The world has been beating a path to the Buffalo Niagara region since shortly after Father Louis Hennepin became the first European to describe the prodigious cadence of water that is the might Falls in 1678.

While French explorer Robert LaSalle is credited as the first white man to view the area in around 1628, it would be another 130 years before the first permanent French settlement was established.

More recently, beginning in the early 1980s, the city has undergone a renaissance as old, smoke stack industries have been replaced with financial and high technology firms. Additionally, the waterfront has been developed more wisely, with housing, businesses, restaurants and recreation replacing the steel mills and factories.

Passion for Greater Buffalos architecture, history, and culture on our sleeves, by spreading the word and growing the movement through tours, lectures, and presentations across Western New York to the general public, schools, and private groups.T he recently launched Open Air Bus Tours by The Campaign for Greater Buffalo History, Architecture and Culture runs several times daily throughout the city, with a variety of tours specializing in important cultural and historical aspects.

Whether its watching river otters romp in their way cool pool at the Buffalo Zoo, getting soaked yourself on a summertime excursion on a Whirlpool Jet Boat Tour or exploring the amazing collection of antique toys at the Toy Town Museum, fun is easily found for you and your family.

For an exhilarating ride into the Niagara River gorge try a Whirlpool Jet Boat tour. Its a 45 minute ride on the wild side for the whole family from May through October.

It has four very pronounced seasons summer winter spring and autumn.

Bars and nightclubs in Buffalo can stay open until late. Many bars in dont get going until sometime after midnight on weekends. There are a lot of strips and bars to choose from.

With thousands of hotel rooms in the area, as well as dozens of quaint country retreats and rustic bed and breakfasts, visitors to the region always have a number of options from which to choose. Be it deluxe downtown accommodations right in the middle of the urban action or a peaceful couple of nights spent in an inn overlooking the Niagara River, its all up to you.