Only for the wealthy or those that like to pretend they are, this small collection of very pricey boutiques includes Dior, Cartier, Channel, Manolo Blahnik, Judith Lieber, and others. And in case you're wondering, no... the Ferrari-Maserati dealership is not in the Esplanade but it's very close by, on the other side of the casino.

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Upscale indoor mall designed to look like an Italian street scene with fountain shows and over 160 stores, restaurants, and specialty shops including Anthropologie, Lacroix, Kate Spade, Brookstone, Estee Lauder, Kiehl's, Truefitt & Hill, Baccarat, Harry Winston Jewelers, Abercrombie & Fitch, Armani, Diesel, DKNY, Dolce & Gabbana, Gap (paying attention?), Versace, Lacoste, Bernini, Stage Deli, Cheesecake Factory, Wolfgang Puck's Chinois, Joe's Seafood, The Palm, Planet Hollywood (restaurant, not casino - that's somewhere else), Spago, Jimmy Choo, Taryn Rose, Dior, Faberge, Fendi, Gucci, Playboy Boutique, Niketown, FAO Schwarz, and more.

A 2005 expansion added a three-story indoor courtyard complete with a circular escalator, reportedly one of only two in the entire world.

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Indoor mall that is almost exactly like the mall in your town, located in nearby Henderson, NV with over 120 stores, shops, and restaurants including Dillard's, Dick's Sporting Goods, JCPenney, Mervyn's, Robinsons-May, Hot Topic, Sunglass Hut, Abercrombie & Fitch, American Eagle, Gap (oh my God, they're everywhere!), Wilson's Leather, Ann Taylor, bebe, Lane Bryant, Bath & Body Works, Radio Shack, Sam Goody, B. Dalton, KB Toys, Sharper Image, Spencer, Gifts, and more.

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A highly-themed indoor mall designed to resemble a Venice street scene complete with a canal that runs up the center of the shopping area. Includes recreations of the Grand Canal and St. Mark's Square, plus live performers. Over 80 boutiques and restaurants including Ann Taylor, Banana Republic, bebe, Bernard Passman Gallery, Brookstone, Cache, Davidoff, Godiva Chocolates, Kenneth Cole, Il Prato, Movado, Rockport, Sephora, and more but no Gap. I hope you'll be able to find one somewhere in this city.

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Fully enclosed outlet mall with name brand companies offering steep price cuts on discontinued or slightly irregular merchandise. Located a couple of miles south of the Luxor Hotel & Casino on Las Vegas Boulevard. Over 160 stores including American Tourister, Black & Decker, Bose, Burlington Brands, Calvin Klein, Casio, Casual Corner, Corning Revere, Danskin, Florsheim, Geoffrey Beene, Hush Puppies, Izod, Jockey, Levi, London Fog, Naturalizer, Nike, Nine West, Oshkosh B'gosh, Reebok, Saks Fifth Avenue, Van Heusen, and Waterford/Wedgwood.

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A 60,000 square-foot demi-mall on two levels featuring a wide variety of clothing, jewelry, food, gifts, souvenirs, cigars, wines, and more. Be sure to check out "Nawlins," a voodoo-themed store with some fun stuff to take home.

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A fairly standard, but large, enclosed mall with over 140 stores including Sears, JCPenny, Dillard's, Macy's, and a Gap. Seriously, doesn't that just tell you everything you need to know?

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Small collection of stores and attractions on The Strip featuring United Artists cinemas, Game Works, World of Cocoa Cola, M&M World, Ethel M. Chocolates, and the Grand Canyon Experience.

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A small mall's worth of shops and boutiques, most of which you've never heard of, offering a wide variety of gifts, clothing, souvenirs, jewelry, and more.

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The newest and most original (in a retro kind of way) shopping experience in Las Vegas is called Town Square and it really is worth your time, whether you’re a shopaholic or not.

Located about a mile south of Mandalay Bay near the Las Vegas Outlet Center, Town Square opened late last year and is rapidly becoming a favorite for locals and visitors alike. In fact it was recently chosen by the Las Vegas Review Journal editors as the Best Mall in Las Vegas.

The thing that really sets Town Square apart from other malls in town is its design. Done like small-town America, there are roads with street side parking and wide sidewalks that crisscross the massive development. Stores are located in buildings designed to evoke Main Street USA, but not in a Disneyland kind of way. Instead, it has a sun-splashed California kind of ethos - you’d imagine this is what Santa Barbara wishes it could look like.

At the center of the complex is, appropriately enough, a big town square – a park with a pavilion, a picnic area, live entertainment, and a children’s playground complete with a tree house, a hedge maze, and a theater. Lush landscaping and park benches are scattered throughout the entire facility, and overhead is a real live actual sky instead of the fake ones inside the other themed malls in town. Granted, that means that during the insanely hot summer, shopping in the great outdoors might not be the most enjoyable thing in the world, but they have lots of shade, misters, and covered walkways that could make it a little less heatstroke inducing.

At the core of it all are a series of stores, restaurants, and entertainment that may not break the mall mold but are, at least, dependable. Stores include name brands like H&M, Borders, Abercrombie & Fitch, Crabtree & Evelyn, Banana Republic, Juicy Couture, Ann Taylor, Mac Cosmetics, Sephora, and Tommy Bahama among others. And of course because it’s a mall and apparently it’s a law, there is a Gap and a Victoria’s Secret.

Restaurants include California Pizza Kitchen, Claim Jumper, and Yard House along with some interesting originals such as Louis’ Las Vegas, Fish Camp, a martini bar, and an upcoming Whole Foods Market.

The major entertainment facility is an 18-screen Rave Entertainment movie theater complex complete with stadium seating, digital projection, and digital sound.

The only downsides here are the aforementioned potential for heatstroke and the parking/traffic situation. Getting in and out of the place can be a challenge and once you’re there the free parking lots that surround the complex require a bit of a hike to get where you’re going, especially if you have a specific destination in the middle of the place. You can try to find one of the interior street parking spots but they are precious and require you to feed meters.

Since it’s close to the Strip, the bus or a taxi are fine options for transportation if you don’t have your own car at your disposal.

This strikes me as a great place to get away from the Vegas hustle and bustle – stroll the tree lined streets, listen to a band in the park, and get some shopping under your belt all at the same time.

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Expensive upscale shops including Giorgio Armani, Chanel, Hermes, Gucci, Moschino, Prada, Tiffany, and more.

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