Skiers flock to the Durango Mountain Resort in winter, which also offers hiking, fishing, rafting and horseback riding in warmer months. Children and train buffs will relish the chance to climb into a locomotive and pore over railroad memorabilia at the railroad's museum. The Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, which hauled precious metals in the 1880s, now takes tourists for a 47-mile, open-air journey through mountains and forests and past abandoned mines to historic Silverton and back. But the city's biggest tourist draw is a nine-hour historic train ride in a vintage steam locomotive. Mountain bikers, rafters, kayakers, horseback riders, rock climbers, hikers, campers, hunters and fishermen are drawn to the two-million acre San Juan National Forest and to the San Juan mountains, the largest range in the Rockies. Once a frontier mining town, Durango draws thousands of tourists year-round for the myriad outdoor recreational activities and scenic beauty. La Residencia, A Belmond Hotel, Mallorca.Country Inn & Suites by Radisson, Virginia Beach (Oceanfront), VA.
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