HOLIDAY WEEKEND A Rapid FRIDAY Itinerary Curated by Visit Rapid City
Check into a downtown hotel, bundle up, and walk to dinner. Afterward, make your way over to Main Street Square and lace up your ice skates for a spin around the outdoor rink. If you’re in town before the New Year, the tree will be lit up, holiday music will be playing through the speakers, and you’ll be amongst skaters of all skill-levels, so there’s no judgement if you’re not a pro on the ice. It really does feel like a scene out of a Hallmark movie. After you turn in your skates, make sure you look at the decorated storefront windows on the walk back to your hotel.
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SATURDAY
Park as the sun starts to set. From the top, you can see the whole city with the Black Hills behind it. From there, you’ll want to head to Storybook Island for Christmas Nights of Light. After you make your way through the park, you’ll be ready to warm up and have dinner. Make your way back downtown for some pub fare at Thirsty’s Burgers & Beer or channel the energy of a warmer climate at Ma Caulli –a family-run Mexican restaurant.
Grab breakfast and spend the morning downtown. Stop into Prairie Edge & Sioux Trading Post , walk through the galleries at Dahl Arts Center , and pop into local shops along the way. You can’t leave downtown without grabbing a treat from Chubby Chipmunk . Their hand-dipped chocolates are hard to beat as a gift, so get a box for someone on your list (and probably one for yourself). It’s worth your time to take a drive up to Dinosaur
SUNDAY
Sleep in, grab a caramel roll from Colonial House , and then set the GPS to the 1880 Train Holiday Express in Hill City. The fresh snow on the pines casts a quiet, calming spell across the landscape, making your one-hour round trip train ride through the southern Hills feel almost ethereal.
DINOSAUR PARK
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