Downtown Las Vegas – Fremont St. (Past to Present)
Join Las Vegas Walking Tours on a 2-Hour guided tour and see Las Vegas like you’ve never seen before. Walk from past to present, hear the stories and see for yourself how this magical city got it’s start, how Fremont Street became one of the most pictured and storied thoroughfares in the world and Fremont East in Downtown Las Vegas a present-day jewel of urban renewal.
Learn about, see and visit some of the many reasons Downtown Las Vegas is again a vibrant, top attraction in the country today – Home to legendary casinos, hotels, wedding chapels, bars, and even reality TV stars.
Tour Highlights include:
- Union Station site – Where it all began!
- Fremont Street – Canopy (colorful facts and stories take you on a ‘walk through time’, under the worlds largest video screen)
- Fremont East (newly revitalized district of restaurants, clubs, shopping – Las Vegas’ Greenwich Village)
- Downtown Container Park (outdoor family friendly shopping/dining plaza partially made from recycled shipping containers – hub of Fremont East)
- Off Fremont Casinos, Mob Museum locale, Neon Museum artifacts
- Gold & Silver Pawn (Pawn Stars), historic wedding chapels & city buildings (available with ‘Pawn Stop’ Add-On)
- Walking Distance: 1 Mile (add .7 miles with ‘Pawn Stop’ Add-On)
Did you know that Las Vegas began at the corner of Fremont Street and Main Street in 1905?
Let Las Vegas Walking Tours take you to this very point, where you can stand where the original settlers gathered when they got off the train and learn how one mayors’ vision has turned this area into the ‘jewel of the desert’ by bringing world-class arts, medical and business facilities to downtown Las Vegas.
Learn where to find a piece of the Berlin Wall in a men’s room, 1850’s chandeliers from the San Francisco Opera House, 1870’s street lamps from Brussels, or an unlimited champagne weekend brunch for only $12. Walk down historic Fremont Street, made famous around the world by books, movies and television. Pass the known hangout of Sammy, Dean and Frank of the Rat Pack. Learn about the “Fremont Street Experience” light canopy and how it changed the face of downtown in the mid-1990s and sparked an unprecedented urban renewal that continues today.
Walk past living legends The Plaza, Golden Gate & Golden Nugget. Photograph the infamous Vegas Vic as thrill seekers whiz by, 100-feet above on the brand new Slotzilla zip line. Discover the re-birth of 3rd St. into the DT3 corridor with the Mob Museum, Downtown Grand and award-winning restaurants just outside the canopy. See restored vintage neon signs and Las Vegas’ wackiest wedding chapel in Neonopolis and even say hello to Pawn Stars expert appraiser Johnny at the Toy Shack.
Tour into the newly revitalized Fremont East and learn how one man’s vision and commitment to community has sparked perhaps the greatest downtown revitalization project in the United States. Touted as the next Silicon Valley, it’s also the ‘Greenwich Village’ of Las Vegas where you’ll find unique restaurants, shops, clubs and entertainment venues.
Step back in time with a picture by the El Cortez then finish with a tour through innovative Downtown Container Park, a shopping, dining, entertainment attraction partially made out of recycled shipping containers.
If you’re familiar with the saying “do you wanna sell it or pawn it?” then you’ll love the stroll past historic city buildings, chapels made famous by Elvis Presley, Dean Martin and other celebrities to the most famous pawn shop in the world, Gold & Silver Pawn. Known around the world by the wildly successful hit TV show Pawn Stars on History Television, you may even catch Rick Harrison, Corey and Chumlee filming the next season. Cool off next door at Pawn Plaza, the Harrisons brand new open-air retail center where Rick has been seen tending bar at his new restaurant – Rick’s Rollin’ Smoke Barbeque & Tavern. Simply select our ‘Pawn Stop’ Add-On at checkout to add the scenic 30 minute stroll (.7 miles) to your tour. * Note – Due to the possibility of long lines, potential filming etc, the ‘Pawn Stop’ Add-On brings you to, but does not guarantee entry. See our FAQ for more information.
Las Vegas Walking Tours will show you a side of Las Vegas we’re confident you will enjoy and want to visit time and again.
Fremont After Dark – The Glitter Gulch
Downtown Las Vegas is fun and fascinating to explore by day but once the sun goes down, nothing compares to Fremont After Dark!
On this 21+ tour, Las Vegas Walking Tours will lead you on a 2-Hour guided tour to witness the neon spectacle of the world famous ‘Glitter Gulch’ for yourself. An oasis of adult-minded fun, Fremont Street is known around the world for its twinkling bulbs, colorful neon tubes, casinos, gambling, outlandish attractions, party atmosphere, and other amusements befitting the birthplace of a city known as ‘Sin City’.
Grab a cocktail then meet your guide at the very point where Las Vegas began where you’ll be outfitted with your own personal ear monitor with separate volume control to ensure you’ll hear your guides every word. Colorful stories and fun facts will lead you on a journey down Fremont Street that will take you from the very first days of Las Vegas, through the pinnacle casino years, to the excitingly new and revitalized ‘Greenwich Village’ of Las Vegas, Fremont East.
Tour Highlights include:
- Union Station site – Where it all began!
- Fremont Street – Canopy (the worlds largest video screen comes to life as colorful stories & fun facts take you down Fremont St. on a ‘walk through time’)
- Famous attractions ($1,000,000 cash display, Shark Tank pool, World’s Largest Golden Nugget, 40′ tall fire-breathing Mantis)
- Fremont East (newly revitalized district of restaurants, clubs, shopping – Las Vegas’ Greenwich Village)
- Downtown Container Park (tour the outdoor family friendly shopping/dining plaza partially made from recycled shipping containers – hub of Fremont East)
- Off Fremont Casinos, Mob Museum locale, Neon Museum artifacts
- Walking Distance: 1 Mile
All along the way you’ll feel like a participant in the fun at hand. See the infamous Vegas Vic and all the amazing neon signs, flashing, moving, and bursting with color. Watch thrill seekers whiz by, 100-feet above on the brand new Slotzilla zipline. Hear and see the live performers on 3 different live stages and be on Fremont Street as all the casino lights turn off, only to make way for a custom music video show on the 4-block long, 12.5 million LED video screen in the sky.
Have your picture taken with the famous $1,000,000 on display and visit the “most amazing hotel pool in the country” (CNN Travel). Even take a picture of the Sharks while you’re there! If sharks aren’t exciting enough don’t worry, we’ll soon have you posing for a photo beside a 40 foot tall, FIRE-BLOWING PRAYING MANTIS! We’re not kidding.
Go from vintage neon, in all it’s colorful, flashing glory to the amazingly revitalized Fremont East. Touted as the next Silicon Valley and also the ‘Greenwich Village’ of Las Vegas, here you’ll find unique restaurants, shops, clubs and entertainment venues buzzing with a vibrant, fun local community into the wee hours of the morning. Step back in time at the El Cortez or continue your evening where the tour concludes inside Downtown Container Park, an outdoor shopping, dining, and entertainment experience and hub of the new community.
Come with us on an evening adventure through the ‘Glitter Gulch’. Learn the history, hear the stories, but most of all, EXPERIENCE Fremont After Dark!
Note: Downtown Container Park is for all ages until 9:00 PM and they begin asking to see 21+ ID at 8:45 PM. This is the primary reason our Fremont After Dark is 21+ as our tour arrives once they are already asking for 21+ ID. Please have 21+ ID with you for your tour.
