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5198 N Nevada Ave

⭐ Lloyd's pick — a polished chop-house in University Village with an excellent Happy Hour that regulars plan their week around. Dry-aged steaks, a proper butcher shop next door, and some of the best craft cocktails on the north side of town.

702 S Cascade Ave, Colorado Springs, CO 80903

⭐ Lloyd's pick — a bohemian downtown spot known for the Brazilian coconut shrimp soup, an excellent brunch, and a patio strung with lights that every local has at least one good story about.

215 S Tejon St, Colorado Springs, CO 80903

Free local-history museum housed in the 1903 El Paso County Courthouse — the original courtroom is preserved, and exhibits cover Pikes Peak, the Ute people, and city founding.

930 Manitou Ave, Manitou Springs, CO 80829

A four-building, mostly-outdoor arcade running since 1933 — vintage skee-ball, mechanical fortune-tellers, and a few hundred modern games, all paid by the actual penny (or quarter).

7350 Pine Creek Rd, Colorado Springs, CO 80919

A neighborhood-secret bistro tucked into a 1970s home on the north side, with a famous patio under cottonwoods and a five-course prix fixe that changes weekly.

21045 Hwy 67 S, Divide, CO 80814

A 5,000-acre alpine park at 9,500 feet — wildflowers, aspens, granite outcrops, and a network of well-marked trails with constant Pikes Peak views.

3370 W High Dr, Colorado Springs, CO 80906

A 5.5-mile loop in the Bear Creek/Stratton area with steady switchbacks, scrub-oak ridges, and big payoff views over the city — the locals' favorite "real" hike near downtown.

126 Cimino Dr, Colorado Springs, CO 80903

The downtown park with the iconic Julie Penrose Fountain — a ring of sculpted arches that doubles as Colorado Springs' best summer splash pad, plus a playground, big lawn, and paved trails along Monument Creek.

13 Hydro St, Manitou Springs, CO 80829

The legendary 13-mile, 7,500-vertical-foot trail to the summit of Pikes Peak — the full hike is a serious mountaineering day, but the lower miles are a great moderate Manitou hike on their own.

1025 S 21st St, Colorado Springs, CO 80904

A small, chef-owned Italian and French-influenced bistro on the west side that locals save for anniversaries and big birthdays — hand-rolled pastas, a deep wine list, and service that remembers you the next time.

4250 Cheyenne Mountain Zoo Rd, Colorado Springs, CO 80906

America's only mountainside zoo, built into the slopes above the city. The giraffe herd is the largest in the country — and yes, you can hand-feed them.

Cripple Creek, CO 80813

A historic 19th-century gold-mining town turned mountain casino destination — Victorian buildings, donkeys roaming Main Street, and one of Colorado's prettiest mountain drives to get there.

3330 Chuckwagon Rd, Colorado Springs, CO 80919

The original Western chuckwagon dinner show — biscuits and beef on tin plates, followed by the Flying W Wranglers performing classic cowboy harmonies under the stars.

1805 N 30th St, Colorado Springs, CO 80904

Towering red sandstone fins rise straight out of the grassland with Pikes Peak as the backdrop — a free, world-famous park with easy paved trails and serious rock-climbing walls.

3440 N Cheyenne Canyon Rd, Colorado Springs, CO 80906

A 35-foot waterfall right beside the road in North Cheyenne Cañon, with a short stone staircase up to the taller Silver Cascade Falls behind it. Low effort, high payoff — perfect first hike in town.

10 Old Mans Trail, Manitou Springs, CO 80829

The famous 2,744-step climb up an old cable-car bed — a one-mile workout that gains 2,000 feet of elevation. Not a gentle introduction to altitude, but an unforgettable one.

Manitou Ave, Manitou Springs, CO 80829

A half-mile strip of independent shops, galleries, arcades, and natural mineral-springs fountains — a walkable historic district that's equal parts hippie, artsy, and touristy, in exactly the right proportions.

733 Manitou Ave, Manitou Springs, CO 80829

An unabashedly romantic, long-dinner Swiss fondue spot on Manitou Avenue — four courses of cheese, salad, meat-and-broth, and chocolate that turn into a 2+ hour affair in the best possible way.

