Salt Lake City, Guided Sightseeing Tour by Bus

City Sights

Explore Salt Lake City with a guided tour on a 15-mile loop around town. Visit top attractions and hidden gems including the Tabernacle, Temple Square, Salt Lake Temple, Council Hall, State Capitol, and more.

Temple Square

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Salt Lake City's oldest and most popular guided tour for over 35 years, fully-narrated by a local expert.

Sights include:

Temple Square: Utah’s most visited attraction

- 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
- Family History Library: largest genealogy library in the world
- Conference Center: largest theater-style auditorium ever built
- Historic Hotel Utah: a century-old luxury hotel that hosted U.S. presidents

Capitol Hill: unique history, regal architecture and breathtaking scenery

- Capitol: voted second most beautiful in America
- Scenic overlook: spectacular views of Rocky Mountains
- Council Hall: City Hall of the Old West
- Mormon Battalion Monument: first and only religious unit in the U.S. military

This is the Place Pioneer Heritage Park:

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

Brigham Young Estate:

- 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

Other Attractions:

- 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 Missouri River
- Historic Brigham Street Mansions District: millionaires row from 100 years ago
- Governor’s Mansion, and others of the wealthy mining magnates
- Cathedral of the Madeleine: Roman Catholic headquarters in Utah
- First Presbyterian Church: exquisite red sandstone and stained glass windows
- Masonic Temple: Egyptian Revival architecture and mysterious sphinx statues
- Library Square: designed by a world-famous architect in a stunning modern style
- City Hall: striking architecture and the symbol of non-Mormon citizens’ open defiance of the Mormon Church