Colorado Official State Vacation Guide 2008 - (Page 80) 25 Hot Ideas for Denver 25 Hot Ideas for visiting Denver Colorado MORE ONLINE! For a full list of 50 things to see and do in Denver, go to www.colorado.com/denver50. # 1 Denver Art Museum ©Matt Inden/Weaver Check out the new Frederick C. Hamilton Building at the Denver Art Museum. e angular, cutting-edge design by Daniel Libeskind has drawn rave reviews worldwide and houses an impressive collection of paintings, sculpture and more. 02 Hang out like a jet-setting celeb in Cherry Creek North, Denver’s long-standing home to high fashion, savvy homewares and trendy restaurants. 03 No other city in America has as many miles of bike trails as Denver. Rent a bike, cruise along the Platte River to Con uence Park and then do as the locals do and ride up Cherry Creek to the weekend Farmer’s Market at Cherry Creek Shopping Center. 04 Explore the 16th Street Mall — a 16-block-long pedestrian mall in the heart of downtown Denver — where an impressive collection of restaurants and shops attracts millions of visitors each year. 05 Learn the basics of kayaking at Golden’s Clear Creek Whitewater Park, situated in the heart of this historic city. 06 Stare in wide-eyed wonder at the world’s bounty of rainforest, high desert and corral reef ecosystems at the Downtown Aquarium. 07 Looking for a nature walk to warm up for that Rocky Mountain hike later in the trip? Head to Roxborough State Park southwest of Denver for trails that lace through scrub oak underneath massive red sandstone ns. 08 Tour the single largest coin-production facility in the world at the Denver Mint, which is also listed on the National Register of Historic Places. # Denver Pavilions ©Photo by Stan Obert/ Denver Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau. 10 # 80 5 1-800-Colorado | Kayakers on Clear Creek in Golden ©Photo courtesy City of Golden 09 Dine with the locals on Vietnamese, Peruvian or French cuisine in the thriving Uptown district just east of downtown. Spend the evening at the Denver Pavilions located o the 16th Street Mall, where after-dark entertainment includes a jazz club, a Lucky Strike Bowling facility and a slew of superb restaurants. www.colorado.com http://www.colorado.com
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