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HIGHLIGHTS OF HISTORIC COLORADO© TOUR
7 DAYS / 6 NIGHTS
DAY ONE (Wednesday): Arrival Day
Early afternoon arrival in Denver. Check into Brown Palace Hotel in downtown Denver, where you will be staying for your entire trip. An
afternoon private guided historic tour of Hotel will be followed by Dinner at 1515 Restaurant located in a vintage landmark
building, and featuring "Colorado cuisine". After Dinner, an evening Candlelight "Venice on the Creek" Tour by private
gondolas on Cherry Creek and the South Platte River, with narration about local history and landmarks. (L, D)
DAY TWO (Thursday): The Early Years
After Breakfast, we'll visit the Colorado History Museum to explore Colorado's diverse past. Exhibits include "Ancient Voices: Stories
of Colorado's Distant Past" beginning 8,000 years ago, emphasizing the art, architecture and technology of the early Paleoindians, and
"Tribal Paths: Colorado's American Indians, 1500 to Today"., as well as exhibits about life and culture in early Denver and the American
West. Our next stop will be Four Mile Historic District, a 12-acre farm and the site of Denver's oldest standing structure, Four Mile
House, built of hand-hewn pine logs in 1859 and reflecting the era when it served as a ranch and stage stop along the Cherokee Trail.
We'll have Lunch in downtown Denver before we are picked up at our hotel to be taken on an afternoon customized, guided
sightseeing tour of Historic Denver. Dinner at a local restaurant before returning to our Hotel for the evening. (B,D)
.
DAY THREE (Friday): The Gold Rush Years
Following Breakfast this morning, we'll take a guided tour of the State Capitol, a neoclassic building constructed of Colorado granite and
topped with a gold-leafed dome, which commemorates Colorado's 19th century gold rush days. We'll then head out to nearby Golden,
which in the 1860's rivaled Denver in importance, to visit Clear Creek History Park, where costumed interpreters depict 19th century
Colorado pioneer life in living history demonstrations, and we'll have a picnic Lunch. After lunch we'll travel along the scenic Lariat
Trail to the Buffalo Bill Museum at the top of Lookout Mountain which provides a spectacular view of the Denver metropolitan area
and the Colorado Rockies. After visiting the Buffalo Bill Museum which depicts the life of William F. Cody, we'll had back to Golden to visit
the Astor House Museum, built in 1867, known at one time as the finest stone hotel west of the Mississippi. On our way back to
Denver, we'll stop in historic Arvada established in 1870 near Ralston Creek, the site of Colorado's first gold strike in 1850, and
have Dinner in Historic Olde Town Arvada.before returning to Denver. (B,L,D)
DAY FOUR (Saturday): Day Trip to Manitou Springs and Colorado Springs
We'll grab a quick breakfast before our early morning departure for Manitou Springs. Upon our arrival, we'll tour Miramont Castle, a
46-room mansion consisting of nine architectural styles, including Gothic, Romanesque and Tudor, built in 1895 of hard-quarried
greenstone into a mountainside, and with lush Victorian gardens. Afterwards, we'll head into Manitou Springs' Historic District filled with
gift shops, art galleries, and restaurants featuring the famous mineral springs water. You'll have time to shop and have lunch before we
depart for Colorado Springs, where we will visit the Garden of the Gods Park Nature Center at the base of Pike's Peak, and take a
bus tour around the 1,391-acre grounds which were bequeathed by railroad magnate Charles Elliot Perkins.to the city in 1879. While at the
Park, we'll visit Rock Ledge Ranch Historic Site, a living history museum and working farm, where interpreters in period clothing depict
American Indian and pioneer life in the Pikes Peak region -- including an 1860's homestead, a 1907 estate house, and an American Indian
camp. We'll then head over to the Broadmoor Resort, opened in 1918 as a grand hotel, where we'll visit the El Pomar Carriage
