Recent reviews Denver
[gruja_kg, 26/01/2010] Very nice and very big ZOO. In this ZOO you can find all kinds of animals from all over the world. One of the interesting parts of the garden is tropicana with faithful ambient of tropical landscapes and animals. Zoo is quite large so that the need for his tour of the day. In the garden there is a fast food restaurant and souvenir shop. All in all worth a visit this wonderful zoo. Highly recommend, specially for families with children.
[gruja_kg, 26/01/2010] Visiting Capitol Building was Amazing experience. Interior of building is absolutely beautiful. On the first floor is a wall with pictures of all American presidents. Top of the building is gold plated. Highly recommend to visit this gold building in Denver.
[gruja_kg, 26/01/2010] Very nice place to spend a day if you are in Denver, Colorado. A lot of beautiful colorful fishes, wild animals, big pools with large turrets and sharks will give you a wonderful feeling specially for family s with children. Highly recommend for all people who like this kind of attractions.
[koshkha, 07/03/2009] We approached the Capitol Building through the Civic Centre Park which lies between the Colorado State Capitol and the City and County Building. We stopped to look at Colorado's own Liberty Bell, admired some decorative metalwork showing many of the state emblems (who's have thought it; Colorado has its very own 'state dinosaur'), a big statue of a Civil War soldier and to take photos of the mile markers on the steps. We noticed that the building looked familiar although neither of us had seen it before and then twigged that it's a lot like the Capitol building in Washington DC. The building i
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[koshkha, 07/03/2009] As a Brit, I'm unashamedly confident in believing that we do big gardens better than anyone else. Forgive me - after all, we don't have THAT much to show off or feel superior about. One year I took my parents and my sister and her partner to a major international garden exhibition in Holland and we strutted around feeling horribly superior about the national gardening efforts of our European neighbours. We are blessed of course with fabulously awful weather that favours gardens (i.e. lots of rain) and with a national obsession with green stuff. Our garden of course is a weed-ridden disgrace w
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[koshkha, 07/03/2009] If you live in the UK where most of the major state museums and art galleries have free entry, having to pay a hefty entrance fee is a bit of a shock to the system. I've been to some of the galleries in New York so I knew to expect to pay a high price, but even so we were a bit taken aback that the tickets for the Denver Art Museum were $13 per person. If we'd wanted to see the 'special exhibition' there would have been an additional fee on top.
We entered through the new building - I think it's called the Hamilton building. It's a stunning modern building with so many angles that it's hard
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[koshkha, 07/03/2009] I love big aquariums so I was quite excited to see what Denver would have to offer. However I've been to enough aquariums that I'm getting a bit picky about what I like and what I don't and I've become more than a little cynical about the ploys such places employ to try to make the already fascinating underwater world more accessible to the public.
Challenge number one was to find the place; it's not obvious. Like a tantalus, the aquarium is something you can see from quite a distance but you just can't figure out how to get there until the penny drops and you realise the only way to get th
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[1krispy1, 06/01/2009] My girlfriend and I had spent the last two weeks it seemed on the go all the time. We have just returned from a trip to California to see the Disney parks and some sights in San Diego and thought we would like to do something at a little slower pace. Our choice this evening would be the Denver Zoo's Zoo Lights exhibit.
Zoo Lights is an annual exhibit where a reduced section of the zoo is decorated with holiday lights. The cost of admission for adults was $9 however since my girlfriend is a member it was reduced to $6. Non members can get a reduction if they bring a non perishable food item
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[avs17, 06/01/2009] The Denver Pepsi center is one of the most incredible sports arenas i have ever had the pleasure of attending. No matter where you are seated the view of the court / rink / field is outstanding. From the first row to the last in the nosebleed section the seats are astonishing in every way. The large selection of food and restaurants surrounding and inside the Pepsi center are perfect to satisfy all your hunger needs. When i go to the Pepsi Center it is usually to attend a Colorado Avalanche which are incredible to watch. I have sat in a variety of sections in order to get the best experience possi
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[1krispy1, 17/12/2008] I recently went to center of Colorado government. I went to take photos for trivago. Denver is interesting in that many of the attractions or features of the city are centrally located. As an example many of the venues for sporting events, in fact all of them are located within sight of each other. They actually are within walking distance from each other. The same applies to the theater district. By world standards it is pretty small particularly when compared to the West End in London or Broadway in New York but it does provide access to many venues for ballet, opera, a symphony concert and
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[1krispy1, 16/12/2008] I recently had a chance to visit Civic Center Park in downtown Denver. Civic Center Park is reminiscent of Washington DC in that it is an open space between two important features in Colorado Civic Government facilities. Much like the Washington Monument faces the Lincoln Memorial across the reflection pool the Colorado State Capital faces the Denver City and County Building across the Civic Center Park. It is the center of government for the City of Denver and the State of Colorado.
