The Best Places In The USA

DENVER,COLORADO

Colorado is known for its rocky mountains geographical background. The name Colorado was named after the Colorado River.Colorado is gifted with it beautiful landscape and panorama of mountains,forests, high plains, rivers and desert islands.


Photo credit : The Elk Mountains in Colorado

Photo credit : A view of high plains

You have read a tidBit about Colorado. However, this time around, we will take you to the capital of the state of Colorado. Denver is the largest city in Colorado and it is officialy known as the City and County of Denver, interestingly !

Photo credit: Panorama of Denver

There are reasons you should pay a trip to Denver. The reasons are:

Sport City

Wow ! Denver is a Sport City in USA, surpisingly, a home to a variety sports teams and is one of the USA cities with teams from four major sports: The Denver Broncos, a National Football League team; the Colorado Avalanche, a National Hockey League team; the Danver Nuggets, a National Basketball Association team; and the Colorado Rapids, a Major League Soccer team.


Photo credit: Pepsi Center, a home to the Denver Nuggets of NBA and the Colorado Avalanche of NHL


Photo credit: Sports Authority Field at Mile High, a home to the Denver Broncos of NFL

Coors Field, a home to Colorado Rockies of MLB

Photo credit: Dick's Sporting Goods Park, a home to Colorado Rapids of MLS

Denver Zoo

Denver Zoo is a 80-acre zoo offering free programs every summer which allows you to see the exotics birds, reptiles and small mammals at close distance. The fee of admission is $12 for adults, $10 for seniors, $8 for children ages 3 to 11, and free for children under 2. Entering the zoo, you will see 3,500 different animals and one of the world’s largest habitats for endangered gorillas.

Photo credit: Silverback Gorilla at the Denver Zoo

The zoo is open from March 1st to October 31st from 9am until 6pm with the last admission at 5pm. From November 1st until February 28th, the zoo is open from 10am until 5pm, with the last admission at 4pm.

16th Street Mall

16th Streer Mall is a pedestrian and transit mall covers over 300 locally owned stores, over 50 restaurants, and the Denver Restaurants. Besides shopping, it is a great place for people to take a stroll where beautiful flowers and trees can be found along the street. For Muslims & students from Malaysia who are hardly to find Halal food in Denver, no worries, you can go to this link : Halal Food at Denver

Photo credit: 16th Street Mall

Arts and Outdoors

Denver is undeniably a gorgeous city with the art scene and surrounding. Denver offers inexpensive and free art museums,cultural areas and parksety of.You can enjoy the outdoors and art scenes at these places. In summer , a variety of festivals are held for you - whether concerts or food or art festivals. Downtown Denver Arts Festival, Chalk Art Festival, Capitol Hill People’s Fair, Denver Pride Fest, and Cherry Blossom Festival are just a few of the most popular festivals held.

Photo credit: Denver Art Museum offers African, Textile, Photography and Spanish Colonial art

Photo credit: Clyfford Still Museum , a museum honoring the most influential painters of 20th century

Photo credit: Art Walks, From July to September, Denver’s art district stays open later the first Friday of the month for a festive evening

Photo credit: Washington Park, 165-acre park makes picnicking easy with access to picnic benches and shelter

Photo credit: Denver Skate Park, for every level of skater

Photo credit: Visitors at Cherry Blossoms Festivals in Denver

Hammond's Candy Factory

Hammond’s Candy Factory has been making candy since 1920. Watch the chocolate being made during the free tour that, of course, includes free samples. Tours run every half-hour Monday through Friday from 9am to 3pm, and on Saturdays from 10am to 3pm.