Insight Guides Colorado (Travel Guide eBook)

Insight Guides

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Insight Guides Colorado

Travel made easy. Ask local experts.
Comprehensive travel guide packed with inspirational photography and fascinating cultural insights.

From deciding when to go, to choosing what to see when you arrive, this guide to Colorado is all you need to plan your perfect trip, with insider information on must-see, top attractions like Denver Art Museum, Pikes Peak and the Old Fort National Historic Site, and cultural gems like the serrated alpine peaks of the Rocky Mountains, winery tours through Grand Junction and steep drives along the San Juan Skyway with its million-dollar views

Features of this travel guide to Colorado:
- Inspirational colour photography: discover the best destinations, sights and excursions, and be inspired by stunning imagery
- Historical and cultural insights: immerse yourself in Colorado's rich history and culture, and learn all about its people, art and traditions
- Practical full-colour maps: with every major sight and listing highlighted, the full-colour maps make on-the-ground navigation easy
- Editor's Choice: uncover the best of Colorado with our pick of the region's top destinations
- Key tips and essential information: packed full of important travel information, from transport and tipping to etiquette and hours of operation
- Covers: The Northwest Corner, Steamboat Springs, Rocky Mountain National Park, Boulder and Environs, Denver, The Eastern Plains, I-70 & the High Rockies, Colorado Springs and Environs, San Luis Valley, San Juan Mountains, Aspen and the Central Rockies, Mesa Verde and the Southwest Corner.

Looking for a specific guide to the USA? Check out Insight Guides Alaska for a detailed and entertaining look at all the area has to offer.

About Insight Guides: Insight Guides is a pioneer of full-colour guide books, with almost 50 years' experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides with user-friendly, modern design. We produce around 400 full-colour print guide books and maps, as well as phrase books, picture-packed eBooks and apps to meet different travellers' needs. Insight Guides' unique combination of beautiful travel photography and focus on history and culture create a unique visual reference and planning tool to inspire your next adventure.

Sujets

• Colorado Springs (Colorado)
• Rockies
• Mesa Verde National Park
• Travel
• Colorado Springs, Colorado
• United States
• Colorado Springs
• US
• Aspen
• Parc national de Mesa Verde
• Montagnes Rocheuses

Informations

• Publié par: Apa Publications
• Date de parution: 01 novembre 2021
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781839052705
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 17 Mo

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How To Use This E-Book

Getting around the e-book
This Insight Guide e-book is designed to give you inspiration for your visit to Alaska, as well as comprehensive planning advice to make sure you have the best travel experience. The guide begins with our selection of Top Attractions, as well as our Editor’s Choice categories of activities and experiences. Detailed features on history, people and culture paint a vivid portrait of contemporary life in Alaska. The extensive Places chapters give a complete guide to all the sights and areas worth visiting. The Travel Tips provide full information on getting around, activities from culture to shopping to sport, plus a wealth of practical information to help you plan your trip.
In the Table of Contents and throughout this e-book you will see hyperlinked references. Just tap a hyperlink once to skip to the section you would like to read. Practical information and listings are also hyperlinked, so as long as you have an external connection to the internet, you can tap a link to go directly to the website for more information.
Maps
All key attractions and sights in Alaska are numbered and cross-referenced to high-quality maps. Wherever you see the reference [map] just tap this to go straight to the related map. You can also double-tap any map for a zoom view.
Images
You’ll find hundreds of beautiful high-resolution images that capture the essence of Alaska. Simply double-tap on an image to see it full-screen.
About Insight Guides
Insight Guides have more than 40 years’ experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides. We produce 400 full-colour titles, in both print and digital form, covering more than 200 destinations across the globe, in a variety of formats to meet your different needs.
Insight Guides are written by local authors, whose expertise is evident in the extensive historical and cultural background features. Each destination is carefully researched by regional experts to ensure our guides provide the very latest information. All the reviews in Insight Guides are independent; we strive to maintain an impartial view. Our reviews are carefully selected to guide you to the best places to eat, go out and shop, so you can be confident that when we say a place is special, we really mean it.
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License edition © Apa Publications Ltd UK

Table of Contents
Colorado’s Top 10 Attractions
Editor’s Choice
Plan & Book Your TailorMade Trip
Introduction: Rocky Mountain State
The Cultural Landscape
Decisive Dates
Native Heritage
Breaking Ground
Striking It Rich
Changing Fortunes
The Backbone of the Continent
Mountain and Prairie Life
Insight: Four Seasons
Outdoor Adventure
Powder to the People
Ghost Towns
Riding the Rails
Home on the Range
Rocky Mountain Cuisine
Introduction: Places
Introduction: The Front Range and Eastern Plains
The Eastern Plains
Denver
Insight: Festivals
Boulder and Environs
Colorado Springs and Environs
San Luis valley
Introduction: Rocky Mountains
Rocky Mountain National Park
Insight: Peak Baggers
Steamboat Springs
I-70 and the High Rockies
Aspen and the Central Rockies
Introduction: Western Colorado
San Juan Mountains
Mesa Verde and the Southwest Corner
Insight: Colorado Wine Country
The Northwest Corner
Transportation
A-Z: A Handy Summary of Practical Information
Further Reading
Colorado’s Top 10 Attractions

