Driving Tours
Looking for a day of fun and adventure?
Visit Buffalo Niagara has taken the guesswork out of planning your day's itinerary. Just pick one of our driving tours listed and head out on the highway.
You'll find history, mystery and beauty on the highways and byways of Western New York.
African American Heritage Tours
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City Of Good Neighbors: A Buffalo Day Trip The city of Buffalo offers its guests a mix of heritage, cultural and entertainment options. Begin your tour with breakfast at Mattie’s Restaurant, (1412 Fillmore Avenue). After breakfast, proceed south on Fillmore Avenue and turn right on North Hampton Street where you will arrive at the Buffalo Museum of Science (1020 Humboldt Parkway). For more than 140 years, the Buffalo Museum of Science has provided learning experiences for its visitors by showcasing scientific collections and national traveling exhibits. ... more |
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Follow The North Star: A Day Trip To Canada Start your day with breakfast at EM Tea Coffee Cup Café (80 Oakgrove Avenue), then onward to the Peace Bridge and Canada. Follow East Delavan to Main Street. Go right onto Main until you reach Humboldt Parkway. Take a left and merge onto Route 198/Scajaquada Expressway. Follow the 198 to the New York State Thruway/I-190 South. Follow the signs to the Peace Bridge. After a toll and Customs check, make an immediate right onto Goderich Street and go two blocks to Queen Street. Turn right and proceed three blocks to the Niagara Parkway, one of the world’s great scenic drives. Stop at Mahoney Dolls House Gallery (657 Niagara Boulevard). Its basement is said to have a tunnel used by the Underground Railroad for smuggling slaves escaping from the United States. ... more |
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Follow The North Star: A Day Trip To Canada Start your day with breakfast at EM Tea Coffee Cup Café (80 Oakgrove Avenue), then onward to the Peace Bridge and Canada. Follow East Delavan to Main Street. Go right onto Main until you reach Humboldt Parkway. Take a left and merge onto Route 198/Scajaquada Expressway. Follow the 198 to the New York State Thruway/I-190 South. Follow the signs to the Peace Bridge. After a toll and Customs check, make an immediate right onto Goderich Street and go two blocks to Queen Street. Turn right and proceed three blocks to the Niagara Parkway, one of the world’s great scenic drives. Stop at Mahoney Dolls House Gallery (657 Niagara Boulevard). Its basement is said to have a tunnel used by the Underground Railroad for smuggling slaves escaping from the United States. ... more |
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Queen City Of The Lakes: A Buffalo Day II Start the day off with breakfast at Gigi’s Restaurant (257 E. Ferry Street). After a soulful feast, go west on Ferry Street until you arrive at Broderick Park. Slaves gathered here to cross the Niagara River to freedom in Canada. ... more |
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You’ll Fall For The Falls: Niagara Lewiston Itinerary III After breakfast at the Towne Restaurant (186 Allen Street) you’ll be ready for a day of fun in Niagara Falls. Start on Allen Street and turn left on Elmwood Avenue. Turn right onto Church Street and immediately onto the New York State Thruway/I-190 North towards Niagara Falls. Proceed to the Robert Moses Parkway North/Buffalo Ave. Exit. Continue towards Niagara Reservation State Park entrance. Proceed to the Visitor Center and purchase tickets to one of the world’s great tourist attractions, the Maid of the Mist. This world famous cruise will take you to the very heart of the thundering Horseshoe Falls. It’s a fantastic journey through crashing water and alongside massive rocks. ... more |
Heritage and Family Tours
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Built To Last: Buffalo Architecture Tour Buffalo is an internationally renowned city of architecture treasures. In fact, Buffalo is one of only two cities that can boast of buildings designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, Louis Sullivan, and H.H. Richardson, the architects commonly considered America's greatest, and a parks and parkway system designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, the father of American landscape architecture. ... more |
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Gateway To The West: An Erie Canal Tour Start from the six-acre Buffalo & Erie County Naval & Military Park on Buffalo's waterfront, site of the original terminus of the Erie Canal. ... more |
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Here Comes The Fun: A Tour For Families Start your day at the Buffalo Zoo, (300 Parkside Avenue, North Buffalo) 23 acres of exotic and domestic animals, including a thriving gorilla troop, Indian rhinoceros, Asian elephants and the interactive World of Wildlife Center. During the summer months, Zoo guests have the opportunity for interactive fun at the Giraffe Feeding Station, WILD Place, M&T Bank Rainforest Falls and Lorikeet Landing. ... more |
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History, Mystery & Beauty: Buffalo Niagara Heritage Trail North From downtown Buffalo go north on the I-190 and proceed to the Peace Bridge exit. Cross the Peace Bridge to Fort Erie, Ontario. After clearing Customs, turn right onto Goderich Street and go two blocks to Queen Street, turn right and proceed three blocks to the Niagara Parkway, one of the world’s great scenic drives. Take a left on the Parkway and head north towards Niagara Falls. ... more |
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History, Mystery & Beauty: Buffalo Niagara Heritage Trail South Begin your trip at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery at 1285 Elmwood Avenue in Buffalo. The Albright-Knox has been called “one of the world’s top international surveys of modern and contemporary painting and sculpture.” ... more |
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Niagara River Magic Tour Travel to Niagara Falls from Main and Chippewa in Downtown Buffalo heading west on Chippewa, which becomes Georgia Street. Turn right onto Niagara Street and get onto the New York State Thruway at Niagara and Virginia Streets. Head north on the I-190 to the Robert Moses Parkway (exit 21) for approximately 15 miles toward the Niagara Reservation State Park . Head north and follow the signs to the State Park where you will begin your tour. ... more |
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War of 1812 Tour Sites for this historic tour are found on both the Canadian and American sides of the border. Because you will be traveling across an international border make sure you have proof of citizenship. ... more |
