Insight Guides Colorado (Travel Guide with Free eBook)

by Insight Guides

Overview

Insight Guide to Colorado is a pictorial travel guide in a magazine style providing answers to the key questions before or during your trip: Deciding when to go to Colorado, choosing what to see, from exploring the Rocky Mountains to discovering Grand Junction or creating a travel plan to cover key places like Pikes Peak and the Old Fort National Historic Site. This is an ideal travel guide for travelers seeking inspiration, in-depth cultural and historical information about Colorado as well as a great selection of places to see during your trip. This guidebook has been fully updated post-COVID-19. 

The Insight Guide Colorado covers: The Northwest Corner, Steamboat Springs, Rocky Mountain National Park, Boulder and Environs, Denver, The Eastern Plains, I-70 & the High Rockies, Colorado Springs and Environs, San Luis Valley, San Juan Mountains, Aspen and the Central Rockies, Mesa Verde and the Southwest Corner. 

In this travel guide you will find: 

• IN-DEPTH CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL FEATURES
  Created to explore the culture and the history of Colorado to get a greater understanding of its modern-day life, people and politics. 
• BEST OF
  The top attractions and Editor's Choice highlighting the most special places to visit around Colorado. 
• CURATED PLACES, HIGH-QUALITY MAPS
  Geographically organized text cross-referenced against full-color, high-quality travel maps for quick orientation in Denver, Aspen and many more locations in Colorado. 
• COLOR-CODED CHAPTERS
  Every part of Colorado, from The Northwest Corner to San Luis Valley has its own color assigned for easy navigation.
• TIPS AND FACTS
  Up-to-date historical timeline and in-depth cultural background to Colorado as well as an introduction to Colorado's food and drink and fun destination-specific features. 
• PRACTICAL TRAVEL INFORMATION A-Z
  of useful advice on everything from when to go to Colorado, how to get there and how to get around, as well as Colorado's climate, advice on tipping, etiquette and more.  
• STRIKING PICTURES
  Features inspirational color photography, including the stunning Mesa Verde and the spectacular Glenwood Springs.
• FREE EBOOK
  Free eBook download with every purchase of a printed book to access all the content from your phone or tablet, for on-the-road exploration.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781789198393
Publisher:	Apa Publications
Publication date:	11/16/2021
Series:	Insight Guides Series
Edition description:	6th ed.
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.80(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Insight Guides wherever possible uses local experts who provide insider know-how and share their love and knowledge of the destination.

Table of Contents

Introduction

The best of Colorado 6

Rocky Mountain State 19

The Cultural Landscape 20

History & features

Decisive dates 30

Native Heritage 33

Breaking Ground 41

Striking It Rich 47

Wild about Oscar 55

Changing Fortunes 57

The Backbone of the Continent 67

Heritage tourism 73

Mountain and Prairie Life 75

Four Seasons 82

Outdoor Adventure 85

Extreme sports 90

Powder to the People 95

Ghost Towns 105

Riding the Rails 111

Home on the Range 117

Colorado cowboys 121

Rocky Mountain Cuisine 122

Places

Introduction 135

The Front Range and Eastern Plains 141

The Eastern Plains 143

Denver 153

Festivals 164

Boulder and Environs 167

Indian Peaks Wilderness 175

Colorado Springs and Environs 177

San Luis valley 191

Rocky Mountains 199

Rocky Mountain National Park 201

Peak Baggers 208

Steamboat Springs 211

1-70 and the High Rockies 219

Aspen and the Central Rockies 233

Western Colorado 251

San Juan Mountains 253

Mesa Verde and the Southwest Corner 269

The Utes 279

Colorado Wine Country 280

The Northwest Corner 283

Travel tips

Transportation

Getting There 294

From the United States 294

From abroad 294

By air 294

By bus 295

By car 295

By train 295

Getting around 295

To and from Denver International Airport 296

By bicycle 296

By bus 296

By car 296

By light rail 297

By taxi 297

A-Z

Accommodations 298

Admission charges 298

Budgeting for your trip 298

Camping 299

Children 299

Climate 299

Crime and safety 300

Customs regulations 300

Disabled travelers 301

Embassies 301

Emergencies 301

Etiquette 301

Health and medical care 301

Internet 302

LGBTQ travelers 303

Maps 303

Media 303

Money 303

Opening hours 304

Photography 304

Postal services 304

Religious services 304

Shopping 305

Spectator sports 305

Tax 305

Telephones 305

Time zones 305

Tipping 306

Tourist information 306

Tour operators and travel agents 307

Visas and passports 307

Further Reading

Fiction 308

Nonfiction 308

Culture and current events 308

History 308

Maps

Colorado 136

The Eastern Plains 144

Denver 156

Boulder and Environs 168

Colorado Springs and Environs 178

Colorado Springs 180

San Luis Valley 192

Rocky Mountain National Park 202

Northern Rockies 212

1-70 and the High Rockies 220

Aspen and the Central Rockies 234

Aspen 236

San Juan Mountains 254

Mesa Verde and the Southwest Corner 270

Mesa Verde National Park 272

Northwest Corner 284

Inside front cover Colorado

Inside back cover Colorado's National Parks and Monuments

Legend

Insight on

Photo story