Best of Boulder

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Quality Inn & Suites Boulder Creek

Best Hotels: Quality Inn & Suites Boulder Creek - Boulder

When you look at this Quality Inn with its elegant forest green exterior and bright window boxes, you know this is no... See More

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Best Restaurants: Flagstaff House

Colleen PinskiThe Flagstaff House is Boulder’s long-running special-occasion restaurant. It is built on...See More

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Best Things to Do: Rock Climbing and Hiking

Colorado State ParksHiking is an all-consuming passion in Boulder. The City of Boulder Department of Open...See More

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Best Shopping: Little Mountains

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Best Nightlife: The Catacombs

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Boulder Itineraries

Don't know where to go? Check out our 2 and 7 Day Itineraries to get an idea of what you could do in this great city!

2 DAY ITINERARY

1 Take a morning walk or run on the Boulder Creek Path. Have breakfast in one of myriad cafés along Pearl Street.
2 Head up the hill to the south to the University of Colorado campus, strolling, enjoying its shaded walkways and museums.
3 Stroll down the hill. On Saturday mornings or Wednesday afternoons in the warm months, take 13th Street and visit the Boulder County Farmers’ Market between Canyon Boulevard and Arapahoe Avenue, and have a bite at the food court.

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7 DAY ITINERARY

1 Take a morning walk or run on the Boulder Creek Path.
2 Head up the hill to the south to the University of Colorado campus, visiting Old Main and the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History. Stroll down the hill.
3 On Saturday mornings or Wednesday afternoons in the warm months, take 13th Street and visit the Boulder County Farmers’ Market between Canyon Boulevard and Arapahoe Avenue, where you’ll also find the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art.