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DOWNTOWN LAS VEGAS – FREMONT ST. (PAST TO PRESENT)
$37/person
$15/child (ages 4-10)
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.
What You Will See
- 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)
FREMONT AFTER DARK – THE GLITTER GULCH
$37/person
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 to the excitingly new and revitalized ‘Greenwich Village’ of Las Vegas, Fremont East.
What You Will See
- 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 (Shark Tank pool, World’s Largest Golden Nugget, 40′ tall fire-blowing 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
Words From Our Customers
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Brilliant tour, very enjoyable. A must do - Really interesting with a very informative and passionate guide.
The speed of the tour was just right and all questions were answered
September 16, 2024Amazing Night Tour of Downtown Vegas! - Kelly was an excellent historian and tour guide of downtown Las Vegas. This area is rich in history and a must to experience at night. He provides headsets so you... read more have no problems hearing him while walking through the bustling Fremont Street area. The strip is one area of Las Vegas. Don’t miss out on the nostalgia of the downtown district. There is so much revitalization going on in this area that you don’t want to miss. Kelly’s tour was one of the highlights of our trip! Thank you again for sharing your knowledge of this wonderful part of Las Vegas.
September 4, 2024Excellent Walking Tour! - This event was informative and interesting. Our guide Kelly did a great job presenting many historical facts about the early years of Las Vegas and its growth throughout the decades.... read more This was an excellent event and well worth the cost and time.
August 27, 2024 -
History of the REAL Vegas by a passionate & knowledgeable guide! - If you have an interest in history and really want to know about the roots of Las Vegas, this tour is for you. This tour convinced me that I’ll stay... read more OFF strip next trip. So many incredible stories, suggestions, and tips delivered with passion! If you can START your trip with this tour 🙂
It was very easy to hear the guide because he used headsets. I was amazed at his wealth of knowledge of the area. It was 47 degrees Celsius (108 F or so) & the guide ensured he gave us plenty of opportunities to get shade and AC. At the end he will provide you with special coupons and list of notable places to check out.
Don’t miss this!!!
Tip: if staying on the strip you can take the DEUCE bus for approx $8 per person to get to the start location or pay about $18 for a Uber.
July 11, 2024Best Walking Tour in Las Vegas. - We were extremely glad we booked this tour. We learned so much about the history of Vegas and Kelly our tour guide was fantastic and extremely knowledgeable and gave us... read more great tips on where to eat etc Headsets were very helpful to hear clearly over the background sounds. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
June 16, 2024Visit to Vegas - Back to where it Began - Wonderful tour!! When we visit a new city we love to take a tour with a local guide. So much insight and knowledge of the history and stories ... read more you'd miss as a visitor. Highly recommend this tour, it did not disappoint.
May 1, 2024 -
First time in Vegas - We got there at 645 met up with our guide ay 7 right in the corner of Freemont and main. The guide was outstanding, couldn't be more knowledgeable.. stayed... read more three days after that and knew where most everything was after taking tour 🙂
April 3, 2024A walking tour that’s not to miss! - Great tour of Downtown Las Vegas that gives a nice historical perspective of how the town evolved and where it’s at today.
Kelly did a great job as our tour... read more guide!
March 24, 2024Kelly was passionate about the history of Downtown Las Vegas and did a great job sharing information and stories. I'm not particularly fond of Vegas, however I did... read more enjoy the tour very much, found it interesting and would recommend it. The headsets worked very well, allowing him to be heard clearly above the surrounding city noise.
March 24, 2024 -
A walk through Vegas living history - I'm a Vegas local, writer, and historian - and this tour was still full of knowledge and hidden spots that were new to me. Kelly's tour made Downtown Vegas feel... read more like a living museum. You finish Downtown, a short walk from the Mob Museum, which makes for a terrific Part 2 of a deep dive into Vegas living history. Note: The coupons for local businesses are valuable, so it's ideal to book this early in your trip so you can use them.
March 22, 2024Thoroughly enjoyed this tour. Kelly was very knowledgable and engaging, he made the tour interesting and amusing. Would highly recommend booking the downtown tour with him!
March 11, 2024The tour was so worth it, lots of great history shared about Las Vegas. The tour guide shared pictures, took us to see distinct aspects of buildings and helped us... read more discover parts of Fremont and downtown we probably would have never seen otherwise. We spent hours after the tour exploring on our own things our tour guide suggested experiencing.
March 7, 2024 -
Tour guide give good and well details information. Did not rush the tour. First time tour was good for to know where everything was.
March 2, 2024A Beautiful hotel that will make the best of your stay. - I had the opportunity to stay at a rennevated 2 bed room ar the Rio hotel for 6 days the first week of February. It started with a very bad... read more start at a downtown hotel and when I called my niece staying athe Rio for help in getting myself and my daughter out of the downtown hotel, We both walked into the room at the Rio and we looked at each other saying "My God I think we've died and gone to Heaven". The room was beautiful, it was bright and welcoming. There was a full floor to cieling to floor window on one complete wall facing the south, which was into the mountains.They were beautiful and at night the window was full of the Las Vegas gorgeous lights. The room itself was spacious. It had 2 Queen beds, the sitting room had a beautiful couch which made into a queen bed and also had a chase lounge. Infront of the couch we had a 55 inch tv. The bathrooom had a large closet, a largespace with a marble counter top a sink and to large mirrors before entering the bathroom with another sink and mirror with a walk in shower with bottles of shampoo, coditioner, and body wash.
