If fall had an official runway, the Hudson Valley would be strutting down it in full foliage couture. Priceline just dropped its list of the top 10 leaf-peeping destinations for 2025 and Hudson Valley snagged the crown as the most searched autumn getaway. Move over Bucks County, Pennsylvania (last year's champ): New York's backyard just stole the spotlight. So why does Hudson Valley have travelers swooning like it's the pumpkin spice latte of destinations?
"One of my favorite getaway recommendations from New York City is Hudson, New York in the Hudson Valley," Victor Rivera, the general manager of LUMA Hotel Times Square, shared with Travel + Leisure. "It's only about a two-hour train ride from Penn Station on Amtrak, and the views of the Hudson River along the way already help you transition into a completely different pace of life."
For travelers arriving in New York City, the Hudson Yards stop delivers seamless access to major West Side destinations, including the revitalized Hudson River Park, The High Line, Vessel, Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, Madison Square Garden, and Chelsea. For New Yorkers heading out of the city, the new stop provides easy weekend departures to Hudson Valley destinations such as New Paltz, Rosendale, Kingston, Woodstock, and Phoenicia - without traveling through the Port Authority.
Ten years later, Hunter Mountain's TAP-NY festival had so many breweries in attendance that it stretched through all of the interior space of the lodges, the outside areas of the resort and up into temporary tents erected on the mountain.
When I was applying at colleges after high school, I knew that I wanted to pursue a career in Communications and Broadcasting. Thankfully, I accomplished this and I'm thankful for all of the great options within New York state.
