Blue Skies Inn Bed & Breakfast Manitou Springs, Colorado Where Mountains Meet the Sky - Quaint village of cottages by Pikes Peak on historic streamside estate of Manitou's founder. Contact Info | Email this page to a Friend | Click to see a map  | Visit our Web Site Additional Pages... Guest Rooms/Rates Special Packages Kid Friendly Our Favorite Recipes Reservation Request Form Weddings Handicap Accessible   Availability Search: See which rooms are available during your stay. Check in: Check out: Powered by Webervations Clear search results Rooms Available from  to  Learn more about these rooms These are our base rates - certain discounts and/or charges may apply

Near the base of Pikes Peak, Blue Skies Inn is scenically located in historic Manitou Springs and within walking distance of the Garden of the Gods. Marvel at majestic views and brilliant sunshine in this charming mountain town. Hear our history and wonder at those sturdy folks who traveled by covered wagon to start a new life here a hundred or so years ago. Our area is now home to the US Air Force Academy and the Olympic Training Center.

We are strategically situated in Manitou Springs, a small mountain city nestled at the base of Pikes Peak. Our inn is isolated from the hustle and bustle of cosmopolitan Colorado Springs but has easy access to the entire Denver-Colorado Springs-Pueblo metroplex. Our city was founded in 1873 by Dr. William Bell who established a health resort centered around the city’s many artesian mineral springs. Manitou Springs still maintains that mystique of mountainous isolation and small-town charm.

Blue Skies Inn is unique because it is located on the secluded estate called Briarhurst that the city’s founder built for his family in the heart of the city. Our inn is clustered around Dr. Bell's carriage house, while his handsome redstone mansion is now a five-star restaurant next door. Towering willows and cottonwoods grow along Fountain Creek which runs through the south side of our site, and beyond that leafy border lies historic downtown Manitou Springs. Our grounds feature lawns, flower gardens, a splashing waterfall, our charming gazebo/hot tub area and a hillside covered with hundred year-old scrub oak.

Guest Suite

Our suites are approximately 450 square feet (about half the size of a small house) and have either private or semi-private entrances. All suites feature air-conditioning, sound insulation, TV/VCR, phone and data port, microwave oven, and small refrigerator. Whirlpool tubs and fireplaces are available for romantic stays. Our new giant, outdoor hot tub, situated next to our garden courtyard in a hand-built gazebo open to the Colorado sky, is available for the use of all our guests. Children are welcome at Blue Skies.

Each suite has been individually painted according to its theme, and all of our bathrooms are tiled to the ceiling using decorative, be-jeweled and hand painted tile montages. Starlight is one of several sky- themed suites, complete with mirrored "time windows" in the decoratively tiled giant bathroom.

Other suites include Sunset, our most romantic suite, and Ferdinand's Garden, a suite decorated with flowers of every kind and named for the original groundskeeper on the Briarhurst Estate, and the man responsible for planting the two pear trees that grace the front of our courtyard. Mule deer, Colorado's native deer species, find our pears irresistible, and they may be seen munching on pears from July through September.

Every suite has a dining area, and breakfast is brought to the door of your suite, no extra charge. Our gourmet breakfast includes a hot egg dish, freshly baked muffins or pastries, fresh fruit, juice and special blend coffee.

We are happy to serve you in our garden courtyard or bring a breakfast basket to your door for you to enjoy in your private sunlit sitting room. We are also pleased to serve you breakfast in the personal space of one of our covered porches or in our community garden area (weather permitting). Our inn is designed to make your lodging and dining experience as public or private as you wish.

Blue Skies Inn Bed & Breakfast is a member of the following associations:
   Bed & Breakfast Innkeepers of Colorado
   Professional Association of Innkeepers International

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