ʻO nā piko i uhi ʻia e ka hau, nā ʻano pōhaku ʻakaʻaka, nā wao nahele maloʻo, nā kahawai kahe, nā loko ʻālohilohi, nā canyons kahiko, nā wailele kahe, nā alahele nani a me nā ululāʻau ākea. ʻO Colorado maoli loaʻa iā ia nā mea a pau—maikaʻi, koe wale nō ka kahakai , ʻoiai ke hoʻohiki nei mākou ʻaʻole ʻoe e nalo. Me ka ʻole o ka ʻohi ʻana i nā punahele, maikaʻi loa ka ʻōlelo ʻana he lua ka Centennial State i ka ʻoihana ʻike kūlohelohe. (ʻAe, pili paha me Kaleponi , akā ua like ia me ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa no kekahi lā ʻē aʻe.)
No laila pehea e hele ai kekahi e koho i nā wahi nani ke hele mau ka papa inoa o nā mea hakakā? He nīnau maikaʻi. ʻAʻole maʻalahi, akā hiki iā mākou ke hana. Mai nā kūlanakauhale liʻiliʻi nani a paka aupuni i hale hoʻokele ski , nā monuments a me kahi mele mele kaulana, ʻo ia nā wahi nani loa ma Colorado e nānā i ka ASAP.
PILI: NA WAHI NANI LOA MA KALIPONIA
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1. NĀ PAKA LAHUI NUI DUNES
Aia ma ke awāwa ʻo San Luis ma ka hema o Colorado, Pāka National Sand Dunes ʻo ia kekahi o nā wahi kaulana a maikaʻi loa ma kā mākou papa inoa. Pono ka inoa i mea hāʻawi maikaʻi loa i nā mea āu e ʻike ai ma aneʻi. Ua kaena ʻo ia i ke one kiʻekiʻe loa ma ka ʻāina. A, ʻae, ʻoiaʻiʻo nā lono... hiki iā ʻoe ke hele i ka sandboarding a me ka hele wāwae (duh). ʻAʻole ʻo ia wale nō! ʻO ka Medano Creek a me nā piko o Sangre de Cristo e hoʻopuni ana i ka ʻāina ʻē aʻe. ʻO kahi ʻōlelo i ka poʻe naʻauao: e pā i ka Great Sand Dunes National Park i ke kakahiaka nui no ka mea e wela loa.
Kahi e noho ai:
- Hillside Colorado Cottages (2 malihini) : 7 / pō
- Home ʻAno Hikina Hema (6 mau malihini) : 0 / pō
- Keena Kaawale (6 mau malihini) : 0 / pō
2. KAI A NA AKUA
ʻO ka mea i kipa nui ʻia ma ka ʻāina Pikes Peak a me kahi National Natural Landmark, Kihapai o na Akua e manaʻoʻiʻo ʻoe i kahi mana kiʻekiʻe. Kaulana ʻia kēia wahi huakaʻi kaulana ʻo Colorado Springs no kāna mau ʻano pōhaku nui e hoʻopā i ka lewa. E lawe mai i kāu pahupaʻikiʻi e paʻi i nā kiʻi o nā pōhaku ʻeleʻele e like me Kissing Camels, Balanced Rock, Tower of Babel, Cathedral Spires, Three Graces, Sleeping Indian, Siamese Twins, Scotsman and Pig's Eye. ʻO ka mea pōmaikaʻi, ʻaʻole kūʻai nui kēia mau manaʻo miliona miliona. ʻO ka mea ʻē aʻe, ʻaʻohe manuahi e ʻimi i ka māla o nā akua!
Kahi e noho ai:
- SCP Hotel Colorado Springs (2 mau malihini) : 8 / pō
- Garden of the Gods Resort and Club (2 mau malihini) : 9 / pō
- Hale ʻoluʻolu me ka pā wela (8 mau malihini) : 5 / pō
3. KA PALAPALA CRESTED BUTTE
Aia ma kahi kiʻekiʻe o 8,909 kapuaʻi, Puka Puka He kūlanakauhale liʻiliʻi maikaʻi ma nā mauna Pōhaku. Holoi na kanaka i keia aina kamahao hooilo i ski a me ka papa hau ma ka pali o Crested Butte Mountain Resort. Ma kahi mamao loa mai kahi e kiʻi ai i kāna leo kiʻekiʻe i ka hoʻoilo, hauʻoli ʻo Crested Butte i nā kau ʻehā. Hoʻomaikaʻi ʻia ʻo ia ʻo ka Wildflower Capital o Colorado, he mea kupanaha ka hiki ʻana mai o ka pūnāwai i ka wā e hoʻokumu ai nā pua i ka panorama kiʻi maikaʻi loa. ʻO kekahi wahi kūʻai nani? Huhu nā kumulāʻau Quaking aspen i loko o kahi ahi ahi o ʻohi kala i ka hāʻule .