Civic Center Park is also the site of numerous statues and contains fountains, a Greek amphitheater as well
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[1krispy1, 03/08/2008] My son and I thought today would be a good day to go to the state capital and take a look. Normally governmental building would be closed during the weekend. However this weekend is special. Today was the second of August. The significance to that yesterday the first of August was the anniversary to Colorado becoming the 38th state. So the state government had the capital building open for this first Saturday following the anniversary.
The building is normally open Monday through Friday with hours from 9:00 a.m. to 4 p.m. There are guided tours available. One of the features we really enjoy
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[1krispy1, 08/07/2008] While my son and I were in the area (we had attended the Cherry Creek Arts Festival) we thought we would go ahead and visit the 16th Street Mall.
The 16th Street Mall oddly enough runs along 16th Street in downtown Denver running from Market Street to Broadway. It was formerly a one way street in the heart of downtown but was converted to an urban walk and bus way. There are no cars allowed on it. However busses run from one end of the mall to the other end of the mall. They are just minutes behind each other and our powered by means other than gasoline or diesel fuel. The center of the wal
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[1krispy1, 06/07/2008] Every year during the weekend of the fourth of July the Cherry Creek Arts Festival takes place in the Cherry Creek district of Denver. It takes place on city street near the Cherry Creek shopping district consuming some six city blocks in depth and two city blocks height. St. Paul Street this year became culinary Avenue while Milwaukee Street is Artivity Avenue. This is where people of all ages can take an active roll in some activities. One of the local television stations sets up both where one can become a weather forecaster for example with the lead weatherman on hand for conversation and
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[1krispy1, 04/07/2008] I have a friend whose son wanted to go see a baseball game. We thought about it and thought it would be fun go on the third of July. It would be a Thursday night game but there would be no work the next day due to the fourth of July holiday so we bought tickets.
I have not been to Coors Field for about seven years and have been looking forward to it for a couple of weeks. As an added bonus the Colorado Rockies baseball club was putting on a fireworks display for the games on July 3, 4 and 5. This would mean we would get to see both a game and an awesome fireworks demonstration.
Coors Fie
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[1krispy1, 10/06/2007] A rare bird indeed is the B 18 Bolo. Developed from the DC 2 commercial airliner it was a replacement for the Martin B 10 in 1934. It was initially selected over the B 17 when the prototype for the B 17 crashed because the control surfaces had been locked. Most of the B 18 fleet in the Pacific was destroyed by the attack on Pearl Harbor and it did not see any further action in that theater. It served as anti submarine patrol on the east coast until withdrawn later in the war. Only five examples remain. All are in museums in the United States.
I also enjoyed the A7 Corsair II, this example f
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[1krispy1, 12/03/2007] I have always enjoyed the Pepsi Center. For the last four years I have been in partnership with a group that has season tickets for the Colorado Avalanche. We each get to go to eleven games a season so there have been plenty of visits. Our seats are right near the rafters. We are way up there but we always vote to get the same seats the next year. The line of sight is very good, access to the seats is easy. However the pitch of the steps is pretty step and it is advisable to pay attention to the stairs until one gets seated.
There are plenty of places to eat, though with prices for food I g
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[1krispy1, 12/03/2007] Denver's Union Station is a grand old structure. It looks like the set of an old Chicago gangster movie like the recent iteration of the "Untouchables" with Kevin Costner and Sean Connery. The high backed seat in the waiting area and the way the building echoes when one walks through the building are very nostalgic. Unlike Europe where train travel is very common here it is not. Now there are only a few trains that come through Denver yet Denver International Airport is one of the ten busiest airports in the world.
One can catch the California Zephyr which connects Chicago with the west coa
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[1krispy1, 07/03/2007] It was officially opened on September 10, 2005. However I and many other got to see the "real" first time use of the Ellie Caulkins Opera House. The "Ellie" is also used by the Colorado Children Choral. They and the Denver Young Artist Orchestra collaborated for an opening concert prior to the "big show" on the 10th of September.
I was very impressed. I was sitting up in the balcony yet felt very close to the stage. The sound was clear and crisp. This was not an opera so the seat back titling was not a factor.
This theater is intimate and well laid out. I would go back should the occasio
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[1krispy1, 05/03/2007] My son and I elected to take a visit to the Colorado History Museum on a Saturday afternoon. It was a very informative venture into the past. All the displays are downstairs. The exhibits are well placed and one can move easily through the hall and view the exhibits in a random casual manner. It was very relaxing.
We were able to get up close to houses that had been constructed from sod. It was then covered with some form of plaster like covering to protect the sod from the elements. There was a Conestoga wagon that had been used to transport early settlers to the Colorado region. Also pre
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