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Also known as “The City of Trees,” Idaho’s capital city
is home to over 190,000 people making it the third
largest city in the Pacific Northwest. Over the past few
years, Boise has become a hot spot for business in the
United States, receiving top rankings in publications
such as Forbes Magazine. Boise has great city appeal
combined with a huge variety of outdoor recreational
activities available. Boise is only a 30-minute drive
from its local ski resort, Bogus Basin, which offers
both Nordic and Alpine skiing, snowboarding and a tubing
hill during the winter season and activities such as
hiking, camping, horseback riding and mountain biking
during the spring and summer months. Other activities in
Boise and its surrounding areas include whitewater
rafting, kayaking, hunting, camping, fishing,
backpacking, hiking, mountain biking and snowmobiling.
Boise is also a community with an appreciation of art
and culture and is home to numerous museums, art
galleries, and performing arts theaters including the
Discovery Center of Idaho, Idaho Historical Museum, the
Idaho Black History Museum, Basque Museum and Cultural
Center, Old Idaho State Penitentiary and the Idaho Anne
Frank Human Rights Memorial. It also plays host to many
festivals and a wide variety of events each year
including the well known Idaho Shakespeare Festival each
summer and the Basque Festival, Jailaldi, held once
every five years. Boise’s restaurant scene is phenomenal
as well with a variety of cafes and bistros that boast
unique and delicious cuisine from all over the world.
The city is also proud to be home to the largest Basque
community in the United States, as well as the Basque
Museum and Basque Block, located in downtown Boise. |
Idaho's capital has become a youthful, outdoorsy, somewhat
hip small city. It has attracted hordes of newcomers who work
for its many high-tech companies. Start your tour of this easily
navigable city at the state capitol, a familiarizely fine
example of Classic Revival architecture. The building is heated
from underground hot springs. The Old Idaho Penitentiary Museum
will introduce you to life in the Big House as it was in the
1870s. The adjacent transportation museum has a collection of
vintage buggies and other horse-drawn vehicles. |
