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TRAIL BLAZERS

Follow these paths to check out the best Columbus has to offer:

It’s hip to be square on the ColumbusStyle Pizza Trail — with signature thin-crust with edgeto-edge toppings.

Something’s brewing in Columbus — and if you follow the Columbus Coffee Trail, you’ll taste it for yourself. Visit all the stops to earn your own free Columbus Coffee Trail mug!

Explore the city’s creative side with a tour of outdoor sculptures created by African American artists along the Cbus Soul Sculpture Trail.

Sip house-made craft liquors and cocktails with imaginative flavors, like a fire smoked and spiced pear on the Columbus Distillery Trail

Thin-crust fans can get a pizza to-go from Gatto’s Pizza, a Clintonville favorite since 1952. Panzera’s and Donatos have perfected the thin-crust style — stop in for a pie at locations around the city.

Rock, jazz, blues, country and more — no matter your taste in music, you’ll find sounds you love on the Columbus Live Music Trail.

Get to know Columbus’ beautiful natural surroundings with the Columbus Outdoor Trails Pass — your guide to trails perfect for hiking, biking, jogging and paddling!

Find out where to get your next slice at experiencecolumbus.com/ marketplace.

Scan the code to learn how you can check in along the experience trails and win prizes!

Make time for a longer visit and add these five attractions to your agenda.

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Enjoy cocktails with a view at one of the city’s many rooftop bars, including Goodale Station atop the recently opened Canopy by Hilton and the ultra-chic Stories on High that sits at the top of the 28-story Hilton Columbus Downtown.

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The newly opened Quarry Trails, the city’s 20th Metro Park, has repurposed an abandoned quarry into an outdoor adventures park, complete with canoeing, fishing and mountain biking trails. Climb the 180-foot cliff wall via the nation’s first urban via ferrata, opening this spring.

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Take a step back in time to the late 1800s at Ohio Village and explore smalltown life with historical interpreters, demonstrations and special programs.

ON A BUDGET?

There are plenty of free things to do around the city, including outdoor fitness classes at Columbus Commons, live music and movie nights in cool places.

4Contemporary art, music and film come together at the Wexner Center for the Arts, located on The Ohio State University campus. The Wex Drive-In summer movie series, which screens classics and cult favorites in an outdoor setting, is popular for date nights.

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Columbus Commons is an entertainment green space tucked in the heart of downtown. Take an outdoor fitness class, sample great eats at the food truck court or check out a concert, including the Columbus Symphony Orchestra’s Picnic with the Pops shows.

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