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As one of Denver’s oldest business districts, LoDo has seen Colorado’s gold rush, the industrial era, skid row, and finally urban revitalization. Experience LoDo’s history through a guided walking tour, and learn about some of Denver’s most beautiful buildings—hotels, business houses, saloons, and brothels, along with the often notorious individuals who occupied them. Hear how preservation efforts, in celebration of LoDo history, saved many buildings that exist today.

Interested in taking a tour?


There are several tour options, so see below for details

Reservations are recommended, but not required

Walk-ins Welcome; Private Group Tours Available.

For reservations and tour information, contact Kevin Rucker, LoDo Walking Tour Coordinator, at ruckerk@mscd.edu (best) or via phone at 303.914.6100 x 3846.

TOUR #1 - All Ages Welcome Tour*

All tours are 1:00 -3:00pm     

Sunday        May 3

Tuesdays    June 2, 9, 16, 23, 30

Thursdays   June 4, 11, 18, 25

Thursdays   July 2, 9, 16, 23 & 30

Tuesdays     July 7, 14, 21, 28

Price:

$10 Adults

$5 with any College Student or Military ID; Ages 13-17; Seniors 62+; and all LoDo District, Inc. Members

 

TOUR #2 - 21 & over - From Gold Camp to Paris on the Platte*

Attendees will be regaled with tales of early Denver's movers and shakers, conmen and desperados, brothels and opium dens, ghost stories, and Denver firsts, from cheeseburgers to lethal gas chambers.

All tours are 3:00-6:00pm     

Saturdays   May 9, 16 & 23

Saturdays   June 6 & 20

Saturdays   July 11 & 18

Free appetizers are served twice on the tour.

Price:
$20 Adults
$15 with any College Student ID; Seniors 62+; and all LoDo District, Inc. Members

*Both tours meet at Ther Market, 1445 Larimer Street.