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(Salisbury, Wiltshire, England)



Salisbury is the only city in Wiltshire and is home to some of the most historic landmarks in England. These Salisbury landmarks include Salisbury's world-famous Stonehenge, situated on the spreading Salisbury Plain, and the enormous Salisbury Cathedral, which is regarded as one of the finest medieval cathedrals in the United Kingdom and was built around 800 years ago.

There are also many more attractions for tourists visiting Salisbury and there are numerous Salisbury tourism and tourist information outlets in and around central Salisbury. These Salisbury tourism and tourist information outlets provide useful tourism and tourist information, such as information about Salisbury's tourist attractions, landmarks, restaurants, Salisbury sightseeing, Salisbury travel, maps of Salisbury and general Salisbury tourism and tourist information.




There are a wide variety of Salisbury hotels and accommodation available in central Salisbury and the surrounding area, making the historic city of Salisbury an accessible holiday destination for every pocket. Salisbury hotels and accommodation include grand historic luxury hotels, town-house value hotels, award-winning bed and breakfast guest houses, cheap Salisbury lodging, inns, travelodges, farmhouses, or even nearby caravan parks and campsites. Whatever the budget, the grand city of Salisbury has plenty of hotels and accommodation to suite everyone.


Salisbury has a enormous range of tourist attractions to offer visitors to the Salisbury area and these include Old Sarum Castle - an enormous Iron Age hillfort of Old Salisbury which became a medieval settlement, and now contains the ancient ruins of a large castle, Old Wardour Castle - famous for its battle in 1643, when Parliamentarian forces took control of this Salisbury castle, the Rockbourne Roman Villa - the largest and most ancient villa in the area , including a nearby modern museum, with a number of interesting exhibits, Stourhead House and Gardens - featuring some of the most spectacular landscaped gardens in the west country, and Salisbury City Hall Entertainment Centre - a large entertainment centre in central Salisbury with regular national shows, local events and festivals, exhibitions, lectures and concerts. More information on Salisbury Tourist Attractions and Salisbury Landmarks.


There are also a number of excellent museums and art galleries in Salisbury city centre, providing interesting information on the history of Salisbury. These Salisbury museums and art galleries include the Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum - situated in the Salisbury Cathedral Close, including an award-winning, redesigned Stonehenge gallery, the Monkton Deverill gold torc, and many excellent paintings, the Wardrobe Military Museum - housing the museum of the Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment, Mompesson House - over 300 years, this historic building is an excellent example of Queen Anne architecture, the Medieval Hall - a magnificent 13th-century banqueting hall featuring a museum area, Wilton Carpet Factory- with interesting exhibits and displays about 300 years of Wilton and Axminster carpet making, and Salisbury Arts Centre - with regular theatrical performances, dance, music, family shows, workshops and art exhibits in the gallery area.

The grand city of Salisbury is a prosperous and very attractive city, with no sprawling suburbs or high-rise buildings to compete with Salisbury Cathedral's spire, with is the tallest in Britain. Instead, Salisbury is full of beautiful and historic buildings, including many fine Tudor houses. Salisbury makes an excellent base for visiting tourist attractions throughout Wiltshire and also for tourist excursions to the nearby coast.

More Salisbury Information / Fast Facts and Orientation

• Country: England
• Location: Wiltshire
• Area: 127 square kilometres / 50 square miles
• Population: 50,000
• Language: English
• Currency: pound sterling (GBP)
• Time zone: GMT / UTC and BST (British Summer Time), 5 hours from Eastern Standard Time
• Country dialling code: +44
• Telephone area code: 01722
• Religion: various religions
• Average daily January temperature: 7ºC / 45ºF
• Average daily July temperature: 22ºC / 72ºF

 
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