Atlantic City Hotels

Atlantic City is known as the Las Vegas of the US East Coast. Tourists visit the city's casinos in large numbers throughout the year. Even though the casinos are the star attraction of the town, there are many beautiful places to visit and see, so there's enough to keep everyone busy. You can find a hotel in Atlantic City to suit every budget range. There are about 110 luxury Atlantic City Hotels. An Atlantic City hotel could cost you anywhere between 30 USD to 200 USD per night. Hotels in Atlantic City availability can be checked online. In recent years Atlantic City has been losing its aura of having once been the vacation destination for playboys and starlets since the Casino culture seems to have overtaken most of the other attractions.

The main tourist season in Atlantic City is from June to August when the weather is at its best. Every September, Atlanta hosts the Miss America Pageant, in August the Atlantic City Film and Music Festival the Atlantic City Marathon, an annual event in October.

Interesting places to visit are the famous boardwalk that stretches along eight miles of the Atlantic City beachfront with its numerous amusements and eateries where people spend time swimming, picnicking and sunbathing. The Trump Taj Mahal Casino, Sandcastle Basebal Stadium, Ventonor Pier, Atlantic City Historical Museum & Miller Art Center, Gardiners Basin & Smuggler's Cove, Steel Pier are popular sites. A great place for the unbelievable is Ripley's Believe It or Not, where exhibits are based on Ripley's comic strips about unbelievable feats and weird coincidences. During summer, local beaches are full of visitors indulging in water-based activities like parasailing, charter fishing and tall ship cruises.

If you have the time and would like to spend a few more days savoring Atlantic City and its surroundings, there are places which are ideal one or two day getaways like the recently restored Absecon Lighthouse, Asbury Park, Cape May with its lighthouse, the concrete ship - Atlantis, County Park, the Zoo and Wildwoods.

Numerous domestic airlines fly to Atlantic City connecting to Detroit, Cleveland, Philadelphia, New York and several cities in Florida. Just an hour's train journey can get you to Philadelphia, which has an international airport with direct flights to and from Europe, the Caribbean and Canada. Within the city there are bus services, Jitneys (mini-buses) and Blue trams.