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Casinos On The Atlantic City Boardwalk
The Resorts-owned Hilton casino is the southernmost of the boardwalk’s casinos, devoting more than 60,000 square feet to its games, including the second-floor poker room with daily tournaments, and the Asian-themed Treasure Palace.
Five blocks away is the Tropicana, with 140,000 square feet of gaming space, including three floors of slots! The "Trop" also offers a poker room, the Asian-themed Jade Palace, and the Turf Club, a simulcast facility.
Next is the Trump Plaza casino, with more than 80 table games and nearly 3,000 slot machines. Choose from the main casino area, with its subdued lighting and glittering chandeliers, or the East Tower Casino, where large windows offer a view of the beach.
With its theme of ancient Rome, Caesars offers more than 3,000 reel and video slot games, as well as more than 100 table games, simulcast horse racing, a keno lounge, a poker room, and Palace East, Caesar’s Asian-inspired gaming area.
Bally’s s the city’s largest casino, offering a traditional main casino as well as the western-themed Wild, Wild West Casino, which really sets this casino apart from the crowd. Western-costumed employees and other details give this place the feel of an old mining boom town.
The Claridge is the smallest of the boardwalk’s casinos, with 1,800 slot machines and about 60 game tables spread among three floors.
Next is the Art Deco-inspire Resorts, with 2,500 slot machines and 60 gaming tables. Join the Resorts Destination Club here to earn comps and cash back for your play at any of the Resorts-owned casinos.
The sumptuously decorated Taj Mahal casino is one of the largest casinos in the world, with more than 4,000 slots, over 200 table games, the Asian-themed Dragon Room, simulcast facility, smoke-free poker room and a baccarat pit.
It’s Mardi Gras at the Showboat casino, known for its House of Blues poker room. You’ll also find more than 80 table games and over 3,500 slot machines here, as well as a simulcast facility and an Asian games pit area.
About the Author
Robert Smith is an authority on New Jersey travel & has been exploring the Atlantic City area for quite some time. From seeing one of the great Atlantic City Shows to staying over night at one of the Atlantic City Casinos he enjoys spending his time in the city that is "Always Turned On".
Unique China
China is a vast and sprawling land home to countless groups each with its own culture and traditions. But for all its diversity, certain threads run through China's long history - dragons, jade, silk, porcelain, to name a few. To examine the facets of China, we'll look at 3 of its repositories of ancient tradition - Shanghai Museum, Beijing Jade Museum and the Hong Kong Heritage Museum.
Shanghai Museum is home to a fabulous collection of ancient Chinese art in its 11 galleries and 3 exhibition halls. The permanent galleries showcase artifacts representative of the major sections of Chinese art, namely, ancient bronze, ancient ceramics, paintings, calligraphy, ancient sculpture, ancient jade, coins, ming and qing furniture, seals, and minority nationalities.
A look through Shanghai Museum allows you to see the many innovations of the Chinese. For example, China was one of the first countries to use money as a medium of exchange. The Gallery of Chinese Coins contains almost 7000 exhibits of early coins.
China's celebrated ceramics on display at the Shanghai Museum include tri-colored pieces from the Tan Dynasty and blue, white and black glazed and pointed porcelain from the Song, Jin and Liao dynasties. A visit here is a must for any connoisseur of Chinese culture.
Other quintessentially Chinese treasures you can see at Shanghai Museum include Chinese seals. The latter are stamps containing Chinese characters that were imprinted on documents, contracts, and works of art to prove identity and authenticity. The oldest ones date back 3000 years.
And now to our second museum, the Jade Museum in Beijing's forbidden city, once the Chinese imperial palace from the mid-Ming Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty. Since 1924, it's housed the Palace Museum which houses an extensive collection mainly from the Ming and Qing dynasties.
Jade has been central to Chinese culture for millennia. In ancient China it was referred to as "the essence of heaven and earth" and "the royal gem". Its value surpasses event that of gold and for the Chinese it symbolises nobility, perfection, constancy, and immortality.
The jade collection at the Beijing Jade Museum is a wonderful place to admire items made from this most Chinese of materials. The display comprises around 30000 pieces, with the earliest dating from the Neolithic period.
Hong Kong is a very special part of China as from 1841 to 1997 it was administered by another country, Britain. During these 156 years of colonial rule, Hong Kong developed from a fishing village to the economic and financial powerhouse of Asia. Today's Hong Kong still has a frantic boomtown feel but also offers oases of calm in the form of parks, temples an islands. To explore the past of this special place, visit the Hong Kong Heritage Museum in the Sha Tin disctict.
Housed in a 3-storey purpose-built structure that has the form of a Chinese ancestral hall, Hong Kong Heritage Museum features 6 six permanent exhibition galleries - New Territories Heritage Hall (with models of traditional shops and a Hakka fishing village), Children's Discovery Gallery, Cantonese Opera Heritage Hall, T.T.Tsui Gallery of Chinese Art, displaying artifacts from the former Tsui Museum of Art, and the Chao Shao-an Gallery. There are also six thematic galleries for temporary exhibitions.
It's easy to get overwhelmed in China and get the feeling you leave knowing less than when you arrived. But visit these great museums in China and you'll find this great country is not so inscrutable after all. Before travelling to China, make sure that the hotel reservations are in place. Hotels in Beijing and hotels in Hong Kong can easily be booked in advance through the Internet, and then you will be able to enjoy China at the best.
About the Author
Richard has over 20 years experience in the travel industry and writes for Cheaper than Hotels. Cheaper Than Hotels offers cheap hotels in China.
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