<P> The Stanley Hotel hosted the horror novelist Stephen King , serving as inspiration for the Overlook Hotel in his 1977 bestseller The Shining and its 1980 film adaption of the same name , as well as the location for the 1997 miniseries . Today , it includes a restaurant , spa , and bed - and - breakfast and provides guided tours which feature the history and alleged paranormal activity of the site . </P>
where is the hotel used in the movie the shining
The Stanley Hotel