Situated on the 23rd floor of the Mandarin Oriental, which graces the entrance to Vegas' CityCenter, Twist provides dramatic views of the Strip through floor-to-ceiling windows.

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The piece de resistance: the lush black-and-gold home theater with a glass-paneled strip embedded in the floor to reveal an exotic-car collection in the showroom below.

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Butchers, standing beneath strip lighting, painted the floor with bleach and water, and cats trotted around the fruit and vegetables that had fallen from the stalls above.

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Most accommodation in Macau is geared towards providing instant access to the casino floor, but visitors looking to get away from the hustle of the strip can stay in the Pousada de Sao Tiago, a 17th-century fortress that was originally built to defend Macau against local pirates.

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Floor-to-ceiling (a very high ceiling, too) windows frame the Strip, receding into the distance like a neon-lit comic book .

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