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Colorado's second-largest city has a high-energy downtown packed with locally owned shops, restaurants, public art and fun places to explore. Spend a few days hunting for its treasures!

Downtown Colorado Springs Tour 

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Support the arts in this artsy city by volunteering or advocating for the <a href="https://www.culturaloffice.org/get-involved/">Cultural Office of the Pikes Peak Region</a>. Also, just by engaging with the arts in Colorado Springs, you can support the local creative industry.

How to Give Back to These Special Places

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Hear the stories about Downtown public art from artists and arts advocates themselves by using your smartphone. Download the free GPS-based app Otocast via iTunes or Google Play.

Downtown Colorado Springs Art on the Streets Audio Tour

A taste of New Orleans in the heart of downtown Colorado Springs! We proudly serve authentic Cajun and Creole dishes as well as imaginative pastas, steaks, salads, seafood and more.

Springs Orleans

Ignite Your Curiosity Discover Your Story. Located in the 1903 El Paso County Courthouse, the Colo Spgs Pioneers Museum portrays the history and culture of the Pikes Peak Region in dynamic exhibits, tours &amp; programs that emphasize the unique character of this community.

Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum

Arceo's Mexican Family Restaurant

Built in 1873, this English style cottage was home to the family of one of the city's earliest pioneers and community leaders.  Restored to its original Victorian elegance, the house provides a glimpse into family life in Colorado in the 1870s.

McAllister House Museum

The Mining Exchange, a Wyndham Grand Hotel &amp; Spa is a boutique 4 Diamond hotel &amp; spa located in downtown Colorado Springs; within walking distance of dining, entertainment, shopping and museums. Our unique hotel combines historic charm and modern elegance.

The Mining Exchange Hotel

Biscuit sandwiches, plates and homemade sides you can't get enough of.

Denver Biscuit Company Colorado Springs

Cottonwood Center for the Arts is more than just an arts organization. We believe in the exploration of a creative life, and strive to make the highest quality arts and culture Colorado Springs has to offer available to everyone.
Come visit us today!

Cottonwood Center for the Arts

Authentic Tex-Mex cuisine. Jose's has been an icon of downtown Colorado Springs since 1974. Our menu features signature margaritas and a variety of burgers, sandwiches, salads and vegetarian entrees.

Jose Muldoon's

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Distilling is a craft distillery in Colorado Springs. We source local and 
American-made ingredients to make vodka, gin, rum and whiskeys. We offer 
cocktails, bottles and tours at our Taste Lounge. We are veteran, teacher and 
women owned.

1350 Distilling

Our mission at Streetcar520 is to indulge the curious, inspire the conversationalist and welcome the wanderers. It will be a place where hugs are preferred to handshakes, meals will be prepared to bring people together, and the service will delight!

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PikeRide, a community bike share program in downtown Colorado Springs, allowing visitors and locals to hop on a bike, ride to their destination, and drop it off at a docking station.

PikeRide Bike Share

Personal, friendly service, not the corporate assembly line. High-quality coffee and more without all the calories and chemicals of the out-of-town corporate brands. Coffee, chair, espresso, latte, frappe, cappuccino, tea and more. Locally roasted. Supports good causes.

Caffè Communitas

Come experience luxurious hair, skin, nail, and body treatments in a top notch facility. Beauty Bar is committed to providing a world class salon experience to every client, every time.

Beauty Bar Colorado Springs

East Coast Deli is an authentic full-service New York-style delicatessen and restaurant. There are plenty of "sandwich shops" around but it is hard to find a true deli when you leave the New York area.

East Coast Deli

Located in downtown Colorado Springs, The Rabbit Hole is one of the locals' well-kept secrets. Hidden underground, you can tuck away for some drinks with the friends or have a romantic dinner with your loved one. We serve a full menu until 1:30am seven nights a week.

The Rabbit Hole

Other ice creams are blast frozen in about six minutes, but we are convinced the best tasting ice cream is made when it has time to be infused by whatever flavors we add through the churning process. The results are noticeable.