Reno Travel Guide
For details of what to do and see in Reno check out our Reno guide to car hire in Reno.
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Although many visitors to the city of Reno in Nevada arrive expecting to find a smaller version of Las Vegas, they soon find that the truth about the city is actually a little different. Of course Reno shares many features with its rival to the south: enormous casino hotels where you can enjoy brash lounge shows featuring big name magicians and big haired singers; the wedding chapels that allow you to celebrate that moment of luck with big win with a (badly judged and often regretted) marriage to someone you've only just met; nightclubs where you can dance until the wee small hours of the afternoon; and of course plenty of out of town golf courses where you can soak up the sun on hot day; but Reno also has a hidden side too, a side which is more cultured and intelligent than Las Vegas could ever hope to be.
Reno is home to several excellent museums with scope beyond Ripley's Believe It or Not, and one of the United States' best philharmonic orchestras, and also contemporary art galleries that celebrate the most exciting movements in modern art.
Whilst understandably not boasting the loosest slots in town, gentlemen are still drawn from all over the world to treat themselves with a visit to the Mustang Ranch - the world's most famous, and largest legal brothel. While paying for "it" might not be at the top of your list of priorities during a holiday in America, The Mustang Ranch is undoubtedly one of the more popular attractions in the city, and the management claim that around 200,000 men a year are "serviced" by the bevy of dead eyed strumpets, and this house of delights prides itself in being open all day every day.
The majority of casinos in Reno are smaller than their counterparts in Las Vegas, and inside them, the focus tends to be on gambling rather than entertainment - although this is starting to change, with a few new themed casinos opening, and the city offers myriad chances to bet the housekeeping on roulette, or even play bingo. Outside the casinos, there is excellent shopping on offer, as well as a number of museums that elevate the city culturally to a status well above Vegas. The National Automotive Museum in Reno is worth looking around, and contains a number of historic cars driven by various celebrities.
Reno is in short, Las Vegas with an A' Level, and is all the better for it.
