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TourBuzz.Biz Presents:
COLORADO & UTAH NATIONAL PARKS
 
9 days / 8 nights.
From Denver, CO; roundtrip.
 
Day 1. Arrival in Denver.

Transfer to hotel, check in. Denver City Tour includes: State Capitol, US Mint, Denver Public Library, Molly Brown House, Museum of Arts, Performing Arts Center, Coors Field, Victorian Buildings.

3 nights in Denver.

Day 2. Denver - Colorado Springs - Denver.

Today, tour Garden of the Gods, ride Pikes Peak Cog Railway, view the Historic Broadmore Hotel.
Drive by: Museum of the Figure Skating, US Olympic Training Center.

Day 3. Denver - Winter Park - Grand Lake - Rocky Mt. NP - Estes Park - Boulder - Denver.


The main highlight for today is a visit to the Rocky Mt. National Park. Make photo stops according to our recommendations (in Insider's Secrets). Trail Ridge Rd - stop at the summit. Visit Estes Park, Boulder, stop at Pearl St. Mall. Drive by Colorado University. Stop at the National Center for Atmospheric Research.


Day 4. Denver - Golden - Vail - Glenwood Springs - Fruita.

Visit Lookout Mt, with its famous Buffalo Bills grave. Golden: Colorado School of Mines, National renewable Energy Lab, Coors Brewery. Eisenhower Tunnel.
Vail: Vail Village, Betty Ford Alpine Gardens. Glennwood Springs - stop and use of pools.


Night in Fruita, CO.



Day 5. Fruita - Arches NP - Canyonlands NP - Monticello.

Today's highlight is a visit to Arches N.P., considered by many one of the most picturesque National Parks in the nation. Then, on to Canyonlands National Park.

Night in Monticello, UT.


Day 6. Monticello – Mesa Verde NP – Durango.

Visit Mesa Verde National Park, stopping at the viewpoints that we recommend in our Insider’s Secrets.
Evening brings you to Durango, a tourist Mecca of the Western United States. Enjoy a leisurely walk around its National Historic District.


2 nights in Durango, CO.

Day 7. Durango - Silverton - Durango.

In the morning take a ride on the historic Durango - Silverton Narrow Gauge Rail Road, which offers some of the most remarkable scenery in the West. Silverton Old Town - walking tour.

Day 8. Durango - Montrose - Black Canyon NP - Gunnison, CO.

Today's highlight is the visit to the Black Canyon National Park. Evening brings us to Gunnison, CO.

Night in Gunnison.

Day 9. Gunnison - Caņon City - Royal Gorge - Denver.

Royal Gorge - stop for 3 hrs. Pause in Colorado Springs for lunch and a visit to the US Air Force Academy. Return to Denver for your flight home.