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Welcome to Downtown Salisbury!

For over 250 years Downtown Salisbury has been recognized for its beauty and considered as one of the best places in N.C. for shopping, sightseeing and relaxing. Our diversity of shops, restaurants, antique stores, living history and cultural attractions promise an extraordinary experience! Downtown Salisbury is a great place to spend a day, a weekend or a lifetime. We can think of endless things that we love about downtown Salisbury. But don't just take our word for it, come and explore our beautiful town for a day, weekend, week, month, year, or a lifetime!

Directions

We hope your trip to Salisbury is as painless and worry free as possible. Our directions page will help guide you to our wonderful town by giving you a central location to use as a guide along the way. We also have provided information on how to get to Salisbury from the major highway systems that lead to Salisbury. If highway driving is not your favorite way to travel then try the train! It is a relaxing change from highway driving and will give you plenty of time to unwind as you make your trip to historic downtown Salisbury!

Parking

With all there is to offer in the downtown area, from shopping and fabulous food to a multitude of interesting sites and activities, you'll need some place to park while you experience all that is downtown Salisbury. Visit our parking page to find some suitable parking options for whatever your Salisbury visit entails. You'll notice that there are several parking options to choose from: a few free 24 hour lots along the perimeter of downtown, a couple of lots where you can park free for 2 hours, and an abunance of free 2 hour on-street parking.

Lodging and Extended Stay

Do you feel like staying overnight to explore more of what Salisbury has to offer? On our lodging and extended stay page you will find some wonderful options to choose from. Downtown Salisbury has beautiful and unique lodging options. Ranging from eco friendly upscale urban lodging and cozy weekend get aways to name brand Hotels and Inns. Salisbury is more than ready to accomodate anyone wishing to stay for extended periods and enjoy all that Downtown Salisbury has to offer.

Shop

If your goal is to support your local economy and buy local, there is no better place to do so than by shopping in downtown Salisbury. Downtown Salisbury is full of locally owned and operated stores, boutiques, wine shops, gift shops, and studios for virtually every taste you can imagine. And they are all within a short walking distance from each other!

Dine

Hungry? Visit our dining page and choose from one of 20 eating establishments for your dining pleasure. Savor dining in the open air at our enchanting cafés or enjoy deli sandwiches at our restaurants. Or choose to dine indoors in a turn of the century restored church that offers the finest Northern Italian cuisine in the region. There's a former 1800's Residence that now houses a restaurant that serves a traditional American menu. Downtown Salisbury offers alternatives for every taste and budget.

Live

Downtown Salisbury has 130 living units ranging from open 4,000 square foot lofts to 600 square foot units with a view. Visit our living page to see all the residential options the Downtown area has to offer. Downtown residents enjoy a lifestyle of convenience and culture with easy access to 75 shops, 20 restaurants, 5 museums, a farmers market, theatre, visual arts and services like banks, a post office and a first rate library. Coffee houses and restaurants offer opportunity to meet your neighbors. Residents are allowed to park overnight on the street right in front of their living space.

Play

Salisbury not only has great places to eat, shop, and live. The Dowtown has a wide variety of fun events, shows, tours, concerts, and more to keep anyone busy and entertained. The play page will give you a taste of some of what Salisbury has to offer and the other links in this paragraph will direct you to plenty more!