Colorado Springs

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Introduction

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Although a sprawling urban area Colorado Springs is located right at the base of the beautiful Pikes Peak making for great hikes. Temperate weather year round and clean air makes this city an excellent place to visit. If your looking for religion Focus on the Family might be the place for you. Wanting something a little more new age and exciting go to Manitou Springs for a visit.

Sights and Activities

• Bristol Brewing Company
• Garden of the Gods is a free public park that is a collection stunning rock formation, some over 5 stories high, with great hikes and rock climbing.
• Phantom Canyon Brewery and Restaurant
• Professional Rodeo Hall Of Fame and Museum of the American Cowboy is located right off of I-25.

Events and Festivals

Weather

Sleep

Budget

Medium

• Cheyenne Canon Inn is a nice bed and breakfast with rooms ranging from $125 to $200 a night.
• The Cliff House A nice hotel located in Manitou Springs
• The Lennox House Bed and Breakfast is located near downtown Colorado Springs and serves a great breakfast. Rooms ranging from $130 to $200 a night.

Luxury

• The Broad Moor a resort built in the beginning of the 20th century is everything someone would want from luxury in the Rocky Mountains.

Eat

• Adam's Mountain Cafe is an excellent restaurant located in Manitou Springs.
• King Chef Diner is the classic American breakfast diner, eat there and join the clean plate club! Located in a purple castle just south of downtown only eat the green chili if you want something that burns.

• The Omelette Parlor is a nice breakfast place just off of south Nevada.

Drink

• The Golden Bee is a relocated British pub near the Broad Moor.
• Jack Quinns Pub an Irish theme bar located downtown with Irish sing along on thursday nights and occasional live music on the weekends.
• Navajo Hogan Road House is a bar on south Nevada with live music every weekend.

Work

Learn

Air Force Academy, Colorado College, Pikes Peak Community College, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

Getting There

Air

Colorado Springs has an airport at the south east end of the city. Although this airport has connections to most major American cities and small cities in the American west no discount airlines are flying in at this time.

Car

Driving into Colorado Springs can easily be done on I-25, Highway 24 or highway 115.

Bus

Colorado Springs has a Grey Hounds bus station and daily commuter buses to Denver.

Getting Around

Colorado Springs is prairie on the east side and mountains on the west side. Public transportation is extremely basic so the only way to really get around town, other then inside downtown, is by having a car. I-25 runs north south down the city and Academy Blvd. does a loop out into the East suburbs. Highway 24 heads north west towards Manitou Springs CO. While highway 115 heads south west around Fort Carson Military Base towards Florence CO.