Bologna is the capital of Emilia Romagna in Northern Italy. It is situated between the Apennine Mountains and the Po River, in between the Savena and Reno Rivers. It covers an area of fifty-four square miles and has a population of over three hundred and seventy-six thousand residents. The city is a Italian cosmopolitan city with a diverse history and culture. The city of Bologna is also a center of the railroad and highway system in Italy. Its economy is based on the manufacture of goods such as footwear, textiles and chemical production. The city also maintains industries in fields such as electronics, food production and tobacco.

Bologna can trace its history back to the fourth century BC, when the area was conquered by a Celtic tribe known as the Boii. The tribe located in the area and blended in with the Etruscans so well, that they created a civilization that is known as the Gaul Etruscan Civilization. When the Boii were defeated at the Battle of Telamon, they accepted a more peaceful existence and the Romans stepped in and influenced the civilization. The onset of the Punic Wars however, saw the Boii once again pursue their war like ways. They helped Hannibal’s army cross the Alps and provided him with a strong infantry base. With the collapse of the Carthaginians Empire, the Boii were enslaved by the Romans, who destroyed many of their villages and settlements. Rome then established the Bononia Colonia in 189 BC. Over three thousand Roman families settled in the area, and ultimately they absorbed the Celtic population of the region. During the first century BC, Bononia became a munucpium and its population swung widely between twelve thousand and thirty thousand residents. During the fifth century, Bologna, who had gone through a period of decline for much of its history, was becoming a new city under the direction of Bishop Petronius. It was during this time that the Roman Empire collapsed, and Bologna became a frontier stronghold. In the eighth century, Bologna was captured by Lombardian King Liutprand and became a part of the Kingdom of Lombard. During the eleventh century, the city became a free commune.

Today, Bologna is a beautiful city with a large amount attractions to offer visitors. A popular attraction in the city is the Basilica of San Petronio. The Basilica of San Petronio is the main religious structure in the city. It is situated on Piazza Maggiore and is the fifth largest churh in the world. It is three hundred and ninety-six feet long, hundred and eighty feet wide and the vault is one hundred and fifty feet in the facade and one hundred and thirty-five feet inside. The church is dedicated to St. Petronius, the patron saint of Bologna. This church’s construction was began in 1390, after a council decree two years previously. It took several centuries to complete, and most of it was completed, though some of the facade still hasn’t been completed to this day.

Other prominent atttractions in the city of Bologna include Italian Days Food Experience, Bluone Wine and Cooking Tours in Italy, Cook Italy, Emilia Delizia, Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna, Museo Ducati, Via Santo Stefano, Basilica di San Petronio, Museo d’Arte Moderna di Bologna, Santuario di Madonna di San Luca, Basilica di San Domenico, Museo del Duomo, Towers of the Asinelli and Garisenda, Chiesa di San Giacomo Maggiore, Museo Morandi, Palazzo Poggi Museum, Basilica of Sant’Apollinare in Classe, Museo Civico Archeologico, Il Duomo, San Giacomo Maggiore, Neoniano Baptistry, Civic Museum of Ancient Art, Galleria Estense & Biblioteca Estense, Museum & Basilica of San Vitale, Archepiscopal Museum & Chapel of San Andrea, Arturo Toscanini Birthplace and Museum, Baptistry, Metropolitana di San Pietro, Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Collezioni d’Arte e di Storia della Cassa di Risparmio, Palazzo Baciocchi o di Giustizia, Golf Club Bologna, Torre della Specola e Museo Astronomico, Oratorio Spirito Santo, Palazzo Marescalchi, Palazzo Orsi, Museo Ebraico, Scala della Montagnola, Progresso Verticale, Estetika House Vanilla Sky, Abbey of St. John, Museo Civico Medioevale e dal Rinascimento, Piazza del Nettuno, Basilica San Francesco, Bologna Congressi and Accademia Filarmonica di Bologna. The city is also home to several prominent restaurants and hotels. Popular restaurants in the city include Ristorante La Cesarina, Ristorante Pappagallo and Osteria Cantina Bentivoglio. Popular hotels in the city of Bologna include Alberghi Hotel Tre Vecchi, Albergo San Donato Hotel, Hotel Il Guercino, Hotel Paradise, Albergo Regina Hotel , Hotel Porta San Mamolo and Sheraton Bologna Hotel & Conference Center.

