r/FingerLakes

Hey,

My wife and I will be visiting the finger lakes from the 16th to the 24th. We have 2 airbnbs ( in Burdett between Seneca and cayuga and Branchport off of keuka and canandaigua) and I'm looking for suggestions on what we absolutely must check out.

We intend to do a lot of hiking but are also huge foodies. Our two pups are coming with us, but there may be a couple days where they stay at our very pet friendly airbnbs while we check out the less pet friendly locations.

So I guess the questions are as follows:

What do you recommend seeing and doing?

What vineyards, breweries and distilleries are your absolute must visits?

What would you consider the must have food in the area? Lunches and dinners of course, but if there's an excellent cafe I'm always down for a great cup of coffee and a pastry.

Thanks in advance! It's our first time visiting ( even through I grew up basically right around the corner) and we want to make the most of our limited time there.

My wife and I are planning to visit Finger lakes area on Memorial Day weekend. We would like to buy some cool souvenirs and would like to know if there any souvenir/gift shops in the area that we should check out. Thank you.

Looking for advice on planning a fall visit to the Watkins Glen area, specifically to hike the Gorge Trail. I can either go the weekend of September 18-21 or October 22-25. I’ve read the trail closes in late October/early November when it starts to freeze, I was wondering if anyone has any more specific info about when the usually happens? My schedule is limited because of my school calendar and I would prefer to visit in October because I can have a 4 day weekend then vs a 3 day weekend in September. Thanks for any insight you can offer!

Hello! Does anyone have a recommendation for a restaurant that has a nice large menu, (just looking for more than charcuterie) that could accommodate a family, with a view of the lake?

Looking for recommendations around Keuka, Seneca, or Cayuga, north, south and east to west.

Thank you!

Hello, I'm looking for someone that could give me a boat ride (and possibly one friend) across Seneca lake. Would likely be from somewhere around Willard NY to somewhere near Long Point Camp.

I'm not sure where there would be publicly accessible areas around those places. I don't want to be trespassing on someone's property.

YES we would pay in cash. This would be part of a hiking trip. Driving around the lake doesn't fit with the spirit of the hike.

Hello all!

My girlfriend and I are going to be in the Keuka/Seneca region in the middle of May and would love to do some fishing of any kind. We don’t have a boat but we are in need of some suggestions!

When we aren’t throwing a line in we will be exploring, eating, visiting breweries and wineries, etc. Any and all other things of interest are welcome too!

Thanks in advance for the help.

I'm planning a bachelorette trip for 4 girls from Sept 4-7 and I'd love to get insight on the best things to do! We've already booked our AirBnB for the weekend. We're planning to arrive Friday, have a winery day on Saturday, and a lake day Sunday. Please let me know what we should do and pricing!

I know the Wienery was closed last season. Any word about this year?