Denver visit suggestions

katliamom
Thu, 27 Sep 2012 17:39:43 +0000

Downtown is quite small, well, by ‘real’ city (Chicago, NYC, etc) standards, so you can navigate easily on foot. There’s some shopping on Larimer Square, along the main, pedestrian 16th Street and Denver Pavillions. All will be within easy walking distance if you’re staying downtown. As MomofWildChild says, the premium shopping is in Cherry Creek, there’s an upscale mall (Cherry Creek Mall) and an outdoor shopping area filled with boutiques and galleries across the street at Cherry Creek North. Ask your hotel if they can shuttle you there (maybe 15 minutes from downtown) although there are buses. There are fun/unique/vintage stores along South Broadway - you can take a bus and get off at Broadway/1st Ave & walk, then catch another bus to take you farther down Broadway to Antique Row. If you like sporting goods, check out the huge, impressive REI accross the river from downtown. It’s one of the biggest ones in the country; you can eat there and try their free climbing if you get bored
Another suggestion - rent a car with some of your convention buddies and take a quick side trip to Red Rocks. It’s a magnificent natural amphitheater, has some easy walks around it, and offers fabulous views. Maybe 25-30 minutes outside downtown, but altogether a different world. You can combine Red Rocks with a lunch in the lovely nearby foothills town of Morrison. There’s a fun Mexican restaurant there called the Morrison Inn.