Easter is just a few short weeks away and this is the year that you decided to make your vacation dreams come true, planning a trip to the mountains of Estes Park and of course you have already booked your accommodations with Voyago Vacation Rentals. And for some, the difficult part is what comes next, planning an itinerary that will help you keep your old traditions while encouraging new ones and we can assure you there is better place on earth to do both than right here in our hometown. This guide to planning an Estes Park Easter getaway you will never forget may be the first step in starting a new tradition, traveling to Estes Park every Easter.
Traveling Unencumbered
Celebrating the holiday with your family is the most important part of Easter, but we can almost hear your children’s reaction to the news that you were spending the holiday in Estes Park. Tears may have threatened, feet may have stomped and demands about how the Easter Bunny was going to find them would have left their sad little mouths. You, of course, would have reassured them that the hopping bunny knows all, and made a mental note to remember to pack the baskets in your luggage. But Voyago knows a few things too, and one of those things is the fact that baskets don’t travel well, and kids are little detectives, often finding out all the things we try to keep hidden. So, leave the basket at home and when you arrive in town, run over to Dollar General at 451 Stanley Avenue or Dollar Tree at 461 E Wonderview Avenue, and pick up a basket, the colorful grass, and maybe a few trinkets to put inside; spending less on the basket ensures that you won’t feel bad about leaving a brand new basket behind.
Easter Egg Hunt
Easter is a holiday that is celebrated all weekend long here in the mountains with the YMCA of the Rockies Dorsey Museum offering an Easter egg hunt on the Saturday before Easter. (Easter falls a little later this year, on April 20.) A craft center on the premises will also offer arts and crafts sessions that will build the anticipation for your kiddos and add color to your holiday. Also offering snacks and perhaps even a visit with the big bunny himself, the pre-holiday activities offered in Estes Park truly make this area a family friendly vacation destination spot.
As the Sun Rises
There is a quiet beauty found in the sun rising over the mountains that surround Estes Park, and we can’t think of a better way to start your celebration of Easter. Maybe you are used to rising this early, participating in your own sunrise services back home, or maybe this will be your first Easter sunrise, but either way, no other sunrise will hit like ours. The way the sky cycles through all the colors before settling on golden sunshine and blue. The cold air, so fresh and clean, filling your lungs as you snuggle deeper in your winter clothes, or the blanket you wrapped around your shoulders before stepping out on the balcony or patio of your Voyago Vacation Rentals holiday hideaway. The anticipation of what you are about to witness, the quiet hush of a world that hasn’t awakened, and the knowledge that you can climb back under the covers of your warm and cozy bed for a couple more hours of sleep makes your sunrise in Estes Park an adventure you will cherish forever.
Easter Brunch
You could create your own feast at home in the fully equipped kitchen of your vacation retreat, but an Easter brunch at Brunch & Co, located at 333B East Wonderview Avenue D is an Estes Park tradition that we can’t wait to experience every year. Offering a three-course prix fixe menu filled with holiday inspired brunch dishes, we tend to make piggies of ourselves each time we attend, but a good Easter hike later in the day always helps to counteract all the extra calories. Because you know we are eating every bite of all three courses and are sneaking treats from the Easter baskets throughout the day!
Hop on Over to Our Estes Park Easter Cabins
Your favorite moments may be the ones you enjoy in our holiday hideaways, relaxing in front of a fire, watching holiday movies on state-of-the-art televisions, and hosting your own private egg hunt for your favorite tiny travelers. Easter in Estes Park brings a beautiful blend of excitement and tranquility to the table and an Easter spent in our Voyago Vacation Rentals escapes adds comfort and luxury to the mix. Reserve your favorite holiday Estes Park vacation rental today and start a new family tradition of enjoying a Colorado vacation every year!
Easter is celebrated on March 31 in 2024, and if you have been housebound for too long after the end of year holidays of 2023, it may be time to plan an Easter getaway to Estes Park, as well as a stay in our comfortable and welcoming Voyago Vacation Rentals holiday hideaways. Offering a mountain flavor to your holiday activities, Estes Park is known for its beauty and serenity, two qualities that should accompany every Easter Celebration. This guide to the top ways to celebrate Easter in Estes Park will help you fill your itinerary with fun, wonder, and excitement.
Our Sunrises Will Wow
Whether you are getting up early to participate virtually in your own home church’s sunrise celebration or you are just too excited to sleep, a sunrise in Estes Park is destined to feed your soul with a beauty and peace that you never knew it needed. Bundle up warmly, as spring temps can still be quite chilly, and head out to your east-facing patio to witness the marvel of Mother Nature’s greatest performance, or if the patio of your cabin isn’t facing the right direction or you are just too cold to step outdoors, chances are the floor-to-ceiling windows in your cozy living room will frame the sunrise to perfection. Start a fire for extra warmth, snuggle under a blanket, and let the fire in the sky do its magic. Still feeling sleepy? Head back to the comforts of your warm and magical bed for a few more zzzz’s before officially starting your day!
Brunch of Champions
Well, maybe that phrase doesn’t have the same musical flow as the more well-known breakfast of champions, but we think brunch is much more civilized, don’t you? After your brief refresher sleep, a brunch at Bird & Jims, located at 915 Moraine Avenue, is destined to be a celebration in itself. Offering elevated brunch choices that include Apple-Chicken Sausage Benedict and Buffalo-n-Eggs (a dish made with buffalo jalapeño sausage), their Bacon Bloody is the ONLY way to wash down your brunch of champions, in our humble opinions. Or, should you not want to venture out on this cold and probably snowy March morn, our fully equipped kitchens are up to the challenge of preparing an Easter brunch at home!
The Annual Hunt
The first words out of your children’s mouth when you told them you were taking Easter on the road this year most definitely were, “But what about the Easter Bunny?” The list of official Easter egg hunts in Estes Park hasn’t been released yet, but in past years, many local churches have sponsored a few, as has the local YMCA, so we are pretty sure there will be more of the same. Additionally, whether there is an official egg hunt or not, our holiday hideaways offer plenty of hiding spots for the eggs you may have colored at their dining room tables the night before. The kitchens we mentioned earlier aren’t there just to hold your beer, wine, and snacks, the cabinets contain pots for boiling all the eggs you need.
What About the Baskets?
Of course, the Easter Bunny has to bring a basket, and if you didn’t pack your own candy and treats, there is no better place to find the sweets you treat than the Old Fashioned Candy and General Store, located at 184 E Elkhorn Avenue # E. To be perfectly honest, we would recommend this store even if you weren’t looking for candy to fill Easter baskets, especially as THIS is the store that holds the candies of your memories, as well as the candy your kids know and love!
Winter Sports for the Win
Estes Park is known for being a Colorado mountain town that doesn’t rely on a ski resort to be popular and exciting, but if you want to combine a ski trip with your comfortable stay in our rentals, Eldora Mountain Resort is located just 47 miles away in the town of Nederland, and ski season isn’t expected to close until the middle of April. If you want to stick close to home, however, there are plenty of winter sport activities you can participate in, including sledding on a former ski trail off Trail Ridge Road in the Rocky Mountain National Park, ice skating on Dorsey Pond at the YMCA of the Rockies, and snow shoeing just about anywhere you like!
Easter Excitement with Voyago Vacation Rentals
The warmth of our holiday havens will drive away any chill the still wintry weather will bring, ensuring that Easter in Estes Park 2024 will be one you remember for years to come. Memories are made with Voyago, so be sure to reserve your favorite escape today!