Travel Eye on Raleigh (North Carolina, USA)

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Overview:

Raleigh, the capital city of North Carolina offers something for everyone. For the history buff, Raleigh features several walking tours of their tree-lined, Victorian-era neighborhood listed on the National Register of Historic Places. For the burgeoning student, Raleigh sponsors over 20 free museums, a rich arts district, and is home to North Carolina State University and its college-aged population. If it's outdoor recreation you're after, more than 156 parks and lakes are found in greater Raleigh, along with 39 miles of paths or "greenways" that are specifically designed for jogging, biking, or simply strolling along and taking in the natural splendor and Southern gentility that is Raleigh, North Carolina.

Raleigh is the largest of the cities that compose the North Carolina's Research Triangle (Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill). It's an area that's been characterized as full of "trees, tees, and Ph.D's."

Raleigh is Old South and New South, down-home and upscale, all in one. The city has agrarian roots in both farming and mining, but today Raleigh thrives on high-tech industries, government, education, service industries, research, and medicine. In addition to North Carolina State, there are six other universities and colleges in town.

Locality:

Raleigh is situated east central, in the state of North Carolina in the United States and has a rapidly growing population, last measured at around 340,000 people.

Entertainment/Facilities/Attractions/Things to do:

Raleigh is a very open and welcoming city, with many areas of parkland along with a number of historical sites to explore. In Oakwood for example there is a lovely Victorian area that even has houses open to the public showing what life was like in those times. There are also the cultural centres that are free of charge to visitors and are definitely worth a visit - the Museums of Art, National Sciences and History.

Shopping in Raleigh - Raleigh is the home of the Mall or at least that's how it appears. With the heart of the city retaining a lot of its heritage it has been left to the Malls to offer the diversity of retail options that a thriving city such as this demands. Crabtree Valley Mall for example has over 200 retailers, and this is not the only one in the area.

Sports in Raleigh - Professional sports in Raleigh are somewhat limited, although the College scene is a thriving one with the Universities all having strong teams in the main US sports of American Football and basketball. At a more recreational level though sport is tremendously popular here, with many leagues active in a diversity of sports.