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You don’t have to be a lover of the Great Outdoors to enjoy Colorado – the state is also a magnet for those who love fi ne wine, hand-crafted beer, great food, luxurious hotels, therapeutic hot springs, luxurious spas and a wide range of live entertainment


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here’s a particular wealth of vineyards in the north-western slopes around Grand Junction


and Palisade, plus such annual events as Palisade’s September Colorado Mountain Wine Festival and Denver’s November International Wine Festival. Colorado, producer of more barrels of beer annually than any other state, is home to more than 120 craft breweries, as well as to the largest single-site brewery in the world – Golden’s giant Coors Brewery, which you can tour. T ese beverages complement the


farm fresh food served in many of the area’s restaurants, a number of which boast celebrity chefs and/or memorable Mexican-American fare, infl uenced by the state’s proximity to the American South-West.


14 » www.colorado.com Colorado also has a wealth of fabulous


heritage hotels, some dating back to the late 19th century/early 20th century. Denver’s opulent Brown Palace Hotel (www.brownpalace.com) has included in its guest list T e Beatles and nearly every American president; Colorado Springs’ fi ve-star, fi ve-diamond Broadmoor (www.broadmoor.com) includes among


Fine dining and Colorado wine in Denver


its amenities three swimming pools, golf courses and tennis courts and, with its three bars, Boulder’s elegant Hotel Boulderado (www.boulderado.com) ensures that guests never go thirsty. Estes Park’s Stanley Hotel


(www.stanleyhotel.com), reputedly the architectural inspiration for the hotel in Stephen King’s thriller T e Shining, is an ideal base for visiting the nearby Rocky Mountain National Park, even as Durango’s Strater Hotel (www.strater.com) is a great jumping-off point for Mesa Verde National Park. Winter sports afi cionados have long


since discovered Aspen’s luxurious Hotel Jerome (www.hoteljerome.com) and the historic saloon and great accommodation in Telluride’s New Sheridan Hotel (www.newsheridan.com), sited just two


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