Romantic Getaways in the Finger Lakes

Geneva · Resort

A Romanesque Revival castle on Seneca Lake in Geneva, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Guests choose between the historic Castle, a newer inn building and private cottages. Edgar's Restaurant is in the Castle and Stonecutter's Tavern serves casual meals. The estate makes its own wine, plus beer and hard cider under the Mabel's label, and the Isabella Spa-Salon offers treatments.

A Romanesque Revival castle on Seneca Lake, listed on the National Register, with its own winery and brewery. Rooms in the Castle, a newer inn and cottages.

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.

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.

Bluff Point · Inn

Built in 1838 by John Nicholas Rose as a wedding gift for his bride, a 2.5-story Greek Revival mansion with four Ionic columns and 6,000 square feet on a bluff overlooking Keuka Lake. The property later operated as Chateau Esperanza Winery (1979), and reopened as lodging in 2003 as The Mansion at Keuka Lake. Twenty-nine rooms are split between the historic mansion (8 rooms) and a newer inn building (21 rooms).

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.

Skaneateles · B&B

A turn-of-the-century Colonial Revival farmhouse at 3061 West Lake Road, across from Skaneateles Lake. The 6 guest rooms have gas fireplaces, whirlpool tubs and enclosed porches, and look out over meadows, vineyards and the farm's barn and stables. A full country breakfast is included, and the village of Skaneateles is a short drive north.

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.

Skaneateles · Resort

A 34-room inn and spa at 851 West Genesee Street Road in Skaneateles, built in the style of a French country manor and modeled on Claude Monet's garden at Giverny, with water gardens and footbridges. The spa has mineral pools, steam rooms and a full treatment menu, and the Bistro serves French country food with seasonal ingredients. The village of Skaneateles, on the north shore of the lake, is a short drive.

Hector · Inn

A restaurant on Route 414 in Hector, on the east side of Seneca Lake, open since 1999, with a guest house of 4 units in a remodeled farmhouse next door. About 80% of the ingredients come from regional farms. The units range from an apartment with a full kitchen to a room with a balcony over the vineyards, and both the cafe and the guest house are open from early April to mid-November.

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 · Glamping

Canvas safari tents at the foot of South Hill in Ithaca, on the grounds of La Tourelle Inn and within walking distance of Buttermilk Falls State Park. Tents have king beds or two queens and private balconies. Standard tents have no electricity; light comes from kerosene lanterns, and guests gather at a communal fire pit.

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.

Ithaca · Inn

The former Rose Inn in Groton, rebuilt as the John Joseph Inn and Elizabeth Restaurant after a 2004 fire destroyed the original 1851 Italianate mansion. Chef-owner John Hamilton reopened in 2006 with 6 guest rooms and a restaurant that draws from local farms and changes its menu with the seasons. The mahogany spiral staircase, built by carpenter William Houser in 1922–24, partly survived the fire and was restored. The property sits on 10 acres, 20 miles from Ithaca.

Trumansburg · Inn

A Victorian inn inside Taughannock Falls State Park, overlooking Cayuga Lake and the trail to Taughannock Falls, a single drop of 215 feet. The inn's restaurant serves non-guests as well as overnight visitors. Trails and gorge views surround the property, and Ithaca is about 10 miles south. It is open year-round.