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the city. The Chatauqua Dining Hall serves a hearty breakfast on the wraparound porch. From here, walk down-
hill along Baseline Rd and turn right along 9th St through one of Boulder's oldest residential neighborhoods. Turn
right on Euclid Ave to the
Boulder History Museum
(
Click here
), set in one of Boulder's historic homes.
Continue east on Euclid before turning left onto 13th St.
This is the Hill, a tumbledown student district with hipster-slacker appeal that is the grist of any good college
town. Imbibe college life by stepping into the graffiti-clad
Sink
(
Click here
), where young Robert Redford
once toiled before stardom. Continue to Broadway. Make a right onto Pleasant St, and head onto the
University of Colorado
(
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) campus. Cut left after Varsity Lake and follow the walking path straight
through to 17th St. Exit campus here and descend the short hill to join the
Boulder Creek Bike Path
(
Click
here
).
Walk along the gurgling creek until you hit
Central Park
(
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) and the
Boulder Museum of
Contemporary Art
(
Click here
)
. On Wednesday or Saturday you can enjoy the Boulder County Farmers' Mar-
ket. Stop to see the striking
Dushanbe Teahouse
(
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) from Boulder's sister city.
Continue west on 13th St to Boulder's historic downtown center. If it's happy hour, stop in at
Bohemian
Biergarten
(
Click here
), just past Pearl Street. Double back a block to enjoy the
Pearl Street Mall
(
Click
here
) and its renowned street performers like the Yogi in a Box and Zip Code Man pleasing crowds. Browse the
three-story
Boulder Bookstore
(
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) before strolling Spruce St. Check out the historic
Hotel
Boulderado
(
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) before finishing your tour with a show at the
Boulder Theater
(
Click here
).
Activities
Boulder's much-deserved reputation as an ecotopia (see: King, Stephen;
The Stand
) is
rooted in the collective call for outdoors adventure. But it's also a place to go inside and
tune in with your inner Om. Naropa is just one petal in the New Age/spiritual/yoga flower
that's blossomed here. Aside from the various yoga studios and day spas, activities are
nature oriented, with hundreds of miles of hiking and biking trails, and shady Boulder
Creek running through town. Yeah, if you get bored here, it really is your own fault.
Boulder Creek Bike Path
( 24hr)
The most utilized commuter bike path in town, this smooth and mostly straight
creekside concrete path follows Boulder Creek from Foothills Parkway all the way uphill
to the split of Boulder Canyon and Four Mile Canyon Rd west of downtown - a total dis-
tance of over 5 miles one-way. It also feeds urban bike lanes that lead all over town.
CYCLING
Six Persimmons
MASSAGE
