With Summer quickly approaching, many are going to be out of school or taking vacations from work. As warmer days become more regular and the sun begins to set later, we offer you 5 fun summer activities to do in Colorado! Whether you’re a tourist or a native we hope you enjoy these ideas and give them a try yourself. Get outside, get active and have fun!
The Colorado Renaissance Festival
To start, the Colorado Renaissance Festival is an excellent option for a summer activity. With endless forms of food, entertainment and artisan goods, there’s no way to go wrong. Dress up and interact with period-actors, or take the whole family and watch acrobatics and the joust. Enjoy a good ale? Then go try some of the special brews at the festival! The fair runs from 10a-6:30p, leaving a full day for you to have your fun and explore everything the festival grounds have to offer.
White Water Rafting
Next, an activity many have on their bucket list- white water rafting is quite popular in Colorado! There are many different businesses that host white water rafting (primarily in Idaho Springs), all with beautiful locations and exhilarating rapids. Whether you’re a beginner or experienced, there are a variety of different rapids tours to suit anybody’s skill level. The Colorado Adventure Center also has zip-lining and ropes courses which leaves a lot of options for families and couples.
Elitch Gardens
Thirdly, Elitch Gardens is your typical amusement park- complete with rides, games and food! When in doubt, keep it simple. Great for the whole family! Take a spin on the Mind Eraser, or a drop on the Tower of Doom. This amusement park also has a water park attached to it- complete with a wave pool and giant water slides! Perhaps a ‘lazy river’ is more your style- they have that too!
Bishop Castle
When hunting for fun summer activities, you often find the same options over and over. With this one though, you’ll be going on an adventure unlike any other. Bishop Castle– a hand built castle made single-handedly by Jim Bishop. While it’s not quite the size of a Scottish castle, it’s still an impressive creation with towers and spiral stairs galore. It’s a short road trip away from being the highlight of your Summer.
Escape Rooms
Lastly, there’s nothing better than grabbing your friends and family for an escape room. We may be biased here at Escapeworks Denver, but on the days where the sun is beating down and the heat is too much… Why not try an air conditioned escape room? Go searching through an ancient tomb, or save the world from a zombie outbreak. When you can’t find it in Colorado, you may find it in an escape room!
Awesome experience with Sean our Game Master. Easily top tier escape room with very immersive experience. I prefer not being able to ask for clues, rather the GM providing them if we really got stuck, which kept us fully in the vibe.
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Ryan T.
7/04/2024
Awesome experience with Sean our Game Master. Easily top tier escape room with very immersive experience. I prefer not being able to ask for clues, rather the GM providing them if we really got stuck, which kept us fully in the vibe.
Angie E.
7/02/2024
So fun! This was my first escape room experience and my 12 yo daughter and I had the best time! We solved The Speakeasy with less than 3 minutes to spare. Lots of laughs and the rooms were decorated so well. We can’t wait to go back! (Worth mentioning the AC was perfect and the bathrooms were sparkling clean!) Our game master Aiden was so kind and helpful - she made our day!
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Angie E.
7/02/2024
So fun! This was my first escape room experience and my 12 yo daughter and I had the best time! We solved The Speakeasy with less than 3 minutes to spare. Lots of laughs and the rooms were decorated so well. We can’t wait to go back! (Worth mentioning the AC was perfect and the bathrooms were sparkling clean!) Our game master Aiden was so kind and helpful - she made our day!
Christina C.
6/25/2024
We did the Egyptian Tomb and it was a super fun escape room, Bailey was our Game Master and was super helpful and really nice. I do a LOT of escape rooms so I can confidently say the puzzles were fun and just challenging enough, I loved the tactility of everything, and the theme was extremely well-executed. We got out with 18 and a half minutes to spare and apparently did really well on the hardest puzzle 😎
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Christina C.
6/25/2024
We did the Egyptian Tomb and it was a super fun escape room, Bailey was our Game Master and was super helpful and really nice. I do a LOT of escape rooms so I can confidently say the puzzles were fun and just challenging enough, I loved the tactility of everything, and the theme was extremely well-executed. We got out with 18 and a half minutes to spare and apparently did really well on the hardest puzzle 😎
Steve L.
6/18/2024
My kids (6 and 10) and I had a great time doing the Casino Heist room! It was challenging, and I'm sad to say we didn't make it, but we still had a ton of fun trying. Jake was friendly, thorough, and helpful with hints without giving anything away, all around a fantastic game-master!
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Steve L.
6/18/2024
My kids (6 and 10) and I had a great time doing the Casino Heist room! It was challenging, and I'm sad to say we didn't make it, but we still had a ton of fun trying. Jake was friendly, thorough, and helpful with hints without giving anything away, all around a fantastic game-master!
Jordin N.
6/07/2024
Helen was great! We did the speakeasy room in a public group. I would definitely come back in a smaller group!
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Jordin N.
6/07/2024
Helen was great! We did the speakeasy room in a public group. I would definitely come back in a smaller group!
Daniel Y.
6/04/2024
Finished both the Vampire Hunter and Casino Heist room. Very fun puzzles and the staff if very helpful. Vampire hunter is their newest room and I will say it's probably top 3 escape rooms I've done.
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Daniel Y.
6/04/2024
Finished both the Vampire Hunter and Casino Heist room. Very fun puzzles and the staff if very helpful. Vampire hunter is their newest room and I will say it's probably top 3 escape rooms I've done.
Chad H.
6/03/2024
We did the Egyptian room. Very entertaining. Some unique new puzzles that we had not seen before from other escape rooms. The staff rocks!
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Chad H.
6/03/2024
We did the Egyptian room. Very entertaining. Some unique new puzzles that we had not seen before from other escape rooms. The staff rocks!
Khalid H.
5/28/2024
Ollie was awesome. We had a great time and the room was a really cool new design. A few small things to iron out for a new room, but super fun! We’ll definitely be back
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Khalid H.
5/28/2024
Ollie was awesome. We had a great time and the room was a really cool new design. A few small things to iron out for a new room, but super fun! We’ll definitely be back
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