MANITOU SPRINGS COLORADO: Best Things to Do | Mineral Springs | Walking Tour | Arcade | Travel Guide
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- Опубликовано: 4 июн 2024
- Just west of Colorado Springs, at the foot of Pikes Peak, is the quirky mountain town of Manitou Springs. It’s known for its natural mineral springs, mountain landscapes, quaint shops, and beautiful parks.
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Contents of this video:
00:00 Intro to Manitou Springs
0:35 Shopping on Main Street
1:38 Manitou Mineral Springs Walking Tour
3:33 The History of the Healing Waters
3:51 Patsy's Chocolate & Gift Shop
4:39 The Penny Arcade
6:03 Parks and Fountain Creek
6:53 The Cliff House in Manitou Springs
8:17 The Manitou Incline
9:47 Outro & Subscribe
Many of the old 1900s buildings and homes in Manitou Springs are still standing, which gives the town an old, historic feel. From the Cliff House to the Penny Arcade and the Manitou Incline trail, there are endless things to do in this small town. Today, we are sharing the top things to do and our favorite places to see in Manitou Springs, Colorado.
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Colorado Springs is my hometown. I haven't lived there for many years. The Garden of the Gods was my back yard and playground---literally. My first "real" job was as a guide at the Cave of the Winds. I went from elementary school to junior high school to high school to college in C Springs. The city has changed so very much---and not for the better. One correction---the Mt. Manitou Incline---the rail-cable car ride---did not close down in the 1950s. It was still running, and very popular in the 1970s when I was last a resident there. I believe it ran until 1990 when a rock slide shut it down. It was one of the best attractions in the region. Its loss is a shame. Thank you for your video. It was fun and made me very homesick.
Sounds like it's time to go back and see it all for yourself! Old stomping grounds and all. Even tho things have changed, I imagine not everything has and you would be able find a reconnect here too!
Would be cool to see CoS thru your eyes.
I love the people of Colorado, so much friendlier than where I live in the Northeast..I loved visiting Manitou Springs, beautiful area and artsy town was fun walking around.
Thank you for this wonderful review, great job!
We agree and we just love this state so much! Thanks for watching and commenting :)
I live in CO Springs, thank you for visiting!!!
We agree, thanks for visiting our state!
I miss that place sooooo much, Amazing wonderful people and place!!!!!! I'm glad my kiddo and I got the chance to see and meet so many amazing people God bless you all ❤️
It's such a gem! Manitou Springs, is just such a unique place. No where else quite like it :)
Bestie me to but I was in Colorado Springs but I did go to Manitou :)
@@HashtagColoradoLife are the two waterslides still there next to the gravity house? i left in 1992
@@risingempireentertainment Nope! no watersides
@@HashtagColoradoLife man, I miss them. We used to ride them all day and then do to the mystery house. Good times. I miss being a kid in Colorado.
COLORADO IS GORGEOUS AND AS SO MUCH TO OFFER! LIVED IN COLORADO SPRINGS AS A CHILD, WITH WONDERFUL MEMORIES, BUT, _WOULD LOVE TO VISIT BEAUTIFUL MANITOU SPRINGS, DON'T REMEMBER GOING THERE. AS A CHILD BACK IN THE 5O'S, I WENT TO THE WILL ROGER'S ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND REMEMBER THE BEAUTIFUL VIEW OF MAJESTIC PIKES PEAK, FROM THE PLAYGROUND, WHICH LEFT A BIG IMPRESSION ON ME! NOW, MY HUSBAND AND I ARE OLD WITH MANY HEALTH PROBLEMS, BUT PLAN ON VISITING FABULOUS COLORADO, ETC. SOON ON OUR BUCKET LIST!😊 THANK'S FOR THIS GREAT VIDEO!
Thank you so much!!! I hope you get a chance to visit back out here and relive some of your childhood!!!
@@HashtagColoradoLife Hi!👋😃 Thank's for your nice message...yes, we're hoping we will make a trip soon to the gorgeous state of Colorado, reliving part of my childhood, Also, touring other places! God bless you and your family!🌹🦋🦋
We got to stay at the cliff house with a discount in October 2019 for 125.00. Corner room with dome ceiling. Beautiful area.
Been so long since I've been there. Need to find time to go back, especially since the cog railway's opened back up.
Yes, we haven't been on the Cog Railway yet but its on our list this summer.
Will definitely be stopping there next year! Great video guys!
Glad to hear it, we love this small town. Hope you enjoy it too! Thanks for watching.
Everything in this video looks incredible! Thanks for pointing us to spending a day in this town 😁
Manitou is a REALLY neat place! One of my favorite things to do (not listed in video) is to drive around the old Victorian neighborhoods. All the houses are so unique and seem to be built into the mountainsides. So opposite of all the cookie cutter sub-developments now-a-days.
