Meet at The Plaza Hotel & Casino - Your journey begins at the very spot where Las Vegas was founded in 1905—the iconic Plaza Hotel & Casino. Here, your guide will introduce you to the city's humble beginnings as a dusty railroad town and trace its evolution into the world-famous capital of entertainment and gaming.
The True Fremont Street Experience - Step into the dazzling Fremont Street Experience, a five-block pedestrian promenade covered by Viva Vision—the world’s largest video screen. Spanning 1,500 feet and suspended high above, this LED canopy delivers jaw-dropping light shows visible both day and night. It’s a sensory overload that perfectly captures modern Vegas energy.
Historic Casino Properties - As you make your way down Fremont, your guide will lead you through several of the area’s most iconic casinos. Along the way, you’ll discover a shark aquarium built into a swimming pool, the world’s largest golden nugget, famous Mob and Rat Pack hangouts, Vegas’s first telephone, a $1 million cash display, the world’s largest sports-book, vintage coin operated gaming machines, and of course, the neon-lit charm of classic Las Vegas. Each stop reveals fascinating stories from the city’s past—Mob ties, celebrity lore, and the evolution of the Vegas Strip.
Fremont East District - Leaving the canopy behind, you’ll explore the culturally rich Fremont East District, starting with a visit to El Cortez Hotel & Casino—the oldest continuously operating casino in Las Vegas. Once owned by Mobster Bugsy Siegel, this landmark is steeped in vintage Vegas history. Your guide will share tales of Mob rule, old-school glamour, and the legacy that earned El Cortez a place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Downtown Container Park - Your tour concludes at Downtown Container Park, a 20,000-square-foot open-air complex made entirely of repurposed shipping containers. This innovative hub of shops, dining, and art installations is the crown jewel of East Fremont’s revitalization—and a perfect place to continue your exploration of local Vegas life. From past to present, this immersive walking tour offers a deeper look at the city that built an empire of lights, legends, and luck.
We had a great tour with Ron. We saw and learned more than we expected to. We went in and out of different casinos, seeing things we never would have noticed without the tour. Highly recommend the tour!! Our tour guide also ended up sharing a movie he wrote that is on Amazon Prime that is defently something we now want to watch!!
Jordan was super! He obviously knows the history of the area. He was informative, entertaining and very accommodating. Would highly recommend him to my friends.
The tour was great!! Our Guide, Jordan was awesome! We will be staying in the Fremont district on our next visit to Las Vegas. Jordan shared some many interesting things and locations to us. We would have never seen this amazing area without him to guide us.
My Family and I had a fabulous afternoon learning about downtown Vegas. Ron did an amazing job of first understanding what we were looking for in the tour and then providing that for us, it felt like a tailored experience. I'm not sure if he'd be able to do that every time but since our party were the only ones in the group it worked out great. Ron is very knowledgeable and made a big effort to make the tour entertaining and informative, he had photos to support his explanations and we came away with a solid history of downtown Vegas with lots of other fun facts about the area. Highly recommend :)
Great experience. Guide was very knowledgeable, friendly and really knew his stuff!
Great tour, even during mid summer. Majority of tour is through casinos and under the overhead screen covering Fremont St. Jordon’s presentation was thorough, including vintage photos from the past to compare. Lots of history of the original and real Las Vegas. Well done, Jordon!
Very interesting tour. Ron our guide was great.
Ron was very knowledgeable about Las Vegas history. He brought Fremont Street to life for me. I highly recommend this tour if you want to know about the past and revival of this iconic area.
This is an absolute must-do experience while visiting Las Vegas. To truly understand the essence of this city and the mega-extravagance synonymous with Vegas, start here. Jordon is personable, informative, and an incredible wealth of knowledge. His insight and storytelling bring the history and spectacle of Las Vegas to life.
