I-Aspen iyinkosikazi enkulu yamadolobha ase-ski resort. With charm yayo emlandweni, yokudlela gourmet, ezitolo ezithambile kanye ezine ezinezimpaphe ezimangalisayo powder ngaphakathi eduze, kunzima ukucabanga indawo engcono (noma ngaphezulu) ukuchitha iholide ebusika. Naphezu kwedolobha elingenakuphikwa, i-Aspen inikeza izinhlobonhlobo ezikhethiwe zokuhlala, kusukela kumahhotela asendulo kuya kumaphesenti ahlelekile; izindawo zokulala zendawo ezakhelwe izinjongo eziteshini ze-quirky. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi uyithandayo, uqinisekile ukuthola indawo ephelele yokuhlala.
01 ka 09
Uma ngabe udinga ukuhlanza u-Aspen esakhiweni esisodwa, i-Hotel Jerome kungaba. Eyakhelwe ngesikhathi sokuhamba kwegolide ngasekupheleni kweminyaka engu-1800, uJerome ubonile ukuguqulwa kuka-Aspen kusuka edolobheni lezimayini kuya esikhungweni sokuqeqesha ezempi ukuya endaweni yokudweba eya esikhungweni sezwe esidume emhlabeni wonke, futhi sihlala sikhala somqhele wedolobha.
Gcoba endlini yakho yokuvakasha, ngayinye eqokiwe isitayela se-Rocky Mountains, esinefenisha ye-bespoke (kufaka phakathi izigqoko zesikhumba esishisiwe), ubuciko obuhlukile bendawo, ama-TV ama-plasma, nokubukwa kwe-edolobheni elihle lase-Aspen noma ezintabeni. Amakamelo okugqoka afakwe ama-marble vanities kanye nezikhukhula ezihlukene kanye nama-tubs amakhulu. Izinsiza zivela ehhotela laseHermès.
Ngaphandle kwekamelo, uzothola i-spa class class, izindawo ezimbili zokudlela ezihamba phambili, igumbi elinamathele, indawo yokuzivocavoca, insizakalo yezinyawo ezihamba phambili eMercedes-Benz SUV, ibha yamatafula ethule kanye neJ-Bar eyaziwa emhlabeni wonke isimo sakhe esilandelayo se-skip-ski. IJerome isemzaneni, ngakho-ke akukona ukungena esikhumulweni sezindiza, kodwa ama-ski concierges kanye nenkonzo yomshayeli wenza ukuphila kube lula kakhulu kubadlali bezintaba abahlala lapha.
02 ka 09
I-Little Nell inikeza indawo yokunethezeka ehlanzekile endaweni enhle edolobheni: ngasekupheleni kwe-Queen Gondola yesiliva, ilungele ukukukhuphukela entabeni usuku olulodwa emithambekeni, ungakhulumi ngamaminithi nje ngezinyawo ukusuka kulo lonke elase-Aspen elisedolobheni ukunikela. Esigumbini sakho samanje esivumelwaneni esihle, i-suite, noma i-condo, uzothola indawo yokushisa igesi, izimpahla zeboya, isikhulumi seBose se-Bluetooth, ishawa esihlukile nesibhagi sokugcoba, amatshe angamatshe amabili, i-marble yokushisa yangasese namasongo, ngoJuni Izinsiza zikaJakobe, futhi umbhede omkhulu onomphefumulo ugcwele iPhili d'Oro phansi komncintiswano kanye nemigodi emhlophe ye-goose-down.
Ngaphandle kohla lwezinto zokuhlanza izingubo, kusukela ku-art-art ubuhle buboniswa enkonzweni yamakamelo anguhora angu-24 ukuqashelwa "ama-bike amafutha" (amabhayisikili anamathrekhi angamaqhwa angakwazi ukugibela iqhwa), ama-skiers acabangekayo ayojabula ngeminikelo ephelele Izikhulu ze-Little Nell. Bazovula izikhwama zakho, bahlele izifundo, ukuqashelwa, noma ngisho nezinto eziyingqayizivele (njengokujoyina i-Ski Patrol ukuyogcoba intaba) kuwe, bese ufudumele amabhuzu akho ekuphumeni kwakho futhi ube ne-cuppa eshisayo ekulungele kuwe endleleni buyela emuva.
