Interface was confusing. How do you make it start? Why do you get tickets that go to no one. Basically a giant disappointment. I was so excited and got nothing.
About Activity
What's Included
Includes
- Live GPS route map for the drive
- Offline audio and map use after downloading on Wi-Fi
- Flexible access: start, pause and revisit at your own pace
- GPS-triggered audio tour in the Tripvia Tours smartphone app
- One tour booking per vehicle
Excludes
- Own smartphone or tablet; headphones optional (audio plays through device or car speakers)
- Own vehicle, fuel and transportation
- Attraction admission and interior access unless specifically stated
- Optional parking charges
- An in-person guide
Departure & Return
Departure Point
- Start the self-guided drive in Denver whenever you choose; there is no in-person meeting or guide.
Return
- Alternatively, finish in Breckenridge after taking the Highway 9 branch from I-70.
Itinerary
Enjoy sweeping Rocky Mountain forest scenery as the drive skirts Arapaho National Forest.
See Keystone’s mountain village and ski slopes on an optional detour from the I-70 drive.
Pass Golden’s historic downtown and foothill setting at the eastern edge of the Rockies.
Explore the Colorado School of Mines campus in Golden; the Mines Museum is an optional visit.
Look for foothill scenery and wildlife near Genesee Park, with trails available on an optional stop.
Take an optional detour near Idaho Springs to visit this working gold mine and its guided tours; admission is separate.
Discover Idaho Springs’ mining heritage and lively mountain-town streets on an optional stop.
Admire Georgetown’s Victorian buildings and mountain backdrop from the route or on an optional stroll.
Enjoy views of Dillon Reservoir beneath the Summit County peaks.
Climb toward the Continental Divide on an optional drive over scenic Loveland Pass when conditions allow.
Take in the alpine scenery of White River National Forest as you travel toward the high country.
Pause in Frisco for its historic Main Street and views of the Tenmile Range.
Explore Breckenridge’s historic mining-town center and surrounding peaks at your own pace.
Make an optional stop at Walking Mountains Science Center’s Avon campus for nature trails and exhibits; check opening hours.
See Vail Pass and its mountain recreation path from the road, with a separate stop possible when conditions allow.
Enjoy Copper Mountain’s alpine village and ski slopes as you pass or make an optional stop.
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Reviews
We took a scenic side route we wouldn’t have know about which was awesome. The historical info was good - but almost a little too many along the route. We were discussing one comment when another would start up before we could process the prior one. We liked the trivia questions at the end of several segments. We did not care for the character re-enactments - they were hard to hear and didn’t add to our experience.
App didn't work. Tried restarting and still didnt work. Manual playback kept replaying the previous marker. Just a total fail
The commentary was good. The trivia questions were fun. Just couldn’t get it to auto play. I had to play each piece manually
This is a fun app that is worth the money. They have 4 short training videos designed to make the app more user friendly - they need to make another video because these 4 don’t do a good job. Once you figure it all out it’s smooth sailing.
Nice app easy to use and told a lot of history about the area. Not too much talking but information came at the right time while you were approaching the area of discussion.
We loved the information and it made the trip go faster. The tour started right up after stopping for breaks! The gps directions ran simultaneously without issue. All great stuff!
Since we couldn’t get the unlock code to work in the app we couldn’t download the audio tour. But the support team, specifically John, helped. He provided us a URL to listen via cell data. This worked fine just not with Bluetooth to car due to download. On speaker phone it was great. We code to do Loveland Pass instead of the tunnel and could not listen to three locations when we were at them since we had no cell signal. We did listen to them later. We will do the tunnel on the return trip to Denver. We loved the historical information along the route. Made us more in tune with the drive. Highly recommend.
Great tour with fun and interesting facts! We really enjoyed finding out about the landscape as well drove through and even made a couple of stops that we would probably have missed! Highly recommend for such a good price
We used the app from Denver to Breckenridge and it was very informative. It made the rise interesting and we did take long route which was recommended, it was amazing. Highly recommend that route. Only one very low item was timing to see Bison on side of road. We didn’t have enough time to pull over to see them. Not a big deal. I will be using this app again for another route. Very informative!!!!!
Somewhat easy to set up. I drove while my wife ran the tour. Interesting facts and history that I wouldn't have known. Fair price for what we got.
Cool audio tour! Be sure to download and do the tutorials before heading out (reception may be poor on parts of the route). There’s an option to detour off Rt 70 at Loveland Pass, do it!
Easy to use and worked perfectly with my GPS. Very educational. Made the drive go faster. We didn’t make any stops along the way but folks with more time should.
Great tour app!! Fun, clear & informative!! Saves you from doing a lot of research!! Well worth the $10. They want me to say more but you can’t rave much more than that!!
A lot of interesting information all along the way, but I would have loved to have more sightseeing info at each (or some) of the places we passed.
This was fantastic. I was concerned based on the comments that there would be reception issues. Literally did not have a single issue with reception the entire time. This was great value.
Idk. First the good. The content was fine. Good facts. It could have had a more deep dive. The app picked up location via GPS. The bad. The integration with good maps was poor. It calculate the destination poorly. Also, when in towns it was too generic. It also didn't integrate with music.. So it was long pause between stops.
Turned off tour when we stopped - when I went to go back it wouldn’t accept my code ! Lost half our tour
Good value, made the trip special. Denver to Avon took 4 hours with the fun stops. No bison at that stop. Idaho falls was fun.loveland pass was cool. Snow on the top in laye July. Cool!@@
Some technical issues...beautiful tour but gps issues or whatever with the smartphone made what could have been an enjoyable trip less enjoyable.