Memphis is located in the southwest portion of the state of Tennessee in the United States. It is the seat of Shelby County and is located just south of the intersection of the Mississippi and Wolf Rivers. Memphis covers an area of three hundred and thirteen miles and has a population of over six hundred and seventy thousand residents. This makes this city the biggest in the state and the third biggest in the Southeastern U.S. It is the nineteen largest city in the country. The area around the city, known as the Memphis Metropolitan Area, has a population of over one and a quarter million residents. This makes the metro ara of the city the second biggest in the state.

The Memphis area was first occupied by the Chickasaw Indian tribe who used the natural bluffs which overlooked the river as a settlement. European exploration of the area occured around the sixteenth century when Hernando de Soto, an explorer from Spain, visited the area. By the seventeenth century, the region saw an influx of French explorers such as Rene Robert Cavelier and Sieur de La Salle. Several forts were erected around the area of modern day Memphis, but by and large the area was unorganized and wild. In 1819, Memphis was incorporated as a city by a band of investors which included Andrew Jackson, James Winchester and John Overton. The city received its name after the Egyptian capital that was located on the River Nile. The founders of Memphis planned the city on a rectangular grid of town squares and streets. Because of the need for labor to work in the cotton fields to support the economy of the South, Memphis would become a major slave market. Memphis’ first landmark was a hotel built on the Mississippi river in the mid-nineteenth century and was named Gayoso House Hotel. It remained a distinguishing landmark of the city until it burned to the ground fifty-seven years after it was built. The Memphis & Charleston Railroad was built in 1857 and linked traffic from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi River.

Prior to the Civil War, Memphis was an important city because of its network of railroad lines and river trade. When the war broke out in the eighteen century, it became even more important. In 1861, the state of Tennessee ceded from the United States and Memphis would become a stronghold for the Confederate Republic. This didn’t last long, however. In 1862, the Union Army traveled down the Mississippi River and seized the city. Memphis would remain under the control of Union forces for most of the war, except for a brief raid that was undertaken by Nathan Forest. The city would go on to become a major supply hub for the Union army and enjoyed a great deal of prosperity throughout the war. After the end of the Civil War, a series of yellow fever epidemics swept the city in 1873, 1878 and 1879. This caused much devastation for the city and also caused widespread panic to spread all throughout the city. Memphis had so many residents flee its borders that it briefly lost its city charter from 1879 to 1893. During this time, Memphis made many improvements to improve the health conditions of its residents. An improved sanitation system was implemented, a potable water supply piped into the city and the draining of waterways and swamps that were the breeding grounds of mosquitos. As a result, the city once again entered into a period of prosperity and regained its charter in 1893.

Today, Memphis is a city that offers visitors a whole range of different activities and attractions. A popular attraction in the city is Sun Studio. Sun Studio is a recording studio that was founded in 1950 by Sam Phillips and is located at 706 Union Avenue. The original name of the studio was Memphis Recording Service. Alledgedly, the first rock n’ roll single was recorded there by Jackie Brenston and his band The Delta Cats. During the 1950s several prominent artists recorded there including James Cotton, Howlin’ Wolf, Little Milton, Rosco Gordon, B.B. King, Junior Parker and Rufus Thomas. Another popular attraction in the city of Memphis is Graceland. Graceland was the home of Elvis Presley and is a large, white mansion that is situated on an almost fourteen acre tract of land. This estate was originally owned by S.E Toof, publisher of the Memphis Daily Appeal. The grounds were named after his daughter Grace. In 1939, Ruth Moore inherited the estate and had the colonial style mansion that can be seen today constructed. In 1957, Elvis Presley purchased the property for one hundred thousand dollars. He would then move into the mansion with his father Vernon Presley and his mother Gladys Presley. In August of 1977, Elvis died in the mansions bathroom. In 1982, Graceland opened its doors to the public. In 1991 it was named a National History Landmark.

