Your Visitors

If someone were to visit your hometown, what would they have to do? What would they have to see? (If you don't want to be too personal, broaden the scope, to state/providence, or even just country)

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In Colorado, I feel for a person visiting it's essential to see the mountains. Colorado's home to 53 14-ers (14,000 feet+/4250m+) And almost anyone you talk to relates to some type of mountain activity (skiing, hiking, camping, biking, rafting, etc). Best part, they're useable year round.

Of course marijuana is one of the biggest topics out here, and may as well be. I've visited Oregon, and washington, and Colorado really is the only tourist spot open for weed so far. There's 100s of shops for recreational use, and fun tours like wine country tours in which limos can take you around, show you the plantation, dispensaries, and smoke you up :sifone: Weed is huge here, whether or not you use it, it's very different from how a lot of the world perceives it. Smoking a joint or bowl is just as normal as going out for a beer or drink, so whether or not you like it, just know that the exposure will be there. I haven't spent one day in boulder without being smoked up for free.

Bicycling is pretty big out here, Boulder, Castle Rock, Denver, Colorado Springs, Fort Collins, (all the major towns) are where a lot of biking enthusiasts reside. And we're the first state to introduce the bike sharing program where tourists can go to a bike station and be riding in minutes. They can be dropped off at other stations too which are located virtually everywhere.

Get some drinks, Colorado brews a plethora of beers. I hate using the term best, but if you ever look up best beer in america, colorado is gonna make every list you read. I'm not an IPA person myself, but micro-breweries are very popular here, if you're into that.

Lastly, visit Red Rocks. This really is the best venue I've seen in my life. I want to be proven wrong just to see something cooler, but if you come in the summer. Look up film on the rocks, cheapest way you'll ever see an event there. Otherwise concerts, and random events can be found on their calendar, and all open dates are open to the public.

 

So the microbreweries in Colorado make only IPAs?

I would say Cali has the best (and most) craft breweries.

 

A big part of microbrewery culture is tasting places IPAs...

And that's why I said I hated to use the term best. It's not competition, just saying it's a big part of Colorado's culture --of course cali is bigger, the bay area alone has a bigger population than the entire state of colorado

 

I like California and Colorado brews. And Michigan, Iowa, Wisconsin.....I could go on.

 

hometown as in where i came from, or hometown as in where i live now?

if the former, nothing. there's a nice rails-to-trails, and a great set of parks for a village of its size, but really nothing to interest tourists. a couple towns over though, there's an amusement park, a lake, and tons of other touristy stuff piggybacking off those two attractions.

if the latter, it's pretty much just the lake. also, this area is big for wineries. i can't imagine traveling somewhere just to sit in a restaurant and drink wine, but it seems to be a legitimate tourist activity around here.

 

Sleepy, Colorado trip for me looks very promising atm and I'm thinking of staying a few days/nights.

 

seriously hmu I do have an extra bed if I'm not renting it!! although I am in the city and I know you like you're nature better, but either way we gotta smoke up

 

Whatever you call home, I'm not even from the states, but i call it home

And wine tours are very fun! You learn a lot about the different types of grapes and can see the vineyards which are just picturesque. And the part that's great are the wine pairings, you really learn how each wine affects your palette, and it's sort of surreal how you can learn how to change the taste of everything you eat.

 

Well I don't think I'll have much time for nature and we'll be in the city I think, is that where Mile High Stadium is? Wherever that is I think I'll be close by. But I have my partner and a couple of friends so you gotta move your whole house out to let us stay.

But I'm down for smoking. Is that like, I can just walk into a shop and buy some weed?

 

I live in Southern California, so take your friggin' pick
mountains for skiing
ocean for surfing
desert for off-roading
and you could literally do all 3 in one day, a long assed day, but it can be done.

then you have the fucking plethora of tourist attractions;
Dizzyland
Hollyweird
Snott's Booby Farm
Magic Mountain
Queen Mary
Universal Studios
Sea World
sports, sports and more sports
etc
etc
etc
etc
etc.........

 

I love California....maybe northern CA a little more than southern CA but next time I'm down there...we'll have to go to the Booby Farm or something.

 

Queen Mary....isn't that where they shot the Poseidon Adventure





Hotwater

 

my town is gorgeous - in the 70s we had a mayor from Vienna who hired a landscape architect to redesign the town to look more like a European city. He narrowed four lanes to two, put in wide sidewalks lined by trees and flower boxes. So I would recommend starting out with a walk. There are a ton of little sidewalk cafes if you get hungry or thirsty along the way. There is also a really nice park in the middle of town. There is a river through the center of town and the main attraction of the park is a waterfall. Its a great place to read a book or have a picnic.

we're getting more well known for our restaurants so pretty much any restaurant you choose is going to be quality good. Lots of nice bars too, my two favorites are a microbrewery and a bar that has over a hundred beers on tap and hundreds in bottle. There are a few breweries within a 15 minute drove of town too if beer is your thang.

for live music we have this great dive bar. It doesn't look like much but they have seriously talented bands playing every night.


we have a nice rails to trail that connects downtown to a little small town in the foothills of the mountains. There are little bike kiosks set up everywhere and I think its like a quarter to rent a bike then you get your quarter back when you return it. As you're leaving downtown on the trail you'll see the children's garden which is a whimsical, magical little place even if you don't have kids.

we're an hour outside the blue ridge mountains and if you aren't up for the drive there is a small mountain like 5 minutes outside of town that has some nice hiking trails and a nice spot at the top where you can see the city, but its impossible to find unless you already know its there.

I guess that's all I got. I'm completely sold on Colorado after reading the OP.

 

I don't go to town much...

 

Absolutely nothing. Really.

 

New York

NYC

the beautiful countryside upstate

Whatever you like....NY has it.

i love NY.

 

They should make a T-shirt...





Wait!

 

LOL

i was just looking at all of the u tube vids of the old I <3 NY ads, but there is not a little of everything consolidated in just one ad.....there are too many different ones.

 

To name a few:

Broadway
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Museum of Modern Art
Guggenheim
Museum of natural History

to name only a few museums
Baseball Hall of Fame
Saratoga Springs
FDR territory and museums
Hudson River
long Island beaches
culture
Prestigious Universities like Columbia College
Catskill Mountains
Adirondacks
Niagara Falls
Historical sights
countless dining experiences
and on and on and on
something for everyone

 

Sleepy, 5 days booked in Denver right now.

It might change, but it's pencilled into the itinerary at the moment.