Looking for shopping in Utah's happy valley can be a fun experience. Provo and Orem have 3 main shopping malls. The University Mall Orem, Provo Town Center, and the Shops at the Riverwoods. Let's run through the goods and the bads about each mall.

University Mall Orem
This is our favorite mall in the area. The bad thing about the mall is its strange layout. It's basically broken down into two main wings. If you are at the far end of a wing, getting to the other side requires walking across the parking lot or the entire length of the mall's wings. This drawback is minor. It has all the chain stores you need. The mall is also full of great restaurants. The area around the mall is growing and bringing a great crowd to the mall. It's got a nice new feeling to it.

Provo Town Center
The Provo Town Center looks like a wonderful mall at first glance. Don't get us wrong, the mall has a lot to offer. It's a very family orientated mall with a great food court, movie theater, kiddy rides, and some nice stores. It does have a couple of younger, punk kids lurking in the mall due to the some low income neighborhoods directly adjacent to the mall. The movies here are usually packed on the weekend because it's the closest theater for the BYU population. It has a couple of stores but overall not lots of good shopping going on.

The Shops at the Riverwoods
It's a beautiful area. There are million dollar homes and some of Provo's biggest businesses in the area. As far as shopping goes it's low on the totem pole. It's an open air shop that has parking in front of each store. You can drive up to each store which makes for convenient shopping. It has some wonderful restaurants including our personal favorite The Happy Sumo. The lighting here can make for a very romantic Provo date. Nice place to visit and shop around, but serious shopper will need to go somewhere else.

Have fun and post any comment about these malls as you go and visit them. Don't forget to check out what other people are saying about them.