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The Ultimate Colorado Travel Collection-3 Guides+MAPS
Do You Want To Travel To Colorado But Don't Know Where To Start Or Which is THE Best Place to Visit?
Then You Really NEED This Collection of 3 Colorado Travel Guides with Helpful Maps, Contact Information and Travel Directions.
More than 600 Pages of PURE Content. Here is just the tip of the iceberg.
1 THE BEST OF COLORADO 4
1 The Best Ski Resorts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
2 The Best Active Vacations . . . . . . . . . .5
3 The Best Hiking Trails. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
4 The Best Mountain Biking . . . . . . . . . .8
5 The Best Wilderness Experiences . . .8
6 The Best of American
Indian Culture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
7 The Best of the Old West . . . . . . . . . . .9
8 The Most Scenic Views . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
9 The Best Family Vacations . . . . . . . . .10
10 The Best Luxury Hotels . . . . . . . . . . . .10
11 The Best Moderately Priced
Lodgings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
12 The Best Bed & Breakfasts . . . . . . . . .11
2 COLORADO IN DEPTH 13
1 Colorado Today . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
2 Looking Back at Colorado . . . . . . . . .15
A Brief History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
3 The Lay of the Land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
4 Colorado in Popular Culture. . . . . . .22
5 Eating & Drinking in Colorado. . . . .23
3 PLANNING YOUR TRIP TO COLORADO 24
1 Visitor Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
Destination: Colorado
Predeparture Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
2 Entry Requirements &
Customs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
Cut to the Front of the Airport
Security Line as a Registered
Traveler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
3 When to Go. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
Calendar of Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
4 Getting There & Getting
Around . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
5 Money & Costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
6 Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
7 Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
8 Specialized Travel Resources . . . . . .40
9 Sustainable Tourism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
Its Easy Being Green . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
The Complete Travel Resource . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44iv
CO N T E N T S CO LO R A D O
10 Packages for Independent
Travelers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
11 Escorted General-Interest Tours . . .45
12 Special-Interest Trips . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46
13 Staying Connected. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46
14 Tips on Accommodations . . . . . . . . .47
4 SUGGESTED COLORADO ITINERARIES 49
1 The Regions in Brief . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
2 The Front Range Cities in
1 Week. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51
3 The Front Range Cities in
2 Weeks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52
4 The Front Range Cities for
Families. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
5 Colorado in 2 Weeks . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
6 Colorado in 3 Weeks . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55
5 THE ACTIVE VACATION PLANNER 57
1 Preparing for Your Active
Vacation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57
2 Visiting Colorados National Parks. . .58
Saving Money with a National
Parks Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
3 Outdoor Activities A to Z. . . . . . . . . .59
A Wimpy State Fish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
A Word about Rates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Ski Packages & Tours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
6 SETTLING INTO DENVER 69
1 Orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69
Neighborhoods in Brief. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
2 Getting Around . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75
Fast Facts: Denver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
3 Where to Stay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78
Family-Friendly Hotels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
4 Where to Dine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88
Family-Friendly Restaurants. . . . . . . . . 92
A Good City for Green Chile
Fiends. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
7 WHAT TO SEE & DO IN DENVER 100
1 The Top Attractions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Robbery at the Mint. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
2 More Attractions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
3 Places Especially for Kids . . . . . . . . 111
The Big Blue Bear. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Walking Tour: Downtown
Denver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
4 Organized Tours. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
5 Outdoor Activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
6 Spectator Sports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
7 Shopping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
8 Denver After Dark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Brewery Tours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
9 A Side Trip to Colorados
Gold Circle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134v
CO N T E N T S CO LO R A D O
8 COLORADO SPRINGS 143
1 Orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
2 Getting Around . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Fast Facts: Colorado Springs . . . . . . . 146
3 Where to Stay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Family-Friendly Hotels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
4 Where to Dine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Family-Friendly Restaurants. . . . . . . . 158
5 Attractions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
6 Outdoor Activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
7 Spectator Sports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
8 Shopping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
9 Colorado Springs After Dark. . . . . 177
10 Side Trips from Colorado
Springs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
9 BOULDER 183
1 Orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
2 Getting Around . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Fast Facts: Boulder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
3 Where to Stay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Family-Friendly Hotels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
4 Where to Dine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Family-Friendly Restaurants. . . . . . . . 196
5 Attractions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
6 Sports & Outdoor Activities . . . . . 204
7 Shopping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
8 Boulder After Dark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Lyons: On the Beaten Path . . . . . . . . . 212
10 NORTHEASTERN COLORADO 214
1 Fort Collins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
The Great Stupa of Dharmakaya
& the Shambhala Mountain
Center. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Brewery Tours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
2 Loveland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
3 Greeley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
4 Fort Morgan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
5 Burlington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Plains Kitsch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
11 THE NORTHERN ROCKIES 241
1 Estes Park & Grand Lake . . . . . . . . . 241
2 Rocky Mountain National
Park. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
3 Steamboat Springs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Musical Mountains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
4 Winter Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
5 Breckenridge & Summit
County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
6 Vail & Beaver Creek . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
A Float on the Wild Side:
Rancho Del Rio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
7 Leadville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
8 Aspen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Aspen Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325vi
CO N T E N T S CO LO R A D O
12 THE WESTERN SLOPE 333
1 Grand Junction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
Wine Tasting & More Amid
the Canyons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
Automobile Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
2 Glenwood Springs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348
Underground Fantasy &
Above-Ground Thrills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
3 Montrose: Gateway to the
Black Canyon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
4 The Black Canyon of the
Gunnison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
5 Paonia: Colorados Fruit
Country. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364
13 SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO 367
1 Durango . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367
Southwestern Colorado on
the Silver Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
Soaring Tree Top Adventures:
A Birds-Eye View of the Forest . . . . . . 375
2 The San Juan Skyway . . . . . . . . . . . 382
3 Cortez . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383
4 Mesa Verde National Park . . . . . . . 386
5 Telluride . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391
6 Ouray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399
7 Wolf Creek Ski Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402
14 THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES 403
1 Gunnison & Curecanti. . . . . . . . . . . 403
The Bizarre Tale of Alferd Packer. . . . 408
2 Crested Butte . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411
3 White-Water Rafting Salida . . . . . . 416
4 Alamosa & the Great
Sand Dunes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421
The Cumbres & Toltec Scenic
Railroad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423
5 A Side Trip to Creede. . . . . . . . . . . . 425
15 SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO 427
1 Pueblo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427
2 Royal Gorge & Cañon City. . . . . . . 435
3 Trinidad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437
4 The Scenic Highway of
Legends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442
5 La Junta. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443
In Search of Dinosaur Tracks . . . . . . . 445
APPENDIX: FAST FACTS, TOLL-FREE
NUMBERS & WEBSITES 448
1 Fast Facts: Colorado . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448 2 Toll-Free Numbers & Websites . . . 454
INDEX 460
L I S T O F M A P S
Fort Collins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Estes Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Steamboat Springs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Breckenridge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Vail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Leadville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
Aspen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
Grand Junction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
Durango . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369
Pueblo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429
Trinidad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439
Colorado . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Denver & Environs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Denver Neighborhoods . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Denver Accommodations . . . . . . . . . 80
Denver Dining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Denver Attractions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Walking Tour: Downtown
Denver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Golden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Colorado Springs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Boulder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
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