Top Syracuse Day Trips

Just two hours from Buffalo or five hours from NYC, Seneca Lake is the crown jewel of New York’s Finger Lakes—it’s also an American Viticultural Area, with 27 wineries dotting its shores. On this tasting tour, you’ll get to visit four of the best vineyards, sampling Rieslings and beyond, taking in the views, and most importantly: letting your personal driver take care of your trip.

Experience the beauty of Seneca Lake with a private, customizable tasting tour designed just for your group of up to 4 guests. Select any combination of 4 wineries, breweries, or distilleries—or let a local FLX Chauffeur guide craft the perfect route for you from a curated list of standout venues. Travel in comfort with door-to-door pickup from Geneva, Watkins Glen, Penn Yan, or surrounding towns. Your ride is a clean, air-conditioned SUV stocked with complimentary bottled water to keep you refreshed between stops. Unlike standard per-person pricing, this tour is offered at an exceptional flat group rate—a high-value alternative for those seeking a more personal, crowd-free experience. No buses. No strangers. Just you and your crew, sipping and savoring at your own pace in one of New York’s most scenic wine regions. FLX Chauffeur – I’ll Drive. You Unwind.

Though mostly nanobreweries and microbreweries, New York’s Finger Lakes region is all a buzz in the country’s craft beer scene. On this guided tour, you’ll leave those designated-driving woes behind and explore Seneca and Keuka Lake, stopping for tastings at four local hop farms and breweries. From one-off batches to private “hopyards,” you’ll see and taste what the Finger Lakes scene is all about.

Drive Seneca Lake yourself, with a GPS audio guide that plays automatically as you go. Your booking unlocks the whole lake in the free Wine Trails app: pick your date and starting point, Watkins Glen or Geneva, choose the wineries you want from the 42 mapped along Route 14 and Route 414, and the app builds your personal route with turn-by-turn narration. Narrated stories cover the people behind the tasting rooms: Konstantin Frank and Hermann Wiemer, who proved European vines could survive these winters, the four growers who opened Glenora in 1977, the Fulkersons on land their family has farmed since 1805, the castle at Belhurst, the salt beneath the lake and the Seneca Drums. No group, no schedule, no guide; stop for lunch in Hector or a walk through the Watkins Glen gorge, replay anything, and the audio keeps working when the signal drops between the vineyards, because everything downloads offline. You'll need a car and a designated driver; tastings are paid at each winery.