COLORADO FOR THE HOMEBODY
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Staying in on your Colorado vacation can be just as rewarding as being outdoors - Photo courtesy of The Broadmoor
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Hotel Spas
Take a Class
High Tea at the Brown Palace
Rent a Condo
Historical Tour of Your Hotel
Books to Bring Along
Hotel Spas
Why would anyone want to leave a hotel that offers whirlpool baths, full-body massages and skin treatments normally associated with Hollywood royalty? Stay indoors on your vacation and rejuvenate at one of Colorado’s many hotel spas. A number of hotels offer spa packages along with room rates. If you’re so inclined, you can easily turn a Colorado vacation into a planned or impromptu spa getaway. You’ll feel far from guilty about not getting outside more when therapeutic hands massage away tension you didn’t even know you had.
Find the perfect spa in Colorado.
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Take a Class
While in Colorado, learn a skill to take home with you. Get your hands dirty rooting for bulbs after a class at Denver’s Botanic Garden. Start, continue or finish a well-stitched family heirloom after learning timeless techniques from expert quilters at one of the state’s many workshops. Or even take a painting or sculpting class where ethereal Colorado scenery continuously inspires creativity. When returning home, you’ll not only have the memories of a Colorado vacation, but a new skill to exercise.
Search our event calendar for classes and seminars in Colorado.
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High Tea at the Brown Palace
When the clock chimes noon a time-honored tradition of afternoon tea begins at one of
Denver’s historic hotels, the
Brown Palace. While surrounded by Baroque opulence, with well-cushioned chairs and ornate filigree tea sets, tea drinkers take part in a centuries-old tradition. The hotel's army of chefs freshly prepare classic English pastries, sandwiches and other delights. The Brown Palace spares no expense and puts a literal twist on the phrase “crème de la crème,” as even their Devonshire cream is authentic — it’s regularly shipped directly from England. The high-tea experience is accompanied by the relaxing reverberations of harp strings. If you’re not staying at the hotel, don’t worry; you needn’t be a guest to partake in this daily event.
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Rent a Condo
Enjoy every comfort of home within the surreal surroundings of Colorado. Sit on a porch and watch pines sway in time to a cool mountain breeze. Look up from your novel and see deer graze or birds perch high in an evergreen canopy. Renting a condo in Colorado provides all the creature comforts of your own home along with the added value of being in one of the most sought-after vacation destinations in America. Complete with modern distractions like TV, Internet and stereos, as well as the necessities of kitchens and dining rooms, many condos are ideal for someone who finds comfort in familiar surroundings.
Find a homey condo or vacation home in Colorado.
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Historical Tours of Your Hotel
It’s no secret that Colorado has eclectic historic sites. In fact, the very hotel in which you stay may be a landmark on a historical tour. If you happen to be staying in or around one of these locations, you don’t even need to leave the grounds to join a tour expounding on the hotel’s history. Historic hotels offering guided tours include the
Stanley Hotel in
Estes Park, the
Hotel Boulderado in
Boulder,
The Broadmoor in
Colorado Springs and the
Brown Palace in
Denver. When making reservations at any hotel in Colorado, be sure to ask the concierge if they offer a historic tour of the property. Even if they don’t lead regular tours, most hotels are proud of their history and are happy to lead you on impromptu and often private tours of their estate.
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Books to Bring Along
Centennial by James A. Michener
Colorado Trivia by John Daters
Colorado Official State Vacation Guide
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Updated: 03/10/08
