I have two months to spend in Cleveland.?

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Vulpster03

There really is a lot to see and explore. The metro area is just big enough to offer a lot of great things to see and do. Theater, museums, sports, parks, concerts, nightlife, dining. Cleveland isn't lacking any of these things. Cleveland is a very nice typical "American" city. New York, LA, Miami, Las Vegas aren't really very good examples of American cities. Cleveland on the other hand is a real city that is not touristy. Things to see and do are much cheaper, and there isn't very much traffic.

You might want to start out by taking a tour of the city on Lolly the Trolley. It is a little touristy of course, but they do a really good job orienting people with the city. Downtown and University Circle are the two main hubs of activity in the city. Outside of these two hubs there are number of attractive little neighborhood districts with a lot of character like Ohio City, Tremont, Little Italy, Shaker Square, Coventry Village, Cedar Fairmount, and Cedar Lee. There are also multiple rings of suburbs. Some like Shaker Heights, Bratenahl, Lakewood, Rocky River, and Cleveland Heights have beautiful stately old homes and are really fun to drive through. The core metropolitan area of Cleveland is surrounded by a fantastic ring of parks known as the Emerald Necklace. The newer suburbs have the best shopping. Crocker Park in Westlake, Beachwood Place and Legacy Village in Beachwood are the three best shopping centers. Day trips outside of the city and suburbs to places like the small towns of Chagrin Falls, Peninsula and Hudson draw people from all over. Cedar Point is a fantastic amusement park with a ton of roll coasters on a nice peninsula jutting out over Lake Erie. The Lake Erie Islands are a lot of fun; think of a northern version of the Floridia Keys.

Downtown on W.6th, St. Clair, and W.9th in the Warehouse District is a really nice and kind of trendy place to go to dinner and drinks. E.4th Street has the House of Blues, Pickwick and Frolic comedy club and restaurant, and Lola's- Cleveland's most famous and acclaimed restaurant by celebrity chef Michael Symon. Playhouse Square is the second largest theater district in the country and they offer many different types of performing arts events in beautiful theaters. The Cavs, Indians, and Browns stadiums are all located right downtown too.

University Circle is where all the museums and cultural institutions are located. It is a very pretty area too with a pristine lagoon and parks. Don't miss the Cleveland Museum of Art - its free and really good. Severance Hall where the Cleveland Orchestra plays is probably the most beautiful building I have ever seen, and the Cleveland Orchestra is regarded as the country's top 5. The Peter B. Lewis building is really cool and it was designed by Frank Gehry. Arabica Coffee House is really cool and located in a beautiful old house/mansion. The Cinematheque at the Institute of Art plays specialty and foreign films. Next to University Circle is Little Italy on Murray Hill and Mayfield roads; great restaurants and art galleries there.

Ohio City is one of my favorite neighborhoods. Really cool and uniquely Cleveland. It is just west of downtown on W.25th Street. The West Side Market is an old-world style market hall built in 1912. Cool place to people watch and pick up some really fresh foods. Get a falafel or a cup of coffee and sit up on the balcony or go to the cafe for lunch. At the market and in the neighborhood there are all different kinds of languages spoken and it is a very worldly place. The Great Lakes Brewing company is another fantastic place. Its Clevelands famous and award-winning microbrew. Great food, great beer, and great atmosphere. There are also other neat little bars, cafes and restaurants in the neighborhood too. I really like Lelolai on W.25th, a hispanic bakery and cafe where I can get some authentic food and practice my Spanish.

Tremont is a really up and coming neighborhood just south of Ohio City. Throughout the neighborhood there are some very cutting-edge restaurants and art galleries.They have a popular Artwalk there every month where you can browse the galleries and have some free food and drinks.

Coventry VIllage kind of serves the city's college students and resident hippies. It is like a small version of New York's Greenwich Village. Tommy's in Coventry is a great place to eat, and extremely popular. The Grog Shop is a great indie-rock venue and bar.

Shaker Square is an awesome place for dinner and movie. The Rapid train runs right through the center of a 1929 Georgian style square and gives it a lot of character. Great Hungarian, pizza, sushi, Brazilian, Mexican and American can all be savored on the square. The cinema there has been both fully restored to its orignal art decco splendor and refitted with modern seating, sound, and comforts.

I could go on some more, but there are too many to list. I have lived here my whole life and am still discovering everything.

darlene100568

I just moved from Cleveland Ohio.There is alot to see,like the flats has plenty of bars or night clubs with high rates of crime.Alot of people in Cleveland get their entertainment by sitting on their porch and wait for the next fight on the street to break out.Im sorry but living in Cleveland for 37 years I just can not find much in Cleveland to do that will not put your safety at risk.

Gary A

First of all get some Blood and Crips gear cuz them niggaz is crazy.You'll find plenty of stuff to do if u know where to look.
Good luck!

Xtal

Everyone else has told you about the far east side of Cleveland (in fact, they told you about stuff not close to Cleveland either!).

So, for the WEST SIDE, You should go to the Metro Parks in Rocky River. Also, go to Malley's (in Lakewood or North Olmstead) for some YUMMY Ice cream. If you can, drive all the way to Niagara Falls in Canada. It's like a 2 hour drive. Drive to Amish Country towards Ashland. There is Alice Coopers restaurant near the Indians Stadium.

