We hope that you come early and stay late and take some time to see a few things in the Finger Lakes and Western, NY. Here are a few options listed in no particular order:
Things to do around Canandaigua Lake
- Canandaigua Lady Steamboat
- Canandaigua Wine Trail
- Finger Lakes Casino and Race Track
- Golf Bristol Harbour Resort
- Granger Homestead and Carriage Museum
- New York Wine and Culinary Center
- Shopping Downtown Canandaigua
- Sonnenburg Gardens & Mansion
For an exhaustive list of things to do visit: Finger Lakes Visitor’s Connection, Ontario County, NY
In The Rochester Area
- Colonial Belle Boat Ride on the Erie Canal, Fairport, NY
- Tour the George Eastman House & International Museum of Photography and Film
- High Falls on the Genessee River
- Ride the Carousel in Charlotte Beach Park (and there is a great sushi place next door called California Rollin’ and the really nice Pier 45 Restaurant and Bar in the Port of Rochester building next door and the Charlotte Lighthouse and Museum is just up the hill from those places.)
- Strong Museum of Play and Dancing Wings Butterfly Gardens
An Easy Drive
- Niagara Falls
- Glenn H. Curtiss Museum, Hammondsport, NY
- Climb Chimney Bluffs and look out over Lake Ontario, Wolcott, NY
- Stay a night or two at the Esperanza Mansion and cruise Keuka Lake on the Esperanza Rose
- Shop MacKenzie-Childs, Aurora, NY on Cayuga Lake
- Explore even more waterfalls or visit the Watkins Glen International Raceway both located in Watkins Glen, NY
- Two Goats Brewing, just north of Watkins Glen on the east side of Seneca Lake.
- “The Grand Canyon Of The East” – Letchworth State Park and the Glen Iris Inn for lunch or dinner
- Corning Museum of Glass