I love this place!
We do too! Thanks for watching 😉
I recently found your podcast and just today discovered that you also have a RUclips channel. Very enjoyable and informative. I've only been to Colorado twice, and that's just within the last year, and your information has been great. Thanks for all of the great reviews on things to see and do.
Thanks so much for listening to our podcast and checking out our RUclips channel. Hope it helps you with your Colorado adventures! 👍
Fantastic vid, folks! Planning to move here in a few months and really appreciate the insights! Subscribed. Your channel is a gold mine! 😁
Thanks so much for watching & subscribing! We really appreciate. And we think you'll love moving to this area. Where are you moving from? If it's helpful we just finished updating our newest Moving to Colorado book: hashtagcoloradolife.com/book/ no pressure, just thought it might help!
@@HashtagColoradoLife Hey, thanks for sharing the book! I will chat with the misses and we'll probably purchase a copy to read together! We will be moving from North Florida, so having minimal experience with CO just makes your channel that much more valuable to us! We sincerely appreciate you two! ❤
I used to spend most summers at the Van Horne cottages beginng in 1945 when I was six months old. I went down the steps to the Penny Arcade every night (after I was about 4 years old. ) I love and miss Manitou Springs and the Van Horne Cottages (which are no more). I have been up the Pikes Road and cog train and the Mt. Manitou incline cable car. I hope I will be able to go there again soon.
The arcade there is still very much like how it always has been. With the creaky floorboards and tons of penny and nickle games. Really it is such a unique thing here in CO.
Awesome
Thanks for watching and commenting!
Thank you soooooooooooo much for the information I will be in Manitou Springs Colorado in 1 week (June 14-20, 2022). Vacation time with greatgrandkids (5 and 3). Cannot wait. Coming from Los Angeles, CA. Can't wait for a break from the city life. Thank you again for the clear, concise, thorough and very helpful information.
Have fun! It's going to be really nice weather that time of year too. Drink lots of water!
I moved to Colorado Springs
In 2005 from California. I feel blessed to live here. It is a beautiful state. I sub!!
Thanks for subbing and watching! Glad to have you in Colorado 👍
Thank You so much! I lived in Woodland Park and got Transferred to Tucson 30 plus years ago and I am now retired and heading back to Colorado to “play tourist” and you Videos are really getting me ready to travel. I remember the Cliff House fire, I was a volunteer firefighter in Woodland Park and knew the Firefighters who fought that blaze and now look forward to seeing the new Cliff House!!!
Welcome back to Colorado! How fun and exciting that you will get to see the Cliff House restored. Thanks for watching and good luck!
Love this place. One of the few locations I'd like to live at, along with Wrightsville Beach NC and Clearwater Florida
Manitou is incredible. The houses built into the sides of the mountains. Old Victorian architecture. History coming from all the old timey buildings.
It is a place easy to love.
cant wait to visit in 2 months. i looking for hikes, sites and breweries.
Well you're going to an area you can't really get wrong for all those things you are looking for. Plenty of great breweries and new venues to try. And hiking is always within reach.
Well done!
Thank you so much for watching!
Great video!
Thank you!!
My mom used to get the spring water and use it to make lemonade. It was the only way us kids would drink it. It was pretty good in the lemonade. She used the water that, as you said, tastes like flat seltzer water.
That's a really good idea for making the water taste better for drinking. We'll have to try that out! Thanks for watching.
Thank you for this video, my wife and I are already thinking "road trip!". I was told about the Manitou Incline recently, and in searching for more information on the hike, I found this video.
Manitou Springs looks like a very interesting place to visit, and I'm seeing other spots to travel to in the thumbnails on the right. Thanks again for all of the information!
You're welcome! Manitou is suuuuch a neat place. It's a great destination with tons to do. The Loop is a great Mexican place to eat while there
@@HashtagColoradoLife Thank you, I will keep that in mind.
You should try the super easy Manitou Incline just a little less than 1 mile...course it's 2000 ft vertical but don't worry from the base you can't see the 68% grade steepness cause of the false summit
I remember and enjoyed riding the cable Manitou incline back in the 1960's. Great views. Now a place for hiking.
Good video!
Thank you! Appreciate you watching :)
I love this place so much💜💜 Im moving there soon!
Yay!! That is so exciting. Manitou is a quirky little town with great shops and even better views.
I lived in Colorado springs for 30 i used to drink in the royal tavern left the area 3 years ago don't miss it a bit
It was mid 90s when the Cliff House was for sale the price was pennies on the dollar and I almost bought it.
My wife and I used to save the water bottles and go fill them up in Manitou Springs.
