WHERE TO STAY IN SALT LAKE CITY

Surrounded by mountains and water, Salt Lake City lies nestled up against the Wasatch Mountains to the east. At the north end of the valley, the foothills of the Wasatch wrap around the Avenues and downtown Salt Lake. The Salty Lake itself lies to the west, along with a smaller mountain range, the Oquirrhs, while the valley spreads out broadly towards the south until it meets Utah Lake. 

I work out of several studios, all located in the Sugarhouse area (along 1000 East or 1100 East, and between 1800 South and 2100 South). However, a number of small neighborhoods are all grouped very close together, near downtown in the northeast part of the city. When looking for a hotel or Airbnb, any of the following neighborhoods will put you within a 2-10 minute drive of the studios. I have put them in order of distance from the studios:

  • Sugarhouse - the closest, lots of little shops and eateries within walking distance

  • Harvard Yale - residential, with one delightful block of restaurants, bookstore

  • 9th and 9th - local shopping and dining within walking distance of each other

  • Millcreek - more residential, shops and restaurants are more spread apart

  • University - one stretch of restaurants

  • Avenues - residential, with several lovely cafes, restaurants spread throughout

  • Downtown - high rises, lots of restaurants and shops close together, gateway Mall, Temple Square, City Creek Center Mall

  • South Salt Lake - Larger blocks, more suburban in feel, shopping and food spread apart

The first 6 neighborhoods listed are all quaint older neighborhoods, each with their own charming appeal.  Your best bet for these neighborhoods would be to look for Airbnb. The downtown area itself has the largest concentration of hotels. You may find cheaper rates, hotel or Airbnb, by going farther south or west, although the drive will be longer.

If you’d like to share rooms with a fellow traveler, let me know. I will be happy to put you in email contact with other interested yogis.

I do sometimes have local yogis interested and willing to host an out of town yogi. Let me know if that appeals.

If you are driving, I-15 will bring you in from the north or south, which connects to I-80, the east-west access. The Sugarhouse studios are all to the east of I-15, and just north of I-80.