03 ka 09
Umndeni osondelene-ugijima iTyrolean Lodge akuyona nje ukuphakama kwemfashini, kodwa ukuthi leli hhotela eliyigugu kakhulu lithintana kangakanani, lenzelwa uzwela nokuhlanzeka. Ikamelo ngalinye lezivakashi ezingu-16 ligcwele imibhede emibili yezindlovukazi, umbhede owodwa we-twin, kanye nekhishi elilodwa, okulondoloze imali ebhodini kodwa ungalokothi uphazamise induduzo. Iningi lezinhlobonhlobo zehhotela liyimishini yokudumbula ye-antique, okuyinto yokudla kwezemidlalo yasebusika eyothola ngokukodwa okuthakazelisayo.
I-Tyrolean Lodge ilungile emaphethelweni omzana, ngakho kungakapheli uhambo oluthatha imizuzu emihlanu kuya kweyishumi, ungathola cishe noma yikuphi okudingayo, kuhlanganise ne-Aspen Mountain ski lift. I-skier yokuhamba ngebhasi ibhalela ngqo phambi kwehhotela, inikeza izivakashi ukufinyelela okulula kuzo zonke izindawo ezine zezindiza.
04 ka 09
I-Limelight iyinhlangano ye-chic, yesikhashana, eco-friendly yedolobha elisemadolobheni enomlando omnandi we-Aspen (yakhiwe kusukela kulokho okuvame ukuba ibha ebizwa nge-Limelite, ephethwe yi-folksinger u-Glenn Yarbrough ne-hotbed ye-1960s Colorado folk music scene) . Akukho lutho oludala oluhle mayelana nezindawo ezihlala kahle lapha, noma kunjalo: ukuhlelwa kwezinto zokwakha lapha kunqunywe kwanamuhla, ngemigqa ehlanzekile nemibala efudumele, engathathi hlangothi kuwo wonke amakamelo okuvakashelwa kahle nama-suites nezindawo ezivamile. Ama-coffeemaker angaphakathi-ekamelweni, ama-TV-skrini, kanye nesiteshi se-iPod docking, kanye nezinsiza zendabuko zehhotela, qhubeka nesihloko sesikhathi samanje.
Abagibeli be-skiers kanye ne-snowboarders bazinakekelwa kahle ku-Limelight, kusukela esiteshini se-ski lockers ukuze badonse izikebhe ezihamba ngezinyawo kanye nezinsizakalo zokuhamba nge-shuttle. I-Limelight iphinde ikhiphe okuhlangenwe nakho okuyingqayizivele kwezivakashi, kufaka phakathi ukuvakasha kweqembu elizinikezele emithambekeni (hhayi isifundo, nge-se, ukuvakasha okuningi okuqondisiwe kwentaba ngokwayo ukukunikeza umqondo walokho okungaphuthelwa), iqembu lokuhamba ngezindiza ne-Olympian Chris Klug, kanye "Nemikhumbi Yokuqala," ithuba lokushaya amathafa ekuseni ngaphambi kokuba i-gondola ivule.
05 ka 09
Le ndawo ethakazelisayo yi-must-visit for designs buffs. Eyakhelwe ngama-1950s-1970 yiHerbert Bayer, i-Aspen Meadows Resort iyisibonelo esiphawulayo isitayela seBauhaus, esagcizelela imigqa ehlanzekile, ukukhanya kwemvelo, nokusebenza okulula. Njengalokhu, igumbi ngalinye lesigumbi linamafasitela angaphansi kuya phezulu, libonisa imibono emangalisayo yezintaba ezizungezile kuzo zonke izinhlangothi. I-decor ehlanzekile, yesimanje emakamelo ikhulisa ubuhle be-Bauhaus, evumela ukuthi isimo sizibuke ukuthi sihlale siyisisekelo.
