DENVER

Located at the base of the Rocky Mountains, Denver is one of America's most beautiful cities and is the tenth largest downtown in the U.S. Blessed with sunshine almost all year round, Denver is a lively city with a great love of the outdoors. Here you'll find the nation's largest city park system, an abundance of golf courses and an incredible 650 miles of paved bike trails. But don’t be fooled, Denver is also a cultural and sophisticated city.

Denver has one of the highest educated populations in America and a great love of the arts. The Denver Art Museum is in the process of doubling with a new wing designed by Daniel Libeskind. The Denver Performing Arts Complex is the second largest in the nation with ten theatres seating 10,000 people for theatre, symphony, opera and ballet. 

The downtown core stretches west from the State Capitol to Cherry Creek and north to Coors Field. East of the Capitol lie interesting neighborhoods and a number of large city parks. The downtown area is busy, especially around 16th St pedestrian mall. This street is off-limits to vehicular traffic, except a free bus that travels the entire length of the street, stopping at every corner. 

Boulder, only 30 minutes from downtown Denver is home to the University of Colorado, and has been called "A magnificent city" by Margaret Thatcher, the former Prime Minister of Great Britian.   From the Farmer's Market, to over 300 restaurants, to 200 miles of public hiking trails, residents have so much to experience every day.

Although Denver can get hot, it isn’t humid. The streets tend to be very busy downtown as Denver Residents take every opportunity to be outdoors. Denver is a great city to walk around in; there are a number of interesting sights. Although the downtown core is smaller than average, Denver itself is quite big and you will need a car to get to and from the suburbs. There is a lot of traffic on Denver streets in general, but nothing too frustrating.

Denver is definitely an outdoor city, and although there are some attractions, the best thing to do is remain outside and enjoy the weather, if it happens to be good.