While many people have driven through Buena Vista on their way to other mountain towns or camping areas nearby, it’s a town worthy of its own trip. Here is a look at how you could spend a (very) full day in town: Start with breakfast and a stroll down the historic main street.

Buena Vista is renowned for its Collegiate Peaks Wilderness Area, much of which lies within the San Isabel National Forest. This wilderness area holds a collection of Sawatch Range Mountains and is set in the Buena Vista valley.

Sandwiched between Mount Princeton and the Arkansas River, Buena Vista is a great place to raise a family, retire, open or relocate a business, or maybe you will come for the summer and stay forever. Good people, great quality of life.

Two decades have passed, and several of the original members of the Buena Vista Social Club, including Ibrahim Ferrer and Rubén González, have died.

At the heart of our booming tourism industry, Lake Buena Vista is a municipality controlled by the Walt Disney Company.

Buena Vista is properly pronounced “BEW-na Vista”. The town’s name has been pronounced “BEW-na Vista” instead of the Spanish “BWAY-na Vista” ever since it was founded.

Buena Vista is a widely used trademark for divisions of The Walt Disney Company, derived from the name of the Burbank, California street where The Walt Disney Studios are located.

A great perk of staying at Hilton Lake Buena Vista Palace is its proximity to Disney Springs. After a short, easy, 5-7 minute walk across a really cool bridge you can enjoy all of the dining and shopping offerings at Disney Springs. We took advantage of this opportunity almost every night.