Kahi e noho ai:
He meli no kou maka
- Condo Hou Hou (2 malihini) : 0/pō
- Just Horsin' Around (3 malihini) : 0/pō
- ʻO ka Berghaus (4 mau malihini) : 5 / pō
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4. PAKANA NATIONAL PARK GREEN PAPA
ʻIke ʻia a koʻikoʻi i ka mōʻaukala, ua helu ʻia ʻo UNESCO ʻO Mesa Verde National Park ma ke komohana hema ʻo Colorado ʻaʻole e nalo. He home ia no nā kaukani o nā kahua ʻo Ancestral Pueblo i mālama nui ʻia—me ka Hale Aliʻi ʻo Cliff, ka pali nui e noho ana ma ʻAmelika ʻĀkau. Hōʻike ka Chapin Mesa Archeological Museum i nā mea hōʻikeʻike e pili ana i ke ola a me ka moʻomeheu Ancestral Pueblo. Ma waho aʻe o kāna waiwai archaeological, piha ʻo Mesa Verde National Park i ka nani maoli. ʻO ka poʻe e ʻimi nei e hoʻohui i nā hiʻohiʻona canyon maka-popping i ka hui ʻana, pono lākou e holo i ke alanui Mesa Top Loop ʻeono mile. Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike i kekahi mau kiʻi kālai pōhaku hoihoi e hele ana ma ke alanui ʻo Petroglyph Point Trail.
Kahi e noho ai:
- Twisted Cedars Ranch (3 malihini) : 0 / pō
- Luna Mesa (4 mau malihini) : 5 / pō
- ʻO Mesa Shred ma Phil's World (6 mau malihini) : 5 / pō
5. HAULE KA PULE MALAMA
Hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻopiʻi iā mākou no ka hoʻokalakupua i ka nani o Bridal Veil Falls. A i kēlā, e ʻōlelo mākou he hewa e like me ka mea i hoʻopiʻi ʻia. Akā ʻo ka mea koʻikoʻi, ʻo wai ka mea ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻopau ʻia i ka nui o nā kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe o Colorado i ka wā e hoʻoheheʻe ʻia ana i kahi pahu pahu e nānā ana. Telluride (ʻo ia ka mea a mākou e haʻi aku ai he huakaʻi nani maoli i kona pono ponoʻī). ʻO ka huakaʻi hele ʻelua mile i ka Bridal Veil Falls e hāʻawi i ka poʻe huakaʻi i ka manawa nui e kūkulu i ka hauʻoli. ʻOiai ʻo ka huakaʻi hoʻi e hāʻawi i kahi manawa e haʻi aku ai i ka nani o nā mea āu i ʻike ai.
Kahi e noho ai:
- ʻO ka Hotel Telluride (2 mau malihini) : 9 / pō
- Hōkele Sheridan Hou (2 malihini) : 8 / pō
- Hotel Columbia (2 malihini) : 8 / pō
6. KA LAWA KULI
I kēia manawa ua hoʻokumu mākou ʻaʻole nele ʻo Colorado i nā wahi kupaianaha. Eia naʻe, Lake Kauwa hiki ke kū i waho o ke koena. Aia ma kahi kokoke i Glenwood Springs, ʻo kēia National Natural Landmark a me nā mea mākaʻikaʻi kaulana e noho mau nei i kahi hiʻohiʻona kupaianaha o kahi hoʻokumu geological travertine. E hoʻomākaukau no ka hoʻohauʻoli ʻia ʻana e ka wai aniani akaka, nā pōhaku i uhi ʻia i ka liʻo a me ka hāʻule mālie. ʻO ke kiʻi ʻana i Hanging Lake e pono ai ka hoʻoikaika ʻana. Hiki ke kiʻi ʻia ma o kahi hiʻohiʻona hiʻohiʻona-ʻoiai he pali a koʻikoʻi. Mai manaʻo e ʻoluʻolu ke hōʻea ʻoe, pāpā loa ʻia ka ʻauʻau ʻana o kēlā me kēia ʻano no ka pale ʻana i ka kaiaola palupalu.