Top Attraction 1

Rocky Mountain National Park. Trail Ridge Road offers soaring high country views of serrated alpine peaks, sparkling lakes, glaciers, fragile tundra meadows, charismatic mega-fauna, wildflowers, and pioneer cabins. For more information, click here .
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Top Attraction 2

Mesa Verde. Cliff Palace is one of the most magical Ancestral Pueblo cliff dwellings at the nation’s favorite archeological park, near Durango in the Four Corners region of southwestern Colorado. For more information, click here .
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Top Attraction 3

Denver. A vibrant and fast-growing city, with the largest municipal park system in the US and cultural institutions that include the pioneering Denver Zoo and the Denver Art Museum. For more information, click here .
Colorado Tourism/Denise Chambers

Top Attraction 4

Grand Junction. A mini-Napa Valley amid the carved redrock canyons of the Colorado River, this is famed for its wineries, fruit orchards, and proximity to Dinosaur and Colorado National Monuments. For more information, click here .
Denver Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau

Top Attraction 5

Pikes Peak. Drive, hike, or ride the Pikes Peak Cog Railroad to the top of this 14,110ft (4,301-meter) mountain which, among other things, inspired the writing of the anthem “America the Beautiful.” For more information, click here .
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Top Attraction 6

Leadville. Not only the best-preserved mining town in Colorado, with its own mining history museum, but also the highest town in the country, and possibly the most storied. For more information, click here .
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Top Attraction 7

Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad. Ride to Silverton and enjoy views of Mount Sneffels and the glorious Animas Valley, preferably during the fall when the aspens turn golden. For more information, click here .
Colorado Tourism/Matt Inden

Top Attraction 8

San Luis Valley. Combining traditional Hispanic culture, New Age retreats, hot springs, high peaks, America’s tallest sand dunes, and overwintering sandhill cranes, the San Luis Valley surrounding Alamosa is a unique destination. For more information, click here .
Nowitz Photography/Apa Publications

Top Attraction 9

San Juan Skyway. There are “million-dollar” views all along the narrow, winding San Juan Skyway between Durango and Montrose, but keep your eyes on the road – the dropoffs are very steep. For more information, click here .
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Top Attraction 10

Telluride. The quintessential Colorado ski destination – an attractive Victorian mining town in a glorious box-canyon setting far from anywhere, offering skiing, eclectic festivals, friendly locals, and an unpretentious atmosphere. For more information, click here .
Colorado Tourism/Matt Inden
Editor’s Choice

Comanche National Grassland.
Colorado Tourism/Matt Inden

Best Small Towns

Ouray. The town has a well-regarded hometown museum, an ice climbing festival, and Jeep drives in the nearby mountains. For more information, click here .
Salida. This small, sporty town has a large historic district, galleries, and local food and wine. They also host fibARK, a major whitewater celebration. For more information, click here .
Creede. A remote former mining town, with an award-winning theater company and a majestic setting deep in the San Juan Mountains. For more information, click here .
Glenwood Springs. The popular hot springs and spa and the historic Denver and Colorado hotels are an easy drive or train ride from Denver. For more information, click here .
Boulder. Home to the University of Colorado, alternative healers and scientists, and the top farmers’ market in Colorado, all within view of Denver. For more information, click here .
Crested Butte. Birthplace of fat tire biking and some of the state’s quirkiest festivals, this mining town turned ski resort exudes Central Rockies charm. For more information, click here .
Paonia. Creatives, outdoorsmen and farmers dwell in this little town in the scenic North Fork Valley near Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park. For more information, click here .

Best Nature Viewing

Rocky Mountain National Park. Visit during the fall rutting season to view elk bugling and bighorn sheep butting heads in a competition for mates. For more information, click here .
San Luis Valley. Two national wildlife refuges on the Rio Grande attract migratory elk, bison herds, and thousands of sandhill cranes in winter. For more information, click here .
Comanche National Grasslands. A nationally significant birding area, southeastern Colorado’s prairies host unique prairie chicken mating dances at the birds’ leks in May. For more information, click here .
San Juan Mountains. The remote San Juans still support grizzly bears and have been the site of a successful reintroduction of lynx. For more information, click here .
Yampa Valley Birding. The Yampa River near Steamboat Springs is an important birding area, home to catbirds, orioles among others, and river otters and mink. For more information, click here .

Best Cultural Attractions

Bent’s Old Fort National Historic Site. Relive the days of the Santa Fe Trail at this former rendezvous for mountain men, traders, and travelers in southeastern Colorado. For more information, click here .
The Matchless Mine, Leadville. The ghost of Baby Doe Tabor, penniless widow of Matchless Mine millionaire Horace Tabor, supposedly haunts this old cabin in Leadville. For more information, click here .
Denver Art Museum, Hamilton Expansion. One of Denver’s most photographed new buildings, this shiny geometric DAM expansion was designed by Polish-born architect Daniel Libeskind. For more information, click here .
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