Start from 31 curated places around Provo, UT, then choose the recommendations that fit your guests.
Restaurants & cafés
Communal
Downtown farm-to-table room built around long shared tables and a menu that shifts with what local farms send over. It is the standard-bearer for a nice dinner in Provo, and the kitchen leans seasonal-American without getting fussy about it.
Black Sheep Cafe
Family-run downtown kitchen doing contemporary Southwestern and Native American cooking, with house-made frybread at the center of it. The Navajo tacos and green chile stew are what regulars come back for, built on scratch recipes and local ingredients.
Trails & outdoors
Provo River Parkway
The flat, paved river trail that runs from Utah Lake up through the canyon toward Vivian Park, shaded by trees along the Provo River and threaded with small parks. It is the everyday walking, running, and biking corridor for the whole valley, and the easiest accessible outdoor option in town.
Bridal Veil Falls Park
A 607-foot double-cataract waterfall in Provo Canyon, reached by a short paved path off the highway with picnic tables at the base. The walk to the falls is easy and family-friendly; the final scramble toward the base is wetter and rockier.
Things to do
Brigham Young University Museum of Art
A free, well-curated art museum on the BYU campus with rotating exhibitions that range from old masters to contemporary work, in bright, spacious galleries. It is the most substantial art museum in the valley and a reliable rainy-day stop.
Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum
A free natural history museum on the BYU campus packed with mounted wildlife from around the world, plus live-animal shows and a kids' play area in the back. It is the easy, no-cost, kid-pleasing indoor option when the weather turns.
Landmarks & sights
Provo City Center Temple
The 1880s Provo Tabernacle burned to a shell in 2010, and the church rebuilt the surviving red-brick walls into this downtown temple, finished in 2016. Non-members can't go inside, but the gardens, fountains, and lit spires against the Wasatch are the reason locals walk Center Street at dusk.
Provo Pioneer Village
A cluster of original and reconstructed 1800s cabins, a blacksmith shop, and a mercantile run by the Sons of Utah Pioneers, with volunteers in period dress demonstrating frontier crafts. It is free, low-key, and aimed squarely at kids who want to crank a butter churn or watch a blacksmith work.