New Rochelle, New York is a historically extraordinary Westchester city — founded by French Huguenot refugees in 1688, home to Thomas Paine — offering an spectacular Long Island Sound island park system and a vibrant downtown dining scene.
Glen Island Park is a genuine Sound island delivering beach swimming, boating, and grill pits that visitors call one of the most beautiful day-out parks in all of Westchester. Five Islands Park connects three barrier islands through wooded Sound-view trails.
For dining, Maria Restaurant is a Michelin-listed Italian gem serving divine spinach gnocchi and pork chop parmigiana that visitors wish they lived closer to enjoy more often.