Boutique condo hotels adjacent to Las Vegas casinos are nothing new. But few of them have such a prime mid-Strip location, attached to the Miracle Mile Shops at Planet Hollywood casino. Elara, formerly called Planet Hollywood Towers and managed by Westgate, is now a Hilton Grand Vacations property. Like at any condo hotel, the actual quality of each studio, one-...

Want a good reason to venture off the Strip? The Palms casino hotel will give you a whole bunch. Let’s start with the nightlife and the view from the 55th-floor balcony of the futuristic ghostbar. For pure rock ‘n’ roll, catch a live concert at The Pearl, then get tattooed at Huntington Ink. The Palms’ 18-screen cinema is one of the city’s best....