2120 S Cheyenne Cañon Rd, Colorado Springs, CO 80906

A 1,600-acre canyon park where the foothills crack open into red-walled cliffs, waterfalls, and miles of trails — the original Colorado Springs scenic drive.

190 S Cascade Ave, Colorado Springs, CO 80903

Downtown Colorado Springs' 2,000-seat performing arts hall — touring Broadway shows, the Philharmonic, major comedians, and everything in between. Pretty much every big act that comes through town plays this room.

324 N Tejon St, Colorado Springs, CO 80903

A downtown Colorado Springs institution since 1975 — an independent bookstore, a toy store, a used-book room, a casual restaurant, and a wine bar, all connected, all in a row on North Tejon. The one-stop shop of rainy-day afternoons.

3550 W High St, Colorado Springs, CO 80904

A quieter, dog-friendly alternative to Garden of the Gods — 1,474 acres of red sandstone, old quarry walls, and 15+ miles of interconnected trails with views of Pikes Peak at every turn.

4218 County Rd 3A, Cañon City, CO 81215

The highest suspension bridge in America, hung 956 feet above the Arkansas River — plus an aerial gondola, zip line, skycoaster, and walking decks for the brave.

1 Lake Ave, Colorado Springs, CO 80906

The grande dame of Colorado resorts — a Forbes Five-Star, century-old hotel with a private lake, a dozen restaurants, championship golf, and public spaces anyone can wander through whether or not you're staying the night.

515 Ruxton Ave, Manitou Springs, CO 80829

The highest cog railway in the world, climbing from Manitou Springs to the 14,115-ft summit of Pikes Peak in about three hours round-trip — a completely different experience from the drive, and far less white-knuckle.

200 S Sierra Madre St, Colorado Springs, CO 80903

The most-awarded museum design of the past decade — a gleaming downtown landmark with hands-on exhibits where you can ski-jump, sprint, and shoot arrows against Team USA athletes. The most fun museum in town, hands down.

115 E Platte Ave, Colorado Springs, CO 80903

The downtown plaza-park of Colorado Springs — summer concerts on the bandshell, an outdoor ice rink in winter, and food trucks parked along Platte all year.

26 Manitou Ave, Manitou Springs, CO 80829

A vegetarian-friendly Manitou Springs mainstay with global comfort food, long weekend brunches, and a patio right on Fountain Creek — the spot locals send visitors for a first meal in town.

925 S 8th St, Colorado Springs, CO 80905

Local outfitter for guided jeep tours, ATV rides, hot-air balloon flights, and zip lines — the easy way to do the bucket-list Colorado activities without owning the gear.

818 N Cascade Ave, Colorado Springs, CO 80903

One of the largest numismatic collections in the world — ancient Greek coins, gold rush nuggets, and a 1913 Liberty Head nickel that's worth more than most houses.

245 Bear Creek Rd, Colorado Springs, CO 80906

A free El Paso County nature center tucked into Bear Creek Regional Park — live critters, hands-on exhibits, ranger-led hikes, and a half-mile interpretive trail that's stroller-friendly and just right for little legs.

245 Bear Creek Rd, Colorado Springs, CO 80906

A 545-acre regional park on the city's southwest side with gardens, a nature center, archery range, dog park, and an easy trail network winding through cottonwoods.

Buena Vista, CO 81211

A small mountain town built around the Arkansas River and the Collegiate Peaks — whitewater rafting in summer, hot springs in any season, and a walkable historic downtown.

2989 S State Hwy 83, Franktown, CO 80116

A surprise canyon between Colorado Springs and Denver where Cherry Creek cut a steep gorge — easy trails, the ruins of a 1933 dam break, and almost no crowds.

100 Cave of the Winds Rd, Manitou Springs, CO 80829

Guided cave tours since 1881, plus cliffside thrill rides suspended over Williams Canyon. Somewhere between natural wonder and old-school roadside Americana, in the best way.

30 W Dale St, Colorado Springs, CO 80903

A 1936 Art Deco landmark with a serious collection of Southwest and American art, a working theatre, and free admission every Friday afternoon.

5225 E Platte Ave, Colorado Springs, CO 80915

One of the largest weekend flea markets in the Rocky Mountain West — acres of vendors, antiques, tools, Western gear, fresh produce, and the usual flea-market rabbit hole you walk into for five minutes and leave three hours later.

