Sitting just east of the city of Denver, Aurora is the third largest city in Colorado. Aurora’s location grants a truly spectacular mountain perspective with a full view of The Front Range and the downtown skyline, and is surrounded by high desert prairies. Aurora is situated just minutes from Denver International Airport.
Once a small, quaint community occupied by farmers and ranchers, Aurora is now a lively city full of active residents; it’s no wonder Aurora is full of outdoor activities including over 5,000 acres of hiking trails and open space, over 100 parks, two reservoirs for fishing and water sports, seven golf courses, and the opportunity for even more unrestricted outdoor adventure given it sits at the base of the Rocky Mountains.
The reservoirs in Aurora are perfect for water-sports lovers with fun activities such as kayaking, sailing and windsurfing. Furthermore, the 220-acre Aurora Sports Park is a massive sports complex that’s any sports lover’s dream, with 12 baseball fields and 27 soccer and multi-use fields.
Ranking No. 1 as the most diverse city in Colorado, Aurora is known for a wide variety of restaurants too specializing in ethnic cuisines including Korean barbecue, Afghan kabobs, Vietnamese pho, Ethiopian injera, Mexican tacos, and Thai spices.
Aurora is not only a hot cultural hub, the city is home to booming businesses and growing industries such as aerospace, renewable energy, bioscience and healthcare, which keeps the city’s unemployment rate lower than the national average. Aurora’s thriving economy boosts one of the state’s most well-known community venues, the Stanley Marketplace. The Stanley Marketplace is a renovated former airplane hangar sitting on the original Denver airport’s main runway, and is home to over 50 independent restaurants, bars, breweries, retail shops, fitness studios, and event venues.
