In the Heart of it All
The Fluno Center's downtown location places visitors only minutes away from entertainment, activities, and shopping. Nearby, State Street's pedestrian mall offers a variety of bookstores, ethnic restaurants, coffeehouses, pubs, specialty shops, and entertainment. Also nearby are five museums, theater and performing arts, and UW badger sporting events at the Kohl Center and Camp Randall Stadium.
University Resources for Visitors
Program participants also have access to the university's many resources, including its libraries and recreational facilities, such as tennis and racquetball courts, University Ridge Golf Course designed by Robert Trent Jones II, indoor swimming pool, and fully equipped gymnasiums.
Area Attractions
Built on the isthmus, Madison has 220 parks, more than 150 miles of bike and cross-country ski trails, and five area lakes for boating and fishing. Madison's many cultural and landmark attractions include:
- Wisconsin Historical Museum
- Wisconsin Veterans Museum
- Madison Children's Museum
- Chazen Museum of Art
- UW-Madison Geology Museum
- Overture Center for the Arts
- Orpheum Theatre
- Madison Museum of Contemporary Art
- Dane County Farmers Market
- Wisconsin State Capitol
- Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center
- Capitol City Trail
- Henry Vilas Zoo
- Allen Centennial Gardens
- James Madison Park
- Period Garden Park
- Brittingham Park
- Vilas Park
- UW Arboretum
Lake Monona and Lake Mendota also offer
ways to relax, from beautiful views to boat
tours and boat rentals.
Bike rentals are also readily available:
For more information on Madison attractions and events, please visit these sites or request
more information from the Greater Madison
Convention & Visitor Bureau.
- Isthmus | The Daily Page
- Greater Madison Convention & Visitor Bureau
- University of Wisconsin Visitor and
Information Programs - UW-Madison's Events Calendar
- Wisconsin Department of Tourism
Restaurants in the Area
The Greater Madison Convention and Visitor Bureau is an excellent resource for determining where you would like to dine in Madison.
First photograph couresty of Jeff Miller, second and third photographs courtesy of Michael Forster Rothbart,
fourth photograph courtesy of Jeff Miller, fifth photograph courtesy of Bryce Richter, sixth and seventh photos courtesy of Michael Forster Rothbart, eighth photograph courtesy of Bryce Richter;
all courtesy of UW-Madison University Communications.