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Park City, Utah, basked in the global spotlight when the city hosted the 2002 Winter Olympics. This world class recreation and vacation area captures attention all year long with festivals, Olympic training teams, and events and attractions both during cold and warm weather, enticing excursions galore for Park City vacation rentals users.
Park City is a short 32 miles southeast of downtown Salt Lake City, and the approximately 7,200 residents often find themselves outnumbered by tourists each winter—not a hardship after the population and economic decline that followed the area's mines ceasing operations in the 1970s. A concerted drive to attract tourists anchored the area's turn-around, and tourism continues to drive incoming revenue.
City Highlights
Park City vacation rentals users can immerse themselves in snow-related activities, hiking and biking, hot springs, forest excursions, festivals, and simple, breathtaking vistas that earned the area the distinction of one of the 20 prettiest towns by Forbes Traveler Magazine in 2008.
Park City enjoys cooler summertime temperatures than nearby Salt Lake City with an average 11 degree difference, compliments of its 7,000-foot elevation above sea level. The mountainous terrain is ideal for not only famous ski slopes but also a kaleidoscope of Red Carpet conveniences from activities, attractions, restaurants, and certainly accommodations for those availing themselves of Park City vacation homes.
Activities
Three renown ski resorts—Park City Mountain Resort, Deer Valley, and The Canyons—bring fun and frolic in winter and summer, both. Winter and summer bobsled rides, Freestyle camps and shows, luge, and other training and exhibition camps bring high degrees of outdoor year round.
The Utah Olympic Park is just north of Park City and was the main Nordic event site and still hosts Olympic teams when training and developing athletes. The 2002 Olympic Museum, the Ski Museum, the summer aerial training splash pool, a mountain coaster, and ziplines occupy athletes, visitors, and residents all through the year.
Ice rinks are available, and sledding activities are held all year for Park City vacation condo renters and others.
Enjoy Sundance Film Festival, the largest independent film festival in the world, each January or and annual Winterfest each February. The George & Delores Eccles Center affords residents, tourists, and vacationers music, dance, and other theater productions throughout the year.
Explore the nightlife with Suede, JB Mulligan's Club & Pub, The Sky Club, and more.
Dining
Those taking advantage of Park City vacation rentals find choices of extraordinary culinary options, including Easy Street Steak & Seafood, Bangkok Thai on Main, Jean Louis Restaurant, Good Karma Restaurant, Blind Dog To Go, Blind Dog Restaurant, and a plethora of others for a plethora of palet-pleasing menus.
Accommodations
Park City provides a varied array of accommodations, and Park City vacation rentals occupy the top choice slot for many vacationers. Whether skiing and sledding or summertime excursions bring a visitor, their luxurious accommodations, location conveniences, and elegant surroundings enhance and expand and exceed any expectations.
Conclusion
Park City, Utah, offers any resident, tourist, or vacationer a tremendous range of entertainment, fun, and enriching experiences that will oft be remembered for years to come. Come to Park City, and enjoy making and cherishing the memories a lifetime.