The Idaho Bucket List

While I’ve driven through Idaho a few times, I’ve never really stopped to explore the state. Below is my bucket list of places I want to explore. Check them out and build your own itinerary!

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Boise

Ketchum/Sun Valley

Boise

Kind of Visit: City, Historical

Where to stay

• Hotel 43

• Inn at 500 Capitol

• Modern Hotel

• The Avery

• The Grove

• The Riverside Hotel

Where to Dine & Drink

• Álavita

• Barbacoa

• Bardenay Restaurant & Distillery

• Bittercreek Alehouse and Red Feather Lounge

• Capitol Cellars

• Chandlers Prime Steak & Fine Seafood

• Fork

• Guru Donuts

• Hyde House

• KIN

• Petite 4

• Press & Pony (Speakeasy)

• Suite 104 Speak-Easy

• The District Coffee House

• The Lively

• Txikiteo

• Westside Drive-in

Things to See & Do

• Basque Block Neighborhood

• Basque Museum

• Capital City Public Market

• Egyptian Theatre

• Freak Alley Gallery

• Idaho Botanical Garden

• Old Idaho Penitentiary

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Ketchum/Sun Valley

Kind of Visit: Outdoor adventures, historical - Ernest Hemingway is buried there.

Where to stay

• Knob Hill Inn

• Limelight Hotel

• Sun Valley Inn

• Sun Valley Lodge - Ernest Hemingway used to state in Suite 206.

• The Inn at Ellsworth Estate

Where to Dine & Drink

• Barrio 75

• Bigwood Bread Co.

• Cellar Pub

• Cookbook

• Cristina’s

• Enoteca

• Grumpy’s

• Hank & Sylvie’s

• Hotel Ketchum’s The Hangout

• Iconoclast

• Java On Fourth

• Lefty’s Bar and Grill

• Michel’s Christiania

• Pioneer Saloon

• The Covey

• The Kneadery

• The Ram

• The Sawtooth Club

• Vintage

Things to See & Do

Besides skiing and hiking, check out some of the other things to do in the Ketchum/Sun Valley area.

• Ernest Hemingway’s Grave at Ketchum Cemetery

• Gail Severn Gallery

• Sawtooth Botanical Garden

• Sun Valley Center for the Arts

• The Central Idaho Dark Sky Reserve

• The Wood River Trail

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