Hard to enjoy while you’re driving on the freeway. I was hoping for a path along a highway while listening to the tour guide. The guide took too long to give information, I kept thinking I was off line. We did a lot of driving with very little information. I felt like I wasted my day. Sorry but this is the first time I scored a POOR review.
It was a good travel narrator. The trivia was cute but a little silly at times. My only complaint is that in our drive from Denver to Vail the notifications for attractions for attractions came after we had passed exits. I’d use it again, but would probably pre listen to the information so I had more chance to anticipate where I might wish to turn off. I really enjoyed the history of the region and would have appreciated more of that. May be an option for attractions only narration and longer more in-depth narration would be good.
Didn't like it much. I felt like it's just a commentary about the places on way from Denver to Vail, with less details on what can one expect. Even details about places along the way didn't made me to feel to visit those places
The driving tour is fun and enjoyable, not to mention affordable. On AT&T 5G we didn't lose connectivity for the GPS to pick up our location until just before Breckenridge coming from Denver. We definitely got enough of the tour to enjoy it. Advice for future users: Download the app & prepare to use the tour well before you get in the vehicle. We missed about 20 minutes of the tour fumbling with the download and trying to figure out how to use it.
It was an OK driving tour. But what you need to know about the Denver to Vail driving tour is that you often times get in the mountains without good Internet reception and so we would lose the voice throughout the tour. Not a fault of the company, but still a hassle. We were able to read the verbiage where the voice dropped off. The other thing is, they seem to miss some big places like red rock amphitheater! That is certainly a well recognized venue that should be on the tour.
Could not get into the tour. Code kept saying it was wrong. Left a message and never got an answer. Was excited about the tour.
Total waste of time. Save your money Maybe they will update and it will be better, but this tour was worthless
The tour was Informative but confusing to follow the directions as they were not very helpful especially when the area is unfamiliar
This was a great introduction to the area. We had done one of these with another company and liked that the other company told us when they would speak to us again via the phone. We quite often wondered if the program was running.
This was a good app for pointing out sites along the route from Denver to Vail. I would recommend it.
It did point out some interesting items along the way. Given the cost I would rate this an above average value. Our issue was that it did not work with Android Auto and made for a very clunky experience.
Wish there was more history and interesting fun facts. The quizzes were not interesting. I have done other audio trips that were more informative. Keep trying though it’s a great idea!
Entertaining and some good information. Could have included even more info as there was a lot of downtime. Would recommend.
Learned alot had no problems with the technology. Felt like a overwhelming proportion of the info was about famous people, which did not really interest our crew. The reccomendation to take the Loveland Pass was great...so pretty!
Kept dropping out. Kept repeating itself despite progress of our car. When it advises you of a scenic route and you got off the highway, it’s stopped talking to you so you had no idea which direction to go. We tried it and had to go back on the highway and progress along the usual route. I used a different company in Yellowstone, and it was excellent.
This was entertaining and informative. It made the drive more of an adventure and I loved learning about what we were seeing and history ofbthe area. We really enjoyed it!
We were disappointed in the tour. We knew the route we were driving so directions were not helpful. We hoped the audio would give us more information & insight on the area including more points of interest, hikes and site seeing stops to make. There we’re too many stories included that were not beneficial information for our visit.
could not get the app to work on our iphone; waisted the money but was hoping it would work. Still not sure how you are suppose to access the appl
Really enjoyed the tour. My only complaint would be that things were mentioned once, so if we didnt catch all the details we missed out - for example, there was a more scenic route we could have taken but we missed the exit number when it was said, so we missed it.
The actual information about the sights was good and interesting, but the tour had a lot of chirpy fluff—trivia contests about celebrities that our carload of adults groaned over. It might be good for families with kids. Also, the app closed abruptly when my son switched to another app to look at some work email and then the coupon would not let us restart it. So we did not hear the last half or so. And the app tries to have the same tour for east and westbound, which means there are interruptions to tell you directions that don’t apply to you and the timing of when you hear about a sight is not perfect. And finally it took a while to figure out how to link up the Bluetooth on the rental car and get things going, so you should try to do this ahead of time rather than as you start the drive or you’ll miss the first couple sites. Still it’s very inexpensive so worth a try, especially if you don’t have the connection problem we had.
The information imparted was interesting but there was a lot of chirpy fluff and the app dropped partway through and would not accept the coupon code when we tried to restart.
We found this driving app on Viator while on a trip in Denver. We wanted to know a little about the area while driving through and this fit the bill.
We took the virtual/GPS led tour en route from the airport to the resort. Great info and landmarks!!
Confusing as H$%* to start. After clicking the Start Tour button, I should have 3 paragraphs that read “From Denver,…” and “From Vail,…” and, “From Breckinridge,…”. Instead, I had to figure it out on my own And, what if I actually wanted to detour up to Loveland Pass? It would’ve been nice to know where to turn.
Had a great experience with the audio tour of Colorado. Will definitely recommend to family and friends. We enjoyed it very much!
We really enjoyed the experience. Fun and informative. Great way to learn about the area as we drive. Some dad jokes, but we enjoyed them.
If you’re interested in trivia that may entertain your 6-10 year olds this may be a good fit - I was hoping for substantial information about the places along the road. Instead, it’s pitched as a “fun quiz show” that I found very annoying.
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