Caverns and The Fairy Caves
Caverns and The Fairy Caves After being closed in 1917 the Caverns were reopened in 1999 and soon grew to be one of top destinations in the State of Colorado.Our staff had lunch on the deck of the Exclamation Point and let us say, the food and views were fabulous.
There are a few things you should know before you head off to the Caverns:
gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Best known for being in the gunfight at the O.K. Corral. Doc Holiday was a Dentist, Gambler, and a World Traveler who loved the soothing waters of the Yampa Spa. Doc Holiday died in one of the hotel rooms in Springs.
The Hotel, which stood where the Summit Canyon Mountaineering Building stands today on 8th & Grand burned down several years later. In the movies they show him die in a hospital or sanitarium but this is not the case.
Home of the World Famous Hot Springs Pool
Welcome to the home of the World Famous Hot Springs Pool. The worlds largest naturally heated outdoor swimming pool.The Hot Springs Pool also has a great set of water slides that are open most of the time during the summer.
This town is full of history.
Once known as Defiance Colorado, the name was changed to sound more hospitable. It was renamed after the hometown of the mayors wife.
Hotle Reservations
You can make your own hotel reservations in and save big on hotel rooms in including the Historic Hotel Colorado. But, Hotel Reservations in Springs are hard to come by during Strawberry Days.
Online Springs Hotel Reservations are made easy by our list of hotels in Springs. Watch for great deals on Discount Hotels.
Electricty
We boast at being the first town in the U.S. to go fully electric. If this is true or not we don’t know but we do have a great power source with the Colorado and Roaring Fork Rivers meeting right in the middle of town.
You can make your online hotel reservations in and save big on hotel rooms in including the Historic Hotel Colorado. But, Hotel Reservations in Springs are hard to come by during Strawberry Days. Online Springs Hotel Reservations are made easy by our list of hotels in Springs. Watch for great deals on Discount Hotels.
Hotels
Hotels have had a colorful never ending string of visitors including: President Teddy Roosevelt, Doc Holiday, Wyatt Earp, President Taft, Buffalo Bill, Molly Brown, Al Capone and to many more to mention.
The Roaring Fork Valley was a favorite destination of President Teddy Roosevelt, making the Hotel Colorado his Western Whitehouse. Teddy Roosevelt loved bear hunting in Western Colorado. Hotel Colorado was also the birth place of the Teddy Bear named after Teddy Roosevelt, while bear hunting in the area.
The original Teddy Bear is rumored to have been made by the maids at the Hotel Colorado.
Best know for being in the gunfight at the O.K. Corral. Doc Holiday was a Dentist, Gambler, and a World Traveler who loved the soothing waters of the Yampa Spa.
Doc Holiday stayed at several hotels in and even attended Strawberry Days as the rumor goes.
Tourist Village facility
Office of the facility, there is a distinct international contacts and local photographer, mail as we are keen to provide the best services to many honored tourists from all over the world.
Health careVillage clinics are fully equipped to provide first aid and medical treatment and daily rescue drowning cases