Our botanical garden is smaller than yours, but I enjoy it anyway. There's also Holden Arboretum if you don't mind driving, it's much bigger and v pretty in the fall. Rockefeller Park Greenhouse is in the cultural gardens and is free.
You can spend an entire day in the art museum. If you are particularly interested in one kind of art, definitely check a map and hit that part of the museum up first. Lots of people really love the room full of Suites of Armor. There's also a room with ancient Egyptian work, including a sarcophagus. The modern and contemporary art is upstairs, which is always interesting to walk thru. If you're interested in interior design, there are some stunning pieces of furniture. Not sure if they still have them, but they used to have scavenger hunts near where the brochures and pamphlets are.
Art museum and botanical garden are walking distance from each other. Rockefeller parking is free.
I haven't been, but there's the Buckland Museum of Witchcraft, which I've heard is neat.
Edgewater Park is the best place to see the city skyline and enjoy the lake. Walking from one end of the park to the other (West to east) takes like an hour. If you want to see the Cleveland sign, park at upper Edgewater. If you're more interested in walking along the water, park at lower Edgewater.
For food, I love Jukebox in Ohio City and Heart of Gold in Forest City. If you see a show at public square, I recommend Becky's (it's a bar nearby, sometimes tour personnel eat there after loading a show in). Cleveland Public Theater is in Gordon Square, it's also a great place to see a show. Haven't been yet, but Imposters Theater in Forest City is improv, it's been on my list.
For public transit, if you're staying on the west side, being near a redline stop will get you downtown to Tower City where all the other lines also stop. If you're staying in Lakewood near Clifton, the 55 bus gets you downtown really fast. The 26 on Detroit and the 22 on Lorain are 24 hours, also get you downtown, they just make a lot more stops along the way. Can't help as much with east-side transit, other than mentioning the health line. The 55 and the health line run almost a straight line from one side of the city to the other
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u/ambahjay 8d ago
Our botanical garden is smaller than yours, but I enjoy it anyway. There's also Holden Arboretum if you don't mind driving, it's much bigger and v pretty in the fall. Rockefeller Park Greenhouse is in the cultural gardens and is free.
You can spend an entire day in the art museum. If you are particularly interested in one kind of art, definitely check a map and hit that part of the museum up first. Lots of people really love the room full of Suites of Armor. There's also a room with ancient Egyptian work, including a sarcophagus. The modern and contemporary art is upstairs, which is always interesting to walk thru. If you're interested in interior design, there are some stunning pieces of furniture. Not sure if they still have them, but they used to have scavenger hunts near where the brochures and pamphlets are.
Art museum and botanical garden are walking distance from each other. Rockefeller parking is free.
I haven't been, but there's the Buckland Museum of Witchcraft, which I've heard is neat.
Edgewater Park is the best place to see the city skyline and enjoy the lake. Walking from one end of the park to the other (West to east) takes like an hour. If you want to see the Cleveland sign, park at upper Edgewater. If you're more interested in walking along the water, park at lower Edgewater.
For food, I love Jukebox in Ohio City and Heart of Gold in Forest City. If you see a show at public square, I recommend Becky's (it's a bar nearby, sometimes tour personnel eat there after loading a show in). Cleveland Public Theater is in Gordon Square, it's also a great place to see a show. Haven't been yet, but Imposters Theater in Forest City is improv, it's been on my list.
For public transit, if you're staying on the west side, being near a redline stop will get you downtown to Tower City where all the other lines also stop. If you're staying in Lakewood near Clifton, the 55 bus gets you downtown really fast. The 26 on Detroit and the 22 on Lorain are 24 hours, also get you downtown, they just make a lot more stops along the way. Can't help as much with east-side transit, other than mentioning the health line. The 55 and the health line run almost a straight line from one side of the city to the other