Where Sinatra ruled and Elvis reigned
Lost Vegas Tours
Las Vegas History Tours
Lost Vegas Tours runs storytelling tours of classic Las Vegas — the Rat Pack era, Elvis's Vegas years, the homes of the 1960s and '70s stars, moguls and mobsters, and the legendary casinos that are gone — ending with a live tribute show at The Modern Showrooms at Alexis Park Resort.
The Kings of Vegas Tour
Go back in time to when the Rat Pack ruled Las Vegas, Liberace defined glamour, and Elvis was King.
- About 2¾ hours + the show
- Meet at Alexis Park Resort
- Small group
- Guided storytelling tour of classic Las Vegas
- Drive past the homes of 1960s and '70s Las Vegas stars and power players — Howard Hughes, casino and company bosses, even the mob
- General-admission seat at a live tribute show: All Shook Up (3:00 PM tour) or Sinatra Live! (5:00 PM tour)
- All taxes and fees — $129.95 is the price you pay
From the archive
Stories from The Kings of Vegas Tour
The casinos, marquees and showrooms your guide brings back to life.
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Day Trips from Las Vegas
Grand Canyon, Hoover Dam, Antelope Canyon, Valley of Fire and Zion — full-day tours from Las Vegas, operated by our partner Ameri-Trip.
About 11 hours Grand Canyon West Rim - One Day Tour
About 12–13 hours Grand Canyon West Rim, Hoover Dam, Seven Magic Mountain Small-Group Tour
About 15 hours Lower Antelope Canyon & Horseshoe Bend
About 7 hours Valley of Fire Day Tour
About 6 hours Hoover Dam In-Depth: Power Plant & Scenic
About 4 hours Hoover Dam Express: Scenic & Historic
About 12 hours Zion National Park Light Hiking Tour
About Lost Vegas Tours
Before the mega-resorts, Las Vegas was a small desert town with a handful of glamorous casinos, and a few entertainers made it the most famous nightlife destination in the world. Frank Sinatra and the Rat Pack packed the Sands. Elvis Presley made the International Hotel his Las Vegas home from 1969 to 1976. Liberace brought the sequins.
Most of that Las Vegas is gone. The Dunes was imploded in 1993, the Sands in 1996 and the Stardust in 2007. What remains is scattered across the city, and the stories behind it are easy to miss from a hotel window on the Strip.
Lost Vegas Tours puts it back together. Our first tour, The Kings of Vegas Tour, is a storytelling tour of the Las Vegas of Sinatra and Elvis. You drive past the homes of the rich and powerful of the 1960s and '70s — the stars, Howard Hughes, the casino and company bosses, even the mobsters; some are gone, some still stand — and it ends the way a night in classic Vegas should: in a showroom. Every ticket includes a general-admission seat at a live tribute show at The Modern Showrooms at Alexis Park Resort — All Shook Up, the Elvis tribute, after the 3:00 PM tour, or Sinatra Live! after the 5:00 PM tour.
Lost Vegas Tours is operated in partnership with Ameri-Trip, which also runs the Grand Canyon, Hoover Dam, Valley of Fire, Antelope Canyon and Zion day trips listed on this page.
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Photo credits: The Dunes and its sultan, 1957 by David Lofink (CC BY 2.0); The Desert Inn, 1950s by 1950sUnlimited (CC BY 2.0); other historic photos are in the public domain. All via Wikimedia Commons.