Jordan was awesome so full of knowledge learned many things about Las Vegas history
This tour was awesome! With this tour you get to see so many details and secrets and history that you'd never have found otherwise. I loved seeing the mechanical horse racing machine, the chihuly glass, the massive neon signs, and all the cool history in the area. I got a lot of context for how the area changed over time which makes the present even more interesting. Thanks Jordan for making this a great tour!
It was wonderful. Jordan was so informative Funny friendly. Kept a group of seniors engaged and went at an appropriate pace
A fun way to learn about the origins of Las Vegas. Jordan provided great information and several interesting visual examples of original buildings.
Had a wonderful, small group tour of Fremont Street with a knowledgeable and personable guide. The 90 minutes flew by too quickly. Loved dipping into the various casinos to learn the history of Vegas and Fremont. So glad we took this tour!
tour guide Jordan was great. The courtesy message beforehand was VERY helpful. He wove us through a well-planned maze of casinos🎰, escalators, and even a discreet bar that had been used by the Rat Pack🥂! He also led us to a display of a MILLION dollar$! 🤩 Five stars for Jordan! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Jordan was great. Good communication, very informative, and provided tips to see things on Fremont Street that we would have missed on our own.
Jordan was really knowledgeable and showed us many things we would have missed on Freemont St. BestBetVegasTours.com
Guide was informative. Learned much about “Old Las Vegas”
My husband and I were very happy with Jordan and this tour! It was very interesting and informative and we loved learning about this unique and historic area of Vegas. Jordan was a great tour guide and we would highly recommend it to others.
Great walking tour of OG Vegas. Tour guide was knowledgeable and gave us some great history while keeping things light and entertaining. We saw so many hidden gems that we would not have if we explored the area on our own. Definitely recommend.
If you never traveled beyond the strip, this is a great way to learn the ins and outs of Fremont street.
We had such a great time on our Fremont Street tour with Jordan! He’s unbelievably knowledgeable about Las Vegas, the history, the stories, the hidden gems, it’s like having Google (complete with images!) right there as your guide. His enthusiasm for the city really shines through and makes the whole experience fun and entertaining. We learned so much and saw parts of Vegas we never would have discovered on our own. We truly enjoyed this experience and would absolutely book another tour with Jordan!
Jason was excellent and very knowledgeable !! You will learn about the old & new history of Fremont Street Area, the Mob, Casino’s and general history of Las Vegas. The tour is well worth the money. Stay and enjoy The area afterward.
Jordan was a fabulous tour guide and a walking encyclopedia of downtown Las Vegas. His knowledge of the history and the mafia influence was great and his facts were compelling. Fremont Street with its lights and music and zip lines is not to be missed! The container park is impressive. We would do this tour again!
Our tour guide, Ron, provided us with awesome facts and recommendations. He was informative while at the same time throwing in the right amount of humor. At the beginning of the tour, he let us know that he also welcomes input from us at any time. I highly recommend this tour to those staying downtown or on the strip.
Jordan was a great guide! All of the history was cool to learn and seeing all of the changes over time was so interesting. I am grateful for a perfect day and a guide who knew all of the juicy details.
Great guide-Jacob-knowledgeable, friendly and engaging Perfect amount of time Interesting Vegas history
I hesitated to book a walking tour since I wasn't sure I could get enough from a guide that I couldn't get on my own, but I'm so glad I booked it! Jordan was a great guide and took us into numerous casinos on Fremont, showing us hidden gems of history and highlighting things to do. I learned so much and even utilized some of the tips he gave! Really, it far exceeded my expectations!
A great way to learn about the history of the original Vegas gambling disctrict. Jordan was a great guide and we will be takung one of his other tours when we return.
Our guide, Jordan, enthusiastically shared his knowledge and love for Las Vegas. My husband and I aren't gamblers so Jordan's historic knowledge of how Las Vegas came to be was just what we wanted to learn.
Jordan was a great leader and we thoroughly enjoyed the entire tour. The education and history lesson helped us appreciate all the stories of the original strip. He was a really fun and entertaining guide. His iPad pictures were great!!
