Denver | COME TO LIFE CHILDREN’S MUSEUM OF DENVER AT MARSICO CAMPUS Day 2 Go where the wild things are: the Denver Zoo . This City Park institution takes visitors on a globe-trotting safari. The new stingray and shark habitat, Stingray Cove , allows visitors to interact with safe-to-touch species. Pack a picnic lunch and spread out in City Park , the largest in Denver, with acres of green space. Find a spot in the area around Ferril Lake to take in the best views of the Rocky Mountains. Museum options for today include the Denver Museum of Nature & Science , also in City Park, to see enormous dinosaur skeletons, watch an IMAX feature or see the Space Odyssey , Egyptian Mummies and North American Indian Cultures exhibits. Or head west to the city of Golden’s Colorado Railroad Museum to see more than 100 locomotives, cabooses and HO model railroad attractions. The Denver Art Museum is one of the nation’s best for kids programs, including Art Spy: Giant Seek and Find, the Art Letter Challenge and gallery games — and it’s always free for kids under 18. The Denver Center for the Performing Arts hosts many kid-friendly events, including the Colorado Symphony ’s Family Series (Halloween Spooktacular and Drums of the Word are faves), as well as Movies at the Symphony, when the scores are performed during screenings of beloved flicks. Dinner calls for a trip to Casa Bonita . This longtime, quirky favorite is known less for its food and more as an indoor amusement park with cliff divers, mariachi bands, puppet shows, magicians and more. Other popular family spots include Tocabe American Indian Eatery , Steve’s Snappin’ Dogs , Sam’s No. 3 , Punch Bowl Social (bowling, table games and arcade), Ace Eat Serve (Southeast Asian food and pingpong hall) and Sweet Sweetz . FROM LEFT: CHILDREN’S MUSEUM OF DENVER AT MARSICO CAMPUS; ACE EAT SERVE. ACE EAT SERVE Aquarium Adventure Exhibit • Aquarium Restaurant • Mystic Mermaids • Carousel Train • Swim with the Sharks • Stingray Reef • Weekend Events ADVENTURE DIVE INTO 700 Water Street • 303.561.4450 • downtownaquarium.com OPEN DAILY • MAKE RESERVATIONS ONLINE COLORADO . COM 91
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