Visiting UW, what should i see?

Descartesz
Mon, 23 Apr 2012 15:01:43 +0000

Plan on 2.5 hours for the info session and tour. UW’s walking tour, about 1.5 hours, is the longest tour I’ve been on during a planned visit but very pleasant if the weather is nice. I suspect by the time you catch a bus and get to campus you won’t have a lot of time before the start of the info session, so probably lunch at Union South would the best plan. If you have a little extra time before hand I suggest a short walk around the engineering campus and Camp Randall, both of which are nearby the Union.

Afterwards you could head out from Union South to Babcock Hall and get ice cream at the [Dairy Store](Page Not Found - University of Wisconsin KnowledgeBase). Make your way from Babcock to the the Lakeshore Dorms and, eventually, the [Lakeshore Path](http://lakeshorepreserve.wisc.edu/visit/lakeshorepath.htm) , which you won’t see on tour. Take the path back to Memorial Union and the Terrace and hang out there for a while. This would be good time to visit the U Bookstore on the Library Mall, too. Then walk from the mall up State Street to the Capitol. Find an interesting restaurant along the way at which to eat.

If the tour doesn’t show you the view of Lake Mendota from Observatory Hill (they sometimes don’t even though they walk nearby as they travel near Elizabeth Waters dorm) it is worth taking the time to see on a clear day.