Most of the shopping thoroughfares in Las Vegas are so luxurious that normal people just have to resort to drooling on the windows, so the Grand Canal shops are really refreshing because while they have the usual luxury suspects, quite a few of the stores are actually affordable. Check out the sale racks especially--we all got exceptional deals on dresses and shoes.
Only in Vegas would you find a half-million square feet of retail and dining along a canal complete with gondoliers. Well, perhaps only at the Venetian. The 70 shops are mostly familiar mall denizens such as Sephora, Banana Republic, and Brookstone. Don't miss Pal Zileri, which can tailor a super-180s wool suit and ship it to your home out of state (thus avoiding sales tax) or pearl purveyor...
With high-fashion labels like Diane von Furstenberg and Christian Louboutin, the Palazzo's collection of shops doesn't seem to offer much of a departure from those at the Wynn or Bellagio. But underneath the luxe sheen there's some character. At Double Helix, you can sip a glass of Duckhorn Merlot while owner Raymond Nisi, a former eye surgeon, gives helpful tasting notes on his not-so-common...
Strolling through the cobblestone walkways of this mall reminds one of being in Venice. Well, almost.:
In Short
The storefronts along the Venetian's fake canal actually do resemble old stores found in Venice. St. Mark's Square, replicated with a vast piazza and a changing sky on a...