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20 Tour Stops
32+ Audio
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100+ Points of Interest 150+ Original Photos
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1.5 Miles
1.45 Hours
What you will see on this Self-Guided tour
✓ Plan for 2.5 hours
✓ A self-guided experience allows you to move at your own pace
✓ Download the Las Vegas Tours - Travel Guide App from the Apple Store or Google Play.
✓ We'll email you a login code that you can use to access this tour.
✓ Perfect for travelers on a budget.
✓ 20 stops
✓ Five historic hotels and casinos.
✓ History of Las Vegas 1905 1955
✓ Lesser-known history
✓ Well-known downtown landmarks
✓ The iconic Fremont Street Experience
✓ Interviews and stories
✓ Original photographs
✓ Hierarchy of the brothel industry
✓ Curated and narrated by the Las Vegas Madam
✗ Transportation
✗ Drinks
Start: One Main Street outside the Plaza Casino
End: El Cortez
“Get ready to be blown away when their laughter and stories came alive in this uniquely-narrated app!” ~ Jan, tour guest
Stop Previews
Stop 1 - Fremont Street West
We begin where it all started - the gateway to historic Vegas, old Vegas, Fremont Street West, and the origins of Sin City.
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Stop 2 - The ‘Las Vegas Total’
The Las Vegas Total and Lady Luck - two terms that Vegas became known for - women and luck - the perfect Vegas duo.
Stop 3- The Railway Auction
1905 Sin City as we know it began in an action-packed record-breaking auction, attracting bidders from across the entire country. Don’t miss the day that put Vegas on the map!
Stop 4- The Line
Walk ‘the line’ and retrace the same path thousands took to the brothels, saloons, and gambling halls open 24/7 in downtown Las Vegas.
Stop 5- Main Street Station
Brothels, bordellos, parlor homes and cribs have wildly distinct differences - your questions and curiosities are answered.
Be transported back in time at this stop, you just might find a new Vegas favorite.
Stop 6- Cottage Girls
Stop 6- Cottage Girls
Original entrepreneurs in the changing world of prostitution, offered services that stood out
Stop 7- The Notorious Red Light
The red light district in Las Vegas was so bright, there was a running joke among the pilots
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Stop 8- Legendary Arizona Club
People come from far and wide to see the jewel of Block 16 and drink their speciality drink, coming all the way from London. Don’t miss the biggest brothel on the Block.
Stop 9- California Hotel
You’ve heard stories about subliminal casino design - find out what is true and what is speculation.
Stop 10- Blocks 16 & 17
Sold for an astronomical sum, because of what it was zoned for. Immediately businesses started booming.
Stop 11- Liberty’s Last Stand
The last speakeasy in Vegas has a dark and tricky past. This wild west saloon almost brought down Vegas.
Stop 12- Boomtown Drinking Songs
“In the back country, the minders were so women starved, one young lad borrowed a mule and rode to a mining camp 40 miles away just to have a good look at a visiting woman.”
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Stop 13- Golden Gate
A curated tour through the godfather of the Vegas hotel phenomenon. Hidden doors, secret lounges, and many ‘first in Vegas’ mark their beginnings here. This stop covers them all.
Stop 14- Glitter Gulch
A first-person account of what a working girl's evening actually involved — drawn from real interviews, not myth.
Stop 15- Hotel Apache
Built by the cement suppliers for Hoover Dam, this hotel was the first to have AC, for the workers to get away from the heat… a few years more and it became the mastermind behind the World Series of Poker.
Stop 16- Iconic 4 Corners
Don’t miss the incredible TIPS on where to stand, and the secret tunnel that connects them together in one of the most iconic places in the entire world.
Stop 17- Four Queens
Every working girl had a first night on the job. This stop tells one of those stories — nerves, danger, and all.
Stop 18- Fremont Street
“Wow, volume brothels and the skin auction… I had to listen to it again to make sure I heard it right, and then I said a prayer….”
Don’t miss the dining and drinks in this part of historic Vegas, there are many locals secret spots.
Stop 19- El Cortez
The El Cortez witnessed the beginning of the Mob era, and the beginning of casino girls. If you’ve wondered how to tell the difference between a visiting woman and a working woman, we tell you!
Stop 20- Where to Next
Vegas isn’t short of things to see and do. Check out my personal recommendations, see how to visit places we’ve covered on the tour, and preview the next one.
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