Other attractions in the city of Memphis include the Memphis Zoo, National Civil Rights Museum, Dixon Gallery & Gardens, Slave Haven-Burkle Estate Museum, Fire Museum of Memphis, Memphis Rock ‘n’ Soul Museum, Stax Museum of American Soul Music, Beale Street, Earnestine & Hazel’s, Pink Palace Museum, Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church, Memphis Music Hall of Fame, Mud Island River Park, AutoZone Park, Art Museum of the University of Memphis, Mississippi River Museum at Mud Island, Lichterman Nature Center, St. Peter Church, Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Orpheum Theater, Overton Park, Zanzibar, Peabody Hotel, W.C. Handy Memphis Home and Museum, Belz Museum of Asian & Judaic Art, Sharpe Planetarium, Memphis Botanical Gardens, Full Gospel Tabernacle, National Ornamental Metal Museum, Hard Rock Cafe, Pyramid Arena, Children’s Museum of Memphis, Cotton Exchange Building, Nightshade Manor Haunted House, B.B. King’s Blues Club, Handy Park, Historic Mason Temple, Magevney House, The C.H. Nash Museum at Chucalissa and Victorian Village Historic District. The city also has a vibrant music scene and contains many incredible bars, restaurants, cafes, blues venues and hotels. The city has a lot to offer visitors.

Calgary is a city that is located in Alberta Province, Canada. It is situated in the southern portion of the province, and is the province’s largest city. Calgary covers an area of two hundred and eighty square miles and has a population of almost one million people. This city is about two hundred miles of Edmonton, in the Grassland region of the province. Calgary is known around the world for its winter sports and has a number of mountains resorts both in the city and in the area around it. Calgary’s economy has a robust economy that centers around several key sectors. These include petroleum, mining, chemical production and tourism. The city enjoys a Gross Domestic Product of fifty-two billion Canadian dollars. Major companies that are located here include Imperial Oil, Shell Canada, TransCanada, BP, Nexen, Shaw Communications, Suncor Energy, Nova Chemicals, Dow Chemical Canada, CNRL and EnCana. The city is also home to several major higher education facilities. These include the University of Calgary, Mount Royal University, Ambrose University College, St. Mary’s University College, SAIT Polytechnic, Bow Valley College and Alberta College of Art and Design.

Calgary is a city that can trace its history back at least eleven thousand years, when the area was inhabited by the Pre-Llano culture. In 1787, David Thompson was the first European to come to the area. He spent much of that winter with the Black foot tribes in the area. A little later the first settlement was founded by John Glenn. During the 1870s, as the settler population in the area increased, so did the extensive hunting of buffalo. Buffalo were so heavily hunted, they were driven to near extinction. With their supply of buffalo gone, settler then began trapper fur bearing animals, such as beaver, for the North West Company and the Hudson Bay Company. Eventually, the site became a post for the North West Mounted Police. The North West Mounted Police was assigned to protect the western plains from whiskey runners from the United States and also to protect fur trading interest. To further this end, they built Fort Calgary in 1876. Around it grew a significant settlement and the fur trade began to prosper, especially when the Pacific Railway arrived at the city in 1883. In 1886, the city was struck by a huge fire that destroyed fourteen building and caused damages in excess of one hundred thousand dollars. The city was rebuilt, and between 1896 and 1914 the city experienced a huge population surge. This was due to free land handed out by the Canadian government. It was also due to a large influx of workers flooding into the city to work at the oil rigs after oil was discovered in Alberta.

Today, Calgary is a city that is rich with history, tradition and fabulous attractions to peak any visitors interest. A popular attraction in the city is the Calgary Zoo. The Calgary Zoo is situated east of the city’s downtown area and can be easily reach by the city’s light rail system or by car via Memorial Drive. This zoo is the second largest in Canada and was also the country’s first accredited zoo. It was founded in 1929 and contains over one thousand animals. The zoo’s collection of animals is spread over several exhibits which include Destination Africa, Australia, Canadian Wilds, Botanical Gardens, Dorthy Harvie Conservatory, Arctic Shores & Antarctic Landing, Prehistoric Park, South America and Eurasia.

