The Best New Years Eve Party Cities

Finding a place to spend New Year’s Eve can be very important to some. After all, it’s the biggest celebration night of the year!We took the fabulous U.S. cities from the Best Places to Spend New Year’s Eve list as told by travel authority media outlet Travel and Leisure. Since there are only two mentioned, we picked one of our own to round out a top three list.Napa Valley, CaliforniaThis is definitely not a destination where you’ll rock out in a different club each night, but there is something for everyone in Napa. Drinkers, nature lovers, and foodies are all welcome in these lush lands clad with rolling hills and enough wineries to make your head spin.Where to Stay: Bardessono in St. Helena, Andaz Napa in Napa, Hotel Yountville in YountvilleWhere to Eat: Boonfly Café for modern American rustic cuisine, Ciccio for brick-oven pizzas at an unpretentious local spot, Bottega for Italian fare and a lively vibeWineries: Travel through the wine caves at Del Dotto Estate Winery & Caves, sip the smooth bubbly at Domaine Chandon, enjoy the modern setting at Brasswood Napa ValleyLas Vegas, NevadaThis is a destination where you can take your pick of a night club for any night of the week, any genre of music, or any type of crowd. Vegas.com sums up its own city on New Year’s Eve in one word: CRAZY.Where to Stay: Hobnob with the high rollers at the Wynn Las Vegas, party during the day at Marquee at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, get a sneak peak of the new W Hotel occupying a tower in the SLS HotelWhere to Party: Go country and ride yourself a mechanical bull at Gilley’s Las Vagas, party outdoors on Vegas’ Brooklyn Bridge at the New Year’s Eve Bridge Bash, gaze the beautiful views of Sin City at a party that doesn’t start until 11:59pm at the Ultimate Parton After Party at The StratosphereNew Orleans, LouisianaNew Orleans – the land of laid back partying, rich history and delectable food – gives us Voodoo Festival, Jazz Fest, Mardi Gras each year. Well, New Year’s Eve in the Big Easy doesn’t disappoint either.The city has celebrations scheduled throughout the day, including a Mardi-Gras style parade through the French Quarter and a fleur-de-lis drop in Jackson Square on New Year’s Eve, as well as the Sugar Bowl on January 1.Where to Stay: Stay with the hipsters in the Warehouse District at the Ace Hotel, crash in the heart of the French Quarter at the historic Hotel Monteleone, go boutique in the Garden District at the Henry Howard HotelBest Party Neighborhoods: Enjoy endless live music on Frenchman Street, people watch and party in the streets in the beloved French Quarter, explore Mid-City, the most recent neighborhood to emerge