14 WAYS TO FIND COLORADO roots Historic, culinary, ranch and farm activities are inviting travelers all over the state to get to know our roots. 1 COME TO THE PARTY From strawberries to sage grouse, it doesn’t take much to convince Coloradans to throw a festival. Schedule stops in your trip to coincide with a super-Colorado-y celebration. COLORADO.com/Events 2 GET CREATIVE Eighteen Colorado Certified Creative Districts happen to coincide with 18 of the most charming areas in the state. Find them on page 52 or at COLORADO.com/ CreativeDistricts 3 EXPERIENCE SEED TO SIP Colorado has a remark-able collection of 70-plus distilleries, more than 360 breweries and 130 wineries (and counting!). Each one has its own characteristics that will vie to make it your favorite. Learn more at COLORADO.com/ SeedToSip THIS PAGE, FROM LEFT: ST. ELMO GHOST TOWN, MILES/DENISE CHAMBERS; THE SQUEAKY BEAN. OPPOSITE PAGE, CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: WOOD’S HIGH MOUNTAIN DISTILLERY IN SALIDA; ANTIQUE SHOPPING, THE FRENCH CORNER IN EADS; DENVER MUSEUM OF NATURE & SCIENCE, CHRIS SCHNEIDER; PEACHES, ISTOCKPHOTO. 4 SAVOR, SAMPLE & STAY Farms and ranches are opening their barn doors to travelers looking for genuine experiences that can include a range of activities from cheese-making to picking dinner’s veggies, taking a sausage-making class, enjoying a group picnic and shoeing horses to a (delicious and relaxing) bed-and-breakfast stay. COLORADO.com/ FarmStays 5 WANDER GHOST TOWNS Colorado ghost towns offer a peek into the foggy windows of a once-rowdy brothel, an ATV trek on roads no one bothered to pave on their way out of town and stories of intense standoffs in gulches that will remind you why this was the Wild West. COLORADO.com/ GhostTowns 6 BOARD A DINNER TRAIN Call it old-fashioned, but there’s something romantic about winding through the Rockies on rail lines. The Royal Gorge Route Railroad in Cañon City offers a spectacular dinner train that show-cases regional fare. See page 67 for other scenic and historic train offerings. 7 LIVE THE WILD WEST DREAM The hospitality and activities at Colorado 5 9 46 / COLORADO.COM
Colorado Official State Vacation Guide 2017: Page 46
