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The Finger Lakes Wine Center is a great place to start off your wine trail adventure. They have a sampling of different wines from the local wineries so you can see which one best fits what you're looking for. They also have tables and chairs where you can sit and enjoy local wine at an affordable price. Thursday nights there's live jazz music and samplings of bread and cheese. It's a way to get together with friends and wind down after a long week.
Written Dec 6, 2011
Address: 237 South Cayuga St.
Website: http://www.fingerlakeswinecenter.org/#/welcome
Ithaca has lots of things to do with kids, especially in the summer. The Ithaca Children's Garden at Cass Park is lovely, the Cass Park pool and Flat Rock are great, but swimming at Robert H. Treman state park is our favorite. There is a diving board right by the waterfall. After diving in, you can swim right up to the falls. There are lots of tips for exploring Ithaca with kids at www.IthacaFamilyFun.info. It has info on all of the parks, swimming, festivals and free summer concerts.
Written May 18, 2011
Address: 105 Enfield Falls Rd Ithaca, NY 14850-8757
Phone: 607-273-3440
Website: http://nysparks.state.ny.us/parks/135/details.aspx
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This 215-foot waterfall is one of the most spectacular, in a region that is full of waterfalls. The stream has carved a long, deep gorge on its way down to Cayuga Lake. Hiking up that gorge provides a great build-up to the falls themselves.
Just across the highway is a marine on Cayuga Lake, along with picnic and camping grounds. There are also some fine views of the lake.
Updated Apr 4, 2011
Address: 2221 Taughannock Road Trumansburg, NY
Phone: (607) 387-6739
Taughannock Falls State Park's namesake waterfall is one of the outstanding natural attractions of the Northeast. Taughannock Falls plunges 215 feet past rocky cliffs that tower nearly 400 feet above the gorge. Gorge and rim trails offer spectacular views from above the falls and from below at the end of the gorge trail.
Updated Apr 4, 2011
Address: 2221 Taughannock Road Trumansburg, NY
Phone: (607) 387-6739
Downtown Ithaca has a two-block pedestrian mall which has some neat shops, fine restaurants, bars, and galleries. The Ithaca Commons is the heart of downtown. Concerts and festivals are held here as well.
Updated Apr 4, 2011
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Cornell University has an attractive campus, whose main attraction is the Plantations. These extensive botanical gardens offer plenty of hiking and a lot of good photo ops. Dating back over a century, they have long been a favorite place for Cornell alumni to visit when the return to campus.
Here are a 25-acre botanical garden with 14 specialty gardens, the F.R. Newman Arboretum, Beebe Lake, a 4300-acre natural area, fens, old-growth forest, gorges, and much more.
Written Sep 26, 2009
Address: 1 Plantations Road, Ithaca, NY 14850
Phone: 607-255-2400
Website: http://www.plantations.cornell.edu/about
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Another very nice place for some hiking and sightseeing is Buttermilk Falls State Park. The falls are not as spectacular as some others, but the trail along Buttermilk Creek is very scenic and pleasant to walk.
The area above the falls is known as Upper Buttermilk Park and the part below as Lower Buttermilk. Directions are for the lower park.
Written Sep 26, 2009
Phone: (607) 273-5761
Website: http://nysparks.state.ny.us/parks/151/details.aspx
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Ithaca has a number of parks which offer hiking along the shores of Cayuga Lake and nearby waterways. There is are also excellent opportunities for boating.
Allen H. Tremain Marine Park (not to be confused with the other Tremain Park) is on the south shore of Cayuga Lake. Nearby Stewart Park also offers great views of the Lake.
Updated Sep 26, 2009
Address: 108 East Green Street, Ithaca, New York, 14850
Phone: 607-272-1460
Website: http://nysparks.state.ny.us/
Shop in the unique downtown area called The Commons...lots of little boutiques, places to eat, and different bars. Often there is music or events happening...
Dont ride bicycles on the Commons and I'm not sure the rules with pets, so dont bring em'.
Park in the ramp parking - dont bother looking for metered parking
Written Aug 21, 2008
catch one of the many wine tours out of ithaca to the beautiful wine country in the surrounding fingerlakes area. going with a big group of friends is the best!
Many stores in Ithaca carry the local winesif you dont get a chance to go out to the winery.
Written Aug 21, 2008
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