I’ve been there many times—it’s my favorite place on the planet to visit—but I’ve never done an organized tour. If I’m there just for a weekend, I always try to:
- Catch a Broadway show.
- Eat at Ellen’s Stardust Diner (Times Square).
- Spend some time just walking in Manhattan with no particular place to go.
NY has an energy in the air that I’ve never felt anywhere else.
MM (in TX)
And you will still be energized long after you are back home.
Visit the Intrepid too.
thanks, I believe we will be staying in Manhatten.
I live here and love NYC.
If I were a vistor here is what i would see and these following are pretty close to each other. Start out EARLY!
1. City Hall - historic Site
Proceed to
2. 60 Centre Street - famous Court house scene from Law 7 Order and Godfather. Foley Square.
Proceed to
3. Brooklyn Bridge - right next to 60 Centre Street. You can walk half way on the foot path.
Proceed to:
4. WTC center site - which is about 6 blocks away. Its more built out now than 10 years ago obviously.
Go south to Battery Park
5. go on Statue of Libery trip but go EARLY! Gets crowded.
6. Take cab up west side to the Intrepid Museum. You only need an hour there.
7. Go on the Circle Line tour. Its a boat trip around manhattan. For 39.00 its worth it.
8. If you have time, go north to Grants tomb.
Save the Time Square, Madison Square Garden, Midtown stuff for the evening.
Central park is nice, but be careful at night. Its getting crazy lately.
I dont know how long you are staying, but the Bronx Zoo and Metopolitan Museaum of Art, museaum of Nat. History, are nice to go to.
Wall Street is what it is.
Don’t be afraid to ask questions, most peopel are firnedly.
Also, dont miss Grand Central Station.
I spent 4 weeks in NY once. Saw the parking lot and inside of a power plant in New Jersey across the river from the Statue of Liberty.
Does that count as a NYC tour? 8<)