Salt Lake City Tour

Utah’s most visited attraction, with over 5 million visitors a year

• Mormon Tabernacle: built in 1867, home of the world renowned Mormon Tabernacle Choir, and one of the largest pipe organs in the world: 11,632 pipes!
• Salt Lake Temple: the most iconic building in Utah and the largest Mormon temple in the world; inspired by medieval Gothic cathedrals of Europe, but built in the American Old West
• Gardens: 500,000 plants of 700 different varieties brought from 100 countries around the world
• Fountain: a grand 294-jet water fountain rising 50 feet, mirroring the spires of the Temple
• Family History Library: largest genealogy library in the world
• Conference Center: largest theater-style auditorium ever built, with 21,000 seats
• Historic Hotel Utah: a century-old luxury hotel that hosted U.S. presidents, dignitaries, and celebrities

Unique history, regal architecture, and breathtaking scenery

• Capitol: second-most beautiful in America, used for Hollywood movies to depict the U.S. Capitol; spectacular marble rotunda with 6,000-pound chandelier!
• Scenic overlook: spectacular views of Rocky Mountains and 500-square-mile Salt Lake Valley
• Council Hall: City Hall of the Old West
• Mormon Battalion Monument: first and only religious unit in the U.S. military
• White Memorial Chapel: pioneer-era Mormon chapel overlooking the valley; first in the city to have a steeple
• Memory Grove: picturesque park featuring City Creek and memorials to Utah veterans

• Mormon Pioneer Trail: 70,000 pioneers walked 1,300 miles
• This Is the Place Monument: Mormon pioneers and explorers of the American West
• Deseret Village: a living history pioneer village
• Scenic overlook: mountain views, overlook of the entire valley and Great Salt Lake
• Pony Express Monument: awe-inspiring statues and Pony Express station with a beautiful mountain backdrop

• Beehive House: stately home of Brigham Young, known as the “American Moses”
• Lion House: a polygamous mansion for 20 wives and 50 children in the Old West
• Eagle Gate arch: Prominent 76-foot span arch with a 2-ton American eagle statue atop, marking the entrance to Brigham Young’s estate

• Historic Union Pacific Depot: one of the finest train stations in the Old West
• Gateway Center & Olympic Legacy Plaza: “The Gateway to the City”
• Pioneer Square and historic Rio Grande train station
• Fort Douglas: Civil War-era fort built to keep an eye on the Mormons
• Olympic Village and Stadium: relive the most successful Winter Olympics ever
• University of Utah: Founded 1850, the oldest state university west of the Missouri River
• Historic Brigham Street Mansions District: millionaire row from 100 years ago
• Governor’s Mansion and other mansions of wealthy mining magnates
• Cathedral of the Madeleine: Roman Catholic headquarters in Utah; only cathedral in America under patronage of Saint Mary Magdalene
• First Presbyterian Church: exquisite red sandstone and stained glass windows
• Masonic Temple: Egyptian Revival architecture and mysterious sphinx statues, used for Hollywood movies and television shows
• Trolley Square: Union Pacific magnate E.H. Harriman built Salt Lake City a state-of-the-art trolley car system in 1908, refashioned with inspiration from Ghirardelli Square in San Francisco.
• Library Square: designed by a world-famous architect in a stunning modern style
• City Hall: striking Richardsonian Romanesque architecture and the symbol of non-Mormon citizens’ open defiance of the Mormon Church