Downtown Fort Collins — Attraction in Fort Collins

Our daughter starts at CSU this fall, so she and I did a little recon work during spring break.

After spending all day Saturday getting to know the campus, on Sunday, we headed to Old Town to see what was what.

What an amazing little area it is!

It's got an "Austin Texas meets Breckenridge" vibe going on that's making me very sad I'm 46 and headed back to my 11-7 midnights grind tomorrow! 😆

I'm sure our Sam will have many amazing adventures roaming this area (after her homework is done, of course 😉) when she's here to gain some smarts in college!

If you're a parent touring the area with your potential student, this area is a "must visit"!

Sunday afternoons are a great time, but don't bank on a close parking spot. We stayed at The Hilton and just hoofed it for that...

What isn't there to do in this old town area? With haunted tours, Disney-inspired buildings, historic diners, artist lofts, campy boutiques, craft spots, craft brews, tea shops, wine shops, tattoo shops, naughty shops, sporting shops, and shops for people to show off their creative edge, a letterpress, an apothecary, and fun little restaurants (both tried and true staples, and newly inspired eats). There is no place that is perfect, but this place inspires me as well as many others all around. We are the home to a bike parade and many other festivities. I feel like the DBA never ceases to find events to draw our citizens in with a sense of pride and a chance to expand our culture. I hope this town continues to grow its roots and the...

Old Town Fort collins us a wonderful place to visit, with a variety of shops including gift stores, and even a " geologist's dream" a stone shop where I found a giant 2-stone amethyst that had been shaped into a butterfly, ( my favorite things are butterflies,) there are also clothing stores and several restaurants and pubs to choose from and it is still nice enough weather ti eat outside, and even a Ben & Jerry's ice cream shop, and sculptures to take photos of and) or with and an old painted piano that I git to play on and had a video taken of me playing it It is a fun, interesting place to just " window-shop" , or actually shop and just walk around and visit fir...