Museum which houses two Presidential inaugural coaches, a collection of horse-drawn vehicles, and other artifacts. You'll have time to
explore the Resort and its grounds before we gather for Dinner on your own in The Tavern at The Broadmoor, after which we
return back to Denver. (B,L)
DAY FIVE (Sunday): The Victorian Era and Early 20th Century
Free time on your own this morning to attend Church if you wish, and to partake of the famous Dom Perignon Sunday Brunch at
Ellyngton's at the Brown Palace Hotel. After Brunch, we'll tour Trinity United Methodist Church across the street from the Brown
Palace Hotel - an 1888 church designed by Colorado's first licensed architect Robert Roeschlaub. The Church's congregation was
Denver's first church, and dates back to 1859. Today, we'll also tour the Byers-Evans House Museum, an elegant 2-story Victorian
reflecting the years 1912-1924 and containing original Evans family furnishings, and the Mollie Brown House, built in 1889 and owned by
political activist and Titanic survivor, Mollie Brown. This evening, we'll have a lite Dinner and evening tour at the Downtown Aquarium,
which houses more than 500 species of animals, fish and birds. (Sunday Brunch, D)
DAY SIX (Monday): Into the 21st Century
Following Breakfast at the Hotel, we'll take a guided tour the U.S. Mint. Built between 1898-1904, the building reflects
turn-of-the-20th-Century grandeur, with murals in the Grand Hallway, nine chandeliers, and marble floors. We'll see first-hand the presses
that operate around the clock producing more than 40-million coins each day. Sorry, no samples provided. We'll have lunch in the Civic
Centre area before heading over to Hammond's Candies for a guided tour of a candy factory founded in 1920 which produces
old-fashioned handmade hard candy and chocolates. Definitely samples provided here!! We'll conclude our day with a visit to the Forney
Museum of Transportation which features more that 100 antique and classic cars and "Big Boy", reputed to be the world's largest
locomotive. We'll return to the Hotel in the late afternoon, so that you'll have time to relax and pack for your return home before having
Dinner on your own in one of the Hotel's fabulous restaurants. (B,L)
DAY SEVEN (Tuesday): Departure Day
After Breakfast at the Hotel, we'll visit the Denver Botanic Gardens which have more than 45 formal gardens, an outstanding orchid
collection, and the Monet Garden with flowers and water lilies inspired by the French Impressionist. . We'll have lunch at the Botanic
Gardens before we depart for the Airport and our return Home. (B,L)
7 DAYS / 6 NIGHTS
DAY ONE (Wednesday): Arrival Day
Early afternoon arrival in Denver. Check into Brown Palace Hotel in downtown Denver, where you will be staying for your entire trip. An
afternoon private guided historic tour of Hotel will be followed by Dinner at 1515 Restaurant located in a vintage landmark
building, and featuring "Colorado cuisine". After Dinner, an evening Candlelight "Venice on the Creek" Tour by private
gondolas on Cherry Creek and the South Platte River, with narration about local history and landmarks. (L, D)
DAY TWO (Thursday): The Early Years
After Breakfast, we'll visit the Colorado History Museum to explore Colorado's diverse past. Exhibits include "Ancient Voices: Stories
of Colorado's Distant Past" beginning 8,000 years ago, emphasizing the art, architecture and technology of the early Paleoindians, and
"Tribal Paths: Colorado's American Indians, 1500 to Today"., as well as exhibits about life and culture in early Denver and the American
West. Our next stop will be Four Mile Historic District, a 12-acre farm and the site of Denver's oldest standing structure, Four Mile
House, built of hand-hewn pine logs in 1859 and reflecting the era when it served as a ranch and stage stop along the Cherokee Trail.
We'll have Lunch in downtown Denver before we are picked up at our hotel to be taken on an afternoon customized, guided
sightseeing tour of Historic Denver. Dinner at a local restaurant before returning to our Hotel for the evening. (B,D)
.
