Best of Downtown Boulder – the tour that tops TripAdvisor!
This fun and informative walking tours explore the convergence of characteristics that make Boulder a truly special place.
Small groups guaranteed, tour capacity of 12, to ensure quality experience!
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!
2012 Tour Season
(late-May through early October, otherwise see tour calendar):
- Wed 10:00 am
- Fri 10:00 am, 1:00 pm
- Sat 11:00 am
- Sun 10:00 am
Contact us to request additional dates, times and/or information, private group prices vary by size.
Tours cover slightly over 1.5 miles at a leisurely pace (no hills), and we will spend about 1 hour and 45 minutes together.
Capacity 12, first come-first serve, pre-paid tickets recommended (and less expensive!).
Tours depart from corner of 13th and Spruce, outside the Boulderado Hotel.
How much?
- $17 adults, prepaid online ($20 walk-up, cash only, first come-first served, capacity 12)
- $15 senior, prepaid online, 65+ yrs ($17 walk up, cash only, first come-first served, capacity 12)
- $15 youth, prepaid online, 11-17 yrs ($17 walk up, cash only, first come-first served, capacity 12)
- no charge for children (0-10 yrs, but must still be registered, young children will need strollers to keep the pace!)
- $1 from each adult ticket donated to Historic Boulder.
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!
