Blue Skies Inn Bed and Breakfast

Blue Skies Inn Bed and Breakfast is a charming bed and breakfast in Manitou Springs, a small mountain town nestled at the base of Pikes Peak in the Colorado Rocky Mountains. We are located just west of Colorado Springs and are near to Denver, Canon City and Pueblo.

Our inn is located right in the middle of our many area attractions. Within half a mile of us, you will find Garden of the Gods, Pikes Peak Cog Railway, Cave of the Winds and the Manitou Cliff Dwellings. White-water river rafting in Buena Vista, Canon City and the Royal Gorge is an hour's drive.

If you're looking for a great travel buy, consider the spacious suites at Blue Skies Inn where you can enjoy all of your meals during your stay. We will start your day with delivery of a full hot breakfast. Our 450 square-foot suites are designed for an in-suite breakfast, but why stop there? Every suite has a microwave and fridge, so you can stock up on lunch and dinner groceries and "fix your own" rather than depend on restaurants. Tell us what dishes you need, and you're set!

Built by an artist/craftsman, Blue Skies Inn bed and breakfast was designed to complement the elegant 1873 structures at Briarhurst, the historic estate of the founder of Manitou Springs. We enjoy sharing stories about the colorful history of our Pikes Peak area and of the adventurous early pioneers who settled here.

Towering willows and cottonwoods grow on the shady banks of Fountain Creek, the year round stream (full of fish!) which flows through our site. Downtown Manitou Springs, with its charming shops and Victorian architecture, is an easy stroll, just two blocks away.

The grounds of Blue Skies Inn feature lawns, lush flower gardens, a charming gazebo with hot tub, and rushing waterfall. Explore our secret garden! Our shady Woodland Garden and Waterfall Garden are romantic settings for many weddings and elopements. Red rock hillsides covered with hundred year-old scrub oak saw Ute Indians camping here in prehistoric times.

Amenities in each suite: WiFi internet, TV, DVD/VCR, CD player, cable, telephone, microwave, mini-fridge, iron, ironing board, hair dryer. FAX and copier on site.

Extensive Movie Library: Over 1300 titles -- free of charge -- order movies to be in your suite when you arrive!

• Enjoy the quiet of private and semi-private entrances.
• Luxurious private bathrooms feature spacious tiled showers, bathtubs or Jacuzzis.
• Fireplaces are in all suites as shown in room descriptions.
• Rest in the private sitting room of your suite, where you can enjoy breakfast.
• Splash in our giant, outdoor hot tub in a charming gazebo with a view of starlit Colorado skies.
• We welcome children of all ages, since the distinctive design of the spacious, three-room suites at Blue Skies Inn affords more private space and fewer shared facilities than most B&Bs.

If you are planning a Colorado vacation adventure, we are the perfect lodging accommodations for you. After hiking, horseback riding and experiencing our Pikes Peak area attractions, you'll enjoy returning to a spacious air-conditioned suite and a soak in our hot tub under Colorado starlit skies.

With ten suites, we are able to host a family reunion or wedding party of up to 35 guests. Blue Skies Inn is especially well suited to provide lodging for visiting parents and relatives of Colorado College students and United States Air Force Academy cadets because many of our spacious suites have two or more beds.

Breakfast is a special experience here. Every suite has a private sitting room in which to dine. A delicious, FULL, hot breakfast is served to you in our Secret Garden or delivered to the door of your suite in a picnic basket. Our bed and breakfast was designed to make your lodging and dining experience as public or private as you wish. Blue Skies Inn is happy to be your site for romance or adventure.

Our garden hot tub sits in a gazebo that is spired and peaked to match our Gothic Revival architectural style. Your view of the sky is beautifully framed while you luxuriate in the bubbling, heated mountain waters. Perfect for stargazing, too!

Gardens have always been an integral part of the experience here at Blue Skies Inn. More than a century before Sally built the inn, our land was a part of the gardens planted by Ferdinand Schneider on the Briarhurst Estate. Fellow gardeners can see each other, even across a span of centuries, so when inveterate-gardener Sally arrived on the property, she immediately detected the efforts of Ferdinand. She was so impressed she named one of our suites in his honor.

