Les meilleurs hôtels à Winston-Salem

Packs of Camels may have built this city's distinctive skyline, but it is business of the smoke-free variety that propels Winston-Salem these days. Winston-Salem remains the nation's chief tobacco manufacturer, with R.J. Reynolds at the forefront (see Barbarians at the Gate). With the tobacco industry in decline, however, the city has switched gears so drastically that medicine now fuels the economic fire; Winston-Salem boasts a major university medical school and two large med-center hospitals. Finance, brewing, textiles and manufacturing also play pivotal roles in this place mixing big-city prosperity and Southern small-town living. Winston-Salem makes up one angle of the bustling North Carolina Piedmont "Triad," which includes Greensboro and High Point ("furniture capital of the world"), and the city prides itself on being true enough in its 18th century landmark areas that early settlers would feel right at home here. Wake Forest University and the North Carolina School of the Arts clinch a thriving cultural scene, while dozens of fine and cozy dining options line the streets. The city's annual Dixie Classic Fair is one of the largest in North America. Overall, the city probably sums itself up best: Winston-Salem is "easy to know, easy to tour, and easy to love."