Enjoy outdoor beauty as you bask in the mist of cascading waterfalls at The Broadmoor Seven Falls in Colorado Springs. Challenge your physical endurance and climb the 184 steps along the mountainside, up to the magnificent platform to watch the falls tumble 181 feet down its solid granite cliffside. Afterwards treat yourself to the Ponderosa Cafe to refuel and Main Curio Shop for memorable souvenirs.
Shop the homespun flavor of the west at Old Colorado City Historic District in Colorado Springs. The three-block historic district offers tree-lined streets laced with old brick buildings offering 113 one of a kind shops, galleries and restaurants, including, Vintage Revival, Velez Gallery, and Pizzeria Rustica. Spend a day being a historical shopper.
The Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center is home to three important cultural institutions: an art museum, a theater company and an art school. Visitors can enjoy seeing permanent and traveling modern art collections, musical and non-musical original plays, and taking community-based art classes.
Mine your own business at the Western Museum of Mining and Industry located in Colorado Springs. Discover nearly 4,000 artifacts as you travel across the 27-acre museum with exhibits like The Facet of Coal about the past, present and future of coal mining in the West. While you're there be sure to check out the theater and head to the gift shop to purchase exhibit-related merchandise.