Blue Skies is situated on 2.5 acres of streamside and wooded property that features several varieties of ecosystems, from giant littoral cottonwood and willow trees, to drywash copses of scrub oak, ash and elms, to high-desert cactus and scrub. We tailored our construction to keep as much of the natural vegetation intact. In addition, our three B&B buildings have always been surrounded by small garden areas.

We designed and planted the Waterfall Garden with weddings in mind. It is located as a hidden garden, located in a secluded spot surrounded by a spectacular redstone wall over twelve feet high. We have expanded our gardens to include the Woodland Garden to the east. It is tucked under our towering oaks and is a wonderfully shady area for a wedding. Both gardens have romantic water features. They feature pathways and quiet places to sit and enjoy nature.

Our new gardens this year will surround the 1873 Carriage House. Of course, the best way to fully appreciate the gardens at Blue Skies Inn is to come stay with us. Enjoy breakfast in the Waterfall Garden, and have fun exploring the winding paths and hidden sitting areas in the Woodland Garden.

At Blue Skies Inn, a full hot breakfast is served to you in a picnic basket. Breakfast includes a hot egg dish and freshly baked muffins delivered still warm from our oven. Fruit, juice, coffee, butter and milk complete out your meal. We also stock cereals for those who prefer it. Children's breakfast preferences are respected as well. We endeavor to accommodate those who have allergies or have dietary restrictions. Please let us know your needs when you book.

If you plan to ride the Pikes Peak Cog Railway, you may wish to book ahead of time at 719 685-5401 or www.cograilway.com in order to have your choice of departure times. Our earliest breakfast service is 8:30 AM, so you may want to consider that when scheduling your trip on the railway.

The Blue Skies Inn Breakfast Philosophy

1. Breakfast should be healthy for you. We don't use trans fats in our cooking, and we're careful about sugar. Everything we serve you will be baked from scratch using real ingredients just like Sally's grandmother would have done. We do not serve anything that has been prepackaged or baked in a factory.
2. Breakfast should be hot. Our breakfast arrives right from our oven with a special potholder that proudly announces that it is "HOT!"
3. Breakfast should be individually prepared for our guests. We cook your breakfast specifically for you and it will always be served so that you can take it anywhere. Our guests have been known to take the entire picnic basket to the Garden of the Gods for a breakfast among the red rocks.
4. Breakfast should be served anywhere. If you are shy or just want to dine alone with your sweetie, we deliver breakfast to your door at no extra charge. If you wish to mingle with other guests, we will serve you on one of our covered porches or in The Secret Garden.
5. Breakfast ingredients should be fresh. Our muffins are baked with fresh blueberries and your fruit bowl will always hold fresh fruit, regardless of the season. You will never find a poached, canned pear at Blue Skies Inn.
6. Breakfast should be recognizable. We promise not to serve you a breakfast dish that has a mysterious name or requires explanation, leaving you wondering what exactly it is.
7. Breakfast should be plentiful. Many of our guests claim that they can skip lunch after enjoying our generously sized breakfast. We are happy to serve you as many muffins as you can possibly eat! (Guest record is six.)
8. Take-home bags should always be available for your extra muffins. Take 'em home, by all means. Take 'em anywhere that suites you.

Family reunions are a lot of fun at Blue Skies Inn. We'll help you plan interesting activities for your group, whatever the age range may be. Our on-staff wedding photographer will use her skills to document your group's stay, part of our "Welcome Home to Blue Skies" extra.

We have room for a pretty big family. Our ten spacious suites can accommodate up to 33 adults, and we welcome children of any age. We gladly provide youth beds and portacribs for your little ones. If we don't have space for all of you, we'll enlist our nearby fellow innkeepers for extra suites.

Breakfast is fun at Blue Skies Inn. We serve a full hot breakfast. June through September, it is served in our Secret Garden which is surrounded by shade trees and pretty gardens. Your family is also welcome to meet there at any time for sharing stories and relaxing. Manitou Springs has many informal restaurants, coffee & sandwich shops, ice cream parlors and pizzerias for lunch or afternoon snacks. In the evening, there are family venues at the Flying W Chuckwagon dinners or at the Iron Springs Chateau Melodrama. Many of our local restaurants have private dining rooms so your party can laugh and visit to their hearts' content.

