COME TO LIFE / Pikes Peak Country PIKES PEAK COUNTRY: COLORADO SPRINGS & MANITOU SPRINGS COLORADO Colorado Springs is the state’s second-largest city, but it’s first in n the hearts of many visitors as a place of astonishing beauty with more than 55 unique museums and cultural and natural attractions. 1 DAY 1 2 With more than 50 pieces of permanent public art, esteemed cultural institutions and a roster of events and festivals, it’s no surprise that downtown Colorado Springs was recently named one of 21 Certified Colorado Creative Districts . 4 Stop for lunch at the Ivywild School , a 1916 el-ementary school renovated into a community market featuring Bristol Brewing Co. , the new Axe and the Oak whiskey distillery, community gardens, music, a deli and a bakery — all selling local items. Next, see where Team USA prepares for competition at the U.S. Olympic Training Center . Tour the athlete training facili-ties and U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame. Get a taste of cadet life and pick up a Falcons sweatshirt at the U.S. Air Force Academy bookstore. For dinner, there are tons of fine-dining options, including one of Colorado’s two five-star restaurants, The Broadmoor’s Penrose Room (6) . See a show at the Pikes Peak Center for the Performing Arts , host to more than 200 performances every year. @mmmbeans 3 Continued on page 103. QUICK TIP 100 / Feeding bunches of lettuce to the giraffes at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo is one of visitors’ favorite ways to get eye to eye with these graceful creatures. Think you can handle that giant tongue comin’ at you? COLORADO.COM CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: THE BROADMOOR SEVEN FALLS, LANE MCLAUGHLIN; COLORADO SPRINGS FINE ART CENTER AT COLORADO COLLEGE; PRO RODEO HALL OF FAME & MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN COWBOY, JAMES FRANK; CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN ZOO, @MMMBEANS. Use your first day ay in “The Springs” to explore wntown has plenty of options for the town. Downtown ad to Tejon Street for window-breakfast. Head tt sipping. i i S d time ti t shopping and l latte Spend at one of the area’s museums, such as the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center (2) (catch the acclaimed theater company in action), the Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum , the Penrose Heritage Museum or the historic McAllister House . Or stop in for tea at Mira-mont Castle , a Victorian castle at the base of Pikes Peak with nine styles of architecture.
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