an opulent nightclub ambience.

Comprising 89,000 square feet, the posh Casino features exquisitely colored, interior-lighted awnings that add grace and dampen noise. Exceptionally roomy, the Casino feels uncrowded even when busy. It provides a poker room, a plush high-limit room, video poker, blackjack, craps, roulette, baccarat, pai gow, keno, a sports book, and a race book.