I-Aspen Meadows Resort igxile emagqumeni kancane ngaphandle kwedolobha lase-Aspen, okuyingxenye yokuthi kungani imibono ibonakala iyinhle, kepha ama-shuttles amahhala agijima ihora ngalinye lesigamu edolobheni, ngakho-ke izivakashi azitholakali. Kunokuningi okumele kwenziwe endaweni, nakuba: i-racquetball nezinkantolo ze-tennis (ehlobo), indawo yokuzivocavoca enkulu, indawo yokuzivocavoca enkulu, ukusetshenziswa kwebhayisikili okunethezeka, ichibi elingaphandle elifudumele kanye neshubhu eshisayo, imidwebo emibili yobuciko kanye neziboniso ezengeziwe zonyaka, kanye nezinkulumo ezivamile kanye nezinye izenzakalo (Aspen Meadows iyindlu ye-Aspen Institute, inqubomgomo yocwaningo nokucwaninga). Futhi kubantu abahamba ngezinyawo, isevisi ye-ski valet yenza uhambo luye edolobheni lula - bayothatha igesi lakho ngakho akudingeki.
06 ka 09
Kuningi ukuthanda nge-Inn e-Aspen kusukela kumbono womndeni: ukuhlukahluka kwamakamelo avulekile, aklanyelwe ngokukhethekile, afaka phakathi ama-sofas, akwenza kube lula nganoma yikuphi ukucushwa kwabazali, izingane, ugogo nomkhulu, njalo njalo. Ichibi kanye neshubhu eshisayo zihlale zihlaselwa nabantwana, njengenhlanzi yomlilo ongaphandle (ngemuva-ski s'mores, noma ubani?) Ngisho nobusuku bezingane be-movie.
Kodwa yindawo eyiletha ngempela ekhaya iholidi lomndeni: I-Inn e-Aspen itholakala ngaphansi kwesifunda se-Buttermilk. Ezintabeni ezine ezakha i-Aspen Snowmass resort, i-Buttermilk yiyona ehamba kahle kakhulu kuWunners and skiers abasha, yingakho i-Hideout - isikole esincane-esikoleni samasondo-nendawo yokudlala yabantwana abaneminyaka emibili kuya kweyisithupha - itholakala lapha, futhi izifundo zangasese neqembu zezingane 5-12 nazo ziyatholakala. Intsha iyakujabulela ukwazi ukuthi i-Buttermilk iyintaba esemthethweni ye-X Games (kunezintaba eziningi ezithakazelisayo, kodwa futhi kunepaki ehlabayo ehlabayo kanye nendawo eningi eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka nomnyama kubantu abahamba phambili bezindiza nabanqamuleli be-snowboarders), futhi abazali banokuningi okukhethwa kukho , futhi. Futhi akukho ukukhathazeka mayelana nokulahlekelwa okujabulisayo edolobheni lase-Aspen: ibhasi le-shuttle likuthola lapho ngemizuzu nje.
07 ka 09
Ungavumeli igama elingenalutho likukhohlise: i-Residence Hotel ingenye yezindlela zokuhlala ezihlukile kunazo zonke e-Aspen. Le ndawo encane yomlando (ehlelwe ukuthi ibe yindlunkulu yangaphambili) ihlala enhliziyweni yedolobha lase-Aspen futhi inikeza ama-suite ayisishiyagalombili kuphela, ngamunye aklanywa ngumnikazi, umqoqo we-antique nomhambi wezwe. Khetha i-Raj Suite, nomkhiqizo wayo we-Austrian we-vintage, antiques yama-colonial-era Indian, no-Ralph Lauren upholstery. Noma cabanga, mhlawumbe, i-Explorer Suite, nombhede wayo omkhulu we-antique waseFrance, i-Indonesian teak wood paneling, i-red and gold upholstery, ne-Goan lanterns. Igumbi ngalinye liyingqayizivele yeminyuziyamu yakhe ephilayo, kodwa induduzo ifana (imibhede i-Posturepedic, ama-tubs ajulile, kanti kunezihlalo zokulala nezihlalo eziningi). Uma izinhlelo zakho zothando zifaka okuningi kokuhlala nge-sweetie yakho, uzothola izindawo ezimbalwa ezingcono ukuzenza.