Besides there amenities the hotel offered valet parking with very kind and helpful attendents. This also included bellhops. The casino was bright and had many resturants that were reasonable priced with attendents who were friendly and helpful. the gambling area was also well lit, with numerus machines, the casino area was not smokey, people were friendly and not rowdy, Security was statoned by the elevators.
This was a beautiful hotel and casino just a short walk to the strip. I would deffinately at the Rio again and will recommend to anyone I know traveling to Las Vegas. It also appeared to be family friendly as I saw many children with their parents coming and going from the hotel.
February 29, 2024A Beautiful hotel that will make the best of your stay. - I had the opportunity to stay at a rennevated 2 bed room ar the Rio hotel for 6 days the first week of February. It started with a very bad... read more start at a downtown hotel and when I called my niece staying athe Rio for help in getting myself and my daughter out of the downtown hotel, We both walked into the room at the Rio and we looked at each other saying "My God I think we've died and gone to Heaven". The room was beautiful, it was bright and welcoming. There was a full floor to cieling to floor window on one complete wall facing the south, which was into the mountains.They were beautiful and at night the window was full of the Las Vegas gorgeous lights. The room itself was spacious. It had 2 Queen beds, the sitting room had a beautiful couch which made into a queen bed and also had a chase lounge. Infront of the couch we had a 55 inch tv. The bathrooom had a large closet, a largespace with a marble counter top a sink and to large mirrors before entering the bathroom with another sink and mirror with a walk in shower with bottles of shampoo, coditioner, and body wash.
Besides there amenities the hotel offered valet parking with very kind and helpful attendents. This also included bellhops. The casino was bright and had many resturants that were reasonable priced with attendents who were friendly and helpful. the gambling area was also well lit, with numerus machines, the casino area was not smokey, people were friendly and not rowdy, Security was statoned by the elevators.
This was a beautiful hotel and casino just a short walk to the strip. I would deffinately at the Rio again and will recommend to anyone I know traveling to Las Vegas. It also appeared to be family friendly as I saw many children with their parents coming and going from the hotel.
February 29, 2024 -
Wowza don’t miss this tour! - Exceeded my expectations! Guide (sorry don’t remember his name) was very knowledgeable about the history of downtown not just Fremont Street. He was quick witted and was very patient with... read more an older couple that was rather quirky. I highly recommend this tour!
February 28, 2024Awesome walking tour with Kelly! - Our family group of 12 adults had a great walking tour with Kelly as our guide. He was very knowledgeable and kept us captivated the entire 2 hours. He had... read more awesome stories and really gave us a true appreciation of downtown Vegas. Old Vegas needs advocates like Kelly- Thanks Kelly for a five star adventure.
February 23, 2024Tremendous tour and tour guide - The Fremont walking tour was excellent. Our tour guide was fabulous extremely informative had wonderful fa tual stories and pictures of fremont Street in the past. Wish... read more we had chosen to stay in that area instead of at the luxor.
February 21, 2024 -
This is a wonderful tour of Freemont street and the downtown. The guide, Kelly, is very knowledgeable and passionate about this area. He does a fantastic job with... read more the history and explains many "not so known" and interesting features of the area. Really changed our view of that downtown! He provides great suggestions (and coupons!) at the end of the tour. We are so happy we booked this with our Go City pass! It was well worth the money! Thank you Kelly!
February 14, 2024AMAZING TOUR - Kelly Kelly Kelly! What a amazing experience bro wealth of knowledge thank you for your hospitality. A MUST DO!!!
January 20, 2024FABULOUS - Wow! I cannot recommend this tour enough! Kelly (our tour guide) was so knowledgeable and gave so many great facts and information about Las Vegas and its history. The tour... read more was organised professionally and ran smoothly. You are given a headset to clearly hear the guide speak and his information is humorous, informative and diverse. The tour moves at an easy to follow pace, so those who walk a bit slower will cope fine. I loved learning about what’s behind the Vegas “façade” to uncover all the hidden gems! Highly highly recommended that anyone to comes to Las Vegas does this tour.
January 9, 2024 -
So glad we did this! - What a great way to experience Fremont street and downtown Las Vegas! Our guide was amazing, sharing interesting history, information and photos, plus coupons at the end of the tour,... read more all with a great sense of humor.
We learned so much. Downtown Las Vegas is fascinating. It's definitely worth exploring vs always remaining on the strip.
Make time to experience this. You won't be disappointed.
January 6, 2024Highlight of our trip - I recommend the downtown tour to everyone with any interest in the history, hidden gems, and outstanding local perspective of las vegas.
Our tour guide was outstanding, full of... read more great stories any inside information.
We’ve seen a lot in vegas, from the day to the night, desert to fireworks on new year’s evethis was the highlight!
January 4, 2024