Top Reasons to Go to Salt Lake City

A downtown renaissance: Venture into Salt Lake's vibrant downtown, with its respected theater scene, farm-to-table restaurants, craft breweries and coffeehouses, and the impressive City Creek Center retail plaza.

Wander the Wasatch Front: Lace up your hiking boots and enjoy the dramatic canyons on the city's east side.

Catch the indie spirit: This region, which has historically embraced chain franchises, has in recent years blossomed with hip independently owned businesses.

Shore adventures: Explore the city's namesake, the Great Salt Lake, by car, on foot, or by bicycle. If you're here in the summer, try floating off the beaches at Antelope Island—the water is so salty it's impossible to sink.

Pow-pow-powder: Experience the "greatest snow on earth" within an hour's drive of the airport at one of nine renowned ski resorts.