Our meeting planners will assist you in developing your guests' recreational opportunities during their stay at the Chautauqua Institution. On the Chautauqua Institution grounds you will find:

• Golf at the Chautauqua Golf Club (special group rates available)
• Tennis, basketball and volleyball courts (equipment available)
• Running and walking
• Biking and roller-blading
• Cross-country skiing
• Fitness Center with swimming pool
• Lawn bowling court
• Guided historic tours of Chautauqua's grounds
• Fishing — local guides and boat rentals available
• Chautauqua Bookstore
• Specialty antiques and gift shops
• Smith Memorial Library
• Chautauqua Institution Archives
• Boat launch area
• Horse-drawn sleigh and wagon rides
• Summer Wind boat cruises on Chautauqua Lake

Outside of our Gates

Our area of Chautauqua County is rich in history, natural beauty and unique rural character. Your meeting planner will be glad to assist you with group excursions to local attractions. Resource areas with information on the following are available at both Bellinger Hall and the Athenaeum Hotel should your guests with to venture out on their own:

• Amish shops
• Winery tours
• Antiques shopping
• Hiking the Chautauqua gorge
• Panama Rocks park
• The Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Center — Jamestown, N.Y.
• McClurg Museum — Westfield, N.Y.
• Jamestown Audubon Society guided tours
• Roger Tory Peterson Institute
• Crossroads Farm and Craft Market
• Downhill Skiing
• Chautauqua Belle steamboat
• Hot air balloon rides
• Adams Art Gallery
• Horseback riding