Salt Lake City Features

Salt Lake City Features

  • If You Have 3 Days

    The best place to start in Salt Lake City is downtown. Spend your first day visiting Temple Square -, shopping The Gateway Mall, and taking in... read more

  • If You Have 5 Days

    Spend two full days in downtown Salt Lake City. Use your entire first day to visit the sites at Temple Square. On your second day, tour the... read more

  • If You Have 7 Days

    Spend your first five days as outlined above. Take advantage of the city's great cultural offerings and restaurants at night. Depending on the... read more

  • Top Reasons to Go to Salt Lake City

    Temple Square. The floral, architectural, and other attractions at the center of the Mormon universe can be enjoyed by all.... read more

  • On the Menu

    Utah's traditional local cuisine was the brunt of many jokes during the 2002 Winter Olympics. The fact that Utahns consume more green Jell-O... read more

  • The Mormon Influence

    From its beginnings in 1830 with just six members, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has evolved into one of the fastest-growing... read more

  • The Legendary Great Salt Lake

    Legends of an enormous body of water with an outlet to the Pacific Ocean drew explorers north from Mexico as early as the 1500s. By the 1700s... read more

  • Salt Lake City Itineraries

    The best place to start in Salt Lake City is downtown. Spend your first day visiting Temple Square -, shopping The Gateway Mall, and taking in... read more

  • Living Traditions

    Each year on the third weekend in May, Salt Lake City celebrates its cultural diversity with the Living Traditions Festival. The Utah Humanities... read more

  • Crafts Culture

    When the Mormons arrived in the Salt Lake Valley, the Church's women formed a group called the Relief Society. They gathered regularly to discuss... read more

  • Ride on the Pony Express Trail

    Imagine a young man racing over the dusty trail on the back of a foaming mustang. A cloud of dust rises to announce him to the station manager... read more