3920 Dublin Blvd, Colorado Springs, CO 80918

One of Colorado Springs' biggest neighborhood parks — a huge playground, skate park, tennis and pickleball courts, disc-golf course, and paved trails that loop the creek. Free, lively, and genuinely all-day.

25 N Tejon St, Colorado Springs, CO 80903

The downtown go-to for line dancing, two-step, and live country on weekends. Free lessons early in the evening — even if you swear you can't dance.

N Tejon St between Boulder & Colorado Ave, Colorado Springs, CO 80903

The walkable heart of Colorado Springs — about ten blocks of independent boutiques, galleries, coffee shops, and restaurants along North and South Tejon Street, anchored by Acacia Park at the north end.

34 E Ramona Ave, Colorado Springs, CO 80905

Old-school Bavarian restaurant in a chalet-style building south of downtown — schnitzel, sauerbraten, spaetzle, and a stein-clinking biergarten that's pure Munich-on-the-Front-Range.

5225 N Nevada Ave, Colorado Springs, CO 80918

The UCCS performing-arts complex on the north side of town — four theaters under one roof hosting classical music, dance, indie films, and visiting artists. Smaller and more intimate than the Pikes Peak Center.

15807 Co Rd 1, Florissant, CO 80816

A 6,000-acre monument hiding some of the world's richest fossil deposits — petrified redwood stumps the size of a small car, plus 1,700 species of insect, leaf, and fish fossils.

2110 Stella Dr, Colorado Springs, CO 80921

A pine-forested 437-acre park in the Black Forest that feels like a slice of the high country — ponds, picnic shelters, and a network of easy family loops under the trees.

400 S 21st St, Colorado Springs, CO 80904

A walk-through reconstruction of an authentic 1880s Colorado mining town — saloons, blacksmith, jail, and general store, all built with original buildings rescued from the mountains.

Iron Mountain Ave, Manitou Springs, CO 80829

A 6-mile traverse linking Manitou Springs to Section 16 along the foothills — varied scrub, granite outcrops, and the best ridge-line view of Pikes Peak you can get without climbing it.

444 Ruxton Ave, Manitou Springs, CO 80829

A classic Manitou Springs dinner-theater experience — hiss the villain, cheer the hero, eat a Cornish-mining-camp style dinner, and stay for the post-show vaudeville olio. Hokey in the best way, and it's been running for over 60 years.

110 E Costilla St, Colorado Springs, CO 80903

A tiny purple castle of a diner serving the green chile that most Colorado Springs locals would fight you over. Breakfast-all-day, cash preferred, line out the door.

1305 N Academy Blvd

The longest-running stand-up club in Colorado Springs — touring national headliners on weekends, a tight two-drink-minimum room, and the kind of low-ceilinged setting where every joke lands a little harder.

408 S Nevada Ave, Colorado Springs, CO 80903

Downtown's best-loved third-wave coffee bar — single-origin pours, locally-roasted espresso, pastries from neighborhood bakers, and a minimalist concrete-and-light space designed to actually let you work.

10 Cliff Dwellings Rd, Manitou Springs, CO 80829

A preserved set of Ancestral Puebloan-style cliff dwellings you can actually walk through — relocated here in the early 1900s from Southwest Colorado, paired with a small museum and gift shop at the mouth of Williams Canyon.

710 Rock Creek Canyon Rd, Colorado Springs, CO 80926

A delightfully old-school roadside museum on the way to Cheyenne Mountain — 8,000 tropical insects, including the giant herculean beetle that's the museum's mascot.

1605 E Pikes Peak Ave, Colorado Springs, CO 80909

A central-city park built around Prospect Lake, with a swimming beach, ice arena, BMX track, and the city's oldest skate park — the everyday playground of Colorado Springs.

1626 S Tejon St, Colorado Springs, CO 80905

A small, artist-run theater in the Ivywild neighborhood specializing in physical comedy, circus arts, puppetry, and intimate original productions — the most-interesting-by-far venue in town on any given weekend.

9 Capitol Hill Ave, Manitou Springs, CO 80829

A 14,000-square-foot, four-story Victorian castle built in 1895 by a French priest — a delightfully strange self-guided tour through 30 rooms of period furnishings, plus a tea room that's as popular as the museum itself.

