Vail offers much more than just
great skiing - and can make a great
romantic vacation any time of
the year. Among the popular summertime activities in
Vail you'll
find: Mountain Biking, Hiking, Rock Climbing,
Horseback Riding, Jeep Tours, Golf, and Fishing.
Vail also has several cultural events during the off season. These include the
Vail International Dance Festival
(every August), and the
Vail Valley Music Festival (June - August).
Each April for the past 14 years,
Vail has
been host to host to a
food and wine
festival, called "
Taste of Vail." (The 15th Annual
festival is slated for April 6-9, 2005.)
In nearby Beaver Creek is the Vilar Center for
the Arts, which features entertainment year-round.
Snow skiing, of course, draws more visitors to
Vail than anything else. There are seven 'bowls' in
Vail:
the Sun Up, Sun Down, Tea Cup, China, Siberia, and the Inner and Outer Mongolia Bowls.
Each bowl offers unique and challenging slopes for skiiers and snowboarders alike.
The
Vail valley actually consists of several small towns:
Vail, Beaver Creek, Avon, Edwards,
Minturn, and Eagle. Each town has its own cultural flavor, and features different attractions.
For more information about
Vail, visit
Vail's chamber of commerce page.
In fact, in SKI Magazine's
annual reader's poll, Vail has been ranked the number one ski resort in North America 13 of the past 17 years,
including the past three years in a row.
