Boutique Hotels in the Finger Lakes

Ithaca · B&B

An 1880 Chateauesque mansion in Ithaca designed by William Henry Miller, the first architecture student to graduate from Cornell, who went on to design several of the university's buildings. The B&B has 9 rooms with carved chestnut woodwork, stained glass and fireplaces. Breakfast is made daily with local ingredients. It sits at the edge of downtown, a short walk from the Commons.

Designed in 1880 by William Henry Miller, Cornell's first architecture graduate. Nine rooms with carved chestnut and stained glass. A short walk to Ithaca Commons.

Watkins Glen · Hotel

A 107-room hotel at the southern tip of Seneca Lake, next to Glen Harbor Marina, where many rooms have private balconies facing the lake. Blue Pointe Grille and Coldwater Bar are on site, with outdoor seating on The Patio around a firepit. There is an indoor pool and a hot tub. Watkins Glen State Park, with its gorge trail and 19 waterfalls, is within walking distance.

Hammondsport · B&B

Six rooms in the T.M. Younglove Octagon House, an 1859 Italianate stucco-and-stone building on the National Register of Historic Places and a well-preserved example of the mid-19th-century octagon-house movement. It sits on 3 acres in Hammondsport with an on-site spa. Full English and Irish breakfast is included, with vegan and gluten-free options. Keuka Lake wineries are a short drive.

Watkins Glen · B&B

An 1892 Victorian mansion on 2.5 acres overlooking Seneca Lake in Watkins Glen. Fifteen rooms, including a turret room, plus sunrooms and a grand staircase. Breakfast is included and uses seasonal local ingredients. Downtown, the Watkins Glen State Park gorge trail and Watkins Glen International are all a short walk. EV charging on site.

Ithaca · Inn

A 10-room inn in Ithaca's former Mayor's Mansion, which later served as the headquarters of Duncan Hines before standing vacant. Avi Smith spent four years restoring it and opened the Argos Inn in 2013, with LEED certification, geothermal heating and heated stone floors. Original works by Dalí and Miró hang alongside locally commissioned art. Bar Argos has a zinc bar and a patio hung with Moroccan lanterns.

Fayetteville · Inn

A 90-room hotel and conference center in Fayetteville, east of Syracuse, with every room furnished with pieces from Stickley, the Arts and Crafts furniture maker based in upstate New York. The Wood Grille and Tap House cooks over a 96-inch grill fired with maple from a local farm. Breakfast is included, and Green Lakes State Park is nearby.

Canandaigua · Hotel

A 124-room hotel on the north shore of Canandaigua Lake, 26 miles southeast of Rochester and a few minutes from downtown Canandaigua. Rose Tavern and the Sand Bar serve food and drinks, and the Library is a coffee shop and cocktail lounge. The Willowbrook Spa has cedar barrel saunas facing the lake, and there is a heated lakefront pool and hot tub. Boat rentals, captained cruises, kayaks and paddleboards are available.

Lodi · B&B

An 1885 Victorian on 2.7 acres along Route 414 in Lodi, on the east side of Seneca Lake, with a deck overlooking the water and a koi pond. The 5 rooms each have a sitting area, and one has a balcony. A full breakfast is included and served every morning, year-round. Vineyards surround the property.

Ithaca · Hotel

A 153-room teaching hotel on the Cornell campus in Ithaca, run with Cornell's School of Hotel Administration since the 1950s. More than 300 students work alongside the professional staff each year. TavernaBanfi is the main restaurant, with The Regent Lounge, in-room dining and a student-run restaurant as well. Renovated in 2010. Ithaca's gorges are close by.

Hammondsport · Inn

A 17-room inn on Keuka Lake in the village of Hammondsport, with more than 230 feet of lake frontage, a private boat launch and boat slips for rent. There is a fire pit at the water's edge and a gazebo, and the inn is open from early April to late October. The village square and tasting rooms are a short walk, and the Glenn H. Curtiss Museum is about a mile south.