If you are a documentary film buff, spending your screen time watching nature videos, true crime stories, or learning the stories of the most fascinating people in history, you might want start planning a Telluride vacation over the Memorial Day Weekend, as that is when the Mountainfilm Festival comes to town. This five-day festival, which ends on Memorial Day, celebrates documentary films of all genres, offering visitors and locals the opportunity to rub shoulders with celeb superstars as they spend the weekend doing exactly what they love most, eating popcorn and watching movies. The only appropriate way to end each day, of course, is to come home to Accommodations in Telluride and experience all the comforts of home in our Mountainfilm houses for rent in Telluride CO that will bring you joy!
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Mountainfilm Festival Makes us Happy
When you think of documentaries, most likely you think about the underdog. The filmmakers who do the filming, the spokespeople who speak so passionately about the topic at hand, and the stories that tell about endangered animals, the dangers of not reading, even why we need to concentrate on saving the old buildings instead of tearing down and building new; these are the heroes of the movie world, and this festival brings their stories alive. Each event in every year offers a new selection of films that are shown at various locations throughout town, nearly 100 in total, and the topics cover everything from angst to zebras, ensuring that you will find a film that will match with your interests and perhaps discover some new ones at the same time. There will be keynote speakers, workshops, and an awards picnic at the end of the festival, allowing visitors to cast their votes and watch their favorites win. If you have a few bucks extra to spare and you really want a treat, the Patron Pass and the Ama Dablam Pass both offer entrance to the Invitation-only Filmmakers Dinner, as well as offering priority entrance to all films and programs with the Patron Pass.
Live Your Own Film Festival at Home with Accommodations in Telluride
Even if you live and breathe everything documentary, you will still need to eat and sleep, and our Accommodations in Telluride Mountainfilm sanctuaries offer the ideal spots to do both—and so much more! Offering comfort that will be welcome after spending many hours sitting in theaters, or even in lawn chairs in the outdoor venues, our properties will serve as a soft space to land after your time in the stars. Located where you want to be in the town of Telluride, Mountain Village, or even in some of the outlying regions, your dream vacation begins as soon as you step through the front door.
We’re going to start this tour of comfort in the living rooms, offering a generous footprint filled with comfortable places to sit, relax, and watch the big screen televisions that feature prominently in the space without detracting from the beauty of the room. Many TVs will be smart ones, enabling guests to enjoy their own film festival at home without having to venture beyond the boundaries of home, and their size will make you feel as if you are at the theater for real. Larger properties may offer more than one living area, each with its own television and most of the bedrooms will feature their own, smaller sets, so no one will have to go long without watching their favorite documentaries.
Game Rooms, Fitness Rooms, and Theater Rooms
Entertainment options are very important to travelers, and Accommodations in Telluride loads up on the amenities to make each guest feel treasured and pampered. Game rooms may be equipped with a variety of gaming tables, video game consoles, and arcade games, as well as another large flat screen television. Fitness rooms may offer gym quality equipment, serene spaces for yoga poses, and yet another television, because who doesn’t like to watch a good crime documentary while walking on a treadmill in a mountain escape? And finally, less is never more with Accommodations in Telluride, and some of our luxurious retreats may also offer their own theater room, furnished with comfy couches or leather recliners with cupholders and cozy throw blankets to enhance your documentary film vacation experience. You never know when the urge to learn about a grizzly bear in the Grand Tetons may arise, and our home sweet vacation homes will ensure that every traveler can satisfy their documentary film curiosities!
It’s Not All About the Documentaries
Even the most dedicated documentary lover needs to take a break from the screen and our stunning spaces will provide many ways to tempt you to do that, even if its just to read quietly in front of a roaring fire on a late May night. Nighttime temperatures in Telluride will usually get quite chilly, even this far into the year, but that’s ok; the warmth found in our Telluride escapes isn’t just ambience, it also translates into more concrete ways to keep the chill away. Fireplaces will be found in most of the living rooms of our properties, but you may also discover that the secondary family room has one and many of our primary suites may provide a fireplace in the bedroom and/or en suite bath. Throughout each space, colorful throws are tossed across the backs of chairs, sofas, and on the corners of beds, and of course, electric or gas heat is standard in all.
Celebrate Family in Our Dining Rooms
You may or may not decide to eat at home during your Mountainfilm Festival adventures, there truly are a plethora of foodie worthy restaurants in Telluride, but the dining rooms of our spaces are never left unused. These are where families gather to plan out which movies they want to see at the Festival, where they play board games on a windy night, listening to the wind blowing as the fire crackles merrily inside, and these tables have celebrated and mourned all manner of family events over the years. Here is where you will learn your son got into the college of his choice and your daughter is about to make you a Meemaw or Papaw for the first time. Dad jokes seem to hit harder when gathered around the dining room table, and memories seem to be jogged for a new selection of family stories that you may have forgotten about over the years.
Dreams Are Movies for the Soul
It can be hard to fall into dream sleep these days, but not while vacationing in Telluride. The bedrooms of our Accommodations in Telluride sanctuaries truly are sanctuaries of peace and serenity, the holders of deep sleep and happy dreams. Premium mattresses topped with luxuriously soft linens and plump pillows that cradle necks, shoulders, and heads to perfection offer the perfect access to dreams, that when you really think about it, are just movies for the soul. Deep tubs in en suite baths will aid in sleep preparation, especially when filled with water splashed with your favorite oils and accompanied by a glass of wine, a good book, and soft music playing softly in the background.
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