Day 1- Fly from the UK to Denver.
Collect your car and drive to your hotel where you will spend one night. Denver is known as the Mile High City - visit the State Capitol Building where you will find the marker that shows you exactly one mile above sea level! Denver has a diverse range of attractions, museums, arts and entertainment and shopping. After all that why not experience the nightlife of LoDo (Lower Downtown Denver), a 26-square block of bars, restaurants and nightclubs.
Stay one night in Denver.
Day 2- Denver to Estes Park, approx. 70 miles
Head north out of the city to Rocky Mountain National Park today and spend some time exploring the park, before ending the day in the mountain resort community of Estes Park at the east entrance of the park. Stay for one night at Estes Park.
Stay two nights in Estes Park.
Day 4- Estes Park to Steamboat Springs, approx. 140 miles
Take Trail Ridge Road through Rocky Mountain National Park, passing beautiful mountain scenery on the highest continuous paved road in North America, at over 3600 metres. In Steamboat Springs there are plenty of restaurants, shopping, kayaking, hiking and horseback riding to explore. Relax with a round of golf at one of four local courses, fish a mountain stream, reward yourself with a spa treatment, or soak your cares away in the natural hot springs, for which the town was named.
Stay for one night in Steamboat Springs.
Day 5- Steamboat Springs to Glenwood Springs, approx.114 miles
This morning’s scenic route passes jagged cliffs and takes us into Glenwood Springs, a mecca for mineral hot springs enthusiasts.
Stay 2 nights in Glenwood Springs.
Day 7- Glenwood Springs to Ouray, approx. 176 miles.
Some call the mountain town of Ouray the Switzerland of America, as it’s situated in a river valley at nearly 8,000 feet, surrounded by the snow-capped San Juan Mountains.
Stay 2 nights in Ouray.
Day 9- Ouray to Pagosa Springs approx., 130 miles
Pagosa Springs, known for its amazing hot springs, abundant sunshine and small town feel, Pagosa Springs offers plenty of opportunities to soak up the scenery.
Stay 1 night is Pagosa Springs
Day 10- Pagosa Springs to Salida, approx. 140 miles.
Salida is actually an entrance to some of Colorado's highest country. It's surrounded by a dozen mountains that are more than 14,000 feet high.
Stay 1 night in Salida
Day 11- Salida to Denver, approx 166 miles
Drive to Denver Airport for flight back to the UK.