DENVER ACTIVITIES 1. Colorado Rockies Baseball Game • Playing At
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DENVER ACTIVITIES 1. Colorado Rockies Baseball Game • Playing at home against SF Giants: Tues 6/10, Wed 6/11, & Thurs 6/12 • Tickets available at http://colorado.rockies.mlb.com/index • Light rail downtown to Coors Field (Union Station) 2. Coors Brewery Tour (car needed) FREE TOURS • 13th and Ford Streets, Golden, Colorado 10:00 am – 4:00 pm (Mon‐Sat); 866‐812‐2337 or 303‐277‐2337 www.coors.com 3. Red Rocks Amphitheater (car needed) • Open to public if no concert scheduled; beautiful natural amphitheater and views of Denver • 8:00 am – 7:00 pm daily • www.redrocksonline.com 4. Cherry Creek/S. Platte River/Highline Canal Trails • Extensive bike path system throughout Denver that you can catch a couple of blocks from the hotel; • Link to Denver Bike Path Map: www.denvergov.org/denvermaps/report.asp?rpt=crec&cat=crec 5. Park Meadows Mall • Accessible by light rail (County Line Station) • www.parkmeadows.com 6. Denver Art Museum (accessible by light rail) • The DAM is part of the Civic Center Cultural Complex on 13th Avenue between Broadway and Bannock Streets in downtown Denver. • Tuesday – Thursday 10:00 am – 5:00 pm Friday 10:00 am – 10:00 pm Saturday 10:00 am – 5:00 pm Sunday 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm • www.denverartmuseum.org 7. Denver Zoo (car needed) • 2300 Steele Street, Denver • 9:00 am – 5:00 pm daily • www.denverzoo.org 8. Dowtown Denver/16th Street Mall/Larimer Square/Lodo • Accessible by light rail • Tattered Cover Bookstore: 1628 16th Street • Many good restaurants 9. Golf (many courses in the area around the hotel) 10. Cherry Creek State Park • http://parks.state.co.us/Parks/cherrycreek • Boating, biking, walking, fishing, swim beach 11. Restaurants near hotel (just a few listed, many more in the area) [$: Inexpensive; $$: Moderate; $$$: Expensive; $$$$: Very Expensive] • Garcia’s Mexican Restaurant: 5050 S. Syracuse St $ • Il Fornaio: 8000 E. Belleview Avenue $$ • Original Pancake House: 8000 E. Belleview Avenue $ • Chipotle Mexican Grill: 8000 E. Belleview Avenue $ • Bara Sushi & Grill: 8000 E. Belleview Avenue $$/$$$ • Yia Yia Eurocafe: 8310 E. Belleview Avenue $$$ • Great Northern Tavern: 8101 E. Belleview Avenue $$/$$$ • Darcy’s Irish Pub: 4955 S. Ulster St $$ • McCormick & Schmick’s Seafood: 8100 E. Union Avenue $$/$$$ • Pappadeaux Seafood Kitchen: 7520 E. Progress Place $$/$$$ Information on light rail http://www.rtd‐denver.com/ • There’s a station about 0.10 mile from the hotel (Belleview Station). This is a major transfer station and from here, you can catch every line in Denver. Hotel location http://www.mapquest.com/mq/9‐OaU5xT*_AzHb3P2l0Hap .