Our family has been in Colorado for a very long time, and we are happy to use our experience to help you plan family activities. Information we've gathered over the years about local points of interest and "must-see" attractions. You can make reservations at places that your family will enjoy, whether it's horseback riding in the Garden of the Gods or rafting down a Colorado river. The Pikes Peak region is full of interesting things to do for all ages.

Blue Skies Inn is located in the foothills of Pikes Peak, at the heart of Colorado recreation, with good access to river rafting, mountain hiking, unusual shopping centers and all of the terrain and sights that characterize the Colorado experience.

Every day at Blue Skies Inn, we look up and see the supreme attraction of the region. Pikes Peak is the easternmost "Fourteener" in Colorado. The Peak summit gains eight thousand feet of altitude in the 13 miles that separate it from Manitou Springs. The 14,110 foot Peak dominates the skyline for up to eighty miles out into the Great Plains. In and around the Pikes Peak massif, one can find every kind of mountain recreation: parks, trails, ghost towns and quirky mountain villages.

Manitou Springs Attractions ~ Pikes Peak Attractions ~ Colorado Springs Regional Attractions ~ Day Trips

Manitou Springs Attractions

Manitou Springs straddles the creek dubbed Fountaine qui Bouille by the French fur trappers who were the first Europeans to explore the Pikes Peak region. Mineral springs flow into the creek, inspiring its original name. The rushing waters of Fountain Creek at the base of Ute pass inspired English immigrant and railroad magnate Dr. William Bell to plat out a new town.

Just east of the downtown area, Dr. Bell carved out "The Briarhurst," his personal estate. Blue Skies Inn Bed and Breakfast is located on the eastern quarter of Dr. Bell's estate, which includes his historic 1873 Carriage House, the oldest standing structure in Manitou Springs. The Gothic Revival architecture of Dr. Bell's Carriage House was the inspiration for the board-and batten exteriors of our three B&B buildings. Dr. Bell envisioned his settlement as a health resort where visitors could enjoy the healing spring waters that gush from nine sites around Manitou Springs. Manitou was along the route to the "Pikes Peak or Bust!" gold rush. Present-day historic attractions of Manitou Springs include a new history museum as well as other historic structures.

Within a half mile of Blue Skies Inn, our guests can experience every aspect of Manitou Springs' varied and colorful history. Not-to-be-missed attractions include:

• Manitou Springs Historic District: Downtown Manitou offers a charming example of turn-of-the-century architecture housing a wide variety of shops and restaurants. Just about every kind of Colorado souvenir one could imagine can be found within easy walking distance in the five blocks that make up downtown Manitou Springs.
• Manitou Springs Neighborhoods: Just as interesting are the residential neighborhoods that surround downtown. Manitou Springs is a foothills town and every city lot has challenged some designer to fit a house into a limited, often tilted, space. Over a century of individualized construction has produced eclectic and eccentric housing designs that are as varied and fascinating as human nature.
• Manitou Cliff Dwellings: At the turn of the century, several cliff dwelling structures from the southwest corner of our state were moved to this area as a tourist attraction. They are authentically reconfigured and there is an accompanying museum of artifacts. Along with the Fine Arts Center, this is the place to find exhibits of Native American culture. The Cliff Dwellings are near the entrance to the Cave of the Winds, just one mile away.
• Mineral Springs: At the turn of the century, Manitou Springs was known as "Saratoga of the West," and many came to soak in or drink the mineral spring waters. Nine springs are still bubbling, and you may taste the water from each one, all different flavored according to the minerals that they contain. Stroll through our city and taste the water at each spring!
• Cave of the Winds: We're told that this vast labyrinth of caves actually extends under Blue Skies Inn. Until we excavate our own entrance, we recommend you travel to the official entrance north of town about one mile away. Cave of the Winds has recently expanded to include geologically-intensive guided tours with a wide array of length and difficulty, varying from a stroll underground to an hour long spelunking tour. Cave of the Winds is open 9AM to 9PM summers, and 10AM to 5PM winters. Call 719 685-4444 to reserve your tour.

