I am spending 2 weeks in New York and fancy going out of town somewhere for Thanksgiving. Any ideas?
Fancy something quaint and romantic but with enough to do for 4 days. Would prefer if it wasn't much more than 2 hours from NY city
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You could try someplace up north of the city. The Hudson Valley has beautiful, dramatic scenery and lots of quaint-looking towns.
You could find a bed-and-breakfast place in Westchester or Putnam County. Those are pretty places -- in fact they have spectacular scenery -- and upscale. You would need to rent a car. All along the river, there are pretty towns.
Over in Westchester, If you want to see how the richest of the rich lived in the early 20th century, with one of the most beautiful views on earth from the terrace by the house, you can visit Kykuit, the Rockefeller House and Gardens, now a museum in Westchester County. There's a fancy restaurant just a couple of years old called Blue Hill at Stone Barns that's in Westchester.
Beacon, which is on the east side of the river (north of Westchester), has Dia: Beacon, which is a museum of modern art (mostly sculpture) that opened in just the past couple of years. The town of Beacon has a couple of antique shops I used to like.
Cold Spring, on the same side of the river, is a pretty town. I used to go look at antiques there, too. There was a nice restaurant that was up near the top of the shopping area on Main Street; it was on the north side of the street and I can't recall its name.
The Storm King Sculpture Center, on the west side of the river, is fairly amazing. It's a huge piece of scenic land that's used entirely for display of sculptures that are enormous and really need broad sweeps of landscape to be displayed in. If you want a beautiful and rather scarily scenic drive, drive up Route 9W from down by here all the way to West Point.
The Thayer Hotel, up by West Point, is fancy and it's in one of the most scenic places on earth. Their website is http://www.thethayerhotel.com. There are tours of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
Also on the west side is the Gomez Mill House, which is interesting both for the man who built it in 1714, and for an artist who had his studio there in the early 20th century, and just because it's an amazingly beautiful place and now a museum. Its website is http://www.gomez.org.
Over on the east side further north: Up in Hyde Park which is close to Poughkeepsie is the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum which is really interesting -- it was the house he was born in and lived in almost all his life. The Culinary Institute of America, which has about four restaurants in it, is also in or near Hyde Park.
Up north of Poughkeepsie, by Rhinebeck, is a museum of antique airplanes -- the Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome. I'm serious, they have like hundreds of meticulously restored old biplanes from the WWI era, they have these rich daredevils' glamor planes from the 1920s and 1930s -- it's pretty cool.
If you're into Revolutionary War history, the Hudson Valley is where that happened -- it could be kind of cool to read up on some of that history before you go..Anyhow, it is certainly a place with plenty to do.I always take a pillow with me?
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Answers:
You could try someplace up north of the city. The Hudson Valley has beautiful, dramatic scenery and lots of quaint-looking towns.
You could find a bed-and-breakfast place in Westchester or Putnam County. Those are pretty places -- in fact they have spectacular scenery -- and upscale. You would need to rent a car. All along the river, there are pretty towns.
Over in Westchester, If you want to see how the richest of the rich lived in the early 20th century, with one of the most beautiful views on earth from the terrace by the house, you can visit Kykuit, the Rockefeller House and Gardens, now a museum in Westchester County. There's a fancy restaurant just a couple of years old called Blue Hill at Stone Barns that's in Westchester.
Beacon, which is on the east side of the river (north of Westchester), has Dia: Beacon, which is a museum of modern art (mostly sculpture) that opened in just the past couple of years. The town of Beacon has a couple of antique shops I used to like.
Cold Spring, on the same side of the river, is a pretty town. I used to go look at antiques there, too. There was a nice restaurant that was up near the top of the shopping area on Main Street; it was on the north side of the street and I can't recall its name.
The Storm King Sculpture Center, on the west side of the river, is fairly amazing. It's a huge piece of scenic land that's used entirely for display of sculptures that are enormous and really need broad sweeps of landscape to be displayed in. If you want a beautiful and rather scarily scenic drive, drive up Route 9W from down by here all the way to West Point.
The Thayer Hotel, up by West Point, is fancy and it's in one of the most scenic places on earth. Their website is http://www.thethayerhotel.com. There are tours of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
Also on the west side is the Gomez Mill House, which is interesting both for the man who built it in 1714, and for an artist who had his studio there in the early 20th century, and just because it's an amazingly beautiful place and now a museum. Its website is http://www.gomez.org.
Over on the east side further north: Up in Hyde Park which is close to Poughkeepsie is the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum which is really interesting -- it was the house he was born in and lived in almost all his life. The Culinary Institute of America, which has about four restaurants in it, is also in or near Hyde Park.
Up north of Poughkeepsie, by Rhinebeck, is a museum of antique airplanes -- the Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome. I'm serious, they have like hundreds of meticulously restored old biplanes from the WWI era, they have these rich daredevils' glamor planes from the 1920s and 1930s -- it's pretty cool.
If you're into Revolutionary War history, the Hudson Valley is where that happened -- it could be kind of cool to read up on some of that history before you go..Anyhow, it is certainly a place with plenty to do.