Ithaca As Your Green Vacation Spot

With the various local eco-friendly lodging choices, restaurants, and activities, you are sure to find that it will fit your green desires and give you a chance to relax and recharge from your normal, hectic life. You'll also learn more about what an eco-friendly city looks like.

Choose among lodging types ranging from Bed and Breakfasts to spas, you have a few choices of green hotels to call home while on vacation or business.

Reasonably, there are several dining establishments where you can find sustainable foods. The Moosewood Restaurant is world famous for its vegetarian cooking and has inspired many cookbooks, prepared foods, and more that use sustainable foods that are good for you and the environment. The Taverna Banfi has a variety of Tuscan delights that are based around the fresh local ingredients from the Finger Lakes region. For a cup of coffee or a snack check out Gimme Coffee that offers fair trade coffee and local, hormone-free milk; they use renewable energy.

Ludgate Farms is a family owned and operated farm and market. They offer local, organic produce, local cheeses and other dairy products, and other organic and natural grocery items. If you want to take home locally grown and made foods, and even crafted gift items, this is a great place for you to visit while in the area.

Another place to visit is Taughannock Falls. These falls are even higher than Niagara Falls and offer a jaw-dropping view that you will love. The natural sites found in and around Ithaca, including the many gorges and over 150 waterfalls, offer a wonderful way to spend a day, an afternoon, or a week. Delight at the many eco-friendly activities you can enjoy in the Ithaca area.

An interesting, off-the-beaten-path to visit is The EcoVillage at Ithaca. It is comprised of 60 homes in two neighborhoods that are dedicated to being eco-friendly. It can be a great way for you to learn more about being environmentally friendly.

Ithaca offers it all for you. Whether you want to just relax and shop or you want to be active, you will find that Ithaca offers it for you in a very green way. The Frog's Way B&B, Moosewood Restaurant, Taverna Cafe, Gimme Coffee, Ludgate Farms, EcoVillage at Ithaca, and Taughannock Falls -- and the many natural locations in and around the area-- give you the perfect green place for you to visit and enjoy. Green it up in Ithaca today.