Kahi e noho ai:
- ʻO Glenwood Springs Apartment (2 malihini) : 3 / pō
- ʻO ke kaʻa o nā punawai wela o ke kaona (3 mau malihini) : 6 / pō
- Home Victorian (6 malihini) : 5 / pō
inoa ʻoki lauoho no nā wāhineʻO Steve Whiston - Paʻi Paʻi Paʻi Paʻi/Getty Images
7. NA BELE MAROON
Mele Maroon , Ma waho wale nō o Aspen, he ʻelua mau ʻumikūmāhā i ʻike ʻia a mākaukau i ka pahupaʻikiʻi (mau mauna kiʻekiʻe ma mua o 14,000 kapuaʻi ma luna o ka ʻilikai). ʻOiai ʻo ia kekahi o nā wahi kiʻi nui loa ma Colorado a pau, ʻaʻole kūpono nā kiʻi i kēia mau waiwai i hana ʻia e Mother Nature-a, ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻole hoʻi nā huaʻōlelo, ʻoiai e hāʻawi mākou i kahi pana. ʻO ka hui pū ʻana o nā loko ʻālohilohi, nā kahawai, nā māla, nā ululāʻau, nā pua o ka wā a, ʻoiaʻiʻo hoʻi, kahi duo o nā piko e hana i kahi kūlana kiʻi like ʻole ma nā wahi ʻē aʻe o ka honua. A maopopo loa, ua hōʻoia ʻia kahi pou o Maroon Bells e hōʻiliʻili i nā makemake he nui ma Instagram.
Kahi e noho ai:
- The Gant (2 malihini) : 9/pō
- ʻO St. Regis Aspen Resort (2 mau malihini) : 9 / pō
- Hotel Jerome, Auberge Resorts Collection (2 mau malihini) : 5/pō
8. PAKA LAHUI MAUNA ROCKY
Kakaikahi na wahi i hopu i ka naau o na kanaka he nui mai na ano like ole o ke ola Pāka National Parky Mountain . ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻole hiki iā mākou ke noʻonoʻo i kahi kanaka hoʻokahi ʻaʻole e hoʻoneʻe ʻia e kona mau mauna he nui, nā ululāʻau aspen, nā muliwai a me nā tundra. Hiki i ka poʻe me ka ʻike piʻi mauna a paʻakikī ke hoʻāʻo e hoʻonui i ke Alanui Keyhole e piʻi ana i 14,000-kapuai Longs Peak. No nā poʻe ʻē aʻe, lawa ke kiʻi o ka piko koʻikoʻi mai kahi mamao. Inā hāʻule ʻoe i ka hui hope, e hele i Bear Lake e ʻoliʻoli ai i ka nani o nā hiʻohiʻona alpine.
Kahi e noho ai:
- ʻO Vintage Estes Park Cabin (4 mau malihini) : 0 / pō
- ʻO Azure Vista Holiday Home (6 mau malihini) : 4/pō
- Hoʻokaʻawale Papa Home ma Estes Park (8 mau malihini) : 8 / pō
9. RIFLE FALLS STATE PARK
Loaʻa i kekahi mau huakaʻi ke ala e hopu ai i kou puʻuwai a ʻaʻole e hoʻokuʻu. Pāka Mokuʻāina ʻo Rifle Falls hāʻule maoli nō (pun intended) i loko o kēlā ʻano. ʻIke maikaʻi ʻia no kāna wailele 70-kapuaʻi triple, 38-acre Rifle Falls State Park, ma Garfield County, he nahele deciduous nō hoʻi, nā ʻāina wai, nā ana limestone, loko lawaiʻa, nā ala hele wāwae i hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻia a me ʻumikumamākolu kaʻa-i a me ʻehiku hele- ma nā kahua hoʻomoana. He epic maikaʻi ke kūlana holoholona hihiu. Kiʻi pinepine ka poʻe kipa i ka dia, elk, coyote, moose a me nā manu maoli. Ke hoʻāhewa nei ʻoe iā mākou no ka hoʻomāʻewaʻewa wale ʻana?
