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The Fountain Creek Inn
Manitou Springs, Colorado

The quiet end of Manitou Avenue.

A small inn beside Fountain Creek — free parking at the door, a five-minute walk to town, and your own keypad to arrive any hour.

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from $149 / night · book direct

An illustrated watercolor map of Manitou Springs: the Fountain Creek Inn at the heart of the canyon, the Manitou Incline, the Pikes Peak Cog Railway and Pikes Peak (Tava) to the west, the red rocks of Garden of the Gods, and downtown Colorado Springs on the plains about 15 minutes east down Highway 24
8 years
Hosting
Superhost
Airbnb, 4.82★
6,000+
Reservations
3,547
Guest reviews
4.9★
on Google
8.6/10
on Booking.com

More than a room.

What you get back
  • The inn's green cottage with a flower garden and split-rail fence, red rock rising behind
  • A living room with two sofas, a fireplace, and warm hardwood floors
  • A private deck beside the creek
  • A full kitchen with table seating
  • The suite's bedroom opening to a sitting area, with a window to the rocks
  • A queen room with a made bed and bedside lamps

More trip for your money

Free parking, a five-minute walk, and a book-direct rate from $149 — the whole getaway stretches further than a chain out on the highway.

Deep rest

A quiet building on the still end of the Avenue, the creek running past your door. Guests call it the calmest place in Manitou.

An effortless stay

Self check-in any hour by keypad, spotless every stay, and no front desk to slow you down. Arrive, settle, go.

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Three ways to stay

Where you'll stay
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    Queen Rooms

    A pair, simply done well.

    Sleeps 2 · 1 queen

    • 1 queen · sleeps 2
    • Free parking + keypad check-in
    • 5-minute walk to downtown
    • Speed-tested WiFi
    from $149 / nightView room →
  • Most loved
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    The Suite

    Couples who want room to spread out.

    Sleeps 4 · 1 queen + futon

    • A real living room + kitchenette
    • Queen bedroom behind its own wall
    • The inn's highest-rated room
    • Futon for the kids
    Rates at bookingView room →
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    Garden House

    Families & groups, all together.

    Sleeps 8 · 1 king + 2 queens + trundle

    • A whole house · sleeps 8
    • Full kitchen · 1.5 baths · laundry
    • Patio on Fountain Creek
    • King + 2 queens + trundle
    Rates at bookingView room →

Guest reviews

Rated 5 out of 5 stars
I live in Manitou Springs and I have stayed here several times… it's the calmest, most peaceful and most homely of the hotels in Manitou Springs.
Connor Mac Nessa · Google
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
The Fountain Creek Inn is the best place to stay in Manitou Springs, CO! Our family has stayed there numerous times and the experience gets better every time!
Morgan Buzbee · Google
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
walking distance to everything; bars, the arcade, the castle, all the cute shops downtown, and even the Cog Railway to Pikes Peak.
K J · Google
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
The location was tucked away and by the creek so it was peaceful and mountain views to boot. The room was open and cozy and I would definitely stay again.
Jennifer · Booking.com
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Being pet friendly is why we chose to stay our first time, now we will simply always look to the Fountain Creek Inn pet or no pet.
Kenton Krueger · Google
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
We stayed in the suite room and it was very comfortable and spacious… very clean. We could easily walk to everywhere in the town like restaurants, bars, the penny arcade.
Keith · Booking.com
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Why book direct

The same room — for less, and dealt with like a person.

Booking straight with us gets you our lowest rate with no platform fee, and a real local on the other end. An OTA sells you this exact room and adds its cut. A chain out on the highway just isn't this.

You, hereBook direct
Same room, on an OTA
A highway chain
Nightly price
Our lowest — no markup
Same room + service fee
Often more
Free parking, at your door
Yes
Yes — it's our room
Usually paid
Five-minute walk to town
Yes
Yes — it's our room
A drive
The creek & the quiet
Right outside
Right outside
A parking lot
Self check-in, any hour
Keypad
Keypad
Front-desk hours
Who you deal with
Us — local innkeepers
A platform in between
A call center
Book a StayOur lowest rate — no platform fee, no markup.

Picture the trip you're about to have.

The best of your stay

Park once at the door — then the whole region is yours, dawn to dark.

  1. A steaming coffee mug on a deck railing beside a mountain creek at dawn
    7:00

    Coffee by the creek

    Wake to the water. Coffee on the deck before the town stirs.

  2. The Manitou Incline's long staircase climbing a forested mountainside
    8:00

    The Incline, before the crowds

    The legendary climb, minutes from your door — beat the heat and the line.

  3. Snow-capped Pikes Peak with the cog railway winding toward the summit
    11:00

    Pikes Peak or the red rocks

    Drive the Pikes Peak Highway — or ride the Cog — to 14,115 ft, or wander Garden of the Gods.

  4. A historic downtown street of storefronts beneath red-rock bluffs
    2:00

    Manitou & Old Colorado City

    Stroll the charming streets — shops, mineral springs, and the galleries of historic Old Colorado City.

  5. A steaming mineral hot-spring soaking pool among pines at golden hour
    5:00

    A soak at SunWater Spa

    Mineral hot-spring pools and quiet — the day's perfect reset before dinner.

  6. A downtown street in the evening with lit storefronts and a theater marquee
    7:30

    Dinner & a show downtown

    Into the Colorado Springs city core for a great dinner, a show, or a game.

  7. The cottage inn at night beside the creek under a crescent moon
    Late

    Back to the quiet

    The creek again, a real bed, a deadbolt that's only yours. Sleep in tomorrow.

Reservations

Stay at the quiet end of Manitou Avenue.

Self check-in, the creek past your door, and a five-minute walk to town. Rooms from $149 a night.

4.9 on Google · 3,547 reviews across Airbnb, Booking & Google

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