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Bookmark & shareDenver offers bone-china pleasures in a raw Rockies setting.
At the westernmost fringe of the Great 'Are We There Yet' Plains, 'Mile High City' beckons like an urban avatar. Comparing favourably with larger cities, Denver is Middle America's de facto hub of culture and commerce, offering all the perks (and few of the pangs) of a modern US metropolis.
Nestled up against the magnificent Rocky Mountains, Denver is the perfect destination for anyone who has trouble choosing between big-city and backwoods attractions or thinks a hard day's hell raising is best finished off with high tea at a 19th-century society hotel.
Fast Facts
Population
555,000
Currency
Name: US Dollar
Code: USD
Symbol: US$
Electrical Plugs
110V 60Hz
Languages Spoken
Essential: English
Time Zones
GMT/UTC -7
Country Dialing Code
+1
Weights & Measures
Imperial
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