FREQUENTLY ASKED
QUESTIONS
Q
- When are you open?
A - The Manitou Cliff Dwellings is open seven days a week
year-round. Our hours are as follows:
June, July & August - 9 A.M. to 6 P.M.
May & September - 9 A.M. to 6 P.M.
December, January & February - 10 A.M. to
4 P.M.
March, April, October & November - 9 A.M. to 5 P.M.
Note: The park remains open for 1 1/2 hours
after closing time.
Q
- What is the cost of admission?
A - Our rates for the year 2008 are as follows:
Adults (12 and over) - $9.50 + Tax
Children (7-11) - $7.50 + Tax
Children (6 & under) - Free
Seniors (60 plus) - $8.50 + Tax
People in wheelchairs and
anyone over 100 - Free
For groups of 10 or more:
Adults (12 and over) - $8.50 + Tax
Children - $6.50 + Tax
Q
- Can you give me directions to the Cliff Dwellings?
A - The Manitou Cliff Dwellings is located in Manitou Springs,
five miles west of Colorado Springs, Colorado, on U.S. Highway 24.
Interstate 25: If you're traveling to Colorado
Springs on I-25, take Exit 141 (near downtown Colorado Springs) and turn left ( west,
toward the mountains) on U.S. Highway 24. Go five miles. Turn right into the entrance,
marked by billboards and state highway signs.
U.S. 24 westbound: If you're headed west to Colorado Springs on Highway 24, proceed
through town and follow the Highway 24 signs till you get to I-25. Continue west on U.S.
Highway 24 five miles. Turn right into the entrance.
U.S. 24 eastbound: If you're headed east toward
Colorado Springs on Highway 24, pass through Woodland Park, Green Mountain Falls, Chipita
Park and Cascade. When you get to Manitou Springs, make a left into the entrance. Be
careful crossing traffic!
Whatever way you plan to get to the Cliff Dwellings, please drive carefully and use
our map.
We want you to get here safely and easily.
Q - Can we go inside the cliff dwellings?
A - Yes, you can! You can walk around or through all the rooms (though it
isn't appropriate or possible to go down into the kiva). Visitors who are slender and
short enough can actually slip into some of the smaller rooms and get a feel for Anasazi
apartment house living.
Q - What is the Preserve?
A - The Preserve is the cliff dwellings,
themselves, which have been preserved for the education of present and future generations.
Q - Do you accept bus tours?
A - Yes. We get bus tours all the time. Our
lower group rates apply to parties of ten persons or more. By the way, bus drivers and
tour guides are admitted free.
Q - What are your rates for school tours?
A - We offer two special tour packages for a
minimum of 20 students per tour. Recommended for children in kindergarten through 5th
grade. Admission is free for one chaperone or teacher for every ten students
(Sept. - May).
Tour # 1 includes a guided tour of the cliff dwellings and museum, a showing of
an excellent educational videotape (about 30 minutes) about the Anasazi Indian
and a
knowledge-testing quiz afterward. Each student will get hands-on experience grinding corn with stone
mano and metate. Students will be allowed to handle Indian artifacts and replicas, like
spear and atlatl, stone hammer, bow and arrow and pottery. Cost is
$5.75 per
student.
Tour # 2 includes everything in Tour # 1. In addition,
each student will paint an individual clay pot with traditional black and brown paint.
Design sheets and ideas are provided. Afterward they take the pottery home. Cost
is $6.75 per student.
Call as far in advance as possible for available dates!
Q - Is there a fee for taking pictures?
A - Take all the pictures you want. There is no fee. And, if you run out
of film, you can purchase more in the Gift Shop in the Pueblo.
Q - Is there some place to eat there?
A - Yes. You can have a picnic if you want. Next to the cliff dwellings
there's a Snack Bar and Picnic Patio. Purchase food and drink here (June through August)
or bring your own bag lunch and digest in the sublime aura of ancient dwellings over seven
centuries old.
Q - Can I buy Indian artifacts?
A - Actually, buying ancient Indian artifacts might get the Antiquities
Police on your tail, and you wouldn't want that to happen, would you? However, in our
well-stocked Gift Shop you can legally buy reproductions and photographs of ancient
artifacts or purchase modern Native American-made pottery, jewelry, rugs, weavings, poetry
and other works of art and craft.
Q - How long can we stay?
A - Come early and stay late. No problem. See our hours. Spend the day at the Manitou
Cliff Dwellings or just a few hours. It's up to you. Sorry, we don't have camping,
though we can suggest a campground for you to consider.
Q - Can we come back another day without paying
again?
A - Admission entitles you to spend the whole day. Normally, if you come
back another day, you must pay another day's admission unless you have a Season Pass or
(around the holidays) a Holiday Shopping Pass. See below.
Season Pass:
With a regular admission plus a charge of $8.00 for adults and $6.00 for
kids you can enjoy a
full year of admission to the Manitou Cliff Dwellings with our Season
Pass. You can buy a Season Pass at our Gift Shop and we'll mail it to you.
Holiday Shopping
Pass: With a regular admission plus a charge
of $8.00, you'll pay no gate admission
from November 25 through January 5 with our Holiday Shopping Pass, and you'll enjoy a 30% discount on all your
purchases! Fill out an information card and leave your $8.00 payment with
any of our employees and we'll mail a Holiday Season Pass to your home in
November.
Q - Are the cliff dwellings accessible to people in
wheelchairs?
A - Because of the slope of the dwellings, the steps and the narrow
passages inside, the dwellings, themselves, are not accessible to wheelchairs. The Indian Dance area - at the entrance to the cliff dwellings - is wheelchair
accessible by ramp from the parking lot. From that point the entire front of the dwellings
can be seen. By the way, people in wheelchairs are admitted to the Manitou Cliff Dwellings
for free.
If these Frequently Asked Questions don't include yours, please:
Call us: 1-800-354-9971 or
Send your question in an e-mail message now:
info@cliffdwellingsmuseum.com
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