Reno: the gateway to Lake Tahoe

Nicknamed 'the world's biggest little city', Reno combines a gambling-focused downtown with proximity to one of North America's clearest Alpine lakes.

The centre can be explored on foot; Lake Tahoe requires a car.

The historic 'Reno Arch' sign, which declares the city 'the biggest little city in the world', spans the main street since 1926, becoming a city symbol.

Just steps away, the National Automobile Museum displays vintage cars owned by collectors and historical figures from Nevada, including early twentieth-century royal vehicles.

In the afternoon, one should venture to Lake Tahoe, one of North America's deepest and most transparent alpine lakes, shared between Nevada and California.

On the shores of the lake, clear sandy beaches and turquoise waters contrast with the desert image usually associated with Nevada, surrounded by pine forests.

The waters of Lake Tahoe maintain transparency to over twenty meters' depth in some locations, a clarity owed to the scarcity of sediments and algae in this alpine basin.

Reno hosted a divorce industry for decades, exploiting Nevada's more permissive laws compared to the rest of the United States, until other states adopted similar legislation.