Best Vegas Free Attractions & Shows

Budget-minded visitors and locals showing friends around Las Vegas can lean on this guide to the city's best free attractions and shows. Most sit along the Strip, with more downtown on Fremont Street and one out at the Silverton on Blue Diamond Road.

The Fountains of Bellagio put on choreographed water, music and light shows, and the Bellagio Conservatory's seasonal display inside is free too. Downtown, the Fremont Street Experience runs light-and-sound shows on the Viva Vision canopy, with zipline riders flying overhead. At Downtown Container Park, a giant praying mantis sculpture shoots fire at sundown, weather permitting. The Silverton Aquarium holds stingrays, sharks and tropical fish, and the Flamingo Wildlife Habitat offers a shaded mid-Strip stop with flamingos, pelicans and koi. For the Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign, use the small free lot in the median and go early morning for the shortest line.