Area Attractions

When you stay at the Quality Inn & Suites Hanes Mall, you are surrounded by all the places that Winston Salem, North Carolina has to offer! Families will love Old Salem, while conventioneers will enjoy the Benton Convention Center. Others visit our area for the annual International Furniture Market held in nearby High Point, North Carolina. Whether you're traveling to the area for business, cheering on your favorite college team, or shopping at the Hanes Mall; the Carolina's largest mall, the Quality Inn & Suites Hanes Mall is the place to stay!

Hanes Mall

If you're coming to town for a shopping trip at the Hanes Mall, the Quality Inn & Suites Hanes Mall is the place to stay since we are located two blocks from the Carolina's second largest mall. Hanes Mall is home to all your favorite stores like Belk, Dillard's, Macy's, JC Penney, Sears, and Old Navy, not to mention other great shops like American Eagle, Limited, Abercrombie & Fitch, Banana Republic, The Disney Store, Yankee Candle, Gap and Gymboree. With over 200 fabulous stores and eateries it is truly a total shopping experience. Find out more information at http://shophanesmall.com

Old Salem

Find yourself in another place and time at Old Salem, one of the most authentic and inviting living history restorations in the United States. Costumed interpreters carry on the work of white and black Moravians in the backcountry congregation town and trading center of Salem, North Carolina. Each day the town comes to life with the household activities and trades common to Salem in late 18th and early 19th centuries. The village is open for tours every day (except Thanksgiving, December 24, Christmas Day and Easter Sunday), in all seasons of the year. The Quality Inn & Suites Hanes Mall is a great place to stay when visiting Old Salem since it's just 10 minutes away. For more information about Old Salem visit: http://www.oldsalem.org

Wake Forest University and Winston Salem State University

Are you a Demon Deacon or a Ram? Are you an alumni or perhaps bringing a student or even prospective student to campus? The Quality Inn & Suites Hanes Mall is centrally located in Winston Salem so getting to either campus is easy. Not only is the Quality Inn & Suites Hanes Mall close to both campuses but there are also plenty of places to eat, shop and a variety of entertainment in our area. The Quality Inn & Suites Hanes Mall is just a short 10-minute drive from Winston Salem State University and from Wake Forest University.

SciWorks

Visit SciWorks where it's fun to learn about science. Travel through the solar system under the dome of our state-of-the-art planetarium or come face-to-face with river otters and other animals indigenous to North Carolina in our 15-acre Environmental Park. Sciworks is located on Hanes Mill Road only 15 minutes from the Quality Inn & Suites Hanes Mall. For additional information visit: http://www.sciworks.org

Tanglewood Park

Tanglewood Park is probably best known to area visitors for its annual Festival of Lights during the holiday season but there is so much more to do year round. There's the Arboretum and Fragrance Garden, two-eighteen hole championship and one par-3 golf courses, horse back riding, ten lighted tennis courts, paddleboats, canoes and so much more.

Each year in Mid-November, Tanglewood transforms its rolling countryside into a winter wonderland of giant snowflakes and whimsical scenes. After more than twelve seasons, Tanglewood's Festival of Lights continues to be one of the largest and most spectacular light shows in the southeast. From storybook scenes to Holiday themes, over one hundred displays with nearly a million lights fill Tanglewood Park with the entire splendor and joy of the Holiday season. While you are there, enjoy some last minute holiday shopping and an old fashioned marshmallow roasting. The Festival of Lights is open nightly from 6:00 p.m. until 11:00 p.m. for a nominal cost. Tanglewood Park is located 15 minutes from the Quality Inn & Suites Hanes Mall. For additional information visit: http://forsyth.cc/tanglewood/

Mount Airy, North Carolina

Step back in time to when it was just a little simpler. Visit actor Andy Griffith's hometown and don't be surprised if you recognize some of Mayberry in Mount Airy. A stroll down Main Street can mean a visit to Floyd's Barber Shop, the Old Mayberry Jail, and Andy's childhood home. Stop for a bite at the Snappy Lunch. Mount Airy, North Carolina is located just a short 30 minute drive from the Quality Inn & Suites Hanes Mall. For more information about Andy's home town visit: http://www.visitmayberry.com

National Black Theater Festival

In 1989 Larry Leon Hamlin founded the National Black Theater Festival to unite black theatre companies in America and to ensure the survival of this genre into the next millennium. With the support of Dr. Maya Angelou, (who served as the Festival's first Chairperson) the National Black Theatre Festival was born. Held biennially, the NBTF has grown to attract more than 55,000 people nationally and internationally over a six-day period.