Pikes Peak Attractions

Pikes Peak is accessible by trail, road and railroad. Every year on a Saturday in mid-August, thousands of athletes run up Barr Trail from Manitou Springs to the top of the mountain, a thirteen mile run. On Sunday, athletes run up and down Barr Trail for a full Marathon. There is no restriction preventing anyone from running or hiking up Pikes Peak any time of year, but for those of us who are, shall we say, less adventurous, there are other routes to the peak and other attractions that surround the mountain:

• Pikes Peak Cog Railway: About a mile from Blue Skies Inn is the terminal for the cog-wheel railroad that climbs Pikes Peak many times daily in the summer, and two or three times a day throughout the year. We recommend the Cog Railway as the easiest and most relaxing way to sample every kind of Colorado mountain scenery while enjoying the vast panoramic views of the Great Plains that can be seen from the summit. Wildlife abounds on the train route, including marmots, mule deer, elk and bighorn sheep.The trip lasts about three hours, with a layover on the summit. Reservations are highly recommended for high summer. Call (719) 685-5401.
• Pikes Peak Highway: Families traveling with young children who might get restless on a long train ride can nevertheless enjoy Pikes Peak by driving four miles from Blue Skies Inn west on US Highway 24 to the entrance of the famous Pikes Peak Highway. Nineteen miles of highway wind up to the summit, with many scenic stopping points along the way for photos. Open year-round, weather permitting, the cost to travel to the Peak is $10 per person (under 16 free) or $35 per car. For info call 800 318-9505.
• Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument: This park about forty-five minutes west over Ute Pass is designed to preserve the fossil evidence that Colorado was once a flat rain forest bordering on inland sea. Numerous insect and plant fossils are displayed at the interesting visitors' center. While Florissant Fossil Beds park offers access to much the same type of terrain as other local hiking trails, the main attraction is giant fossilized tree trunks over ten feet in diameter, still resting where they grew millions of years ago. Much of the background footage for BBC's "Dinosaurs!" was filmed here.
• Rocky Mountain Dinosaur Resource Center: On your way to the Fossil Beds in Woodland Park (about 20 minutes up US Highway 24 - look for the palm trees on the left) is the RMDRC, open 9 AM to 6 PM except Sundays when it is open from 10 AM to 5 PM. This large research center features numerous hands-on exhibits and displays depicting the geological and evolutionary history of the Rockies, including numerous dinosaur models and skeletons. Fees - $9.50 for adults and $6.50 for children - help subsidize on-going research and dinosaur restoration projects at the Center, which can be viewed along with the exhibits.
• Cripple Creek: An hour's drive through some of the prettiest country in Colorado brings guests at Blue Skies Inn to the mountain town of Cripple Creek. Once the center of the Pikes Peak or Bust Gold Rush in the late 1800's which became a fading ghost town of old mining shacks and homes, this old western city has been recreated as a gambling town. Old facades have been carefully restored, but this place has a little glitz of Las Vegas. The local museum features a superb collection of artifacts from gold mining days, and no one should leave Cripple Creek without taking the Molly Kathleen Gold Mine tour.
• Mueller State Park: If you travel 40 minutes west over Ute Pass and around the far side of Pikes Peak, visitors to Blue Skies Inn can enjoy hiking in Mueller State Park. This beautiful park is set in the rolling foothills on the west side of Pikes Peak and features pine forest, aspen stands, marshes, a rushing stream in a deep valley and mountain meadows full of wildflowers. It is the true essence of Colorado as seen on postcards. We highly recommend this park as the closest and most accessible means of getting into Colorado mountain terrain. Mueller's extensive network of trails features all degrees of difficulty, permitting one to take a hike as challenging or easy as the visitor wishes.

Colorado Springs Regional Attractions

The Colorado Springs Area is well known as a transition point between the Rocky Mountains and the Great Plains. Local attractions include:

