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During your Denver vacation, don't miss these great establishments and attractions:
Children's Museum of Denver
Denver's best hands-on experience for children, this intriguing museum is both educational and just plain fun. Focusing on the zero-to-8 age bracket, the museum uses educational "playscapes" to entertain and activate young minds.New playscapes for 2004 are "Fire Station No. 1," which teaches safety with such exhibits as a real fire engine, and "Community Market," a faux supermarket that allows kids to role-play as shoppers and clerks. There are several other playscapes with themes ranging from biology to engineering. There's also a resource center that provides parenting information to adults. And a cafe that serves sandwiches, snacks, and beverages. Allow at least 2 hours.
Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge
Once a site where the U.S. Army manufactured chemical weapons such as mustard gas and GB nerve agent, and later leased to a private enterprise to produce pesticides, the Rocky Mountain Arsenal has become an environmental success story. The 27-square-mile Superfund cleanup site, an area of open grasslands and wetlands just west of Denver International Airport, is home to more than 330 species, including deer, coyotes, prairie dogs, and birds of prey. An estimated 100 bald eagles make this one of the country's largest eagle-roosting locales during the winter.The Rocky Mountain Arsenal Wildlife Society Bookstore is at the visitor center, and there are 10 miles of hiking trails and catch-and-release fishing. For a guided tour, it's best to call a day or two in advance. Allow at least an hour.
Denver Botanic Gardens
Twenty-three acres of outstanding outdoor and indoor gardens display plants native to the desert, plains, mountain foothills, and alpine zones. There's also a traditional Japanese garden, herb garden, water garden, fragrance garden, and a garden inspired by the art of Monet. "Romantic Gardens" feature a waterway, and the "Gardens of the World" hold plants from Asia, Europe, Africa, Australia, and the tropics.Even in the cold of winter, the dome-shaped, concrete-and-Plexiglas Tropical Conservatory houses thousands of species of tropical and subtropical plants. Huge, colorful orchids and bromeliads share space with a collection of plants used for food, fibers, dyes, building materials, and medicines. The Botanic Gardens also have a gift shop, library, and auditorium. Special events are scheduled throughout the year; offerings range from garden concerts in summer to a spring book-and-plant sale to a cornfield maze southwest of Denver in the fall. Allow 1 to 2 hours.
Embassy Suites Hotel Denver-Southeast (Hampden Avenue)
The Embassy Suites Denver Southeast-Hampden Avenue is located in suburban South Denver within walking distance of two shopping malls with 12 movie screens and 30 restaurants. It's 1 mile from I-25 and just north of Denver Tech Center, Greenwood Plaza, and Inverness. Adjacent to our hotel is Tamarac Square Mall, a specialty shopping center with six movie screens and over 11 restaurants. Across the street is Tiffany Plaza Mall, with an additional six restaurants and six movie screens. ...
Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites DENVER-INTL AIRPORT (TOWER RD)
The Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Denver-International Airport is the closest hotel to Denver International Airport. Hotel features include: complimentary Express Start continental breakfast 4:30am to9:30am, complimentary fresh baked cookies, complimentary airport shuttle 24 hours a day, free local phone calls and complimentary high speed Internet. Additionally, the Holiday Inn Express offers great Jacuzzi suites. Guest room amenities include: brand new pillow top mattresses, ...
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