Bright Lights Vegas at Night Tour

The Bright Lights City Tour is Pink Jeep Tours' after-dark sightseeing run through Las Vegas in a custom open-air Jeep Wrangler. A guide collects a small group from most Strip hotels and spends about three hours cruising the neon, narrating landmarks, history and trivia along the way.

The evening opens with a photo stop at the Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign, then rolls past the Gold & Silver Pawn Shop of Pawn Stars fame and Wedding Chapel Row into the Arts District, Downtown and Fremont Street's LED canopy. A second photo stop puts you under the Sphere's exterior screen, and the night finishes with a spin on the High Roller observation wheel high above the LINQ, where you get a bird's-eye look at the Bellagio fountains.

It is unapologetically touristy, and most of the night is spent riding rather than walking, with brief stops and no meal. The open-air Jeep is both the draw and the drawback: great for photos and warm evenings, but you will want a jacket in winter and should expect wind and desert heat in summer. For first-timers who want the lit-up highlights, a guide's commentary and a High Roller ride bundled together without driving themselves, it delivers.