Details About The Tour
Our fun and informative walking tours explore the convergence of characteristics that make Boulder a truly special place.
Some of the sights you’ll see and stories you’ll hear …
The historical foundations of today’s city:
- The historic Boulderado Hotel and today’s rendition of the lovely St. Julien Hotel
- Glimpses of two of Boulder’s central pioneer neighborhoods — and stories of their long-ago residents
- Boulder’s Carnegie library — and the story behind the “Athens of the West”
- The inside scoop on Boulder’s successful bid to welcome the University of Colorado‘s flagship campus
- The vision behind creation of the Pearl Street Mall – Boulder’s heart and soul and one of the nation’s most successful pedestrian malls
The award-winning quality-of-life of today’s Boulder:
- A drinking water fountain noting Boulder’s water source: a real glacier!
- The magical, majestic Dushanbe Teahouse
- Home of E-town, the successful national radio program featuring “music, ideas, community”
- Urban planning strategies, sustainability, alternative transportation and open space and mountain parks.
And just for fun!
- “Mork & Mindy’s” famous TV house
- Oodles of public art, including a very large bronze Rocky Mountain Elk!
2011 Tour Season:
Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, 10:00am and 1:00pm, late May through Labor Day. After Labor Day, through end of Sept, tours 10:00 am Sat only.
The tours cover slightly over 1.5 miles at a leisurely pace (no hills), and we will spend about 90 minutes together. Reservations highly recommended, but not required (capacity 10). Tours depart from corner of 13th and Spruce, outside the Boulderado Hotel. Contact us to request additional dates and information, private group prices vary by size.
How much?
- $15 adults
- $13 senior (65+ yrs)
- $13 youth (11-17 yrs)
- $5 children (5-10 yrs, young children will need strollers to keep the pace!)
- no charge for children under 5 years (young children will need strollers to keep the pace!)
Where?
- Meet your guide outside the Boulderado Hotel, corner of 13th and Spruce Streets. Your guide will be there 10 minutes early and will be holding a sign: Boulder Walking Tours.
- There are several convenient parking garages where parking is FREE on Saturdays and Sunday. See Downtown Boulder’s parking guide.
- You will begin and end the tour in convenient downtown locations — easy for shopping or catching a delicious lunch afterward!
