Denver 1 day in denver
 

We will be in denver for one day and a half, would like to know what would be the best things to do while there. And also where is the best area to stay so we can get around well. Are there any tours to go on for 1/2 day to see a lot.

I would stay downtown--bid on Priceline. There is the Botanic Gardens, the Art Museum (great restaurant there for a treat), shopping in Cherry Creek, high tea at the Molly Brown. Plenty to do for a day for sure, and more in depth than any tour.

thanks for the info.

If you have the time definitely check out Red Rocks just in the foothills of Denver. The place is a ton of fun and the views of the city are amazing. It is a good place to go for a picnic lunch. Bring some water!

http://www.denver.org/what-to-do/att...il?memid=13432

The LODO area has access to some shopping and many restaurants. There is quite a bit near that area, though you may need/want to drive to them. That said, I find driving around that area confusing (one way streets, a river and the pedestrian only area).

Several good suggestions in Red Rocks and Lodo. Depending on your interests, there are numerous local breweries as well as Stranahan's whisky which has tastings and might have a tour as well. Denver Art Museum is in downtown and easily reachable by foot. If staying downtown, there is a free shuttle that traverses the 16th street pedestrian mall, stopping at each corner between Union Station and Civic Center station (a little over a mile in length). This allows you to easily reach just about anything in the core downtown area by foot / shuttle combination. Lots of good dining as well.

Depending on when you are here, there is likely to be some outdoor festival or activity going on.

Will you have a car?

I am not fond of LoDo, unless you're young and rowdy. Otherwise, I'd stay in Cherry Creek.

tabernash2: What's Cherry Creek? I'm not familiar with it. What's its attraction, please/thanks.

I will say that I'm not that young or rowdy, but have liked the pedestrian nature of LODO. But I would be interested in other parts of the city.

Bitter, I don't mean to diss all of LoDo. There are random incidents down there, when the bars are closing around 3 a.m.

Cherry Creek is an upscale area of Denver, not far from downtown on Speer Blvd. There are boutiques and restaurants in Cherry Creek North, for strolling around on a pretty day. The enclosed CC Mall is across the road. It's a great mall, but I doubt you are looking for that kind of 'entertainment'.

There aren't many hotels there, but the Cherry Creek Inn is nice:
http://innatcherrycreek.com/?gclid=C...FcU7Mgodtz4ALg
The other hotel is the pricey JW Marriott.

BTW, other hotels claim to be in Cherry Creek, but they are on Colorado Blvd which is a very busy street and not walking distance to Cherry Creek shopping areas. If you have a car, they make a decent choice, though.

A nice downtown hotel can be close to LoDo but not in it. LoDo has nice restaurants and shopping in a preserved part of the city--nice to keep the old buildings.
Cherry Creek is a shopping mall on steroids, and there are some fun shops around it without needing to go "all in" into the Center.
For a fun shopping street with interesting restaurants you might enjoy Pearl Street.

You're right, Gretchen. They could consider the hotels near the convention center and the center for the performing arts.

CC Mall is not on 'steroids' compared to most newer malls. It's not that large, but it does have the upscale stores, if that's what you mean. CC North is the walking district of shops, across the main street from the mall.

Pearl Street and Gaylord Street are cute areas, depending on transportation needs.

I personally HATE malls that size, and it is a big one. lol

Cherry Creek is still just a mall and big one at that but it is the number one tourist attraction in Colorado. Don't understand way. (Supposedly it was the first mall west of the Miss River) We enjoy the restaurants in the area but cannot imagine spending a whole day there.

Obviously staying downtown, near the 16th Street Mall, has a lot of advantages but tend to be more expensive. Hotels in the Denver Tech area (along I-25 South) tend to be cheaper and with the Light Rail system getting downtown is easy and convenient. But for one or two nights I would stay in the downtown area. The LODO (Lower Downtown) is the north end of the 16th Street Mall with Coors Field (baseball) to the east. If the Rockies are home the mall area will be hoping.

Don't book a limo company that cannot read dates. They will probably pick you up next year instead of next week.

I love it~~