Kahi e noho ai:
- ʻO ka hale ʻoluʻolu (4 mau malihini) : 5 / pō
- Hale Kūʻai Kūikawā (5 mau malihini) : 3 / pō
- Serene Alpaca Farm (8 malihini) : 9 / pō
10. PIKES PEAK
Aia ka hoʻokūkū paʻakikī no ke poʻo inoa o kahi wahi nani loa ma Colorado. A ʻoiai ʻaʻole hiki iā mākou ke ʻōlelo maopopo i kahi e lawe ai i ka keke, Pikes Peak e holo pono ana. Ua kapa ʻia ʻo America's Mountain, ʻo kēia ʻumikūmāhā (inā poina iā ʻoe, ʻo ia kahi kiʻekiʻe ma mua o 14,000 ma luna o ka ʻilikai) lawe mai i ka nani o kāna mau hiʻohiʻona kiʻi i ka lehulehu. ʻO ia, ke manaʻo nei mākou ʻaʻole pono ʻoe e ola i kahi piʻi ikaika, quad-torching piʻi i luna. E lele wale ma luna o ke kaʻaahi cog kiʻekiʻe loa o ka honua, e noho i hope, hoʻomaha a hoʻoluʻu i nā panoramas. Noʻu ka hauʻoli.
Kahi e noho ai:
- ʻO ka Cliff House ma Pikes Peak (2 mau malihini) : 3 / pō
- Altitude with Attitude Cabin (4 mau malihini) : 5 / pō
- ʻO ka Aspen Valley Hideaway (4 mau malihini) : 0 / pō
E nānā i kēia pou ma InstagramHe pou i hōʻike ʻia e Seven Falls Colorado Springs (@seven_falls)
11. KA HAULE EHIKU KA BROADMOOR
ʻOiai ʻaʻole ka kiʻekiʻe loa, ʻo ka Broadmoor Seven Falls i manaʻo nui ʻia e like me ka Centennial State's series of cascades kaulana loa. E like me ka inoa o kēia mea hoʻonanea pilikino, ua hōʻike ʻia kēia ʻano ʻano kūlohelohe ʻuhane ʻehiku (Bridal Veil, Feather, Hill, Hull, Ramona, Shorty, a me Weimer). He aha kāna moniker i haʻi ʻole ai? He 181 kapuaʻi ka kulu ʻana o ka wai mai South Cheyenne Creek. E kamaʻilio e pili ana i nā mea kupanaha! Lohe pinepine ʻoe i ka poʻe e kapa ʻia ʻo The Broadmoor Seven Falls ʻo ka Mile Nui o Scenery ma Colorado. ʻO ia no ka mea ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka ʻāina a puni me ka hui ʻana o nā ululāʻau, prairies, awāwa a me nā ʻano pōhaku.
Kahi e noho ai:
nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni e pili ana i ke aloha hollywood
- Cozy Colorado Springs Cottage (2 mau malihini) : 9 / pō
- Mauna Chic Cheyenne Cañon Cottage (2 mau malihini) : 9 / pō
- ʻO ka Broadmoor (2 malihini) : 5/pō
12. PAKA POHAKU ULAULA ME AMPHITHEATER
Inā hele ʻoe i Denver a ʻaʻole ʻoe e kiʻi i kahi hōʻike ma Pāka ʻo Red Rocks a me Amphitheater , ma laila anei ʻoe? Ma waho aʻe o nā ʻakaʻaka, ʻo kēia keʻena leʻaleʻa hōʻailona kekahi o nā pūnaewele hoihoi loa i nā mokuʻāina. Hoʻokaʻawale maoli ka hui ʻana ma waena o ke kūlohelohe a me ke kanaka. Hoʻokumu ʻia nā pōhaku ahi ma lalo o ka lewa pō i ka hōkū a me kahi kahua i hoʻokipa ʻia i kekahi o nā hana mele akamai loa o nā manawa āpau. Hoʻokipa pū ʻo Red Rocks Park a me Amphitheater i nā ʻano hanana ola weliweli e like me yoga a me nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni hoʻokele maʻamau.
