Denver Flights and Travel Guide

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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Denver Climate

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When to Fly to Denver

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.

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Getting Downtown Denver

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.

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Getting Around Denver

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.

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Denver Insider Information

• Sports fans jet in on cheap flights to Denver to watch games with its Stanley Cup-winning hockey team (Colorado Avalanche), its Super-Bowl winning football team (Denver Broncos) and the Colorado Rockies, recent National League champions.
• The Coors Brewery in Golden is the largest single brewery in the world producing more than 17 million barrels of beer a year. Tours are free Monday through Saturday. Apart from Coors and Coors Light, the family of beers includes Killian's, an Irish red ale, Coors Gold and Winterfest at Christmas.
• The Red Rocks Amphitheatre, in the foothills of the Rockies, is just 24km west of Denver. It is the world's largest geologically formed, open-air amphitheatre. The acoustics are perfect and the view of Denver breathtaking. It has hosted the greatest rock and country music bands from Beatles to U2.
• The Colorado State Capitol Building has eight murals depicting the history of water on the first-floor rotunda. The murals were painted by Alan True, a Denver artist, and written about by Thomas Hornsby Ferril, Colorado poet laureate, in 1940. From the Capitol Dome Observation Deck the views are unforgettable. To the northwest is Longs Peak, to the southwest Pikes Peak and to the west is Mount Evans.
• For souvenirs, consider fossils. Fossils tend to be less expensive in Denver because they are more abundant here than in many other places. Denver has a good show in the fall, and a smaller show in the spring.

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Denver Airports

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