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The rooms
Yesterday we viewed a Terrace Studio Suite, a Terrace One Bedroom Suite and a Wraparound Terrace Suite, all on the 58th floor, all overlooking Bellagio. We weren't allowed to photograph any, though - sorry. We'll try and explain them as best we can here.

Terrace Studio Suites and Terrace One Bedroom Suites are the same size – 600 sq ft – but a totally different layout. The Studio Suites have the bathroom by the door along with an entryway, then the kitchen/living area, then the bed. The One Beds have the living room area as you walk in, then the bathroom to the side, stretching all the way to the window. So it starts in the living area and continues alongside the bedroom, if that makes sense.

The problem is that all the bathrooms are peekaboo. And soundaboo, too - there’s no wall, no glass, just a blank, windowless space between the bath and the bedroom, whichever layout you choose. The toilet is in its own room, but everything you do in the bath, shower and sink area is audible and visible – there’s a curtain you can pull down in the Studio suite, but it’s not blackout, so you can see outlines, and in the One Bed suites, you’re looking at Venetian blinds.

So, if you don’t want your cohabitee seeing you piling the slap on, popping the zits or splashing around in the bath, we suggest you go for the Studio Suite, which allows a little more privacy. In the One Bed, you’re looking at the shower and the bath straight from the bed. Having said that, the One Beds have baths with possibly the best view in town – if you overlook the Bellagio fountains, your bathroom will have a prime view of that. Imagine that view with some bubble bath, a glass of champagne and some company (a rubber ducky, natch) - magic. See? It’s complicated.

The bathrooms themselves are simple - nothing groundbreaking, but nice enough. They’re stocked with CO Bigelow toiletries. The bedrooms are airy with a blue and white palette, faces peering out at you from the closet and a nice but discreet kitchenette area that doesn’t overpower the room. There are also art books by the bed – if you take, you’ll be charged.

Your view, from a north-facing room. You’re welcome.

The Wraparound Terrace Suites have the same décor palette, but there was something in the living room that didn’t quite gel to us – we didn’t like the rattan, Tropicana-like chest of drawers teamed with the baby blue snakeskin chair. However, the bedrooms were big enough for a king and the terrace totally redeems the décor – with sweeping views from Red Rock Canyon, up the Strip and down to McCarran and the I-15. The best views in Vegas, without a doubt, and at $350 and up, one of the best value rooms, dollar for dollar, on the Strip.

A note on the terraces. The views may be effing awesome, but they scare us. There is a barrier about a foot before you hit the edge, so there’s little chance of you falling off if you’re just peering over. However, the barrier, in conjunction with the terrace edge, produces what looks like a rather enticing seating area. The kind of seating area that drunk people would go “heyyyy, Facebook picture NOW”. And if you sat on that, and overbalanced, you’d go down. Not to mention if someone has a bad night on the tables and wants to end it all.

Additionally, we didn’t see this, but apparently in one of the rooms we viewed there was a small gap between the terrace and the barrier, so it’d be possible to drop your phone while looking off said terrace and never get it back.

Is that a reason to close them off? No, because they are spectacular. But be careful, people. Don’t get drunk and think you’re invincible. We don’t want to write that kind of story.

In short, it may seem like we weren’t jazzed by the rooms- not true at all. Overall, we loved them, and with prices starting at $135, we’d hand over our card on the spot, did we not want to get the bonus loyalty points of booking online.

They’re not the slickest we’ve ever seen, but we liked them a lot. And if you’re ok with peekaboo bathrooms, there’s very little to stop you staying here. And if you’re into views, then you should be booking this very minute. If you’ve got the dough to spare, though, go for the suite. We’re pretty sure it’ll be one night you never forget. In a good way, hopefully.