Lower Downtown Denver (LoDo) Tours and Activities

Folks have been drawn to Denver for over a century -- find out why on this downtown adventure exploring the Queen City of the Plain’s rich past, glinting with the promise of gold and other “riches” of the Rocky Mountains. Join our team of local guides a mile high up and take in the fascinating stories, beautiful architecture, and modern food-and-drink scene on this orientation tour of Colorado’s capital city.

Discover why Denver is nicknamed the ‘Napa Valley of Craft Beer’ on a fun and social beer tour and pub crawl through the historic Lower Downtown (LoDo) district. Pop in to four local breweries to taste more than 10 samples of Colorado craft beer with an expert hops-, ale-, and lager-loving guide. Find out how Denver became the center of the craft brewing movement in the West, and walk off all those tastings with a jaunt through the city’s oldest and most dynamic neighborhood.

Experience Denver like never before on this guided, 3-hour, small-group, motor-scooter tour. Learn about the city’s history and architecture while visiting favorite locations like Confluence Park, Lower Downtown (LoDo), National Velvet, LoHi, Denver Highlands, Colorado Convention Center, Coors Field, Denver Union Station and much more. Ride on side streets and multi-lane roads. Guided training plus a helmet, eye protection, sunscreen and more are included.

Explore the colorful creative side of Denver on this tour through the mural-covered streets of the River North (RiNo) Arts District. You’ll go off the tourist trail to see some of the most diverse and exciting works of street art in the American West - including graffiti and 3D installations, diverse works by and supporting black, female, Native American, and LGBT artists, and the ever-changing annual work of the CRUSH Walls Festival. Along the way, you’ll enjoy a local treat to snack on as you feast on the best art RiNo has to offer!

"Well behaved women seldom make history!" History is meant to be fun! Get funky on this 2.5 hour boozy tour in LoDo (Lower Downtown Denver). You’ll journey back in time to the early days of Denver and experience what life was like for the women of Denver during the late 1800’s. You’ll drink your way through Denver’s original Red Light District and we'll explore taboo topics of sex, hysteria, patent medicine, true crime, forbidden love triangles and learn about the famous madams of Market Street (aka the row). This is a fun pub tour where you'll laugh, drink, meet new friends and gain insight into a unique era of our cities' history. Drinks are NOT included with ticket price. You will purchase drinks of your choice along the way. Each stop has some killer drink specials. *Drink Stops are subject to change. *21+ tour only with valid ID required.

Take a unique look at Denver’s rich past on this guided, 2.5-hour history and whisky tour. Enjoy special access to locations like the famous Cruise Room in the Oxford Hotel, the oldest hotel in Denver, plus special access in and around LoDo (lower downtown), the historic Five Points district and more. The tour ends at Mile High Spirits for a sampling of some of the best cocktails and spirits the city of Denver has to offer.

NOTE: We limit the number of guests on each tour; because of this, this tours tends to sell out quickly. This is where it all began, in 1856. This walking tour is a fun adventure through the oldest and most trendy neighborhood in Denver. You will be treated haunted stories, scandalous events, and historic locations. Some of the stops include: The Dairy Block, Larimer Square, Union Station, Coors Field, Brothel Row, Rockmount Ranch Wear, The Oxford Hotel (the oldest hotel in Denver), LoDo, Cat Alley, Sukura Square, D & F Clock Tower, and the 16th Street Mall, plus much more. We will stop at the Dairy Block, for coffee and snacks.

Sample the best of Colorado’s spirits with a 4.5-hour tour of two cutting-edge distilleries in Denver. Get an insider’s look at the craft alcohol scene as you visit the small-batch Mile High Spirits, and sample six of their most distinctive bottles, including bourbon, gin, rum and tequila. Continue to Laws Whiskey House, and take a seat in the 'whiskey church' to learn how the distillers mill and cook their grains before open-air fermentation. Taste a total of eight spirits and a cocktail chaser, then return to downtown.

Experience the best of the Mile High City's culture, cuisine and cocktails on this diverse city and food tour of Denver. Taste specialty bites from Voodoo Donuts and the city’s hottest food trucks, sip craft spirits from local distilleries and learn about Denver’s evolution from a silver boom town to Colorado’s cosmopolitan capital.