Raleigh, North Carolina Travel Guide

Description

Each travel guide is a detailed guide to a city that we have personally done research about, traveled to, and tried out the local attractions. Beyond being a compilation of our all of our research, it includes links to additional resources and a lot of our pro-tips from our travel experiences.

This 7 Page travel guide includes these 6 sections: 
– The Basics: About the city and its history.
– Getting There: About the ways to get to the city; Airport, train, and bus transportation Options
– Getting Around: About the subway, busses, trains, and more
– Getting Sleep: About local hotels and what to expect
– Food And Drink: Some of our favorite restaurants in the city
– Staying Safe: About safety and security in the city
– Weather: About the average temperatures, precipitation, and weather.
– The Attractions: Some of the best sites to see in the city and the surrounding areas

Raleigh is the capital of the state of North Carolina and the seat of Wake County in the United States. It is the second-most populous city in North Carolina, the 41st-most populous city in the U.S., and the largest city in the Research Triangle metro area. Raleigh is known as the “City of Oaks” for its many oak trees, which line the streets in the heart of the city. The city covers a land area of 147.6 square miles. The city’s population was 474,069 in 2020 but is one of the fastest-growing cities in the country. The Raleigh metropolitan statistical area had an estimated population of 1,390,785 in 2019. Most of Raleigh is located within Wake County, with a very small portion extending into Durham County.

Raleigh is home to North Carolina State University (NCSU) and is part of the Research Triangle together with Durham (home of Duke University and North Carolina Central University) and Chapel Hill (home of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill). The name of the Research Triangle (often shortened to the “Triangle”) originated after the 1959 creation of Research Triangle Park (RTP), located in Durham and Wake counties, among the three cities and their universities. The Triangle encompasses the U.S.
Census Bureau’s Raleigh-Durham-Cary Combined Statistical Area (CSA), had an estimated population of 2,037,430 in 2013.