Valentine Romance in Colorado Springs
by Eleanor S. Morris

Don't head for the hills for St. Valentine's Day--head for the mountains! The famous Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs is offering a fabulous Romantic Escape to delight you and your sweetheart with a night to remember, as a prelude, or maybe an interlude, to however many nights you want to capture or recapture romance.

Romantic Escape nights are February 13, 14 20 and 21, so plan your honeymoon or your romance around one of these dates, because they include an evening of dinner and listening to some of the greatest love songs of all time.  Broadmoor troubadour Philip Myers recreates music from Nat King Cole to Celine Dion, Barry Manilow, Whitney Houston and many more.

Included in the package are a Classic Guest Room, the dinner show tickets, a bottle of Korbel California Champagne, Chocolate Covered Strawberries, a 20% Broadmoor retail discount and a 20% Broadmoor Spa discount.

While at the beautiful Broadmoor on the days preceding or after your special evening, do some romantic touring of the sights of beautiful Colorado Springs. You won't want to miss America's best-known mountain, Pike's Peak, snowcapped at 14,440 feet. Take the delightful Pike's Peak Cog Railway and when you reach the summit you'll see Denver, 60 miles north and, 100 miles away, the Sangre de Cristo Mountains pushing into New Mexico. There's also the Steamer Shop for souvenirs of this special Valentine outing, and the Cog Wheel Cafe for tasty sustenance (to help keep that lovelight burning?)

From on high you can also catch a glimpse of the Garden of the Gods, which you might explore next. One of the most photographed places in the country and one of the world's great natural wonders, this gallery of amazing rock sculptures was created more than 300 million years ago, by violent geologic forces. You'll see fantastic formations more than 300 feet high, as well as the spectacular monoliths Balanced Rock, and, Kissing Camels!

Down the road apiece to Canon City, take a look, carefully, down into the Royal Gorge, eroded over the millennia to a depth of 1,055 feet by the rough waters of the Arkansas River. The Royal Gorge is spanned by the highest suspension bridge in the world. Here you'll find two wildly exciting rides, an aerial tram slipping through 1/2 mile of space 1,200 feet above the river, or aboard an incline railway down the dizzy heights of the canyon walls.

Before or after that delicious Broadmoor St. Valentine dinner check out the Wild West (after all, you're in the vicinity) at Colorado Spring's Ghost Town Museum. Explore the Saloon, the Sheriff's Office, Barber Shop, Blacksmith, Jail, Print Shop, General Stores, Victorian Home and a wonderful collection of antiques and memorabilia from the rough-and- tumble days of the Wild West.

For More Information:

Call 1-800-634-7711 or visit www.broadmoor.com for information on both evening packages, and rates for other nights.