Oh wow, the Cliff House is such a historic and amazing place to stay in Manitou Springs. It also has delicious food!
Does the city have any projects to maintain the old buildings? Greeting from California young state 😊
Yes! Colorado Springs has the Historic Preservation Alliance that's been around for a while. They have a lot of places downtown and in Old Colorado City on their registry.
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Welcome to Manitou, parking is next to impossible.
You're not wrong. You can get lucky on less busy days but it's always a busy little town.
Hidden gem of a place, that doesn't get much publicity in the UK.
The springs alone are worth a visit for being carbonated, unlike many others.
We agree! The carbonated springs waters are such a unique feature in Manitou Springs. Thanks for watching.
3-minute time lapse of the incline: ruclips.net/video/mziPOrLo4v0/видео.html
Should check out Crystal Valley Cemetery
Thanks for the suggestion. We'll check it out!
I lived in Manitou in 1975.
I bet that was a wild era to live in Manitou
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Thanks for watching!
"25 gallon bottles" lol
Right. Cause he had a little red wagon with 3 of these that he was filling. No carrying involved :)
been on fire this week..prayers.............
This time of year is dangerous with all of the fires in the state and very little water. Let's all say a prayer that no more land and trees gets destroyed.
I live in Atlanta Georgia I have a friend that stay in Colorado springs co she wants me to come visit there
You should come visit your friend! Colorado is great to visit in the summer time especially.
Fun fact, Manito is the Native word for "the spirit the moves thru all things" or soul, or creator spirits, depending on the tribe/clan, and pronounced man-it-toe. Northern plains, central, etc.. Fyi.
How interesting, thanks so much for sharing!
Patsy's charges $9 for a double ice cream cone and about $30 a pound for chocolate in June of 2023!!
I’m only doing this to make my self miserable.. I left Colorado today and I really miss it yes I miss all the other places I’ve been.. but this is different maybe bc the snow and cold - which I love so much but idk. Also I went to Manitou, but I was staying in Colorado Springs.
Get back soon! Summer is just around the corner. Sadly gotta wait a while for snow again :(
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WOW I COULDNT HAVE SAID IT BETTER MYSELF
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Hello friends....
Good morning
Is this a good town for dogs?
Pretty much anywhere in Colorado is a GREAT town for dogs. It is a very pet friendly state overall.
Absolutely. You see people with dogs everywhere
Bring water bottles for the natural spring watet!
Oh for sure! That is a great suggestion. We bring water bottles to fill up too.
@@HashtagColoradoLife are you a local or do you vacation in Colorado? 😀
@@anarizmoore Both!!!
@@HashtagColoradoLife so lucky! I'm jealous 😁😉.
If I could pack up and move to Breckenridge right now I would. Beautiful state. My family and I love traveling and that's one of favorite states! ♥️
@@anarizmoore Breck is one of my favorite mountain towns to to go to in the summer. It's such a quintessential mountain town
no shirt no shoes no problem but no mask theres a problem
Colorado springs no mask no problem
Yes, that is true!
Its super expensive their even parking
Yes, the parking can be expensive and there aren't a lot of free parking options anymore.
Is Manitou Springs dog friendly?
Yes, the downtown area of Manitou Springs is great for dogs. And many of the restaurants and shops allow dogs into the stores.
too bad those springs are surrounded by buildings. I'd still be interested in tasting it though.
But at least the buildings and architecture of Manitou is 100+ years old, unique and Victorian rather than like a Walmart.
@@HashtagColoradoLife lol so true.
It's amazing to me Manitou can be mentioned without mentioning the curse...
It's cursed to mention the curse don't ya know?
@@HashtagColoradoLife yep, that is how it is
No curse at all
You drank 4 full bottles of water,thats a ton of water or barely any water.
Used to be a really cool town then California happened.
It's extremely over priced, locals are being over ran by tourism and not to mention the cost of living has gotten so much more expensive, not worth living here but it's a good vacation spot.
Sounds like every other place in America then, huh?
@@HashtagColoradoLife for booming states and cities, yes
Thanks for watching and sharing your perspective. There are definitely ups-and-downs to living in Colorado!
If you can get past all the homeless people there. It stinks.
It's true there are a lot more homeless problems in the state than in previous years. But it's not like this all the time thankfully.
Do you just visit once in a while? It is all the time, the homeless folks live there. Such a shame.
Flew into Denver which homeless run, came to manatoe way less homeless but they still are there and are different than most homeless. Estes park was the best
I almost moved to Manitou but settled on Monument instead. If you like homelessness, hippies, democrats, the smell of weed and people smoking it everywhere, traffic, and theft, you'll love Manitou Springs.
Are you describing more than half the cities in the US or just Manitou Springs? lol
@@HashtagColoradoLife Touche!