The next festival will be held in 2009. The Festival is held at its facility on Coliseum Drive just 10 minutes from the Quality Inn & Suites Hanes Mall. For more details about the upcoming festival visit: http://www.nbtf.org/

North Carolina School for the Arts

The North Carolina School for the Arts is an arts conservatory of international renown. The North Carolina School of the Arts was the first state-supported, residential school of its kind in the nation. In 1972, the School became part of the prestigious University of North Carolina system.

The School's mission is unique: to train students from middle school through graduate school for professional careers in the performing, visual, and film and television arts. Performance is an integral part of the training program, and students, faculty and guest artists present more than 400 public performances and screenings annually in the School's facilities in Winston-Salem, as well as across the state and the Southeast, in major U.S. cities and overseas.

Of the more than 1,000 students enrolled, half come from two-thirds of North Carolina's 100 counties. Half come from 45 other states (from New York to California) and nearly two-dozen foreign countries (from Germany to Japan). The North Carolina School for the Arts is located 10 minutes from the Quality Inn & Suites Hanes Mall. For additional information about the North Carolina School for the Arts visit: http://www.ncarts.org

Historic Bethabara Park

Visit Historic Bethabara Park for an imaginative journey to the Carolina backcountry of nearly 250 years ago. A small group of Moravians daringly settled this religious village and trade center in an 18th-century wilderness, full of bears, wolves, Indians and outlaws. The museum features a unique, restored and furnished 1788 church, archaeological ruins, Visitor Center with introductory video, exhibits and tours with costumed guides, as well as a reconstructed village, a French and Indian War fort and colonial and medical gardens. Bethabara Park is located 15 minutes from the Quality Inn & Suites Hanes Mall and is open year round. For more information visit: http://bethabarapark.org

Körner's Folly

Located in nearby Kernersville just 20 minutes from the Quality Inn & Suites Hanes Mall is Körner's Folly. Körner's Folly is one of those little places that is so unique that you won't want to miss it. The eccentric structure offers 22 rooms spread out over three floors and seven levels, with ceiling heights ranging from six feet to 25 feet. No two doorways in the house are exactly alike. It has 15 fireplaces of differing designs. Its cubbyholes and trap doors fascinate; its pivoting "windows" and other openings anchor a unique air distribution system. Its murals and artworks add a sense of fancy.

Children-sized rooms give way to an airy, elegant, high-ceilinged Reception Room. A former stable becomes a library and a sewing room. Körner's Folly is a home chock-full of contrasts and comparisons. It has welcoming public spaces, and hidden nooks and crannies. It is complete with a room fireproof by 1890's standards and another, soaring attic space that became the nation's first known private little theater. For more information on Körner's Folly visit http://kornersfolly.org

Benton Convention Center

Located in the heart of downtown Winston-Salem and less than 10 minutes from the Quality Inn & Suites Hanes Mall, the Benton Convention Center offers more than 85,500 square feet of exhibit space. It has hosted the North Carolina Association of Nurserymen, the NC Music Educators, the State Games of North Carolina, the Bibleway Conference and the NC Library Association this past year. For more information visit: http://www.twincityquarter.com/benton.html

Winston-Salem Dash Baseball

If "Take me out to the ballgame" is your theme song then you won't want to miss a Dash game on your next visit to Winston Salem. Visit the new state of the art facility scheduled to open in 2010. Catch the excitement of Carolina League action from Delaware to Myrtle Beach. Visit the Dash at http://www.wsdash.com

High Point International Home Furnishings Market

Whether you are a buyer or an exhibitor, "furniture market" can be a busy time. The Quality Inn & Suites Hanes Mall is part of the official hotel block for the market and shuttles pick up and drop off at the hotel on a routine basis during the spring and fall markets. For additional information about the market you'll want to visit: http://www.highpointmarket.org

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