As you plan your trip through the West, Utah’s capital, Salt Lake City, is the perfect place to begin or end your adventure. Often known as a gateway city to the National Parks both north and south, Salt Lake has a lot to offer and most will enjoy the easy access of over 800 daily flights in and out of Salt Lake City International Airport. You can enjoy attractions like the new Salt Lake City Library and the Clark Planetarium and IMAX Theater. Shopping is a delight at one of the downtown malls, the Gateway Center or historic Trolley Square. Pubs, bistros, coffees houses, restaurants and bars offer a variety of entertainments and cuisines.
For those interested in shaking their family tree, there is no place on earth like the LDS Family History Library. The spirit of the 2002 Winter Games lives on at the Olympic Cauldron Park a stunning museum set adjacent to Rice-Eccles Stadium, on the University of Utah campus, site of the Olympic opening and closing ceremonies.
Of course, a pioneering spirit is still strong in Salt Lake and is found in the frontiers of science and technology where today’s explorers target new types of uncharted territory, striving to benefit society at places such as the Huntsman Cancer Institute, Evans & Sutherland or the Eccles Institute of Human Genetics at the University of Utah.
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