Ama-suites anezinsiza ezijwayelekile futhi amakamelo amaningi anamakhishi aphelele, kodwa akukho ndawo yokudlela noma ibha. Lokhu akuyona inkinga enkulu, njengoba itholakala ngaphakathi kwezinyathelo zabanye abaningi. Awukho nezinsizakalo ezithile ze-ski, kodwa indawo ikubeka emabhuloki amathathu amancane ukusuka ku-Queen's Gondola ye-Silver, kanye nebhayisikili ye-shuttle kwezinye izindawo ze-ski.
08 ka 09
Kukhona izindawo eziningi zokunethezeka endaweni yokuhlala e-swanky Aspen, kodwa ngenxa yobukhulu obukhulu, iStri Regis Aspen Resort ithatha ikhekhe. Eyakhelwe ukuvusa i-Manor Age Age, iSt Regis inikezelwe ukugcina ifa lokuzikhethela: itiye ephakeme ntambama, i-cognac emva kokudla kanye ne-cigare, ngisho nemikhosi ye-champagne yokuhlukumezeka iqhubeka isikhathi eside. Endaweni yakho yokuvakasha, uzothola izindlu zokugezela zamarble, i-Frette bathrobes, izinsiza zokugezela i-Remède, ifenisha eklanyelwe i-Ralph Lauren, ama-high-thread-count amashidi, nemibono emihle.
Izinketho ezinhlanu zokudlela ezinhle, i-pool yonke yangaphandle, i-Shadow Mountain Lodge, i-spa full service, ilabhulali kanye negumbi lokufunda, futhi isikhungo sebhizinisi sizozinakekela zonke izidingo zakho eziyisisekelo nezangezona eziyisisekelo. Futhi uma ukukhwela kwesibhakabhaka kungukukhanga okuyinhloko, indawo yokubhuka indawo nje kuphela emabhuloki amabili avela kwi-Queen's Gondola yeSiliva (futhi ibhulokhi elilodwa ukusuka esiteshini sebhasi elikuhambisa kwezinye izintaba ezintathu) kwenza kube lula ukufika emithambekeni, futhi i-ski valets izoba lula yenza wonke ama-gear-schlepping wakho.
09 ka 09
Ihostela? Ngo-Aspen enhle? Yebo, kuyiqiniso ngempela. Esimweni sendabuko yase-European Inn, umama wase-St. Moritz Lodge nomama wanikeza izinketho zamakamelo amaningana, kusukela emakamelweni ehhotela wendabuko kuya kum condos egcwele futhi, yebo, wabelane ngamagumbi wesitayela sehostele. Futhi bayamnandi. Kutholakala esiteji sesithathu sempahla, igcwaliswe ngokufakwa kwezintambo kanye namafasitela aphansi aphezu kwezintambo, lawa makamelo amancane nemibhede awo amahle amancane azimisele kakhulu kubahambi ngesabelomali esiqinile. Izivakashi ze-Hostel zikwazi ukufinyelela kuzo zonke izinsiza ezifanayo njengezivakashi ezivamile: ibhubhu elishisayo, i-pool yamafutha, ama-after-ski amaqembu, isidlo sasekuseni esitholakalayo, igumbi lomusi, umtapo wezincwadi, kanye nokuhlanza izihambi. USt. Moritz (noma "I-Ritz," njengabahlali bakubiza ngokuthi) yizivimbela eziningana ukusuka edolobheni, kodwa kusengaphambili ekuhambeni okuhamba phambili enhliziyweni yezinto, kanye nase-Aspen Mountain ski lift and shuttles.