Area Attractions
The Winston-Salem area is home to numerous historical, cultural and family attractions. Old Salem is a living history museum where you can witness Moravian life in the 18th and 19th centuries with blacksmiths, gunsmiths, bakers and carpenters. SciWorks is an amazing science museum geared towards children from preschool through junior high, but is fun for all ages. The Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art offers amazing exhibits in 11,000 square feet of gallery space from internationally celebrated artists and local artists alike.
Area Attractions
- Old Salem – 3 Miles
- SciWorks - 3 Miles
- Historic Bethabara Park – 4 Miles
- Tanglewood Park - 10 miles
- Hanes Mall - 5 Miles
- Yadkin Valley Wineries – 25 Miles
- Pilot Mountain State Park ─ 17 Miles
Old Salem
Old Salem Museums & Gardens, in Winston-Salem, NC, encompasses 100 acres of restored and reclaimed landscapes that include eighty buildings, nationally acclaimed gardens, and five retail stores, including Winkler Bakery. The unique museums - The Historic Town of Salem and The Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts (MESDA) - along with award-winning heirloom gardens, invite today's visitors to experience the complete story of those who lived and worked in the early South.The village is open for tours every day (except Thanksgiving, December 24, Christmas Day and Easter Sunday), in all seasons of the year. For more information about Old Salem visit: http://www.oldsalem.org
SciWorks
Visit SciWorks where it's fun to learn about science. Travel through the solar system under the dome of our state-of-the-art planetarium or come face-to-face with river otters and other animals indigenous to North Carolina in our 15-acre Environmental Park. Sciworks is located on Hanes Mill Road only 5 minutes from the Quality Inn Coliseum. For additional information visit: http://www.sciworks.org
Historic Bethabara Park
Today's Bethabara evokes this era. A National Historic Landmark, this 1753 site of the German-speaking, Protestant settlement nestles in a picturesque, wooded 183-acre wildlife preserve with 126 species of birds along with the Bethabara Park Museum which offers, hand-crafted Moravian, colonial, and natural history items. Historic Bethabara Park is an imaginative journey to the Carolina backcountry of nearly 250 years ago. A small group of Moravians settled this religious village and trade center in an 18th-century wilderness, full of bears, wolves, Indians and outlaws. Begin your visit to Winston-Salem at the place where it all began.
The museum features a unique, restored and furnished 1788 church, archaeological ruins, Visitor Center with introductory video, exhibits and tours with costumed guides, as well as a reconstructed village, a French and Indian War fort and colonial and medical gardens.
Explore 20 miles of nature trails, go to the mill site, and observe wildlife from two observation docks over the beaver pond. Spot otters, mink, foxes, deer, and woodchucks.Bethabara Park is located 15 minutes from the Quality Inn Coliseum and is open year round. For more information visit: http://bethabarapark.org
Tanglewood Park
Tanglewood Park is probably best known to area visitors for its annual Festival of Lights during the holiday season but there is so much more to do year round. There's the Arboretum and Fragrance Garden, two-eighteen hole championship and one par-3 golf courses, horse back riding, ten lighted tennis courts, paddleboats, canoes and so much more.
Each year in Mid-November, Tanglewood transforms its rolling countryside into a winter wonderland of giant snowflakes and whimsical scenes. After more than twelve seasons, Tanglewood's Festival of Lights continues to be one of the largest and most spectacular light shows in the southeast. From storybook scenes to Holiday themes, over one hundred displays with nearly a million lights fill Tanglewood Park with the entire splendor and joy of the Holiday season. While you are there, enjoy some last minute holiday shopping and an old fashioned marshmallow roasting. The Festival of Lights is open nightly from 6:00 p.m. until 11:00 p.m. for a nominal cost. Tanglewood Park is located 15 minutes from the Quality Inn Coliseum. For additional information visit: http://forsyth.cc/tanglewood/
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