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Red and Gold Spires Do Not a Killer View Make

Where: 3850 Las Vegas Blvd South [map], Las Vegas, NV, United States, 89109

You know the scene. You open the door to your brand new hotel room, run over to the window, open the blinds and bam, you are hit with the anti-view. Maybe you are looking down a dirty alley, witnessing a drug deal, staring at an air shaft in the face, or seeing a brick wall. Whatever you are viewing it is not extremely pleasurable. Help out your fellow hotel mavens by uploading your anti-views to the HotelChatter/Flickr photo pool, or by sending the photo along to us. Remember to tell us the name of the hotel and the room number with the not-so-easy-on-the-eyes view.

When we're staying in Vegas for $61 a night, we can deal with not having a view of the Las Vegas Strip — even if we are at the Excalibur. And we understand that if we're not looking at the Strip, there's a pretty high likelihood that we're going to get some roof action — or at least a view of a neighboring hotel casino.

Unless, that is, someone got creative! Behold this breathtaking view of some goofy red and gold spires, courtesy some clever designer at the Excalibur. That's right, folks: someone at least went through the trouble of dressing up the otherwise-blah roof with a couple of red and gold-topped towers. It's kind of cute, right?

We've gotta give the Excalibur credit where credit is due, though: at least you're looking at something — plus, the hotel doesn't front like it's something that it's not. It touts itself as a Vegas hotel that's "fun, not fancy." Not fancy, indeed. Check out what we saw on the inside of this room here.