Guidebook for Colorado Springs

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Guidebook for Colorado Springs

Parks & Nature

Unbeatable scenery whether you drive it, walk a paved path, or hike a trail. If you see one local spot, this should be it!
1169 localnici recomandă
Garden of the Gods Club and Resort
3320 Mesa Rd
1169 localnici recomandă
Unbeatable scenery whether you drive it, walk a paved path, or hike a trail. If you see one local spot, this should be it!
Great trails and fields along Monument Valley Creek. If you want to skip the tourists, this is where the downtown locals walk, run and bike for a quickie.
36 localnici recomandă
Parcul Monument Valley
170 W Cache La Poudre St
36 localnici recomandă
Great trails and fields along Monument Valley Creek. If you want to skip the tourists, this is where the downtown locals walk, run and bike for a quickie.
The site of many festivals throughout the year. This large city park includes the Fallen Firefighters Memorial, Sertich Ice Arena, the 7-11 Veledrome, and a skateboard half pipe.
40 localnici recomandă
Memorial Park
1605 E Pikes Peak Ave
40 localnici recomandă
The site of many festivals throughout the year. This large city park includes the Fallen Firefighters Memorial, Sertich Ice Arena, the 7-11 Veledrome, and a skateboard half pipe.
Because it's a 14,000 ft mountain!
681 localnici recomandă
Pikes Peak Summit House
681 localnici recomandă
Because it's a 14,000 ft mountain!
Really great views of the mountains and close up views as you hike among red sandstone outcroppings on this maze of trails. Convenient to Highway 24 between Colorado Springs and Manitou Springs and a lot more reasonable on your body than the Manitou Incline.
430 localnici recomandă
Red Rock Canyon Open Space
3550 W High St
430 localnici recomandă
Really great views of the mountains and close up views as you hike among red sandstone outcroppings on this maze of trails. Convenient to Highway 24 between Colorado Springs and Manitou Springs and a lot more reasonable on your body than the Manitou Incline.
This easy to drive through park in the mountains offers mountain hikes, streams, locally famous falls, picnic spots, and a nature center. Our favorite hike is Cutler Trail. You'll be rewarded with views over Colorado Springs and Helen Hunt Falls. Pack a picnic and choose a secluded point at the top.
114 localnici recomandă
Parcul North Cheyenne Cañon
15220 S Cheyenne Canyon Rd
114 localnici recomandă
This easy to drive through park in the mountains offers mountain hikes, streams, locally famous falls, picnic spots, and a nature center. Our favorite hike is Cutler Trail. You'll be rewarded with views over Colorado Springs and Helen Hunt Falls. Pack a picnic and choose a secluded point at the top.

Food Scene

With a great Happy Hour M-F and Sunday dinner special (buy two dinners, get bottle of house wine $10), this underground restaraunt is open until 1:00 a.m. Cool, atmospheric place with walls of stone. Great place for a romantic drink and dinner.
243 localnici recomandă
The Rabbit Hole
101 N Tejon St
243 localnici recomandă
With a great Happy Hour M-F and Sunday dinner special (buy two dinners, get bottle of house wine $10), this underground restaraunt is open until 1:00 a.m. Cool, atmospheric place with walls of stone. Great place for a romantic drink and dinner.
Great wood-oven pizza, local craft beer, and decent wines. Quick and good value for a downtown dining experience. We love the combo with pizza and salad.
8 localnici recomandă
Il Vicino Wood Oven Pizza - Downtown Colorado Springs
11 S Tejon St
8 localnici recomandă
Great wood-oven pizza, local craft beer, and decent wines. Quick and good value for a downtown dining experience. We love the combo with pizza and salad.
We've taken a family group here and everyone has loved their dish. Quirky, comfort food. My fave is the bison poutine made with the waffle fries. It may be on the appetizer menu, but it's a big meal. Share it if you're with someone nice!
84 localnici recomandă
Odyssey Gastropub
311 N Tejon St
84 localnici recomandă
We've taken a family group here and everyone has loved their dish. Quirky, comfort food. My fave is the bison poutine made with the waffle fries. It may be on the appetizer menu, but it's a big meal. Share it if you're with someone nice!
This English pub is owned by the Broadmoor Hotel, offers traditional pub fare and piano sing-a-longs. It's across the street from this landmark 5-star resort, and is a good way to experience it without breaking the bank. Pop across the street to walk through the grand lobby and around lake on the interior grounds.
83 localnici recomandă
The Golden Bee
1 Lake Ave
83 localnici recomandă
This English pub is owned by the Broadmoor Hotel, offers traditional pub fare and piano sing-a-longs. It's across the street from this landmark 5-star resort, and is a good way to experience it without breaking the bank. Pop across the street to walk through the grand lobby and around lake on the interior grounds.

