Travel Guide for New York City
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General Information for the Traveler
Important information for travelers in New York: recommended time for visiting the city, duration of stay, means of transport, orientation in the city, and weather can be found in the article General information for the traveler in New York.
Recommendations for family attractions in New York in the article: New York for families.
♦ Recommended Hotels in New York:
In central Manhattan:
San Carlos Hotel New York A 4-star hotel with family suites, kitchenette, dining area, and spacious rooms. Includes continental breakfast (kosher available). In the hotel's vicinity, there are additional kosher restaurants. Free internet.
A 3-star hotel, rooms for 2-6 guests, includes free breakfast and internet. Refrigerator, work desk. Located a 5-minute walk from the Empire State Building.
Hotel Belleclaire A 4-star hotel, rooms and suites for 2-6 guests, located 3 blocks from Central Park. Free internet.
The New Yorker Hotel A 4-star hotel, rooms and suites for 2-6 guests, located 2 minutes' walk from Madison Square Garden. Free internet.
Renwick Hotel A 4-star hotel belonging to Hilton's Curio collection, rooms for 2-4 guests, located 3 minutes' walk from Grand Central Station. In each room: refrigerator, microwave, coffee maker, desk, safe, free internet.
TRYP by Wyndham Times Square South A 3-star hotel, rooms for families up to 8 people, located 5 minutes' walk from Penn Station.
In South Manhattan near Wall Street and Ground Zero:
A 4-star hotel, suitable for 2-5 guests, includes a full breakfast buffet in the price, suites have a kitchen, located near Ground Zero, gym, free internet.
Hotel search in Booking on the Manhattan area map:
Booking.com
Booking Guided Tours in New York
Today in New York, it is mandatory to book a place in advance for popular sites and tours; otherwise, at best, you will stand for hours in lines, or in the less pleasant case, no tickets will remain for you.
Booking from GetYourGuide.com:
♦ Popular Guided Tours in New York - To book from the Viator website:
Major Attractions in New York
Details on the following viewpoints and attractions are given in the article: Destinations, viewpoints, and attractions for the traveler in New York
Recommended Viewpoints over the City
♦ Empire State Building
♦ "Top of the Rock" TOP OF THE ROCK
♦ Statue of Liberty
♦ Brooklyn Bridge
♦ Roosevelt Island Tramway
Additional Attractions in the City
♦ Fifth Avenue
♦ Rockefeller Center
♦ Times Square
♦ South Street Seaport
♦ "Ground Zero" - site of the "Twin Towers" World Trade Center Site
♦ United Nations Headquarters (UN)
♦ Chinatown
♦ Lincoln Center
♦ Grand Central Terminal
♦ Trip to Wall Street where you will see the golden bull statue that became the symbol of the area - Charging Bull, also called Wall Street Bull
Entrance Tickets for Attractions and Museums in New York:
New York CityPass - New York City Pass is a combined entry ticket to six popular tourist sites in the city, including the Empire State Building, a cruise around Manhattan or to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island, and four museums. It is worthwhile for those planning to visit at least four of these attractions. The ticket can be used for 9 days from the day you visited the first attraction. There is also an option to purchase a ticket for only 3 attractions.
The ticket can be purchased directly from this site:
CityPASS - New York - 6 (or 3) great attractions in one ticket.
Museums in New York
Museum enthusiasts can spend many days among the many impressive museums in New York. The museums detailed below are the largest and most famous in the city and, most importantly, the most suitable for the whole family. Most are concentrated in the heart of Manhattan, at the center of the tourist area. In each of them, you can spend long hours.
Details on the following museums in the article: Museums in New York:
♦ American Museum of Natural History
♦ Ellis Island Immigration Museum
♦ Metropolitan Museum of Art
♦ Museum of Modern Art - MoMA
♦ Guggenheim Museum
♦ Whitney Museum of American Art
♦ The Cloisters, in North Manhattan (Fort Tryon Park),
♦ Frick Collection
♦ Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum
♦ Madame Tussauds Wax Museum
♦ Sony Wonder Technology Lab
♦ Children's Museums
♦ New York City Fire Museum
♦ New York Hall of Science
♦ New York Transit Museum
♦ American Museum of the Moving Image
♦ Queens Museum of Art - QMA
Parks and Zoos
Despite New York's density and many buildings, it has many "green lungs": expansive parks, zoos, botanical gardens, and playgrounds. 17% of its area is dedicated to parks and playgrounds. Details about them in the article: Parks and Zoos in New York:
♦ Central Park
♦ Battery Park
♦ Hudson River Park
♦ High Line Park
♦ New York Botanical Garden
♦ Brooklyn Botanic Gardens
♦ Brooklyn Botanic Gardens are adjacent to Prospect Park
♦ Flushing Meadows-Corona Park
♦ New York Aquarium
♦ Bronx Zoo
Theater and Entertainment Shows
New York has an abundance of plays and entertainment shows of all types and levels and is considered one of the most important theater centers in the world.
Details in the article: Theater and entertainment shows in New York.
Tickets for popular shows in New York from Viator:
Recommended site for purchasing tickets for shows, theater, and sports events in New York:
Sports in New York
New York is a paradise for sports enthusiasts. It has good and famous teams in all branches of sport.
Additional details in the article: Sports in New York.
Guided Tours in New York
Many companies organize guided tours throughout the city. If your time is short, it is recommended to join one of these tours surrounding the main sites in Manhattan. Children will especially love an English-style double-decker bus tour.
Details on a variety of tours in the article: Fascinating guided tours in Manhattan.
♦ Recommended food tours in New York to order from the Viator website:
Where to Eat
Thanks to New York's enormous ethnic diversity, it has restaurants of all types and kinds. It is considered the gastronomic capital of the USA and has more restaurants than any other city on the continent. Additional details in the article: Restaurants in New York.
Shopping
The selection of stores in New York is immense and the shopping options are many and varied. Read about this in the article: Shopping in New York.