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Fort Collins, Colorado

Nestled beneath the foothills of the Colorado Rocky Mountains, Fort Collins is perfect for your next adventure.

Located just 50 miles north of Denver off of interstate 25, Fort Collins is very easy to find and very difficult to leave.

Fort Collins, also known as “Fort Fun,” is a well-hidden secret in Colorado. From shopping, dinning, arts and entertainment to recreation, Fort Collins is the home to the best northern Colorado has to offer.

Take a stroll through the city’s Historic Old Town district to find a multitude of shopping boutiques, theaters and bars. With over thirty retail shops, five theaters, and more than eight art galleries, you are bound to find something to suit your fancy. Fort Collins is also home to one of the highest concentrations of restaurants per capita in the United States. Fort Collins offers every kind of dinning experience from fast food to five-star. Enjoy fine restaurants such as the Rio Grande Mexican Restaurant, JeJu Japanese Restaurant and Sushi House, Avagadro’s Number, Coopersmith’s Pub, Spoon’s Soups and Salads or Mugs Coffee Lounge. Bon Appetite!

Fort Collins produces some of the most unique and delicious beers in the country. In fact, Fort Collins is the second largest producer of beer in the State of Colorado (which ranks third nationally in volume of beer pubs and craft breweries). Some of the breweries in Fort Collins includes Odell’s Brewing Company, brewers of Easy Street Wheat and 90 Shilling beers, Fort Collins Brewery, Connor O’Neal’s Irish Pub, Big Horn Brewery, Coopersmith's Brew Pub, Anheuser-Busch and New Belgium Brewing Company, makers of Fat Tire and Sunshine Wheat beers. On the last weekend every June, Old Town Fort Collins plays host to The Colorado Brewers Festival; one of the most well known beer festivals in the country.

Fort Collins is home to the Colorado State University Rams. CSU is one of Colorado’s top academic institutions and offers a variety of athletic and cultural experiences.

Fort Collins has earned the nickname of “Fort Fun,” not only for the shopping and entertainment, but also for the vast recreation opportunities. There are 40 parks within the city of Fort Collins, as well as three city golf courses, and over 23 miles of paved and unpaved walking and biking trails. “Fort Fun” is home to the “wild and scenic” Cache la Poudre River canyon, certainly a hidden gem of the Rocky Mountains, Horsetooth Mountain Park and Lory State Park. These, and other open spaces in Fort Collins allow locals the opportunities to raft, kayak, rock climb, bike, hike, camp, horseback ride and any other activity Colorado has to offer. With over 300 sunny days a year, there is plenty of time to take advantage of all of the recreation opportunities Fort Collins has to offer.

Fort Collins offers a multitude of other activities for all ages. While in Fort Collins, you could find educational and cultural experiences while you discover new things at the Discovery Center, visit the animals at Lee Martinez Farm, catch the Old Town Trolley ride, enjoy the Fort Collins Museum and MOCA (Museum for Contemporary Art) or catch an early morning hot air balloon ride. Fort Collins offers a free outdoor concert series in the summer time, or catch dinner and a theater show at the Carousel Dinner Theater.

With so many fun, exciting and education experiences available in Fort Collins, it is a must visit on your next Colorado Rocky Mountain Vacation. Whether you are riding the rapids of the Cache la Poudre River, having dinner in historic Old Town or visiting Colorado State University, we hope to see you here as often as possible.