Michael Driver
Email: michael.driver@state.co.us
COLORADO
Colorado offiCe of Tourism
1625 Broadway, Suite 2700
Denver, Colorado 80202
Tel: 303-892-3876
Fax: 303-892-3848
www.colorado.com
Welcome to Colorado, home to four
National Parks, five National Monuments,
one World Heritage site, seven Historic
Railroads, 90 vineyards, more than 120
microbreweries, 26 ski areas and resorts
and 54 peaks over 14,000 feet high. In
Colorado guests can experience the
wonder of alpine meadows coated in
wildflowers and glacier-formed lakes;
concerts in a red-rock amphitheater
or horseback rides on see-forever
ranch lands; river rafting down miles of
whitewater rapids or skiing at any of our
world-famous ski resorts. Colorado’s rich
state heritage is preserved though living-
history forts, narrow-gauge railroads,
mining museums and Native American cliff
dwellings. With Denver International Airport
as Colorado’s main gateway and many
regional airports providing easy access
to all parts of the US. Colorado can fulfill
every visitor’s dream of a fun-filled holiday.
Tourism aTTraCTions
Anasazi Heritage Center
Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
Buffalo Bill’s Museum & Grave
Colorado National Monument
Colorado Vineyards
Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad
Dinosaur National Monument
Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad
Elitch Gardens Adventure Park
Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument
Garden of the Gods
Georgetown Loop Railroad
Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park
Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve
Greeley Independence Stampede
History Colorado Center
Kit Carson County Carousel
Mesa Verde National Park
Mine Tours
National Western Stock Show
Natural Hot Springs
Pikes Peak Cog Railway
Red Rocks Park & Amphitheatre
Rio Grand Scenic Railroad
Rocky Mountain National Park
Royal Gorge Bridge and Park
Royal Gorge Route Railroad
Santa Fe Trail Encampment
Whitewater Rafting
Yucca House National Monument
TransporTaTion
US Highway 285 travels south to Alamosa from Denver and
Interstate 25 will take you from Fort Collins to Trinidad.
Interstate 70 and US Highway 50 run across the entire state
of Colorado. Local airports throughout the state provide
commercial airline service linking with the gateway city
of Denver. Major airline carriers are United, Frontier, US
Airways, Northwest, Continental, Delta, Alaska Airlines,
America West, American Airlines, ATA, Southwest and
JetBlue. Denver is served by daily international flights on
Lufthansa, British Airways, United, Air Canada, and Iceland
Air (beginning May 2012).
COLORADO
daY one:
Arrive in
Denver
, known internationally as the “Mile High City.”
Explore the museums and attractions, enjoy some culinary
delights, catch a show at the Denver Center for the Performing
Arts, or experience the shopping at Cherry Creek Shopping
Center, Larimer Square, 16th Street Mall or Denver Pavilions
.
Overnight in Denver.
Colorado 12-daY CirCle Tour
daY Three:
Take a day trip to
Cripple Creek
and the captivating
Pikes Peak Heritage Center, which
introduces visitors to the region’s fascinating history, recreation opportunities and cultural
attractions. Overnight in Colorado Springs.
daY Two:
Travel south to
Colorado Springs and the Pikes Peak Region,
known for its majestic beauty and abundance of attractions
including Garden of the Gods Park, US Air Force Academy,
Royal Gorge Route Railroad, Royal Gorge Bridge and Park,
Seven Falls and Pikes Peak Cog Railway
. Stop by the Outlets
at Castle Rock and overnight in Colorado Springs.
daY four:
Continue south over
La Veta Pass
on your journey to
Alamosa
, home to Colorado’s newest
national park, Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve, the Rio Grande Scenic
Railroad and the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad
. Offering awe-inspiring vistas of North
America’s tallest sand dunes, this national park is surely a treat on anyone’s itinerary. Travel
through time on the Rio Grande over the
Sangre de Cristo Mountain Range
. Don’t forget
your camera! Overnight in Alamosa.
daY five:
Travel west via
South Fork to Durango and check out the Durango & Silverton Narrow
Gauge Railroad
for an authentic turn-of-the-century, steam-powered, coal-fired trip through
the scenic San Juan Mountains
of Southwest Colorado. Rent a bike or hike along some of
Durango’s tracks and trails. Overnight in Durango.
daY six:
Take the morning to enjoy a rafting trip down the
Dolores River then off to Cortez
!
Mesa
Verde National Park
, located in Cortez, is a World Heritage Cultural Park and the nation’s
best collection of ancient Anasazi Indian cliff dwellings. Overnight in Cortez or
Mesa Verde
.
Great Sand Dunes
National Park
Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge
Railroad
Denver, Colorado
COLORADO
daY nine:
Travel east along Interstate 70 to
Vail and
enjoy a round of golf or a relaxing spa visit. Try
taking your mountain bike to the top of
Mt. Vail
by gondola in the summertime and biking back
to the bottom. Overnight in Vail.
daY Ten:
Go north through Kremmling
and over to
Granby and Grand Lake to the west entrance
of Rocky Mountain National Park
. Trail Ridge
Road, the highest continuous highway in North
America, crossing the Continental Divide, will
take you through the park west to east. Visitors
can enjoy sights of the mountains, foliage, and
wildlife in Colorado’s largest national park.
