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Beautiful New York State
A scenic journey (mostly by train) from Southern Ontario to New York City.
OverviewThis new holiday takes in the Canadian region of Ontario before continuing by rail across the border into the beautiful New York State region for some fantastic walking and sightseeing. Where possible on this trip our travel will be by train, evoking a feel of times past and where we can view the fast changing local scenery in comfort.
We fly to Toronto and spend a day recovering from the flight, enjoying the relaxed pace of life and hopefully the stupendous views from the top of the CN Tower. We travel first around the shores of Lake Ontario to Niagara Falls to enjoy not only the delights of the Falls themselves but also a stroll through the vineyards at the picturesque Niagara on the Lake, a very much more relaxed place.
Continuing by train and coach we travel to Ithaca, home of Cornell University, situated at the end of one of the Finger Lakes. The town itself is full of interest with shops and restaurants to suit all tastes and pockets. However we are here for the walking and this region is renowned for the famous gorges and rivers cascading down through the mountains.
In the Catskills we venture out into the wild landscape of what the Native Americans used to call ‘Onteora’ – the land in the sky. This entire region is an eroded Appalachian plateau that offers some fine walking. We stay at Kingston at the base of the Catskill mountains and use transport to get to the best walking. The lower slopes are covered in open woodland, the easily reached upper slopes offer fantastic views down to the Hudson valley, hopefully enhanced by the fall colours.
We end our journey in New York, one of the world’s most exciting places; full of interest, culture, sights, jaw-dropping architecture and unique NY life. We could go to the top of the Empire State Building or Rockefeller Center, take an around-Manhattan Circle Line cruise, and walk across the Brooklyn Bridge, with time to take in an (optional) Broadway show and to visit the big shops like Bloomingdales.
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