The 19th-centurySonnenberg Gardens and MansionandGranger Homestead and Carriage Museumfeature period furnishings and knowledgeable docents.
Tickets for both manses are $15.
Granger hosts a German-style Christmas market (Nov. 8-10 this year) with food vendors and artisans.
Through October, take a narrated cruise of Canandaigua Lake on the Canandaigua Lady paddle wheeler.
Pasta with wine pairings is a reasonable $30.
Genevas Microtel Inn and Suites has fall rates with breakfast starting under $70.
Hug the lakeshore heading south on Route 14 (known as winery row) toWatkins Glen State Park.
Hike the popular Gorge Trail, passing 19 waterfalls in two miles.
The park is perfect for leaf-peeping.
If you have $57 to spend, take a three-hour outing withIthaca Is Foodies Culinary Tours.
Cant-miss sights include the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, in a striking building designed by I.M.
Stop to take a short walk to a waterfall higher than Niagara atTaughannock (Tuh-GA-nick) Falls State Park.
Then drive back to Rochester to explore the Erie Canal outpost or return home.