Another popular attraction in Calgary is Glenbow Museum. This museum has over ninety-three thousand square feet of exhibition space and twenty galleries which contain over a million objects of interest. This museum was founded in 1966 by Eric Harvie. Glenbow Museum has four main collections which include Mineralogy, Military History, Cultural History and Ethnology. The mineralogy collection contains precious and semi-precious stone from all over the world, especially from within Western Canada. Featured exhibits include fools gold, a piece of the oldest rock on earth and multi-colored rock crystals. The military collection is one of the most varied in all of Canada, displaying over twenty-six thousand items from many countries and from five centuries of military expansion. There are weapons here from Asia, North America and Europe that include swords and firearms. There is also an extensive collection of Canadian medals located here. The cultural history division contains one hundred thousand objects from all over the world. Visitors can find pottery, pressed glass and textiles in this collection. The ethnology division contains forty-eight thousand objects from the Native American tribes of North America. Glenbow Museum also contains art galleries that have over twenty-eight thousand works in them from the nineteenth century to the present day. These works are from Canadian artists, Inuit artists, as well as artists from the First Nation. There is also Western and Wildlife art contained in the collection. The archives of the museum is a major research center for academics, students and historians. It contains a large collection of family records and records from Canadian businesses. Contained here are thirty-five hundred meters of records, one million pictures, three hundred and fifty hours of film and over fifteen hundred sound recordings. The archives date from the nineteenth to the twentieth century and document the political, economic and social history of Canada.

Other prominent attractions in Canada include Heritage Park, Prince’s Island Park, Stampede Park, Canada Olympic Park, Rubaiyat, Aero Space Museum, Devonian Gardens, Stephen Avenue Walk, Riverside Spa, Sante Spa, The New Gallery, Nose Hill Park, Fish Creek Provincial Park, Kensington, Fort Calgary, Heritage Pointe Golf Course, Creative Kids Museum, Olympic Hall of Fame and Museum, Calgary Tower, The Military Museum, Calaway Park, Telus World of Science, Chinese Cultural Center, Space Port, Shakers Family Fun Center, Inglewood Bird Sanctuary and Nature Center, Big Rock Brewery, Kart World Family Fun Center, Art Mode Gallery, Confederation Park, Diana Paul Galleries Ltd, Firefighters Museum of Calgary, Gallery San Chun, The Centre Gallery, Paul Kuhn Art Gallery, Art Gallery of Calgary, North Glenmore Park, Grace Presbyterian Church, Avatamsaka Buddhist Monastery, Bowness Park, Calgary Elks Lodge & Golf Club, Kalidoscope Colour & Glass Gallery, Wintergreen Golf and Country Club, Eau Claire Market, Butterfield Acres Farm, Harvest Hills Golf Course, Artisans Gallery, Calgary Hash House Harriers, Uptown Stage Screen and Calgary Hotel.

Hammamet is a Tunisian town that has a population of over sixty thousand residents, though this number can swell to over eighty thousand residents during the summer months. This is because the town is a popular tourist destination that is well known for its water sports and swimming facilities. The town is also known for its jasmine, which souvenirs are crafted out of and sold to tourist. Around the town is a large suburban area that houses immigrants who come from the southern regions of the country looking for work. This brings in a substantial amount of cash that adds to this town’s economic prosperity.

Hammamet was founded in the first century as a village known as Pupput. This village would go on to become a Roman colony in the second century and enjoyed a period of prosperity. By the thirteenth century, walls were erected around the town and in the fifteenth century the Medina of Hammamet was constructed. During the sixteenth century, the town fell under Spanish rule. The Spanish fortified the kasbah, though there were never any major conflicts in its borders and life here was fairly peaceful. At the beginning of the twentieth century, Hammamet became a mecca for American and European artists. The influx of artists, as well as entrepenuers and socialites, transformed Hammamet from a village to a town. Beautiful walled villas, sweeping gardens and swimming pools were erected in the town. Notable residents during this time included Georges Sebastian, Andre Gide, Paul Klee, Von Arnim and General Erwin Rommel.

