Hot Glass & Cool Shopping in Corning

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Start your day by pampering yourself at a local spa.  Steuben Professional Massage Associates, The Spa, Touch of Style, Interludes and Four Feathers Massage provide a wide range of treatments from facials to therapeutic massages.

Now that you're relaxed, visit the Gaffer District, a top-three small cities arts destination.  You will find over 100 shops, outlets, galleries, museums, restaurants, hot glass studios and a collection of remarkably intact late 19th Century commercial architecture.  Enjoy fresh roasted coffee during your stroll down tree-lined Market Street and admire the artistic window displays.  Choose from many local restaurants, which offer everything from pub food to full course meals.  Chez Pat or 171 Cedar Culinary Arts invite you to prepare and taste your own sumptuous treats.

Plan to spend a full day touring the Corning Museum of Glass, which is dedicated to the art, history and science of glass.  After you’ve watched glass being shaped at the hot glass show and browsed the galleries to see what the world’s finest glass artists have created, roll up your sleeves, pick up a tool and make your own masterpiece.  The Studio and Hands-on Glass provide an opportunity to blow-your-own ornament, paperweight or sun-catcher.

Grab a picnic lunch and take a hike at Spencer Crest Nature Center, which has over seven miles of trails or visit the Planetarium at Corning Community College and travel to the stars through a family friendly multi-media presentation.

Balloons Over Corning, in nearby Painted Post, invites you to take a sunset adventure.  Make reservations at (607) 937-3910.  The Finger Lakes Region is famous for its award-winning wineries.  Visit nearby Watkins Glen and Hammondsport on the Keuka Lake Wine Trail.  Both are just 25 miles from Corning

With Corning's multitude of attractions and year-round events, you won’t be disappointed.  Plan your next getaway to the "Crystal City” today!