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<\/a><\/p>\nDenver appeals to everyone\u2019s inner holiday spirit\u00a0in that you can\u2019t go far without being surrounded by festive holiday lights. Beginning at the Denver City and County Building<\/a>, visitors can bask in roughly 600,000 brightly colored floodlights illuminating the historic building in the heart of the Downtown. In addition to the City and County Building, Denver puts on several special light displays at some of its most popular attractions. The Denver Botanic Gardens hosts the Blossoms of Light<\/a> event in which the gardens are illuminated by thousands of twinkling lights.<\/p>\n You may also like:<\/strong> 6 Budget-Friendly Winter Breaks You’ll Love<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n You don\u2019t have to be a skier to appreciate winter in the Denver area. The city also satisfies inner snowmen and snowwomen with ice skating opportunities both in urban and country settings. Right in downtown, you can take advantage of free ice-skating at the Southwest Rink<\/a> at Skyline Park. The rink sits at 16th and Arapahoe and remains open daily from\u00a0November through February, so you’ll want to book your flights to Denver<\/a>\u00a0sometime during\u00a0those months\u00a0if you’re looking for some idyllic ice-skating. Or, you could head to the foothills town of Evergreen (the name of the setting in the film Frosty the Snowman, Colorado\u2019s Evergreen sits just 30 minutes from Denver). The town boasts the world\u2019s largest Zamboni groomed outdoor ice rink on Evergreen Lake. Ice skaters can delight in 8.5 acres of ice set amidst ponderosa pine sheltered mountains.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n In the Mile High City, you won\u2019t be hard-pressed to find fine, handcrafted beers. Since 2011 alone, over 100 new breweries have moved into Colorado. Denver boasts nearly 50 in its metro area alone. Many travelers begin their brewery tour just outside of Denver in Golden where Coors Brewery calls home, the largest single brewery in the world. Governor John Hickenlooper opened Denver\u2019s first brewpub in 1988. Denver has established such a reputation for its craft beer that it hosts the largest beer festival in the U.S. each year, the Great American Beer Festival<\/a>.<\/p>\n Denver tends to draw other winter-loving types due to its abundance of parks. The city hosts more than 4,000 acres of traditional parks and parkways. In the winter months, these spaces transform into winter wonderlands after Denver snowstorms, making them ideal spaces for cross-country skiing, sledding, snowshoeing, snowball fights, and snowman building contests. Travelers looking to frolic in the snow can begin at Denver\u2019s City Park<\/a>, known for its views of the skyline and the Rocky Mountains. Cheesman Park and Washington \u201cWash\u201d Park are also worth strolling when blanketed in snow.<\/p>\n Denver\u2019s backyard boasts some of the world\u2019s best skiing and snowboarding. Just one hour west of Denver in Summit County, skiers and snowboarders will find plenty of ski resorts to play in the snow like Cooper Mountain, Keystone, and Breckenridge. Also within reach of Denver by day is Winter Park<\/a>, one of the largest ski resorts in Colorado. Winter Park\u00a0gets about 350 inches of snowfall each year.<\/p>\n The Colorado capital remains a winter lover\u2019s dream, proving ideal for winter vacations. If you love winter and are considering an easy to reach locale, here are a few compelling reasons why you might love to vacation here when the snowfalls. Merry and Bright City Holiday Lights Denver appeals to everyone\u2019s inner holiday spirit\u00a0in that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":98881681,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[163,112],"tags":[114,113],"class_list":["post-98881668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-denver","category-top-us-destinations","tag-den","tag-denver"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98881668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98881668"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98881668\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":98904103,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98881668\/revisions\/98904103"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/98881681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98881668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98881668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98881668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Urban and Country Ice Skating<\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nPlenty of Frosty Mugs of Beer To Drink<\/h2>\n
<\/p>\nParks For Days To Build Snowmen Friends<\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nPlaying in the Mountains is Never Out of the Question<\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n\u00a0Have any other favorite\u00a0winter wonderland escapes? Tell us about it in the comments section below.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"