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Ranked by traveller reviews: 1) a Rocky Mountain National Park day tour, 2) Red Rocks Park and Amphitheatre, 3) Pikes Peak by cog railway or road, 4) the Garden of the Gods, 5) the Mount Blue Sky scenic byway, 6) a RiNo or LoDo brewery tour, 7) the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, 8) Union Station and Larimer Square, 9) the Georgetown Loop Railroad, 10) the Denver Art Museum and the Clyfford Still Museum.

One day downtown to acclimatise, then a day each for Rocky Mountain National Park, Red Rocks with Mount Blue Sky or the Georgetown Loop, and Pikes Peak with the Garden of the Gods. Three to four days is ideal; add Boulder for a fifth.

Red Rocks on non-concert days, the State Capitol tour and mile-high step, the US Mint tour, the RiNo murals, Union Station’s Great Hall, the 16th Street free shuttle, Washington Park and Cheesman Park, Dinosaur Ridge’s trackway near Morrison, the Garden of the Gods (free park, free visitor center), Confluence Park and the Cherry Creek Trail, and the Denver Art Museum on its free days for Colorado residents.

Rocky Mountain National Park and Estes Park (90 minutes), Red Rocks and Evergreen (30 minutes), Mount Blue Sky’s summit road (an hour, late May to September, timed entry), Pikes Peak and the Garden of the Gods in Colorado Springs (90 minutes), Georgetown and Idaho Springs with the Loop Railroad (an hour), Boulder and the Flatirons (40 minutes) and Breckenridge for a mountain-town day (two hours). See our day trips page for bookable tours.

A concert at Red Rocks (April to October — check the calendar and book early), the RiNo brewery and cocktail scene, Larimer Square and LoDo bars, Rockies baseball at Coors Field, comedy at Comedy Works, a ghost tour of downtown, and Union Station’s Terminal Bar. Stargazing tours run in the foothills on clear nights.

Ski — Loveland and Winter Park are 90 minutes, Breckenridge and Keystone two hours, all reachable by shuttle. Rocky Mountain National Park stays open for snowshoeing around Bear Lake though Trail Ridge Road closes; Red Rocks and the Garden of the Gods are dramatic in snow. In the city: the Museum of Nature and Science, the Art Museum, breweries, Zoo Lights (December) and Blossoms of Light at the Botanic Gardens. Denver gets 300 sunny days a year, so winter days are often bright.

The Denver Museum of Nature and Science, the Denver Zoo, the Downtown Aquarium, the Children’s Museum, Elitch Gardens theme park in summer, the Georgetown Loop steam train, Dinosaur Ridge, the Butterfly Pavilion, Red Rocks’ steps and trails, and a Rocky Mountain National Park tour with elk and marmots for older children. Take the altitude slowly and drink water.

June to September for open mountain roads and hiking; mid to late September for golden aspens with fewer crowds; December to March for skiing. Spring is unpredictable, with snow possible into May. Mount Blue Sky’s road and Trail Ridge Road open around Memorial Day and close in October.

Yes — it is the highest-rated experience in Colorado. A full-day small-group tour covers Trail Ridge Road above the treeline, Bear Lake, Estes Park and wildlife stops with a picnic lunch for about $130–190, and handles the timed-entry permits that are hard to get on your own between late May and mid-October.