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Sal Lake city is a wonderful city to visit! It combines the ''allure'' of a metropolitan area with the friendliness of a small, western city, and it offers visitors unparalleled access to natural recreation, a dynamic nightlife, a remarkable history, warm hospitality, and a rich and varied shopping scene which provides everything visitors need, during their stay in the city, whether they're shopping for pleasure or not.

Among the top things to see in Salt Lake city, there are:

Clark Planetarium, where visitors can ''see what's out there''! The Planetarium gives them the chance to get a glimpse into the intriguing and interesting world of the outer space through various fabulous, curiosity-arousing shows and exhibits, such as the Science on a Sphere, the Earth Globe, simulations of solar and lunar eclipses, The Moon or the Solar System, among many other surprises.

Discovery Gateway, a fabulous children's museum, located in the Gateway Mall, in downtown Salt Lake City, a place where the little ones can learn through play about themselves and the world that surrounds them.

The museum features hands-on, interactive activities, offering children a world of fun and adventure, including exciting exhibits which reveal the arts, humanities, and sciences.

Utah's Hogle Zoo‎, one of Salt Lake City's most favorite family-friendly attractions, home to more than 800 animals, gathered from all over the world, also featuring the Asian Highlands, an amazing re-creation of a Himalayan village which houses five endangered species of Asian cat, another ''must see'' at the zoo being considered the Elephant Encounter, which showcases African elephants and white rhinos.

The zoo's Conservation Carousel is another delight, pehaps, the favorite attraction at the zoo for the little ones, due to the fact that it gives them the chance to ride on unique, hand carved and painted models of endangered or threatened animals.

Utah Museum-Natural History, featuring eye-catching exhibits that reveal interesting aspects in areas such as anthropology, geology, mineralogy, paleontology and vertebrates.

Annual Events

The Utah Arts Festival, which has been a tradition for more than 30 years, is one of Salt lake City's most expected and popular annual events.

It is a celebration, held annually at the end of June, which offers 4 days of visual, performing and culinary arts, drawing not less than 80 000 enthusiastic visitors, every time it takes place. Due to the high quality entertainment offered, the Annual Utah Arts Festival has been named the largest arts festival in Utah and has been ranked one the 50 top arts festivals in the country.