Festive Lodging Options for Your Colorado Holiday Getaway

As we’ve said before, Colorado is an excellent choice for a getaway destination from Atlanta due to often ridiculously cheap round trip flights into Denver. While Colorado is a great destination all year round, the winter is what really get’s us going.

Sure, we love the snowboarding, but the winter beauty in Colorado mountain towns is hard to beat, especially around the holidays. Colorado.Com has compiled a most excellent list of Festive Lodging options to “peak” your interest in visiting this breathtaking winter state.

• The Berkeley Hotel (Denver) – Holiday surprises await when guests check into their festively decorated room complete with holiday stockings stuffed with local goodies from Tennyson Street. Guests also enjoy complimentary gift-wrapping service. In-house bakery, Bakery Four, offers baker-led cookie-baking workshops for guests.
• The Broadmoor (Colorado Springs) – This holiday season, The Broadmoor offers timeless traditions and elevated luxury through its festive programming. At the White Lights Ceremony, witness millions of twinkling lights illuminate across the resort and await an arrival from the North Pole. The unveiling of the over-the-top Gingerbread Display showcases the talented hands of the pastry team through creative, sugary life-size presentations. Culinary enthusiasts can indulge in brunches for Thanksgiving and Christmas, along with a breakfast with Santa. Welcome the New Year with a high-energy party or elegant gala affair.
• C Lazy U Ranch (Granby) – At C Lazy U Ranch, holiday festivities include gingerbread house building, holiday karaoke, cookie decorating and Santa visits on a horse-drawn sleigh filled with presents. Cabins feature tabletop Christmas trees with trimming supplies, and guests explore the ranch’s 8,500 acres blanketed in snow by horseback riding, cross-country skiing and more.
• Hotel Colorado (Glenwood Springs) – Guests have enjoyed the extravagant holiday decorations and hospitality of this hotel since 1893. The season begins Nov. 29, when more than half a million lights illuminate the hotel, accompanied by a rooftop fireworks show. The holiday magic continues inside with wintry displays, a life-sized gingerbread house and 60 decorated Christmas trees.
• The Gant (Aspen) – This holiday and winter season, The Gant invites guests to enjoy personalized backcountry ski tours, guided naturalist snowshoe outings, and winter fly fishing adventures in the Roaring Fork Valley. Celebrate the festive spirit with local glass blowing experiences, perfect for creating unique, handcrafted gifts that embody the charm of Aspen’s winter wonderland.
• Gaylord Rockies Resort and Convention Center (Aurora) – Celebrate the holiday season at Christmas at Gaylord Rockies, where ICE! showcasing The Polar Express™ takes center stage as Colorado’s largest indoor ice attraction. Visitors can be dazzled by the acrobatics of Cirque: Frost, slide down thrilling two-story ice slides, and participate in festive activities at Mistletoe Village, with gingerbread decorating, visits with Santa Claus and more.
• Halcyon Hotel Cherry Creek (Denver) – Halcyon will offer a curated lineup of holiday happenings, including Holiday Bake Shop and Holiday Tea, featuring house-made baked goods by pastry chef Saura Kline; and Halcyon on Ice, returning for its second year with a rooftop après lounge and a huge new ice-skating rink.
• The Hythe (Vail) – Enjoy family-friendly movie nights, delightful reindeer visits and a special stocking-making class. Get creative with cookie decorating led by The Hythe chef or make festive crafts for Chanukah. Don’t miss a visit from Santa himself, the exciting Ice Luge activation, or unwind with a guided Paint & Sip class.
• Hotel Maverick (Grand Junction) – Grand Junction’s Hotel Maverick will transform its rooftop terrace into a winter wonderland, offering a snow globe dining experience against panoramic views of the Grand Mesa and Colorado National Monument. Guests can cozy up and enjoy a festive meal of regionally inspired dishes and specialty craft cocktails in private, illuminated igloos and gondolas at Devil’s Kitchen.
• St Julien Hotel & Spa (Boulder) – Celebrate the holidays in Boulder with beloved annual events at St Julien Hotel & Spa. Guests can delight in family-friendly Gingerbread Tea, live holiday jazz, candlelight Christmas Eve and Christmas Day dinners, a grand Christmas brunch buffet, a pre-fixe New Year’s Eve dinner and an extravagant New Year’s Eve bash.
• The Westin Riverfront Resort & Spa (Avon) – Enjoy a snowy holiday getaway to the Vail Valley’s Westin Riverfront Resort & Spa, which is hosting a Santa Brunch on Dec. 15, ongoing guest activations including cookie decorating and ornament making, the annual Christmas Eve screening of “A Charlie Brown Christmas,” multiple New Year’s Eve celebrations and more.
  YMCA of the Rockies, Estes Park: Nestled on 850 acres near Rocky Mountain National Park, YMCA of the Rockies offers magical, affordable holiday fun. Along with seasonal outdoor activities, enjoy pajama story time, a Christmas light village, and visits with Santa.