Always love walking the commons. This weekend they’re having a festival celebrating authors & etc. I would give 5 stars, only downfall is the mass of confusing one-way streets and dead ends surrounding the commons. (Some people are not great at navigating such streets, therefore I am factoring that in). Great place for a stroll & having a look about any day. Very expensive, however, as many stores have items by artisans that are hand-crafted. There are also a fair share of shops that claim their items are handmade pieces of art, yet they fail to remove the “made in China” stickers from the bottom 😅! I personally got swindled by a shop owner, they assured me that something was a certain product. $50 and no refunds later, and it is NOT what I asked for at all. This shop keep also had a thick accent until the transaction was over, suddenly their accent was completely gone and they sounded like any other typical “American city boy”. (Was sold Delta gummies @ a smoke shop called “Xscapes”, I was clearly stating what I wanted & what I received was NOT it!).

All in all, check your purchases & labels BEFORE buying (great advice for any purchase 🤦🏼‍♀️).

If you are near the commons, be sure to check out all of the local gorges and waterfalls! “Ithaca is gorges”, after all!

TL;DR: nice walk, nice views, clean, …expensive! Can become over-crowded certain weekends. (& Beware pushy buskers, one way streets, & cheats)! Lastly, this IS a college town. Hippies, artisans, students and like-minded folk flock the commons.