Complete your drive in
Estes Park at the
park’s East Entrance and enjoy an evening in
town. Overnight in Estes Park.
daY eleven:
Back to Denver
for a final day of shopping,
museums, attractions, relaxing spas and
exciting nightlife. Overnight in Denver.
daY Twelve:
Depart Denver for home.
daY eighT:
Take a trip to Black Canyon of the Gunnison
National Park and experience the cascading
walls of this amazing canyon. Reaching over
50 miles in length, this National Park offers
some of the most fantastic vistas of the raging
Gunnison River. Continue your drive to
Grand
Junction
, and travel over the
Colorado
National Monument before stopping at a local
winery for a tasting before dinner. Overnight in
Grand Junction.
daY seven:
Enjoy a relaxing sunrise in the park and take
one last driving loop around the park before
heading off to Montrose
. Along the way
stop in Telluride and Ridgway
via the
San
Juan Skyway Scenic Byway
. Overnight in
Montrose.
Black Canyon of the
Gunnison
Grand Junction, Colorado
Vail, Colorado
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Colorado fronT range daY Trips
daY one:
There are a number of easy day trips within an hour or two of Denver, beginning with
Estes
Park
, an attractive resort village at the edge of
Rocky Mountain National Park, has shops,
restaurants and flower gardens and is ideally suited for motorcoach tours with drop-off stations
and parking in town. Visitors can travel on Trail Ridge Road through the national park along
the highest continuous highway in the nation. Wildlife viewing, hiking trails, fishing, mountain
lakes, meadows of wildflowers, horseback riding and camping are just some of the attractions.
Stanley Hotel
, a 1909 historic hotel that inspired Stephen King to write “The Shining,” sits in a
dramatic location at the base of the mountains in Estes Park.
daY Two:
Georgetown and Idaho Springs
are historic silver-and-gold-mining towns with many Victorian
buildings and Old West main streets lined with antique stores, shops and restaurants. Visitors
can ride the Georgetown Loop Narrow Gauge Railroad
, featuring steam locomotives that
climb 600 feet in elevation in just four miles by looping over a 100-foot/35-meter-high bridge.
Phoenix Gold Mine
offers tours of an historic operating gold mine, the oldest continuously
operated hard-rock mine in Colorado. Nearby
Clear Creek
offers all levels of rafting. Visitors
can ascend Mount Evans
as they ride along North America’s highest paved auto road which
snakes its way to the summit 14,260 feet above sea level.
daY Three:
Buffalo Bill’s Museum & Grave on Lookout Mountain
traces the life of the West’s most
famous frontier scout and showman with historic photos, paintings, mementos, posters and
artifacts from the Wild West Show. In
Golden, the Colorado Railroad Museum
displays more
than 50 narrow-gauge cars and locomotives, as well as other railroading memorabilia, including
a gigantic model.
Coors
offers free tours of the world’s largest single-site brewery with free
samples of a variety of Coors products at the end of the tour.
Red Rocks Amphitheatre is one
of the world’s greatest outdoor concert venues. Seventy-million-year-old red-rock cliffs have
been transformed into an acoustically perfect amphitheatre seating 9,500. During the day, the
park offers hiking trails and panoramic views of the rocks and downtown Denver. On your way
to Red Rocks stop by
Dinosaur Ridge where fossilized dinosaur tracks are exhibited in the
stone.
Rocky Mountain National Park
Idaho Springs, Colorado
Red Rocks Amphitheatre
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daY four:
Located 35 minutes from Denver,
Boulder is a delightful college town located at the base of
the Flatirons
, a series of vivid red rock formations at the foot of the
Rocky Mountains
. The
town has a four-block-long pedestrian area, the
Pearl Street Mall, that is lined with shops,
outdoor cafes, bookstores, brewpubs and flower gardens.
Celestial Seasonings, the largest
herbal tea manufacturer in the US, produces over a billion tea bags a year and offers free
tours and tastings to visitors.
Poudre Canyon/Red Feather Lakes
is a narrow rock canyon,
named in 1836 by a group of French mountain men. The area offers scenic views and hiking
trails.
With 26 ski areas and resorts to choose from and outdoor activities including skiing,
snowboarding, snowshoeing, sledding, snowmobiling and many more non-outdoor options,
including relaxing at the spa, shopping, visiting museums, art galleries, and theatres,
Colorado offers its visitors world-class winter fun for all ages. Colorado boasts short, well-
organized queues served by more than 300 ski lifts; 2,000 long, playful trails; hundreds of
runs groomed daily; snowboard parks, half pipes, jumps, bumps and lessons; back bowls,
tree skiing, heli-skiing, snow-cat skiing; night skiing; multi-resort ski passes and easy access
to the mountains via plane, car, or shuttle bus.
Colorado’s winTer
Downtown Telluride
Aspen, Colorado
Vail Village
Steamboat
Breckenridge
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