Hotel Colorado

In 1893, Hotel Colorado arrived on the scene during a thrilling time in the history of Americas West. With its European fashioned spa, the resort surfaced onto a land of prosperity; to serve the wealthy, to house the ailing, to offer a playground to societys elite. The Hotel Colorados originator, Walter Devereux, spared no expense in the creation of the Grand Dame. The south court, the current courtyard, had a large pool in its center from which an electrically lit fountain shot a jet of water 185 feet high into the air, making an iridescent rainbow spray against the sunlight. These days some say the Historic Hotel Colorado is the Grand Dame of the Rockies. Others say it is like a home away from home, greeting guests with a warm welcome, time and again. Still others say, at a quick 160 miles from Denver, Colorado, its an easy retreat for a night or a week! Cool mountain breezes encircle this Glenwood Springs Hotel and make the Hotel Colorados halls a passageway for hikers easing th...