In 1956, the country gained its independence from France and positioned itself as a tourist destination. Tunisia immediately started the protection of the French vineyards that surround Hammamet and the restoration of its historical monuments. Today, Hammemet is known for its beautiful beaches, date tree lined shore and beautiful moorish architecture. A popular attraction near the town is Kairouan. Kairouan is the capital of the Kairouan Governorate and has a population of around one hundred and fifty thousand residents. It was established in the seventh century and its name means “military camp”. After its founding, it became an important center for Quranic and Islamic education and attracted Muslims from the world over. Inside the city is the Uqba Holy Mosque. In the Medina quarter of the city is the Souk or market bazaar. Here visitors can buy ceramics, carpets and leather products.

Other attractions in the town of Hammamet include Friguia Park, Monastir, Sidi Bou Said, El Mouradi Hammamet, Medina of Hammamet, George Sebastian Villa, Hammamet Beach, Sinbad Hotel Bar, Center Commercial, Pupput Roman Ruins, Kasbah of Hammamet, Yasmine Golf Course, Carthage, Citrus Golf Course, The Great Mosque, Tunis, Nabeul and Sousse. Restaurants and hotels in the town include Restaurant de la Poste, Restaurant Casades, Chez Achour, Le Phenix de Carthage, Restaurant du peuple, La Nuova Marina, Hotel Bel Azur Hammamet, Les Orangers Beach Resort, Coralia Palm Beach, Thalassa Shalimar, Nahrawess, Minotel Hammamet Kilma, Residence Hammamet, Hotel Residence Mahmoud, Lella baya Hotel and Riu Park El Kebir.

Santa Barbara is an American city that is located in Santa Barbara County, California. The city is situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Santa Ynez Mountains. It covers an area of forty-one square miles and has a population of ninety thousand residents. Santa Barbara is a popular resort and tourist destination and is sometimes called “America’s Riviera”. Its economy is diverse and strong and is represented by education, tourism, finance, agriculture, manufacturing and technology. Education in the city is provide by five institutions of higher learning which include the Brooks Institute of Photography, University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara City College, Antioch University and Westmont College. The transportation needs of the city are serviced by Santa Barbara Airport and Amtrak.

The history of the area on which Santa Barbara rests can be traced back thirteen thousand years when it was inhabited by the Chumash tribe. When the Spanish missionaries arrived in the area, there were over one hundred Chumash villages with a population of eighteen thousand people. In the 1780s, El Presidio and the Mission were established. Thus began the Christianization of the natives and colonization of the area. The Spanish ruled the area until 1822, when the territory of California became a Mexican territory. In 1846, Santa Barbara was taken in the name of the United States by Colonel John Fremont. Between 1830 and 1865, a strong agricultural and ranching industry developed in the area. After the end of the Civil War, Santa Barbara went through several significant changes. The city began to switch from Spanish Colonial style homes to Victorians. The city also developed a healthy trade industry that was enhanced by the influx of goods and people from the east. In 1925, the city is rocked by a huge earthquake. This earthquake destroyed most of the Victorian homes. The only homes that withstood the quake was the Spanish Colonials. As a result, an ordinance was passed to make downtown Santa Barbara more in the Spanish Colonial stye. After the earthquake, the city went through an extensive boom period and emerged as a modern community from its agricultural roots.

