10.00: Snooze


15.30: Denver Art Museum


08.30: B-cycle ride from Union Station


from bison to black bean, are the main attraction, from around £5. cherrycricket.com


HIGH FLYERS


New direct flights make Denver


more accessible and affordable. Norwegian last year launched the UK’s cheapest year-round


direct flight, with twice-weekly one-way flights from Gatwick starting at £179 in economy and £599 in premium, while United is relaunching


Heathrow-Denver flights from


late March until October, having last operated the route in 2010.


14.00: Take a bus or taxi to the Golden Triangle Creative District, a walkable, photogenic neighbourhood filled with museums and galleries near the golden-domed Colorado State Capitol. Don’t miss the ‘Love This City’ mural, which pops in pink and spearmint. Begin an afternoon’s museum- hopping at the History Colorado Center (£9), where you can (virtually) ride a Model T and explode dynamite in an 1880s rock mine. historycolorado.org


15.30: Step inside the sleek, steely angles of the Denver Art Museum (£7.50). Permanent collections of American-Indian and Pre-Columbian art are joined by world-class photography and sculptural exhibits, spread over six floors in two buildings. Next door, the Clyfford Still Museum


(£7.50) houses the vast majority of works by the influential artist, a founder of abstract expressionism in the wake of the Second World War. denverartmuseum.org clyffordstillmuseum.org


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11.30: Rockmount Ranch Wear


Food stalls occupy warehouses, street murals brighten alleyways, and neighbourhoods overflow with craft breweries


19.00: Home to Amtrak and a regional transport hub, Union Station is also a buzzing entertainment complex dotted with plush sofas like a particularly grand, elegant living room. Start your evening with cocktails at Cooper Lounge, tucked on a mezzanine level above the station’s Great Hall. cooperlounge.com


20.00: It’s a 10-minute stroll to twinkly Larimer Square, with lights strung between the Victorian buildings. The oldest commercial block in the city, it’s home to some of the hottest bars and restaurants. At sleek yet cosy Rioja, seasonal ingredients sing in dishes such as octopus wrapped in serrano ham and artichoke tortelloni in a white truffle-infused broth. riojadenver.com


w DAY TWO 10.00: Set in Union Station with brightly coloured tables spilling outside, Snooze is a local institution whose huge breakfasts and fluffy buttermilk pancakes attract queues. Dishes like steak and eggs benedict and breakfast tacos (£10) make it worth the wait. snoozeeatery.com


11.30: Potter around the art galleries and shops of LoDo (Lower Downtown). Rockmount Ranch Wear on Wazee Street, a five-minute walk from Union Station, is museum and shop in one. Founder Jack A Weil invented the snap-front western shirt in 1946. Browse racks of classic denim and checked shirts, cowboy boots and belts, before heading upstairs to view original clothing in glass cabinets and photos of celebrities wearing the gear. Turn left then right on 16th Street to


Tattered Cover, a huge indie bookstore with cafe and comfy armchairs. rockmount.com tatteredcover.com


13.00: Turn left down Wynkoop Street and right on 15th Street to reach the Museum of Contemporary Art (£6).


PICTURES: VISIT DENVER/MATT & JESS PHOTOGRAPHY; RICH GRANT; STEVE CRECELIUS; SCOTT DRESSEL-MARTIN


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