Recent travel stories

January 14

Some hotels cater exclusively to the no-children crowd

No national law bars hotels from refusing to take children as guests.

Visiting an old friend

STOCKBRIDGE, Mass. — Red-haired, freckle-faced Reid Huffman — sporting a dress shirt and slacks that were only slightly rumpled from climbing an outdoor sculpture — politely peered up at a painting in the Norman Rockwell Museum.

A capitol of culture

OPORTO, Portugal — The damp and gloomy granite buildings lining the banks of the Douro River seem to embody this northern Portuguese city's noble traditions and conservative attitudes. The dour impression is misleading.

Capital gains

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans have always been fascinated by the presidency and the men who have taken on the role, despite our assertions that we care little for the trappings of power. A television drama based on the work of the president and West Wing aides has become a hit, upstaged only by the remarkable drama of the presidential electoral cliffhanger.

January 7

By Janet Fullwood

Travel briefs

If you're interested in staying in someone else's house, villa or condo while you're on vacation, home-exchanging may be the way to go. You can learn more about it at one of two classes: from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Jan. 18 at Goodson Recreation Center, 6315 S. University Blvd., or from 7 to 9 p.m. Jan. 25 in Boulder at the East Boulder Senior Center, 5660 Sioux Drive. The cost is $15 per person or $25 per couple. To register, call Mary Schreiner, (303) 794-7955.

Colorado's Best: Sunlight is best deal for families

Best Family Ski Area Sunlight Mountain Resort Only 10 miles from Glenwood Springs, Sunlight Mountain Resort appeals to families in need of mostly mellow slopes and affordable lift ticket prices.

December 31

CHURCHILL, Manitoba — The brilliant orange sunset makes the frost-covered landscape look like an enchanted crystal forest, everything twinkling in red and orange. Gazing west I see nothing but snow-covered rocks and tundra. Then, as happens in the enchanted forest, one of the rocks gets up on all fours and ambles across the horizon.

'Legends' highway a host of wonders

The mysteries whisper on the wind along the Highway of Legends in the southeastern corridor of the Sangre de Cristo mountains. Just where is that lost gold vein that supposedly rendered nuggets so rich and so large that a 19th century miner could live off a single one for a year?

Colorado's Best: 10th Mountain ski huts are tops

No question, really: The finest hut skiing in Colorado can be found along the hundreds of miles of trails in the scenic mountain area between Leadville, Vail and Aspen.

December 24

Last year, my editor chided me for the picks I made for my year-in-review travel wrapup. "You copped out," she told me, because I had chosen all the museums I visited — 10 of them — for the honor of Best Museum.

Cozy, gourmet dining in backcountry

Best Unusual Dining Experience

December 17

ON OLD ROUTE 66 IN NEW MEXICO — TUCUMCARI TONITE! For millions of Americans who traveled this legendary highway in the 1930s, 40s and 50s, the slogan is indelible. The words, emblazoned on red and yellow billboards, beckoned tired motorists to the city of "2,000 motel rooms." And the town on the eastern fringe of the Land of Enchantment wanted to fill every one.

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