Today, the city is a well known tourist destination that is visited year round. It is known for its fair weather, Spanish architecture and downtown beaches. Tourism brings in over a billion dollars a year into the city, a figure which includes eighty million dollars in tax revenue. A popular attraction in the city is Mission Santa Barbara. This Spanish Franciscan mission was founded in December of 1786 on the feast day of Saint Barbara. It was consecrated by Father Fermín Lasuen. Santa Barbara Mission is the only mission to have remained under the control of Franciscan Friars since its inception. Another popular attraction in the city is the Santa Barbara County Courthouse. This courthouse was designed by William Mooser and built in 1929. Its done in the Spanish Colonial Revival style and occupies an entire city block. The courthouse is made up of four building which have a total area of one hundred and fifty thousand square feet. It features a jail wing (which is no longer in use) and an eighty five foot clock tower called El Mirador. The facade of the building has two figures on thrones. In between them is a Spanish inscription which reads “DIOS NOS DIO LOS CAMPOS ARTE HVMANA EDIFICO CIVDADES”. This tranlates into English as “God gave us country, the skill of man built the cities”.

Another prominent attraction in the city is the Santa Barbara Zoo. This zoo is situated on thirty acres and was originally known as the Child’s Estate Zoo. Santa Barbara Zoo has earned numerous awards for being the best small zoo in the country. It contains five hundred animals taken from one hundred and sixty species in its exhibits. These include African black-footed cat, Channel Island Fox, West African Guinea Hog, Snow Leopard, Asian small-clawed Otter, Navajo-Churro Sheep, Amur Leopard, Crested Porcupine, Slender-tailed Meerkat, Asian Elephant and San Clemente Island Goats.

The Santa Barbara Museum of Art is another attraction that is popular among visitors to the city. This museum was founded in 1941 and is located in the downtown area of the city at 1130 State Street. Its permanent collection includes American, European and Asian art that spans the last four thousand years. Items in its collection includes musical instruments, Pre-Columbian Art, seventeenth century doll collections, African Art and American paintings. Current exhibitions include “Poets, Courtiers, and Lovers: Allusions to the Classical Past in Japanese Woodblock Prints”, “Diana Thater: Butterflies and Other People” and “California Calling: Works from Santa Barbara Collections, 1948 – 2008″. Artists represented by its collection include Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse, Pierre Bonnard, Jules Bastien-Lepage, Berthe Marie Paul Morisot, Henri Matisse, Auguste Rene Francois Rodin, George Wesley Bellows, Albert Bierstadt, Thomas W. Eakins, John Frederick Peto, Frederic Remington, Bo Bartlett, Lawrence Gipe, Miriam Schapiro, Hung Liu and Alison Saar.

Other attractions in the city of Santa Barbara include The Grapeline Santa Barbara, Wine Edventures Wine Tour, Sustainable Vine Wine Tours, Market Forays, Segway of Santa Barbara, Casa de la Guerra, Natural History Museum, Stearns Wharf, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, Andree Clark Bird Refuge, Santa Barbara Land Shark, Karpeles Manuscript Library, Santa Barbara Winery, Chase Palm Park, Nojoqui Falls County Park, Ty Warner Sea Center, Susan Quinlan Doll & Teddy Bear Museum & Library, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Lobero Theatre, Rattlesnake Canyon Trail, Casa del Herrero, El Presidio de Santa Barbara State Historic Park, Carriage & Western Art Museum, Santa Barbara Maritime Museum, Convict Lake, El Capitan Lake, Chumash Painted Cave State Historic Park, Arlington Theatre, Float Luxury Spa, Santa Barbara Backroads, Alameda Park, Douglas Family Preserve, Hendry’s Beach, Leadbetter Beach, Alice Keck Park Memorial Gardens, De La Guerra Plaza, Gould Park, Shoreline Park, Skofield Park, East Beach, West Beach, Elings Park and Butterfly Beach. The city of Santa Barbara also contains many restaurants and hotels, as well as beautiful golf courses and great shopping venues.

Park City is a resort town that is located in Wasatch County, Utah. The city covers an area of nine square miles and has a population of seven thousand residents. Park City is located thirty miles south of Salt Lake City and contains three major ski resorts. These are Canyons Resort, Park City Mountain Resort and Deer Valley Resort. Park City is also home to the Sundance Film Festival and also the United States Ski Team. The city also has a lot of clubs, bars, restaurants and hotels. This city received Forbes Magazine’s “Prettiest city of the year award” in 2008.

