Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
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CU Bookstore
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Meow Meow
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Sights
Few towns have this combination of nature and culture. Whether you're climbing the
Flatirons, cycling up Flagstaff, roaming Pearl St or patrolling the campus, there are plenty
of sights and activities to keep you and the family smiling. Most sites are fairly centrally
located, along west Pearl St or on the Hill, where you'll also find the university.
Chautauqua Park
(
www.chautauqua.com
;
900 Baseline Rd; HOP 2)
This historic landmark park is not just the gate-
way to Boulder's most magnificent slab of open space adjoining the iconic Flatirons: the
wide, lush lawn attracts picnicking families, sunbathers, Frisbee folk, and students from
nearby CU. It also gets copious hikers, climbers and trail runners.
Once an important site for the inspired rural educational organization, the Chautauqua
Movement, these days the park encompasses lodgings, a good restaurant and an auditori-
um where world-class musicians perform each summer.
PARK
University of Colorado at
Boulder
UNIVERSITY
(CU;
303-492-6301;
www.colorado.edu
; Euclid Autopark; parking per hr $1.50-3;
tours 9:30am & 1:30pm
Mon-Fri, 10:30am Sat; ; 203, 204, 209, 225, AB, B, DASH, DD, DM, GS, J, SKIP, STAMPEDE)
Prospective students and curious visitors can tour one of America's finest public
universities, with a beautiful campus set above downtown, on what is known as the Hill.
Free tours begin with a one-hour informational session followed by a 90-minute walking
tour.
Notable alumni include astronaut Scott Carpenter (one of 17 astronauts with CU diplo-
mas), Apple's Steve Wozniak, Sidney Altman (one of six Nobel Laureates), Robert Red-
