RED ROCKS This amazing rock quirky museum – packed with
er
formation near Denver was memorabilia, awesome views
turned into an amphitheatre over Denver and the plains, and
in the 1930s. Tour the popular buffalo burgers in the café.
music venue any day year-round;
also onsite is a casual grill (open
GOLDEN Colorado’s fi rst capital
for lunch), geology exhibits, the
city is today a great Western
Performers’ Hall of Fame and
town with a walkway along the
a Colorado Welcome Center,
river, which is renowned for
side denv
where friendly volunteers offer
its kayaking whitewater park.
advice for statewide travel.
Nearby museums include the
fabulous Colorado Railroad
NATIONAL CENTER FOR Museum, while free tours (and
ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH At samples) are available at Coors
the foot of the Rocky Mountains, Brewing Company.
NCAR studies the effect of
climate change, pollution and
EVERGREEN This is a pretty
storms. A free museum features
village at 7,200ft (2,194m),
interactive exhibits, such as
30 miles (48km) west of
a
ctions out
building your own tornado.
Denver, in pine-covered hills
by 14,264ft (4,347m) Mt Evans.
BUFFALO BILL’S GRAVE & You might spot elk there, and
ttr
MUSEUM Wild West showman nearby Genesee has a bison
and Pony Express rider Bill herd. Galleries, shops and
5 a
Cody is buried atop Lookout restaurants cluster along Bear
Mountain. Check out the Creek.
Denver’s skyline
including the Downtown Aquarium,
which features more than 15,000 fi sh,
plus Sumatran tigers. Close by is Elitch
Gardens Theme Park, one of the only
downtown amusement parks in the
country. Lower Downtown, ‘LoDo’, is
home to dozens of brewpubs, wine bars,
cafés, restaurants and nightclubs.
Plan on savouring gourmet cuisine
prepared by nationally recognised chefs,
or delving into authentic Southwestern
and Mexican specialties. Buff alo and
beef are traditional Western fare and
pair well with a pint of handcrafted beer.
Have fun sampling all the local options:
Denver brews more beer than any other
city in the world, with more than 80
diff erent beers brewed daily.
Denver Art Museum
Active and Spectator Sports limits – these oases of green comprise pick up gifts for friends back home. Just
Whether you prefer to watch sporting the largest city park system in the US. three miles from downtown, the Cherry
events or get active yourself, Denver (And while you’re at centrally located Creek Shopping District tempts locals and
is a place to do both. T_h ree downtown City Park, stroll through the Denver Zoo visitors alike with hundreds of boutiques,
stadiums are the venues for the city’s and the Denver Museum of Nature & galleries, stores and restaurants.
professional sports teams, including Science.) Cycling is a favourite Denver When it’s time to relax after all of
the Colorado Rockies baseball at pastime, with more than 850 miles your shopping, sightseeing and outdoor
Coors Field, Denver Broncos grid-iron (1,368km) of off -street, paved recreation fun, consider a pampering treatment at
football at Invesco Field at Mile High, paths. If golf ’s your game, tee off at one one of Denver’s spas. Many hotel and
and Colorado Avalanche ice hockey of the 90 metro-area golf courses. day spas use botanicals that are native
and Denver Nuggets basketball at the to Colorado or feature treatments that
Pepsi Center. T_h en there’s the Colorado Shopping & Spas are inspired by healthy mountain living.
Rapids soccer team, which plays at Denver is the largest shopping You’ll feel recharged, refreshed and
Dick’s Sporting Goods Park. destination in a 600-mile (966km) ready to continue to enjoy the sights and
Tie on your walking shoes to explore radius, so there’s plenty of opportunity to sounds of Denver – or wherever your
the more-than 200 parks within the city browse the latest American fashions or Colorado travels might take you!
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