A 10-minute walk from Skidmore puts you in the heart of a downtown brimming with galleries, clubs, shops (funky and major retail), coffeehouses and great restaurants. Legendary folk club Caffè Lena, where Bob Dylan, Arlo Guthrie and Ani DiFranco per- formed, is a local favorite. So is Esperanto, co-founded by a Skidmore professor.

Location? Boston, New York City and Montreal are approximately a three-hour car ride from campus. And the nearby Adirondacks, Berkshires and Green Mountains provide amazing recreational opportunities.

There’s history too: famed mineral waters, a Revolutionary War battlefield and the nation’s oldest and most beautiful thoroughbred racetrack. Culture? The Saratoga Performing Arts Center is summer home to the New York City Ballet and Philadelphia Orchestra and is a performing venue for top musicians such as Willie Nelson, Yo-Yo Ma and Dave Matthews.

"A perfect college town," Saratoga Springs is "extremely fun and accepting of college students," with "amazing restaurants" and plenty of shops. 

—Best Value Colleges, Princeton Review, 2013

Views of Saratoga

Saratoga through the years

Museums of Saratoga

Summer in Saratoga

Saratoga Arts and Entertainment

• Saratoga Race Course
• Saratoga Perfoming Arts Center
• Saratoga Spa State Park
• Saratoga County Arts Council
• Universal Preservation Hall
• Caffe Lena

Shopping, Dining, and Accomodations

• Saratoga Dining Experience
• Greater Saratoga Chamber of Commerce
• Convention and Tourism Bureau
• Saratoga Downtown Business Association
• Hotel Discounts for Alumni and Parents

Greater Capital District Information

• Adirondack Regional Chamber of Commerce
• Albany Symphony Orchestra
• The Egg
• Glens Falls Civic Center
• New York State Parks
• Proctor's Theater
• Times Union Center

Travel Guides and Information

• Saratoga Weather
• Saratoga Chamber of Commerce
• Saratoga County Community Guide
• I Love NY - Capital/Saratoga Guide
• Saratoga Guide from Adirondacks.com