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Colorado's capital might be best known for its ski resorts and breathtaking scenery, but visitors will discover just how much more the city has to offer.
The Mile High City - at 1,600 metres officially - gets 300 days of sunshine a year, more than Miami. It embraces its cowboy past - William F. Cody (Buffalo Bill) is buried just 30 minutes from the city after all - its mining heritage and its great outdoors, but is a bang-up-to-date cosmopolitan arts and cultural city too.
Its Daniel Libeskind-designed Denver Art Museum is home to collections of African, American Indian, European and American, and Modern art, while the Museum of Contemporary Art focuses on art created since 1945.
Lower Downtown, LoDo to the locals, is a lively, historic district with bars, restaurants, microbreweries and book shops.
The Rocky Mountains offer a majestic backdrop, nature's playground for those taking cheap flights to Denver for the camping, hiking, bicycling, fishing and, of course, the skiing, in the ten national parks or 11 national forests on the city's doorstep.
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Peak Season:High season extends from May 1 to September 30.
Shoulder Season:Late spring and early fall still have bright, warm days and comfortable temperatures.
Off Season:The off-season is considered to be October 1 to April 30 unless you've taken cheap flights to Denver for the skiing. Then, high-season is definitely the winter months.
Denver International Airport (DEN) (website: www.flydenver.com) is situated 37km east of Denver and is the gateway to the Rocky Mountains. The beautiful white-peaked airport has several options for travellers who have landed on cheap flights to Denver and need to get downtown. All the major car-rental companies, such as Advantage, Hertz, Avis and Enterprise - have desks in the Jeppesen Terminal (Level 5). Taxis can be called outside the baggage claim area (Level 5, Jeppesen Terminal). Getting downtown can take about 35 minutes depending on the traffic and cost about $50. Shuttles and limousines are also in wait at the airport. RTD's skyRide links the airport to the Market Street Station, at the west end of the 16th Street Mall. Fares cost about $10. Several hotels near the airport also provide shuttle service.
After arriving on cheap flights to Denver, a great way to soak up the atmosphere is by walking. The city has a grid-like design and downtown is pedestrian friendly. Also, there is a free shuttle that runs along the 16th Street Mall, a pedestrian walkway. The Light Rail system links downtown to the suburbs with fares costing a couple of dollars. There is a good bus service too with 160 routes. Taxis and rental car are other options for getting around.
Denver International Airport (DEN) (website: www.flydenver.com) The airport is located 37km northeast of Denver.
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Kenneth JessenOdd and unusual stories with lots of local flavour and colour.
Virginia Cornell Biography of the life and frontier-medicine practice of Susan Anderson, MD, who contracted TB and moved to the Colorado mountains in 1905.
Diane Mott Davidson One of a series of mystery books set in Denver about Goldy the caterer who figures out who did it amid recipes, espresso, and chocolate.
Joseph Collier and Grant CollierA photographer in his own right, the great-great-grandson of one of the state’s pioneer photographers presents Colorado’s history with old and new photographs and accompanying stories and details.
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