The fountains of the Bellagio hotel-casino go off across the street from the Paris Las Vegas hotel-casino Wednesday, September 1, 1999, during the opening of the hotel-casino.
The Panama Canal, the Eiffel Tower, Sydney Harbor and the Bellagio Fountains.
All made TripAdvisor’s list of "most talked about attractions."
Only 16 attractions made the cut, two for each major region in the world. The Bellagio Fountains joined New York’s Central Park as North America’s most talked about destinations.
The travel website based its picks on attractions that received the most reviews over the past year. The Bellagio Fountains received thousands, bringing its total to more than 5,000. All but 160 visitors rated the attraction as “excellent” or “very good.”
“Beautiful. The light show almost brought me to tears,” one reviewer wrote.
“If you’ve never seen the fountain show, you have to make a point to see it at least once,” another added.
Other attractions listed included Table Mountain in South Africa, Victoria Peak in Hong Kong, the 124-story Burj Khalifa in Dubai and Recoleta Cemetery in Buenos Aires.