• Garden of the Gods: Within a half mile of Blue Skies Inn is our favorite attraction, the Garden of the Gods, a park of natural red sandstone formations. Several Indian tribes considered it to be a Sacred Place. Take a hike and lean against a warm rock of towering proportions.No admittance fee. Horseback rides are available nearby.
• U. S. Air Force Academy: Drive twenty minutes north to see where our Air Force officers of the future are schooled. The chapel is noted for its distinctive architecture and interesting use of glass.
• Olympic Training Center: Located on the original site of the North American Air Defense Command, old barracks have made way for training facilities for our Olympic athletes. Nearby you'll find a cycling velodrome as well.
• Cheyenne Mountain Zoo: Four miles from Blue Skies Inn, our charming zoo is perched on the same mountain that holds United States Space Command. This pretty zoo climbs up the east side of Cheyenne Mountain with many outdoor exhibitss and magnificent views of the Great Plains. We brag that our zoo has the country's largest herd of reticulated giraffes which are traded to zoos in other states. The African Rift Valley exhibit will thrill and delight children of all ages. We'll share some special crackers for feeding the giraffes!.
• Pioneer Museum: Located five miles from Blue Skies Inn in Colorado Springs' old El Paso County courthouse, this museum has many artifacts of life in the early days in our area. Great western art as well.
• Colorado College: This handsome college was founded in 1874, contemporaneously with the City of Colorado Springs itself. Located just north of downtown Colorado Springs in a neighborhood of historic mansions built by profits from the Colorado "Pikes Peak or Bust" gold rush, Colorado College has a national reputation for its liberal arts curriculum. The beautiful college campus hosts regular historical lectures, art exhibits and, of course, CC's nationally ranked hockey team, the Tigers.
• Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center: Five miles east of Blue Skies Inn near the Colorado College campus, this art museum was where Sally took art lessons as a child, still a sentimentally favorite place. It features an impressive collection of southwestern santos and western art.
• American Numismatic Museum: Near the Colorado College campus, this fascinating, nationally-famous museum is also called the Money Museum. The American Numismatic Association is a nonprofit, educational organization chartered by the United States Congress to promote the study and collection of money, including coins, tokens, medals and paper currency, for research, interpretation and preservation of history and culture from ancient times to the present. This is a "must see" for the coin collectors in your party.
• The Western Museum of Mining & Industry: Located by the North Gate of the US Air Force Academy, this "hands-on," nationally accredited museum's purpose is to educate the public about the history and continuing contributions of mining in the American West through its collection, restoration, exhibition and interpretation of artifacts related to mining, metallurgy and their support industries.
• ProRodeo Hall of Fame and Museum of the American Cowboy: This is the only museum in the world devoted exclusively to the sport of rodeo and the men and women who have made it a world class sporting event. Visitors are treated to the Hall of Champions gallery, art exhibits, two video theatre presentations, rodeo and cowboy gear and memorabilia, live rodeo animals, rodeo arena, sculpture garden and a unique Rodeo America store.
• May Natural History Museum: A famous entomologist once remarked that if Nature teaches us anything, we can safely conclude that The Creator had "an inordinate fondness for beetles." The Pikes Peak area is the site of a marvelous collection of exotic and rare insects, mostly beetles. The May Museum is located in the canyonlands southwest of Colorado Springs, fourteen miles from Blue Skies Inn along the route to Royal Gorge. Keep an eye out for the giant beetle. (Which is, come to think of it, good advice at all times).

Day Trips

Day Trips allow guests at Blue Skies Inn to take advantage of our central Colorado location to experience every type of terrain and ecosystem our state has to offer. The innkeepers can help you plan day trips where you will drive through prairie grasslands, high desert, cedar-forested canyons, ghost towns and alpine meadows, and yet still be in the comfort of your suite before dusk. Listed below you'll find suggested trips -- a popular and famous Colorado attraction and two other must-see sights enthusiastically recommended by the innkeepers.

