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The Stanley Hotel

Tour or stay at the 1909 mountain hotel where Stephen King dreamed up The Shining, with ghost and history tours.

333 E Wonderview Ave · Estes Park, CO

About The Stanley Hotel

F.O. Stanley, co-founder of the Stanley Motor Carriage Company, opened this Colonial Revival hotel in 1909 near Rocky Mountain National Park. Stephen King's 1974 night here inspired The Shining, and a 60-minute tour compares the novel, the Kubrick film and the 1997 miniseries filmed on site. Other guided tours cover the hotel's history and its ghost stories after dark. Out front is a hedge maze built in 2015 as a nod to the Kubrick film.

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