DAY THREE (Friday): The Gold Rush Years
Following Breakfast this morning, we'll take a guided tour of the State Capitol, a neoclassic building constructed of Colorado granite and
topped with a gold-leafed dome, which commemorates Colorado's 19th century gold rush days. We'll then head out to nearby Golden,
which in the 1860's rivaled Denver in importance, to visit Clear Creek History Park, where costumed interpreters depict 19th century
Colorado pioneer life in living history demonstrations, and we'll have a picnic Lunch. After lunch we'll travel along the scenic Lariat
Trail to the Buffalo Bill Museum at the top of Lookout Mountain which provides a spectacular view of the Denver metropolitan area
and the Colorado Rockies. After visiting the Buffalo Bill Museum which depicts the life of William F. Cody, we'll had back to Golden to visit
the Astor House Museum, built in 1867, known at one time as the finest stone hotel west of the Mississippi. On our way back to
Denver, we'll stop in historic Arvada established in 1870 near Ralston Creek, the site of Colorado's first gold strike in 1850, and
have Dinner in Historic Olde Town Arvada.before returning to Denver. (B,L,D)
DAY FOUR (Saturday): Day Trip to Manitou Springs and Colorado Springs
We'll grab a quick breakfast before our early morning departure for Manitou Springs. Upon our arrival, we'll tour Miramont Castle, a
46-room mansion consisting of nine architectural styles, including Gothic, Romanesque and Tudor, built in 1895 of hard-quarried
greenstone into a mountainside, and with lush Victorian gardens. Afterwards, we'll head into Manitou Springs' Historic District filled with
gift shops, art galleries, and restaurants featuring the famous mineral springs water. You'll have time to shop and have lunch before we
depart for Colorado Springs, where we will visit the Garden of the Gods Park Nature Center at the base of Pike's Peak, and take a
bus tour around the 1,391-acre grounds which were bequeathed by railroad magnate Charles Elliot Perkins.to the city in 1879. While at the
Park, we'll visit Rock Ledge Ranch Historic Site, a living history museum and working farm, where interpreters in period clothing depict
American Indian and pioneer life in the Pikes Peak region -- including an 1860's homestead, a 1907 estate house, and an American Indian
camp. We'll then head over to the Broadmoor Resort, opened in 1918 as a grand hotel, where we'll visit the El Pomar Carriage
Museum which houses two Presidential inaugural coaches, a collection of horse-drawn vehicles, and other artifacts. You'll have time to
explore the Resort and its grounds before we gather for Dinner on your own in The Tavern at The Broadmoor, after which we
return back to Denver. (B,L)
DAY FIVE (Sunday): The Victorian Era and Early 20th Century
Free time on your own this morning to attend Church if you wish, and to partake of the famous Dom Perignon Sunday Brunch at
Ellyngton's at the Brown Palace Hotel. After Brunch, we'll tour Trinity United Methodist Church across the street from the Brown
Palace Hotel - an 1888 church designed by Colorado's first licensed architect Robert Roeschlaub. The Church's congregation was
Denver's first church, and dates back to 1859. Today, we'll also tour the Byers-Evans House Museum, an elegant 2-story Victorian
reflecting the years 1912-1924 and containing original Evans family furnishings, and the Mollie Brown House, built in 1889 and owned by
political activist and Titanic survivor, Mollie Brown. This evening, we'll have a lite Dinner and evening tour at the Downtown Aquarium,
which houses more than 500 species of animals, fish and birds. (Sunday Brunch, D)
DAY SIX (Monday): Into the 21st Century
Following Breakfast at the Hotel, we'll take a guided tour the U.S. Mint. Built between 1898-1904, the building reflects
turn-of-the-20th-Century grandeur, with murals in the Grand Hallway, nine chandeliers, and marble floors. We'll see first-hand the presses
that operate around the clock producing more than 40-million coins each day. Sorry, no samples provided. We'll have lunch in the Civic
Centre area before heading over to Hammond's Candies for a guided tour of a candy factory founded in 1920 which produces
old-fashioned handmade hard candy and chocolates. Definitely samples provided here!! We'll conclude our day with a visit to the Forney
Museum of Transportation which features more that 100 antique and classic cars and "Big Boy", reputed to be the world's largest
locomotive. We'll return to the Hotel in the late afternoon, so that you'll have time to relax and pack for your return home before having
Dinner on your own in one of the Hotel's fabulous restaurants. (B,L)
DAY SEVEN (Tuesday): Departure Day
After Breakfast at the Hotel, we'll visit the Denver Botanic Gardens which have more than 45 formal gardens, an outstanding orchid
collection, and the Monet Garden with flowers and water lilies inspired by the French Impressionist. . We'll have lunch at the Botanic
Gardens before we depart for the Airport and our return Home. (B,L)
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Beginning in the 1803 when the United States acquired what is now
Colorado as part of the Louisiana Purchase, Colorado history has become
legendary. Early residents came in search of clean air believed to cure
tuberculosis.
