Rochester Forum: Kid friendly hotel walking distance or near scenic sites

Good question! :-) We are not 100% sure but our trip is in Oct so we would love to check out the fall leaves. I'm thinking part of the trip, we'll spend downtown. The other part of the trip near Lake Ontario and the apple orchards. Might go to Letchworth for the art festival but not 100% sure yet. It would just be nice to be in a hotel that was walking distance to cute places especially for breakfast. If that's not possible, it would be nice to by scenic beauty such as the lake. Is that asking for too much in Rochester? :-)

Rochester is kind of weird. There's plenty to do, but nothing is next to each other. And downtown is really quiet on the weekend unless there's a festival. I mean, you can look at the Hyatt or Radisson, they're walking distance to Corn Hill Landing & Dinosaur BBQ. That's downtown.

Renaissance Del Monte in Fairport is right next to the canal, across the street from Schoen Place, which has places like Simply Crepe and Aladdin's.

Everything is really accessible if you have a car though, so I would definitely suggest renting one.

Check out the Strong National Museum of Play, it's a lot of fun for kids & grown-ups alike :)

I'm just having trouble with the kid-friendly part of the hotel requirement, I don't have kids, so I don't know what makes a hotel kid-friendly! The hotels in the area also tend to be grouped in different areas, there's downtown, Henrietta (which by malls, doesn't sound like what you want...also by the colleges), Victor (again, malls...not really what you're looking for), and Greece (by the lake, but again, another shopping area.)

You don't want to stay "downtown" - and there's nothing to do downtown, except the National Museum of Play, and you can easily just drive to that.

The apple orchards are, of course, outside of town, out in the suburbs and farms. Some of the farms have "maize" mazes that kids might like, along with various other activities. Powers Farm Market sets up a big tent for October with pumpkins, etc. Schutt's farm has apple cider and apples - not sure whether they offer tours of apple fields or not.

The Delmonte Hotel mentioned by another poster is actually in Pittsford, which is a cute little town, as is Fairport. Not sure that hotel is particularly "kid-friendly", as it's pretty upscale. Both Pittsford and Fairport are right on the canal and will likely have family activities in the Fall. You can take boat rides on the canal, walk/bike along the canal path, etc.

You will definitely need a car to get around in Rochester. The type of sights you mention are not centrally located and are not in Rochester itself.

Other activities you might be interested in: Rochester Museum and Science Center; Genesee Country Village; WIndmill Farm market [Saturdays only, and it's about 1.5 hrs from Rochester, near Penn Yan, in the beautiful Finger Lakes].

I would guess that you could find more suggestions by doing a search on "Rochester tourism" or something similar.

Thanks for clarifying the location on the Delmonte. I always forget if that area is Pittsford or Fairport...I should remember!

And yeah, it's pretty upscale, but I was thinking the surrounding area sounded like it might be what the OP wanted.

Just my 2 cents .Pittsford only a mere 20 min from the city of Rochester is a very nice quaint town with lots to see and do.

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