Things to see and do Finger Lakes

With 19 waterfalls, Watkins Glen's park is the most famous Finger Lakes. Olympic swimming pool, hiking, camping, picnic, fishing, hunting, mountain biking, cross-country skiing… what to do. For those interested in the endangered flora, the park houses and preserves the wild flower rhodiola integrifolia.

The only US Vessel weighing building now houses the Erie Canal museum. It has set up on a street that was once a main canal and thus the crossroads of all goods arriving in the United States by the Atlantic to the Great Lakes. This interactive museum is a guarantor of the industrial and industrial history of the Central State of New York State.

Before being an expert in the glass industry, it was the wood that made Corning rich. The architecture of this small town has adapted to the different industries without radically changing. This self-guided tour lets you discover old buildings in the centre and throughout Market Street, local shops, restaurants, art galleries, glass blowers open their doors to visitors.

Halfway between New York City and Niagara Falls, it's a must-see stop. The world's largest glass museum opens its doors to you: art galleries from ancient Egypt to the present day, demonstrations by glassblowers and other glass artists, workshops to create your own unique souvenir, a workshop on the properties of glass, an extraordinary souvenir shop... Visit, create, blow and break glass (by attending the appropriate workshop)! An attraction that appeals to all ages.

Rochester's impressive waterfalls have contributed greatly to the city's industrial development. While the days when the factories and flour mills of Monroe County used their power are over, their hydroelectric energy is still being used today. The best view of the Falls is from the bridge across the Genesee River, which was named Pont de Rennes because, interestingly enough, the Breton capital was twinned with Rochester in 1956! For more information, you will find an interpretation centre with brochures and a small museum on site.

This is a reproduction of a 19th century village, with 68 period buildings that have been restored. Most of them have been moved here from other villages in New York State. We walk freely between cottages, colonial houses, shops, the church or the opera house. It is possible to enter some buildings. You will meet characters in period costumes chatting, going to the farm or brewery, and will be able to chat with them. The buildings are grouped chronologically: the oldest is a cottage from 1797, the most recent is the Opera House, built in 1884. A visit that will please the whole family. Don't miss the Nature Center, which includes hectares of forest and six hiking trails.

The park is home to three waterfalls that flow into the Genesee River, Upper Falls, Middle Falls and Lower Falls. The river flows along gorges that reach 170 m in places, a feature that has earned the park the nickname of "Grand Canyon of the East". On sunny days, people come to camp, hike on its 66 miles of trails in the middle of the forest, fish, kayak, raft, horse... In winter, when the landscape is covered with snow, snowshoeing, snowmobiling and cross-country skiing become the preferred activities.