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Also known as: Ithaca is Gorges
Ithaca is a highly progressive, academically renowned research metropolis positioned flatly at the southern tip of the Cayuga Lake within the geologically distinct Finger Lakes region. Founded in 1888 and poetically nicknamed 'Chimes' or 'Gorges,' the city's destiny became permanently anchored by the establishment of Ivy League titan Cornell University and Ithaca College. Ithaca thrives as a bustling technological hub, seamlessly merging energetic Ivy League collegiate culture with international agronomy laboratories and cutting-edge biotechnology institutes.
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Suggested stay: 2–3 days
Stroll through the hallowed gothic-style academic squares and climb McGraw Tower at Cornell University, hike past the soaring 215-foot drop of Taughannock Falls, and explore the trendy pedestrian Commons.