Gold was discovered in the 1850's leading to Colorado's first "gold rush".
"Pikes Peak or Bust" became the ralying cry for many hopefuls, including the
legendary Buffalo Bill. Just 20 years later, in 1875, silver-rich ores were
found, enticing more settlers to rush into the area. Over the years Denver,
Colorado's capital, has survived the usual frontier disasters of fire, flood and
even bankruptcy, only to rebuild from a dusty village to a vibrant city
combining Eastern cosmopolitanism and Western pioneer spirit.
Sitting at the foot of Pikes Peak, Manitou Springs is best known for the
naturally carbonated mineral springs which bubble up from the earth.
Legends about the curative power of the mineral waters first brought
American Indians to the area, followed later by health seekers seeking spa
treatments. Today, it retains its "art-colony" atmosphere among quaint
houses and narrow lanes.
Colorado Springs was created as a playground for the wealthy by
General William J. Palmer, who in 1871 had forged his Denver & Ro Grande
Railroad westward into the area. The city's name was derived from the
nearby mineral springs and from the mining town of Colorado City. When
English gentry settled there, they brought polo, riding to hounds, gentlemen's
clubs and Tudor architecture and dubbed the Springs "Little London". This
landed gentry speculated in mining and made millions, from which the city
benefited and the Springs became one of the wealthiest cities per capita by
the first decade of the 20th century.
Additional Colorado heritage and cultural sites will be visited in Golden,
which thrived during Colorado's Gold Rush Days, and in Arvada, which is
located near Ralston Creek, the site of Colorado's first gold strike in 1850.
Colorado as part of the Louisiana Purchase, Colorado history has become
legendary. Early residents came in search of clean air believed to cure
tuberculosis.
Gold was discovered in the 1850's leading to Colorado's first "gold rush".
"Pikes Peak or Bust" became the ralying cry for many hopefuls, including the
legendary Buffalo Bill. Just 20 years later, in 1875, silver-rich ores were
found, enticing more settlers to rush into the area. Over the years Denver,
Colorado's capital, has survived the usual frontier disasters of fire, flood and
even bankruptcy, only to rebuild from a dusty village to a vibrant city
combining Eastern cosmopolitanism and Western pioneer spirit.
Sitting at the foot of Pikes Peak, Manitou Springs is best known for the
naturally carbonated mineral springs which bubble up from the earth.
Legends about the curative power of the mineral waters first brought
American Indians to the area, followed later by health seekers seeking spa
treatments. Today, it retains its "art-colony" atmosphere among quaint
houses and narrow lanes.
Colorado Springs was created as a playground for the wealthy by
General William J. Palmer, who in 1871 had forged his Denver & Ro Grande
Railroad westward into the area. The city's name was derived from the
nearby mineral springs and from the mining town of Colorado City. When
English gentry settled there, they brought polo, riding to hounds, gentlemen's
clubs and Tudor architecture and dubbed the Springs "Little London". This
landed gentry speculated in mining and made millions, from which the city
benefited and the Springs became one of the wealthiest cities per capita by
the first decade of the 20th century.
Additional Colorado heritage and cultural sites will be visited in Golden,
which thrived during Colorado's Gold Rush Days, and in Arvada, which is
located near Ralston Creek, the site of Colorado's first gold strike in 1850.
HISTORIC COLORADO© (includes Denver, Colorado Springs, Golden, Arvada and Manitou Springs) August 24-30, 2011 |
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