So, in Cleveland, there are many places to eat, & plenty of parks to walk in. Thats about it. Cleveland is like in the midle of everywere else. So you can drive to Chicago in like 2 hours, or Detroit, or Columbus.

Jake

The metro parks are cool in the fall.also known as the emerald
necklace.It starts in rocky river Ohio,runs south and curves between Cleveland & Akron and heads north to the far eastside
of the Clevelane area.Bike riding nature trail horse back riding
fishing and alot to see and do.Like in the cuyahoga valley there is a train ride that is a must in the fall.This one of many great things in the Cleveland area.after you see it you will agree that Cleveland
area is the best location in the nation.Its a great secret hope you get a chance to see it.

Kendall M

Lots cleveland is great.

The cleveland indians
the cleveland brown (the won today!)
The Cleveland Cavs (if you here for that time)

The football hall of fame is an hour drive in canton ohio.
The flats
Metro parks
Cuyahoga national park (especially in the fall) (spend a hole day hiking/ site seeing here)
Brandywine/boston mills ski resort
The zoo
Legacy Village
Chagrin Rd.
Little Italy (You hafta go to anthony's and try the cake batter gelato!!)
Hard rock cafe
The flats
Stan Hywett hall in in akron
Beachwood has amazing shopping

littlebit17

The science center is very nice, go to a browns game, a concert, the history museum, Dave and Busters, Tower City shopping. Go to west 6th or the flats and get blitzed. You have to eat at New York Spaghetti House on E.9--get the fettuccine...yummy! For some good store bought unique foods go to the westside market. Visit the website below. There are many things to do. There are also some great parks in Lake county. Oh, and amish people and yummy cheese is in Middlefield.

Coyote

Rock hall sucks. dont waste your money.
tower city has some good shopping
legacy village in beechwood is better for mall shopping. they have a cheesecake factory too.
Science center is cool.
Cedar Point.
The Cleveland Metroparks Zoo Is awesome.....2nd best in the country.
The cuyahoga valley national recreation area.
great place to go on a lovely fall day. historical and fun peaceful too. good for hiking biking walking whatever.
stan hewett hall in akron is along the scenic route through the cuy valley youll see signs. this really is a great place to go in the fall.

Hyde park steak house. 101 w prospect

Harrys steak house on rt 21 breacksville rd. in independence

fat fish blue downtown good cajun/creole food and great blues.

house of blues.

pier w in lakewood make reservations.

the harp on detroit rd...good irish place fair prices and an irish bar.

Mama santas in little italy get thier pizza the bakerys here are good too but can be a bit pricey for what you get.

check out coventry village ....good shops.
think coffee shops and record places.

but seriously go to the zoo its really good ...its really the only decent thing we have here so enjoy it while you can.

cedar point is always good and its halloweekends right now so its pretty cool they have a website that usually has some coupons.

try to enjoy your stay here it will be over soon

oh if you get a chance go to a browns game cleveland fans ROCK we are an entirely different breed of sports fan you wont regret it.
sit in the dog pound and whatever you do ....WHERE ORANGE

stay away from the hard rock here it sucks everytime ive gone its been over cooked and dry atlantas is better.
and to the gal who said niagra falls is 2 hours...its more like 4 1/2 windsor canada is about 3 if you want to drive that far windsor is good visit tony pacos up in toledo before you cross over into michigan.
then youve got middlefield cheese out in ...well, middlefield. take 422 east past ladue youll find it.
ladue is a resivoir good for some bass fishing. its amish country out there so watch out for buggies and horse droppings.

and chicago is about an 8 hour drive from here provided you dont get stuck in construction.

I went to Cleveland last year, after you check out all the big city stuff. Go to the small towns like East lake and Willoughby. Drive through Amish country, they have a cheese factory about 45 min from east lake, ( i forgot the name of the town) .Little Italy is fun too! Ask the locals, they can tell you some places to go thats not so touristy. And hey if you notice a street named Patt Court in Willoughby, thats named after my family. ( Just thought I would throw that out there) ...lol. Have fun!

Also check out Squire's Castle, its located in the Metroparks. Take I-90 to Route 91 (Willoughby Exit) to Chardon Road (Route 6) to Chagrin River Road. The castle is on the right-hand side.
Its pretty cool! Nice scenery, I went about this time last year and it was beautiful!

Cassie T

www.cleveland.com

Gives you tons of nightlife and site seeing ideas!

on the wagon

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naughty_mattress_monkey

The Flats are fun, ton of restaurants there. Little Italy is awesome!! Detroit is not too far if you want to hit the MGM to gamble. About a 2 hour drive from Cleveland via the turnpike to 75 North. Football Hall of fame is in Canton, straight down 77 South. There is a restaurant right across from the museum called Maorca's(not sure of spelling)...great wine!!!

fxbeto

Unfortunately Cleveland is prety boring ,,,not much to see..its all in the downtown area...The waterfront clubs are cool on the strip...also the Indians stadium and there is the Hard Rock Cafe too but other than that your not gonna see much else...you could also visit a Browns game if you love football and if its the time do the halloween jumping to haunted houses etc...

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