Rochester has a lot to offer any age group planning a trip to the area. The history is great for children, food is great for the guys and the shopping is key for the girls! This metropolitan community is third largest in New York!

Rochester is part of a beautiful region ranked by Money magazine as one of the 10 "best places to vacation". Rochester is a mid-size city that keeps a "home-town" feel. Famous sites are around the corner from regular neighborhoods and villages. Museums are first rate and festivals are plentiful. Cruise, bike or hike on the original Erie Canal path visiting great restaurants, shops and quaint villages along the way.

Quick Facts!

Now nicknamed "the flower city" from its annual Lilac Festival, Rochester was once called "The Flour City" because flourmills along the Genesee River fueled the city's early economy.

The first automatically operated vending machine was produced in Rochester in 1897.

Seth Green, inventor of the fishing reel, was born in Rochester.

The Haloid Company was found in 1906, later named Xerox Corporation in 1961.

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