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A woman I work with is planning a trip and wondering where the best place to stay is. I am not familiar with the area at all, but I told her I would ask the Forum.

Thanks!

Hello-
Assuming you're talking of the finger lakes of NY (just in case there's some other ones I've never heard of! )
http://www.fingerlakes.org/

There's several lakes (hence the "fingers")-Seneca and Cayuga I think are the biggest, then Keuka, Cananadaigua and a few others if I remember.

Ithaca's at the south side of Cayuga Lake and is a very pretty college town. There's several finger lakes to choose from with many b/b's, hotels around. Canandaigua's very pretty too.

Depends on what they're looking to do and how much time. Lots of hiking, waterfalls, things to see. It's a beautiful part of the state.

If they're after wineries this is a good place to start that splits it by lake region. The lakes are long w/o bridges crossing them so distance can be an issue depending on where the person's going.
http://www.newyorkwines.org/

Hope this is helpful

We spent a Labor Day weekend on Keuka Lake and liked the area. It is one of the smaller lakes and we were able to visits a nice number of wineries at a relaxed pace.

One thing that sticks out in my memory was restaurant options for dinner were sort of limited. Drive time from where we stayed to any decent restaurant was 20+ minutes each direction, not something we wanted to do after a day of wineries.

We have a fall trip planned with our STJ friends to the Watkins Glenn area.

The are so many options, Toni's website suggestion is a good place to start.

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Also recommend Skaneateles as good base as far as restaurants and some nice B&Bs if that can work for them. Touring around the lakes and stopping at the various wineries is quite pleasant, with nice places to stop for lunch, and the quality of the majority of the wines tasted was a pleasant surprise. No specific recommendations given because its been about 8-9 yrs since we went.

Oh, and the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown up there is worth a stop. Even the non-baseball fan in our crew was impressed. The displays are so nicely done it was interesting as a sort of history museum for them.

I forgot about Skaneateles-that is a very pretty town, not as near the majority of the wineries but very scenic and quaint. Cooperstown's a sweet town too, but you're a few hours east of the finger lakes area there I think. Could be done if it's something they like though.

I went to college in Ithaca so can answer questions on that area if it helps.

Fall is a beautiful time to go too-as they say about Ithaca- it's "gorgeous" due to the gorges. Fall foliage is beautiful throughout the whole fingerlakes area and that's harvest time for the grapes.

Depending on what they're looking to do- fun trip to plan!

There is a brand new hotel at the south end of Seneca in Watkins Glen, http://www.watkinsglenharborhotel.com/, very nice. Staying in WG or the east side of seneca is best for wineries. Then over the hill to the west side of Cayuga for more wineries. Sheldrake on Cayuga is
xcellent for dinner at the bistro, Simply Red btw.

I'm sitting on my dock on Cayuga right now.

Hey Dave, I was just searching my brain for "who is the forumite with the house on the lake?"

We are staying at that hotel in September.

DaveS007 wrote:There is a brand new hotel at the south end of Seneca in Watkins Glen, http://www.watkinsglenharborhotel.com/, very nice. Staying in WG or the east side of seneca is best for wineries. Then over the hill to the west side of Cayuga for more wineries. Sheldrake on Cayuga is
xcellent for dinner at the bistro, Simply Red btw.

I'm sitting on my dock on Cayuga right now.

I sent her the link, she loved it and booked it! Thanks sooooo much!