Park City can trace its history back to the nineteenth century, when it was established as a mining town. In the area surrounding the town was found mineral deposits of gold, silver and lead. After the discovery, the population of the town skyrocketed and many people thought that it was going to exceed the size of Salt Lake City. However, when the price of silver dropped, the town was at risk of becoming a ghost town. This was averted in the 1950s, when ski resorts opened up in the town. The full recovery of the town wouldn’t be realized for another twenty years, however. Over that past several decades, the city has experienced a steady rate of growth and now its one of the most wealthy resort towns in the country.

A popular attraction in the city is the Park City Mountain Resort. This resort opened in December of 1963 and was originally known as Treasure Mountain. When it opened it had the longest gondola in the United States. The base elevation of the mountain is over sixty-nine hundred feet and the summit elevetation is ten thousand feet. The mountain has a vertical rise of thirty-one hundred feet and has eight peaks. The total amount of skiable area of this resort is thirty-three hundred acres. There are over one hundred trails and sixteen lifts. The lifts can be broken down in the following manner; there are four detachable six person lifts, three detachable high speed quads, five triples, three doubles and one magic carpet. Thirty-three percent of the runs are expert level, fifty percent are intermediate and seventeen percent are beginner. On average, three hundred and sixty inches fall on the mountain every year.

Deer Valley is another popular resort. This resort always makes the top rankings for the best ski resort in the United States. It is also one of the few ski resorts that prohibit the use of snowboards. It was the site of the 2002 Winter Olympics and hosted the aerial, freestyle moguls and alpine slalom events. Deer Valley has a more upscale clientele than other resorts in the city. This is reflected by the amenities that it offers which include fine dining, ski valets, boutique shopping and free parking shuttles. The main lodge of the resort is the Stein Eriksen Lodge, and it provides luxury accommodations and even spa facilities.

The Canyons is the third ski resort in the city. It opened in 1968, and was originally known as Park City West. In 1995, the name was changed to Wolf Mountain, and two years later changed its name to The Canyons. The mountain has a base elevation of sixty-eight hundred feet with a summit elevation of nine-nine hundred and ninety feet. The vertical rise is over thirty-one hundred feet and has a total of eight peaks. The skiable area of the resort is thirty-seven hundred acres. There are twenty-one lifts located here which include the Flat Iron, Flight of the Canyons Gondola, Dreamcatcher, Sweet Pea, Magic Carpet, High Meadow, Peak 5, Towin’, Timberline, Ninety-Nine 90, Frostwood, Super Condor, Cabriolet, Sunrise, Day Break, Short Cut, Sun Peak Express, Dreamscape, Saddleback Express, Tombstone Express, Rip-a-roo, Golden Eagle and Iron Mountain. The ski areas are divided into three sections according to difficulty. The Green Circles is the easiest level and represents ten percent of the runs here. The Blue Square is intermediate difficulty and represents forty-four percent of the runs. The Black Diamond is the hardest and represents forty-six percent of the runs at this resort.

Another prominent attraction is Utah Olympic Park. Its situated north of Park City and just east of Salt Lake City. During the 2002 Winter Olympics, it was the venue for events such as the Skeleton, Bobsled and Luge. Other features of this park include a ski museum, ziplines, a mountain coaster and an Olympics museum. Other attractions in Park City include Aura Spa & Boutique, Kimball Art Center, Park City Historical Society & Museum, Peak Performance Massage, Alpine Coaster, Union Pacific Rail Trail, Jupiter Peak, Black Tie Ski Rentals, Snowmobile Adventures at Thousand Peaks, Silver Mountain Sports Club and Spa, Park City Golf Club, Bear Hollow Sports Park, Play Park, Tanger Outlets Park City, Legacy Lodge, Red Pine Adventures and Knead a Massage. Park city is also home to a number of luxury hotels which include Stein Eriksen Lodge, Treasure Mountain Inn, Silver King Hotel, Marriott’s Summit Watch, Park Station Conominium Hotel, The Yarrow Resort Hotel & Conference Center, Park Station Condominium Hotel and Shadow Ridge Resort Hotel.
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