Guidebook for Athens
Food Scene
A local favorite where you can sample some of the locally made ice cream flavors. My personal favorite isthe lavender.
Nothing beats their fresh baked walnut sour dough bread. They also have a full breakfast and lunch menu.
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Bonfiglio & Bread
44 2nd StNothing beats their fresh baked walnut sour dough bread. They also have a full breakfast and lunch menu.
A really good French Bistro. The bar is usually hopping, and they also serve brunch.
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Rive Gauche Bistro
7 2nd StA really good French Bistro. The bar is usually hopping, and they also serve brunch.
This place is straight down the hill, just 3 miles away in the Athens historic district, and right on the Hudson River with beautiful views. Their menu is casual yet upscale. They also have a lively bar with live music on the weekends and an indoor restaurant if the weather is not on your side for outdoor dinng.
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Stewart House
2 N Water StThis place is straight down the hill, just 3 miles away in the Athens historic district, and right on the Hudson River with beautiful views. Their menu is casual yet upscale. They also have a lively bar with live music on the weekends and an indoor restaurant if the weather is not on your side for outdoor dinng.
If you do find yourself in Hudson, give this adorabe country French bistro for breakfast, brunch or brunch.
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Le Gamin Country
609 Warren StIf you do find yourself in Hudson, give this adorabe country French bistro for breakfast, brunch or brunch.
Bittersweet Catskill
374 Main StSightseeing
Out in the middle of the Hudson River, it's a unique place to visit.
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Hudson Athens Lighthouse
Out in the middle of the Hudson River, it's a unique place to visit.
If hiking, swimming, kayaking are on your agenda, this is a great place. About half an hour away, it's a 1,100 acre park in Haines Falls.
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North-South Lake
If hiking, swimming, kayaking are on your agenda, this is a great place. About half an hour away, it's a 1,100 acre park in Haines Falls.
Sometimes known as 'Upstate's Downtown', Hudson NY is a cosmopolitan outpost in otherwise bucolic upstate NY. If you are looking for a thriving restaurant scene, a unique architectural tour, great antique shopping, or a world-class music venue, visit Hudson. Just across the river from here, it is a stone's throw yet a world apart.
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Hudson
Sometimes known as 'Upstate's Downtown', Hudson NY is a cosmopolitan outpost in otherwise bucolic upstate NY. If you are looking for a thriving restaurant scene, a unique architectural tour, great antique shopping, or a world-class music venue, visit Hudson. Just across the river from here, it is a stone's throw yet a world apart.
Just down the road apiece, Catskill is a lovely upstate small town with those quirky little shops and wonderful little shops you are looking for. Don't miss some of the new restaurants there either.
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Catskill
Just down the road apiece, Catskill is a lovely upstate small town with those quirky little shops and wonderful little shops you are looking for. Don't miss some of the new restaurants there either.
Arts & Culture
The home and workplace of father of the Hudson River school of painting.
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Thomas Cole National Historic Site
218 Spring StThe home and workplace of father of the Hudson River school of painting.
Frederic Church started the Hudson Valley School of Art and his home not only contains many historically significant pieces, ithe house and grounds themselves are works of art. It is reachable via car or trail that extends from Olana to the Thomas Cole house. The trail can be done on foot or bicycle and includes a ride or walk across the Rip Van Winkle bridge.
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Olana State Historic Site
Olana State Historic SiteFrederic Church started the Hudson Valley School of Art and his home not only contains many historically significant pieces, ithe house and grounds themselves are works of art. It is reachable via car or trail that extends from Olana to the Thomas Cole house. The trail can be done on foot or bicycle and includes a ride or walk across the Rip Van Winkle bridge.
Getting Around
If you reserve in advance, these folks will leave a car for you at the Hudson Train Station that you can pick up when you get off the train
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Enterprise Rent-A-Car
350 Fairview AvenueIf you reserve in advance, these folks will leave a car for you at the Hudson Train Station that you can pick up when you get off the train
Right next door to the Stewart House River Grill is the Athens town dock, and that is where the Hudson Ferry can pick you up for a beaufiful boatride across the Hudson River. The ride is short, but you will wish it was longer, and it is a beautiful alternative to driving into Hudson for dinner, shopping or sightseeing.
The ferry runs every Friday and Saturday evening from 5-10pm during the summer months.
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Hudson Cruises, Inc.
Right next door to the Stewart House River Grill is the Athens town dock, and that is where the Hudson Ferry can pick you up for a beaufiful boatride across the Hudson River. The ride is short, but you will wish it was longer, and it is a beautiful alternative to driving into Hudson for dinner, shopping or sightseeing.
The ferry runs every Friday and Saturday evening from 5-10pm during the summer months.