Sightseeing

You'll never forget a drive to the top of Pikes Peak...just get that break job done first!
14 localnici recomandă
Pikes Peak Highway
14 localnici recomandă
You'll never forget a drive to the top of Pikes Peak...just get that break job done first!
U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Training Center
1 Olympic Plaza
239 localnici recomandă

Entertainment & Activities

Great independent films on three screens. Onsite beer, wine, and coffee bar and their yummy buttered popcorn elevates even a so-so flick.
56 localnici recomandă
Kimball's Peak Three Theater
115 E Pikes Peak Ave
56 localnici recomandă
Great independent films on three screens. Onsite beer, wine, and coffee bar and their yummy buttered popcorn elevates even a so-so flick.

Essentials

179 localnici recomandă
King Soopers
6030 Stetson Hills Blvd
179 localnici recomandă
Hands down the best selection of beer, wine, and spirits in Colorado Springs.
Cheers Liquor Mart
1105 N Circle Dr
Hands down the best selection of beer, wine, and spirits in Colorado Springs.
118 localnici recomandă
Safeway
3275 W Colorado Ave
118 localnici recomandă
Unfortunate that Colorado's weird liquor laws won't allow this store to sell alcohol, but the good news is that the food is still great.
46 localnici recomandă
Trader Joe's
5342 N Nevada Ave
46 localnici recomandă
Unfortunate that Colorado's weird liquor laws won't allow this store to sell alcohol, but the good news is that the food is still great.

Shopping

Unusual finds for women's clothing and accessories
24 localnici recomandă
Terra Verde Boutique
208 N Tejon St
24 localnici recomandă
Unusual finds for women's clothing and accessories
Iconic outdoor and mountaineering store with knowledgable staff. Local.
11 localnici recomandă
Mountain Chalet
15 N Nevada Ave
11 localnici recomandă
Iconic outdoor and mountaineering store with knowledgable staff. Local.
I always take visitors here after a trip through Garden of the Gods. The building is an original trading post. Yes, some of the stock is touristy, but, hey, you're a tourist, right? You'll enjoy looking around, having a cup of hot chocolate or maybe even a buffalo burger if you've worked up an appetite with all of that browsing.
38 localnici recomandă
Garden of the Gods Trading Post
324 Beckers Ln
38 localnici recomandă
I always take visitors here after a trip through Garden of the Gods. The building is an original trading post. Yes, some of the stock is touristy, but, hey, you're a tourist, right? You'll enjoy looking around, having a cup of hot chocolate or maybe even a buffalo burger if you've worked up an appetite with all of that browsing.
One of my favorite thrift stores. All profits go back to local Episcopal churches and are given to local and world-wide charities. Higher-end finds are frequent.
Thrift House
1027 S Tejon St
One of my favorite thrift stores. All profits go back to local Episcopal churches and are given to local and world-wide charities. Higher-end finds are frequent.

Everything Else

This major University of Colorado hospital is only three blocks from our rental, so it's convenient if you need it.
UCHealth Memorial Hospital Central
1400 E Boulder St
This major University of Colorado hospital is only three blocks from our rental, so it's convenient if you need it.