Kahi e noho ai:
- ʻO ka Hotel Oxford (2 malihini) : 9 / pō
- ʻEhā Seasons Hotel Denver (2 malihini) : 8 / pō
- ʻO Halcyon, he Hotele ma Cherry Creek (2 mau malihini) : 4 / pō
13. UNAWEEP-TABEGUACHE SCENIC AND HISTORIC BYWAY
ʻO Unaweep-Tabeguache Scenic a me Historic Byway ʻaʻole ia he wahi kū hoʻokahi e like me ke ala he 150 mile e pili ana i nā kūlanakauhale ʻo Whitewater a me Placerville. Ma ke ala, e hele ana kēia ala nani nani ma waena o nā pali ʻāhiu, nā ʻauwai hohonu, nā kahawai kahiko, nā wao nahele, nā hale hānai hana, nā wahi hānai bipi a me nā mauʻu mauʻu. ʻO kā mākou ʻōlelo aʻo no ka hoʻokele ʻana i ka Unaweep-Tabeguache Scenic and Historic Byway? E hui pū i kahi papa inoa holo moana, e hoʻopaʻa i nā kīʻaha kaʻa a hoʻomākaukau e hoʻōki i ka nui e kiʻi i nā kiʻi o ka nani honua ʻē aʻe a puni ʻoe.
Kahi e noho ai:
wai ʻuala no nā wahi ʻeleʻele
- Thimble Rock Pointe (4 mau malihini) : 0 / pō
- Colorado Yurt Living (5 mau malihini) : 0 / pō
- Liʻiliʻi Park Road Retreat (6 malihini) : 5 / pō
14. JAMES M. ROBB – COLORADO RIVER STATE PARK
Aia ma ke kahawai ʻo Colorado ma Mesa County kokoke i Grand Junction, ʻO James M. Robb – Colorado River State Park Ua hoʻohilahila ʻo ia i ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi me kāna mau hiʻohiʻona wai mai ka makahiki 1994. ʻAe, ʻo ia kekahi o nā wahi hou o kā mākou papa inoa akā ʻaʻohe mea pili i kona nani. Hoʻokaʻawale ʻia kēia wahi huakaʻi 890-acre bucket-list i ʻelima mau ʻāpana, me nā kahawai āpau. He mau mile o ka hele wāwae a me ka holo kaʻa a me nā kahakai hiki ke ʻauʻau, nā loko no ka lawaiʻa a me ka waʻa, nā wahi pīniki, nā kahua hoʻomoana i mālama maikaʻi ʻia a me nā manawa pau ʻole no ka nānā ʻana i nā holoholona hihiu.
Kahi e noho ai:
- Hotel Maverick (2 malihini) : 9 / pō
- Hale Eco-Modern (7 malihini) : 5 / pō
- Home Victorian nani (8 mau malihini) : 5 / pō
15. KANONA ELELE O KA PAKA NATIONAL GUNNISON
I ka ʻike mua ʻana ʻEleʻele ʻeleʻele o ka Gunnison National Park , e noʻonoʻo ʻoe i ke ʻano o kēia wahi kupaianaha. (No ka moʻolelo, ua like ko mākou manaʻo.) Ke kūʻai aku nei kēia mea hoʻokipa komohana o Colorado iā ia iho me ka loaʻa ʻana o kekahi o nā pali ʻoi loa a me nā kumu pōhaku kahiko loa ma ʻAmelika ʻAmelika. A ʻike ʻoe i ke aha? Ke kūʻai nei mākou i nā mea a pau. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻole hele ka poʻe huakaʻi i ka Black Canyon o ka Gunnison National Park e kū wale i ka weliweli. ʻO ke ala maikaʻi loa e hoʻoheheʻe ʻia i loko, ʻo ia ke hele i waho a hele i nā ala hele wāwae.
Kahi e noho ai:
- Stone House Inn (2 malihini) : 5 / pō
- ʻElua G Guestranch (2 malihini) : 0 / pō
- Chimney Top Acres (2 malihini) : 0 / pō
PILI: NA 55 NUI LOA O KA HONUA