| Starting in June explore Ithaca’s top tourist destinations with the GO ITHACA team. The transportation demand management program offers free tours of some of the most scenic sites around Tompkins County all summer long. The best part is that you won’t have to use your vehicle to visit any of the locations.
“GO ITHACA’s mission is to get people out of their vehicles and use more efficient and greener modes of transportation for everything, including taking community tours. We want to show tourists when they come to Ithaca, New York, they can visit all the destinations without needing a vehicle. Our summer tours will get people biking, using transit, and walking around to visit spectacular and natural wonders in the Ithaca Community,” says Carrie Spanton, the tours’ guide.
The tours will be at 11:30 a.m. every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, June 4 through Aug. 14. Participants will visit various gorges, parks, and other outdoor attractions. Each tour originates from the Bernie Milton Pavilion on the Ithaca Commons pedestrian mall. Participants will then bus, bike, or walk to various tourist attractions including the picturesque Cascadilla Gorge and Taughannock Falls State Park.
Tour reservations aren’t required, you simply show up at the Bernie Milton Pavilion. For the biking tours, you can either bring your own bike and helmet or rent a bike. GO ITHACA has partnered with Boxy Bikes which offers e-bike or road bike rentals. GO ITHACA provides a $20 bike rental voucher for its bike tours, which is enough to cover a two-hour standard bike rental. Bike rental information is available on the GO ITHACA website. All of the tours are dependent on the weather, so you’ll want to keep an eye on the GO ITHACA Facebook or Instagram profile for tour cancellations.
GO ITHACA’s Summer Tours are made possible by Tompkins County Tourism Program Grant. For more information, visit goithaca.org/goithacahappenings. |