• Royal Gorge: Fifty miles away along good highways, Royal Gorge is spanned by the highest suspension bridge in the country. There is a cog railroad to the bottom of the gorge. Many people bungee jump from this fabled bridge. For those looking to make a day of it, we recommend the train ride along the bottom of the gorge on the same Denver and Rio Grande Railway "Rocket" that Sally rode as a child. The Royal Gorge Route follows the most famous portion of the old Denver & Rio Grande Western train line, 24 miles round-trip, from Cañon City to Parkdale and back. The two hour train ride takes passengers through the "Grand Canyon of the Arkansas River." It's an unforgettable journey under the famous Hanging Bridge, which clings precariously to the steep granite walls of the Royal Gorge, towering over 1,000 feet above. From May 18th through October 7, the train departs daily at: 9 AM, noon and 3 PM. Through the fall, winter and spring the train runs every Saturday and Sunday at noon. Ticket prices are $26.95 for adults and $16.50 for children ages 3-12. On the way to Royal Gorge, you will pass through Canon City (40 miles), the home of numerous white water rafting companies, who will take you on a wild ride down the Arkansas River gorge.
• Great Sand Dunes National Monument: Sixteeen square miles of 800' sand dunes surrounded by the fourteen thousand foot peaks of the Sangre de Christo Mountains await patient travelers. Dune-climbing is allowed, and there are many picnic areas close to the dunes. A modern Visitors' Center illuminates the geology of this Colorado wonder. A visit to this best and strangest Colorado landscape involves a three-hour trip south from Blue Skies Inn along good and scenic highways to the historic San Luis Valley. Take the great circle route, with an outbound side-trip to Bishop Castle, and return through some of Colorado's most scenic countryside.
• Bishop Castle: This wonderful castle, the product of Jim Bishop's thirty-year effort, is located north of the little town of San Isabel, about an hour and a half drive from Blue Skies Inn. The Castle is open during daylight hours. It's a construction site, and the owner makes no effort to obstruct visitors from inspecting every aspect of the castle from tower to dungeon. Bishop Castle can be a part of a day trip that includes the San Isabel National Forest, magnificent vistas of the Sangre de Christo Mountains and a bumpy ride along the old Phantom Canyon railroad bed into Victor and Cripple Creek. From there you can either take the Old Stagecoach Road back into Colorado Springs, or opt for the paved highway from Cripple Creek to Manitou Springs.

Blue Skies Inn offers a refuge for business travelers who are tired of the same sterile motel environment that often must be endured for weeks at a time. Our Bed & Breakfast features the most modern conveniences and easy access to downtown Colorado Springs, without the mind-numbing sameness that plagues motels, "residence inns" and hotels that cater to a business clientele.

We appreciate that business travelers often need to make a late check-in, and we will make special arrangement for late night arrivals. Weary travelers who do check in late will be delighted to discover that our giant outdoor hot tub is open 24 hours a day.

We also understand that business travelers often have to leave early. Blue Skies Inn offers business travelers the option of an early breakfast (7:30 AM -- even earlier for large groups) or having a breakfast of fresh-baked muffins, cereal, juice and milk delivered to their suite the night before.

Each suite at Blue Skies B&B is not only fully wired to accommodate all your communication needs, but uniquely decorated and designed to provide a delightful home-away-from home. All of our suites are approximately 450 square feet in area and have a large table or desk close to our en suite telephone and data port. Our large suites have many extra chairs, making them perfect for strategy and brainstorming sessions with your colleagues.

Our suites offer a variety of other amenities of special interest to the business traveler:

• Air Conditioning
• Telephone (local calls free)
• Second Data-port Phone Line so you can be on-line and on the telephone at the same time. Our inn's switchboard rotates outgoing calls between eight phone lines which means that you'll always be able to dial out.
• Surge Protectors available in the rooms
• Alarm clock
• Coffee/Tea/Cocoa service in your room
• Refrigerator
• Microwave Oven
• Hair Dryer
• Iron & Ironing Board in your suite
• Television and VCR with cable TV service
• Library of Videos (over 600 titles) available free of charge

In addition, Blue Skies Inn provides our business travelers with the use of a FAX machine, a copier, and a loaner laptop PC so our business guests will be able to check their e-mail. These services are provided free of charge, though guests will be expected to reimburse us for the cost of long-distance faxes and large copying jobs. Business rates are available for single occupancy, Monday through Thursday.

Nearest Airports

• Denver International Airport (DIA) is approximately 2 hours travel time (1.5 hours in good traffic). Exit the airport, travel EAST on Interstate 70 to the Colorado 470 toll road. Colorado 470 will take you SOUTH around the east side of Denver to Interstate 25. Take Interstate 25 SOUTH and follow the directions under the heading "From the North via Interstate 25."
• Colorado Springs Municipal Airport is approximately 20 minutes away by car. Exit the airport and look for the intersection with US Highway 24. Turn left onto US 24 and follow the directions under the heading "From the East via US Highway 24."

