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(Salt Lake City, Utah - UT, USA)



Salt Lake City sits between Great Salt Lake and the Wasatch Mountains, and despite a fairly small population, Salt Lake City is one of Utah's most popular tourist destinations.

Head of the Latter-Day Saints (LDS) Mormon Church, Salt Lake City's Temple Square is the city's main draw and is home to an enormous temple and Salt Lake City's world-famous Tabernacle, where the Mormon Tabernacle Choir perform regular recitals. Salt Lake City raised its international profile after hosting the 2002 Olympic Games and as a result, much of Salt Lake City has been redeveloped, with a number of ski valleys nearby and miles of scenic mountain trails.




Each year thousands of visitors arrive in Salt Lake City and there is an excellent tourist infrastructure. Salt Lake City's numerous tourist information services help visitors to the city, providing indepth information about the city's layout, free maps, color brochures, travel tips and general Salt Lake City tourism and tourist information. The Salt Lake City Convention and Visitors' Bureau is the city's main tourist information center and can be found on South West Temple.

Offering one of Utah's most comprehensive selections of hotels, Salt Lake City features countless accommodation options, including some truly stunning hotels. With nearby ski resorts and a number of popular hotels close to Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC), which is around 10 miles / 16 km to the northeast of central Salt Lake City, hotel rates are often lowered during the spring and autumn months. Many of the best hotels can be found around Salt Lake City's Capitol Hill district, the Avenues region, the Downtown District and the Sugar House neighborhood. More information on Salt Lake City Hotels.

Salt Lake City has many world-class tourist attractions, including Assembly Hall - an attractive Gothic-style building hosting numerous concerts and events; Beehive House - a National Historic Landmark featuring exquisite period furnishings; Salt Lake City Public Library - boasting an impressive collection of around 500,000 books; the LDS Conference Center - an incredible building with a seating capacity for 21,000 worshippers; Salt Lake City's Delta Center - an enormous arena, formerly host to Salt Lake City's 2002 Winter Olympics ice skating; Liberty Park - with excellent sports facilities, including a running track, swimming pool and tennis courts; Red Butte Gardens - with landscaped grounds, scenic gardens and a collection of Robert Wick's bronze statues; and Sugarhouse Park - popular for recreational activities, including running and walking, with breathtaking mountain views.

Other prominent landmarks and tourist attractions in Salt Lake City include Eagle Gate - an impressive stone arch, topped with an enormous eagle; the Utah State Capitol Building - Salt Lake City's most striking landmark and seat of the state government; the Brigham Young Monument and Meridian Marker - the official starting point of Salt Lake City's structured street numbering system; the Governor's Mansion - an impressive mansion built by the wealthy Utah Senator Thomas Kearns; Salt Lake City's Joseph Smith Memorial Building - a significant landmark housing the Family Search Center; the Cathedral of the Madeline - a wonderful Roman Catholic cathedral with a Romanesque façade; Salt Lake Temple - a spectacular place of worship belonging to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (LDS); and the Tabernacle - located in Temple Square, one of Salt Lake City's most famous landmarks and home to the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. More information on Salt Lake City Tourist Attractions and Salt Lake City Landmarks.

Tourist attractions located close to Salt Lake City include a number of nearby ski resorts, such as Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort - with year-round excellent skiing and fishing; Great Salt Lake - the world's second saltiest lake and one of America's largest lakes; Raging Waters - a premier family water attraction boasting around 30 water slides; Place State Park - a unique, living historic village, recreating pioneer life in the mid-19th century; and the Big Cottonwood Canyon - a wilderness region with stunning natural beauty and spectacular vistas, popular with snowboarders, climbers and hikers.

Salt Lake City also features some excellent museums and art galleries in Salt Lake City city center, full of interesting information on the history of Salt Lake City and other exhibitions. Popular museums and art galleries in Salt Lake City include the Pioneer Memorial Museum - with indepth information about the age of the pioneers; the Children's Museum - the perfect place to take children in Salt Lake City, full of interactive exhibits; the Utah Museum of Natural History - full of exhibits and information on anthropology, geology, mineralogy, paleontology and vertebrates; Salt Lake City's Museum of Church History and Art - chronicling the history of the Church of Latter Day Saints (LDS); the Utah State Historical Society - containing artifacts and information about the history of Salt Lake City; the Salt Lake Art Center - with an emphasis on contemporary art and an impressive collection of paintings; and the Utah Museum of Fine Arts - various changing exhibits and a large permanent collection of important works of art. More information on Salt Lake City Museums and Salt Lake City Art Galleries.

Salt Lake City Airports Guide - useful Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC) information.

More Salt Lake City Information / Fast Facts and Orientation

• Country: United States of America (USA)
• Location: Salt Lake County, Utah (UT)
• Status: state capital and county seat
• Area: approximately 109 square miles / 282 square kilometers
• Population: approximately 182,000
• Language: American English
• Currency: US Dollar (USD)
• Time zone: GMT - 7 hours Mountain Standard Time (daylight saving time is observed)
• Country dialing code: +1
• Telephone area code: 801
• Religion: various religions
• Average daily January temperature: 2ºC / 36ºF
• Average daily July temperature: 33ºC / 91ºF

 
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