170 W Cache La Poudre St, Colorado Springs, CO 80903

A long, narrow greenway threaded along Monument Creek through the heart of downtown, perfect for a stroll, run, or family bike ride right outside the front door.

N Cheyenne Canyon Rd, Colorado Springs, CO 80906

A gentle 2-mile out-and-back in North Cheyenne Cañon with a knockout summit view of Seven Falls, downtown Colorado Springs, and the eastern plains — one of the best effort-to-reward ratios in the city.

5050 Pikes Peak Hwy, Cascade, CO 80809

A Christmas-themed amusement park open every season but Christmas — Santa is always in residence, and the rides are a charmingly retro slice of mid-century Americana.

W Colorado Ave between 24th & 27th St, Colorado Springs, CO 80904

Six blocks of historic storefronts packed with independent boutiques, galleries, and the kind of gift shops where you'll actually find something worth taking home.

3650 Maizeland Rd, Colorado Springs, CO 80909

A 730-acre mesa-top park in the middle of the city with 25+ miles of trails, dog-friendly loops, and panoramic views from the edge of the bluffs.

1540 S 21st St, Colorado Springs, CO 80904

A century-old Colorado Springs candy factory famous for hand-made almond toffee, saltwater taffy, and the Colorado-only chocolate-covered potato chips that nobody believes until they try. Factory tours and a storefront in one.

2 E Pikes Peak Ave, Colorado Springs, CO 80903

The downtown brewpub that's anchored the corner of Pikes Peak and Tejon since 1993. Three floors of beer, billiards, and a rooftop that's the move on a summer evening.

103 ProRodeo Dr, Colorado Springs, CO 80919

The official hall of fame of professional rodeo — saddles of legendary cowboys, animal-athlete inductees, and an outdoor arena with a live longhorn exhibit.

101 S Union Ave, Pueblo, CO 81003

A reclaimed urban riverwalk along the Arkansas River with restaurants, public art, gondola rides, and a relaxed downtown pace — Pueblo's answer to San Antonio.

Gold Camp Rd Trailhead, Colorado Springs, CO 80906

A shaded 3.5-mile out-and-back that follows North Cheyenne Creek, crossing — you guessed it — seven wooden bridges. One of the most kid-friendly "real" hikes in town.

1045 Lower Gold Camp Rd, Colorado Springs, CO 80905

A 181-foot cascade split into seven distinct drops in a narrow box canyon, with 224 staircase steps to the top for those who want the view and two hiking trails continuing above the falls.

10 S Parkside Dr, Colorado Springs, CO 80910

A quirky domed former-planetarium turned 650-seat concert hall — intimate sightlines, a packed calendar of touring singer-songwriters, tribute bands, comedians, and the occasional burlesque night.

2120 S Cheyenne Canyon Rd, Colorado Springs, CO 80906

The visitor center and live-animal exhibit at the mouth of North Cheyenne Cañon — bats, reptiles, and rotating nature exhibits, plus climbing-route info and the trailhead for some of the best family hikes in the city.

750 Citadel Dr E, Colorado Springs, CO 80909

The largest enclosed mall on the east side — Dillard's, Macy's, JCPenney, plus a food court and a 14-screen movie theater. The classic American mall experience, alive and well.

31 N Tejon St, Colorado Springs, CO 80903

A downtown classic with dark wood, white tablecloths, and a live piano bar — dry-aged steaks, a proper martini list, and the kind of room where every table looks like it's celebrating something.

888 W Moreno Ave, Colorado Springs, CO 80905

Tableside-flambé continental fine dining with a panoramic view of the city lights — a special-occasion place that's been doing pepper steak the same beautiful way for 50+ years.

1885 Briargate Pkwy, Colorado Springs, CO 80920

An open-air upscale shopping village on the north side — Apple Store, Sephora, Williams-Sonoma, J.Crew — with restaurants, a movie theater, and outdoor fire pits.

1305 Vindicator Dr, Colorado Springs, CO 80919

A 340-acre pocket of wild land tucked into the city's north side, with rock outcroppings, pine woods, and rolling singletrack popular with trail runners and mountain bikers.

225 North Gate Blvd, Colorado Springs, CO 80921

A 27-acre indoor-outdoor museum on Colorado's mining heritage, with working steam engines, a pair of live burros to visit, and guided tours that fire up the century-old machines a couple times a day.