things to do
Big and Little Cottonwood Canyons
Alta, Snowbird, Brighton, and Solitude — four resorts, one canyon road each.
Salt Lake City with kids
Family-friendly picks in Salt Lake City, salt-lake-city — the things worth your morning, the restaurants that won't stress you out, and the stays that give kids room to run.
restaurants
Red Iguana
· $$The mole is the reason people wait outside. Two locations, both busy.
restaurants
Takashi
· $$$Sushi worth planning your evening around; get there before it opens.
things to do
Temple Square
Free tours, gardens, and the organ recital at the Tabernacle.
restaurants
Pretty Bird
· $Nashville hot chicken downtown with a line out the door at noon.
things to do
Natural History Museum of Utah
A building built into the foothills, with the best dinosaur collection in the West.
restaurants
Ruth's Diner
· $$A 1930s trolley car up Emigration Canyon serving mile-high biscuits.
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Ensign Peak
A twenty-minute climb from a city street to a full valley panorama.
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Liberty Park and the Aviary
Shade, playgrounds, and birds — the reset stop with kids mid-road-trip.
Closest basecamp to Salt Lake City
We don't manage homes in Salt Lake City yet. These Park City stays are our travelers' usual basecamp for the area.
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Salt Lake City itineraries
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Why Experience Utah
One trip, planned end to end — with the people who live and host here.
A trip that actually works
A real day-by-day plan with drive times that make sense — not a list of links to sort out yourself.
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Our homes are booked straight with the people who run them, so you deal with hosts instead of a call center.
Locals we actually trust
Every guide, restaurant, and outfitter we recommend is one we work with and send our own guests to.
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