Directions

From the North via Interstate Highway 25

• Approach via I-25 southbound to Exit 145 (Fillmore Street); take off-ramp to stoplight.
• Turn right (west) on Fillmore Street.
• Follow Fillmore for approximately 3 miles westerly over the hogback. Fillmore will change to Fontanero Street, and you will travel through many stoplights, but you will encounter only one STOPSIGN.
• Turn left (south) at the stopsign onto 31st Street.
• Turn right (west) at the first stoplight, Colorado Avenue.
• Travel west on Colorado Avenue approximately 1 ½ miles. Colorado Avenue will turn into Manitou Avenue at the city limits. When you travel under US Highway 24, go through two more stoplights, then keep an eye out on the left for a 7-11 store, followed on the right by the Manitou Springs Chamber of Commerce, followed immediately on the right by our sign on a free-standing, three-story-high gothic arch painted like a Colorado blue sky.
• Turn right just after you pass our arch. Cross small bridge, drive beyond the first building on the right, and our B&B buildings will be visible to your right.
• Park in the parking area. Our office is through the leftmost door in Building #2, the center B&B building farthest back from the parking lot. By the Office door and in front of the large concrete building you passed on the way in are courtesy phones that will automatically connect you to an innkeeper.

From the South via Interstate Highway 25

• Approach via I-25 northbound to Exit 141, US Highway 24 West (Cimarron Street) off-ramp to stoplight.
• Turn left onto US Highway 24 West.
• Travel west on US Highway 24 for approximately 4 miles through the 8th Street, 21st Street, 26th Street and 31st street stoplights to the first Manitou Springs exit - the Manitou Avenue Exit.
• Turn right onto the off-ramp of the Manitou Avenue Exit which will loop you around to a stoplight on Manitou Avenue.
• Turn right (west) onto Manitou Avenue.
• Travel under US Highway 24, go through two more stoplights, then keep an eye out on the left for a 7-11 store, followed on the right by the Manitou Springs Chamber of Commerce, followed immediately on the right by our sign on a free-standing, three-story-high gothic arch painted like a Colorado blue sky.
• Turn right just after you pass our arch. Cross small bridge, drive beyond the first building on the right, and our B&B buildings will be visible to your right.
• Park in the parking area. Our office is through the leftmost door in Building #2, the center B&B building farthest back from the parking lot. By the Office door and in front of the large concrete building you passed on the way in are courtesy phones that will automatically connect you to an innkeeper.

From the East via US Highway 24

• Approach via US Highway 24 westbound to I-25 northbound, thence to
• Exit 141, US Highway 24 West (Cimarron Street) off-ramp to stoplight.
• Turn left onto US Highway 24 West.
• Travel west on US Highway 24 for approximately 4 miles through the 8th Street, 21st Street, 26th Street and 31st street stoplights to the first Manitou Springs exit - the Manitou Avenue Exit.
• Turn right onto the off-ramp of the Manitou Avenue Exit which will loop you around to a stoplight on Manitou Avenue.
• Turn right (west) onto Manitou Avenue.
• Travel under US Highway 24, go through two more stoplights, then keep an eye out on the left for a 7-11 store, followed on the right by the Manitou Springs Chamber of Commerce, followed immediately on the right by our sign on a free-standing, three-story-high gothic arch painted like a Colorado blue sky.
• Turn right just after you pass our arch. Cross small bridge, drive beyond the first building on the right, and our B&B buildings will be visible to your right.
• Park in the parking area. Our office is through the leftmost door in Building #2, the center B&B building farthest back from the parking lot. By the Office door and in front of the large concrete building you passed on the way in are courtesy phones that will automatically connect you to an innkeeper.

From the West via US Highway 24

• Approach via US Highway 24 eastbound to
• Manitou Avenue Exit (fourth Manitou Springs exit).
• Turn right onto the off-ramp of the Manitou Avenue Exit which will loop you around to a stoplight on Manitou Avenue.
• Turn left (west) onto Manitou Avenue.
• Travel west on Manitou Avenue through one more stoplight, then keep an eye out on the left for a 7-11 store, followed on the right by the Manitou Springs Chamber of Commerce, followed immediately on the right by our sign on a free-standing, three-story-high gothic arch painted like a Colorado blue sky.
• Turn right just after you pass our arch. Cross small bridge, drive beyond the first building on the right, and our B&B buildings will be visible to your right.
• Park in the parking area. Our office is through the leftmost door in Building #2, the center B&B building farthest back from the parking lot. By the Office door and in front of the large concrete building you passed on the way in are courtesy phones that will automatically connect you to an innkeeper.