We didn't buy a tour but did explore the Fremont Street. It was amazing. We had a better time in this area than we did at the new strip area. Lots of music and performances. The place was electric and a great time.
Terrific experience. Walking was easy and the information was entertaining. Ron did a great job we really enjoyed our time on the tour.
Great way to orient to the area. Tour guide did a great job! Sharing some stories on the evolution of Vegas.
Fun tour! Our tour guide Jordan provided interesting facts about the history of Las Vegas. We saw a few things you would never know were there! Enjoyed!
Great tour, lots of fun history, and recommendations and locations I never would have found on my own.
Guides knowledge of history and his easy access to sites of interest. Fremont Street is amazing. Unique. Loved the old style 1920s casino.
Our tour guide, Jordan, was amazing! He was knowledgeable, personable, and fun! This is a must experience for those who want to take a deep dive into all of Fremont’s wacky, crazy coolness 😎
It was awesome and very interesting and informative. Our guide, Ron was the best. He was funny and pointed out good restaurants, as we requested. We thoroughly enjoyed it.
This was the highlight of our trip- we had teens with us and we all had a great time learning and seeing the history of Fremont St and the beginnings of LV. So fun!
Fascinating experience, extremely well-informed tourguide Ron provides you with so much interesting facts and figures….. Could not wish for anything better! 5 star rating for this gentleman!
Great tour. I really enjoyed learning about the history of Fremont Street and actually getting inside of some of the casinos and seeing their attractions like the huge gold nugget at the Golden Nugget and the million dollars in cash at Binions Casino. My guide, Jordan, took a great picture of me with my hands on the cash.
This walking tour of Fremont was excellent. Ron our guide was very personable and informative as we covered a lot in the short time of the tour.. would totally stay in old Vegas next time in the area because of the affordability.
Ron the guide was excellent very knowledgeable and friendly. A must do if in Vegas. Fairmount Street brilliant..
Loved getting to learn the history of downtown and see all of the highlights as we would have never known what to look for doing it on our own. Our tour guide was the owner, Jordan, which put an extra nice touch on it!
Ron was fantastic. He had great stories full of info on the history of the area, the characters that built the town, and how the new movers and shakers are shaping Vegas today. Turns out he’s even a pretty good photographer for all your picture needs!
We booked the tour for a local (Henderson, NV) womens' group and we had fun. We started at the Plaza Hotel and over the next two hours learned local history, visited the downtown (Glitter Gulch - Fremont Street) sites and sights and were thoroughly entertained by Kelly's knowledge of the area and his enthusiasm for downtown Las Vegas. We found corners we had passed over before and followed the development and changes to downtown Las Vegas from William Clark purchasing land for his railroad stop following John C. Fremont's discoveries to Tony Hsieh and downtown revitalization - all while we walked the history and the now. All of us are well over 50 and some of us have lived in southern Nevada for 20 years or more. Some of us have been here less than a decade. The tour appealed to everyone. The pace was leisurely. We visited places that allowed cooling off and midway had a convenient place for a restroom break that did not slow up the group. The audio earphones were comfortable and they worked. It was easy to hear Kelly all through the tour. It was a great tour, an interesting tour. Thank you Kelly.
We had a great afternoon seeing where Las Vegas got its beginnings. Ron was fun and had so much information to share! We would never have learned so much just on our own.
My wife and I took the Original Las Vegas walking tour with our guide Ron and he gave us a great locals perspective of the city. We’ve visited Fremont St before but can’t believe how much we missed. There is a lot going on and having a guide to show you the insiders view made it much more interesting. Definitely take this tour if you’re headed downtown!!
This is an amazing tour of downtown Las Vegas and Fremont street. We had no idea how much fun and interesting the original part of Vegas is. Our guide Ron was super knowledgeable with all of our questions and had lots of great info and pointers about what to do in the city. If you want to see a different side of Las Vegas, definitely take this tour!
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