Cheap Flights To Winston-Salem

About Winston-Salem

Known best for its rich history and its tobacco and textile industries, Winston-Salem was founded by Moravian settlers, who built the colonial settlement of Old Salem, now a National Historic Landmark. Today, Winston Salem is a thriving city of 227,000 residents and a popular tourist retreat. Visitors arriving on cheap flights to Winston-Salem will land at Piedmont Triad International Airport (GSO), a modern facility that offers passenger conveniences such as wireless Internet, shopping, restaurants, shuttle services, and rental car agencies.

Among the many things to do in Winston-Salem, besides touring the Old Salem Museums and Gardens, is SciWorks, an interactive science museum, the Reynolda House, Museum of American Art, and the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts. The Tanglewood Festival of Lights draws visitors every year, and A Great Escape is a great place to take the family, with Go-carts, bumper cars, miniature golf, and an arcade among many other amusements. Winston-Salem is home to a variety of colleges, such as Salem College, Wake Forest University, North Carolina School of the Arts, Piedmont Baptist College, and Winston-Salem State University. The tourist on a budget will find plenty of reasonably priced lodgings at cheap hotels in Winston-Salem, and a bus system and taxis provide easy access to city attractions.

Peak travel season to Winston-Salem is during the spring and summer months, but the areas fair climate, with mild winters and temperate summers, welcome visitors year round. Airfare into Piedmont Triad International Airport (GSO) averages around $275 from San Francisco or New York City, and about $250 from Chicago, although bargain-hunting travelers are sure to find a better price with one of the many available cheap flights to Winston-Salem.