Our most popular program - such a Feast for the Senses! The fine art of wine tasting co-mingled with an appetizer of glacial geology, gorge hike and Finger Lake cruise. The entrée -- the amazing 3500-year history of glass from the famous Corning Museum of Glass, with its Hot Glass Show and Innovation Center. Side dishes include walking tours of local architecture and award-winning historic preservation, amazing museums of aviation and a presentation on Iroquois culture. Dessert is a visit to the study where Mark Twain wrote his most famous novels and a special feature all about the English glassmaker, Frederick Carder, founder of Steuben Glass in 1903. Revel in the quality and diversity of historic sites and the natural beauty of our region. P.S. Don’t forget your corkscrew! (Road Scholar activity level 4) ($673 double occupancy / +$100 single occupancy / $553 no accommodations) Road Scholar course # 1757. To register, go to www.roadscholar.org or call 877-426-8056.
Sunday 2pm - 4pm, Cost is $3 per person / per day
Our most popular program - such a Feast for the Senses! The fine art of wine tasting co-mingled with an appetizer of glacial geology, gorge hike and Finger Lake cruise. The entrée -- the amazing 3500-year history of glass from the famous Corning Museum of Glass, with its Hot Glass Show and Innovation Center. Side dishes include walking tours of local architecture and award-winning historic preservation, amazing museums of aviation and a presentation on Iroquois culture. Dessert is a visit to the study where Mark Twain wrote his most famous novels and a special feature all about the English glassmaker, Frederick Carder, founder of Steuben Glass in 1903. Revel in the quality and diversity of historic sites and the natural beauty of our region. P.S. Don’t forget your corkscrew! (Road Scholar activity level 4) ($673 double occupancy / +$100 single occupancy / $553 no accommodations) Road Scholar course # 1757. To register, go to www.roadscholar.org or call 877-426-8056.
Sunday 2pm - 4pm, Cost is $3 per person / per day
Sunday 2pm - 4pm, Cost is $3 per person / per day
Experience the diverse cultural and scientific resources of Cornell University and its home city of Ithaca. Begin with early morning birds at Sapsucker Woods Laboratory of Ornithology, and then go onto campus for lunch at the StatlerHotelSchool, an exploration of Sage Chapel and a look at the Johnson Museum of Art. Journey along both sides of beautiful Cayuga Lake to waterfalls and wineries, go behind the scenes at Cornell’s Paleontological Research Institute and visit the eclectic MacKenzie-Childs hand-decorated ceramics crafts campus and antique shops in Aurora. See for yourself why “Ithaca is Gorges” at Taughannock Falls and the suspension bridge over Fall Creek then round out your experience with a lecture about university founder Ezra Cornell , a dinner cruise on the lake and a lunch at famed vegetarian restaurant, Moosewood. ($653 double occupancy / +$205 single occupancy) Road Scholar Course #17535. To register, go to www.roadscholar.org or call 877-426-8056.
Our most popular program - such a Feast for the Senses! The fine art of wine tasting co-mingled with an appetizer of glacial geology, gorge hike and Finger Lake cruise. The entrée -- the amazing 3500-year history of glass from the famous Corning Museum of Glass, with its Hot Glass Show and Innovation Center. Side dishes include walking tours of local architecture and award-winning historic preservation, amazing museums of aviation and a presentation on Iroquois culture. Dessert is a visit to the study where Mark Twain wrote his most famous novels and a special feature all about the English glassmaker, Frederick Carder, founder of Steuben Glass in 1903. Revel in the quality and diversity of historic sites and the natural beauty of our region. P.S. Don’t forget your corkscrew! (Road Scholar activity level 4) ($673 double occupancy / +$100 single occupancy / $553 no accommodations) Road Scholar course # 1757. To register, go to www.roadscholar.org or call 877-426-8056.
Sunday 2pm - 4pm, Cost is $3 per person / per day