Ithaca

Named after Ithaca in Greece, New York’s Ithaca is home to Cornell University and is situated on the southern shore of Cayuga Lake in Central New York. It is bordered by steep hills on all sides from which the waterfalls which characterise the region pour down. It is a city that boasts a high standard of living for its residents, is at the forefront of vegetarian cuisine and was selected by Mother Earth News as one of the “12 Great Places You’ve Never Heard Of”. Ithaca hosts farmers markets, theatres and orchestral recitals and celebrates the arts with the Ithaca Festival, the Circus Eccentrithaca and the Constance Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts. Ithaca is a place known for its sense of community, peaceful leanings and resident musical scene.

Ithaca has its own airport – Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport – which is about three miles north east of the city centre. It is easily accessible by road with little congestion on its many regional two lane state highways that run in and out of the city.

The National Car Rental branch in Ithaca is located downtown on West State Street.