Romancing the Roads by Gerry Hempel Davis

Author:Gerry Hempel Davis
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing
Published: 2011-12-23T13:00:00+00:00

DENVER

Situated at the foot of the Rocky Mountains, this delightful Mile High City, aka the Unsinkable Molly Brown City, is attractive, vibrant, and ever improving. It is also a sporty city, with seven professional sports teams, ninety golf courses, and 650 miles of paved bike trails. It also brews more beer than any other city.

I like to stay downtown and recommend the following hotels, listed in alphabetical order: the Brown Palace, the Magnolia, and the Oxford. There are other noteworthy hotels, but with these three, I speak from experience.

Brown Palace Hotel

321 Seventeenth St.

303-297-3111

www.brownpalace.com

The Brown Palace is grand, stately, and impressive, displaying both Victorian and Italian Renaissance architectural styles. As you stand in the lobby and look upward to the impressive six tiers of cast-iron balconies, the stained glass ceiling showers the lobby with colors. Two of the cast-iron panels were installed upside down. Can you spot them? Instead of the ladies dancing on their feet, they are standing on their heads.

It has been a few years since I stayed at the Brown. My accommodations were attractive. The bathroom was all right. A bit of attention was needed, but nothing was objectionable. I recently learned that indeed there has been attention to the rooms, so “good” has probably just become “better and better.”

There is a lot to see in this historic property. Be sure to take a guided tour or get a copy of “A Walking Tour of the Brown Palace Hotel” and discover what the walls reveal. Many presidents have stayed at the Brown, and there are lots of tales to tell. President Dwight D. Eisenhower was practicing his golf swing in his room and made a dent in the fireplace. It is still there in what is now called the Eisenhower Suite.

A unique aspect of the Brown that I like is that its water is drawn from its own artesian well deep below the hotel’s foundation. It requires no added purifiers. This water is also used in the spa.

The Spa at the Brown (303-312-8940) is new since my last visit, but I report some of the general facts. The $3 million spa is fifty-two hundred square feet encompassing two floors. The Brown water is used at the spa. I have read that this is the only place in the United States where Auriege skin care is available. Supposedly these products from the Auriege River have special antiaging elements. All the usual spa treatments are available.

There are several places to dine at the Brown: The Palace Arms is continually rated as one of the best Denver restaurants, where fine dining is the norm. The Churchill is a cigar bar and restaurant where some of the finest cigars can be purchased and enjoyed. The bar is open every day, with hours varying. Lunch and dinner are served. The Ship Tavern is a casual restaurant, which serves its own mircobrewed beer on tap plus a large selection of bottled beers. Casual dining here can include prime rib, seafood, Maine lobster sandwiches, Buffalo burgers, and such.

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