New York - Places to Visit
Times Square
Visit Times Square, the brightest symbol of the city's renaissance. Check out all the new restaurants, billboards and stores, and buy a discounted ticket for that evening's performance of a hit Broadway show at the TKTS booth at Broadway and 47th Street.
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A ride to the 86th floor of the Empire State Building (350 Fifth Avenue at 34th Street, 001 212 736 3100) is a must. If you go late in the afternoon, you'll see the city by day and catch it all lit up for evening. Or linger after dinner on the observation deck, open until midnight.
top ↑Central Park
For a fun day, head to Central Park, stroll around the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir, visit the zoo, ice skate at Wollman Rink or join a bike group organised by Central Park Bicycle Tours.
top ↑Midtown on the East Side
On another day, spend the morning in Midtown on the East Side. Admire the Art Deco Chrysler Building and visit the United Nations. Take a free tour (Wednesdays) of the newly restored Grand Central Terminal and lunch in one of its new restaurants.
top ↑Fifth and Madison Avenues
Walk up Fifth or Madison Avenues from 59th to 72nd Streets. Fifth's magnificent buildings are home to some of the world's wealthiest people; Madison is lined with exclusive shops filled with wonderful treasures.
top ↑Insider's Hour Tour
Want to squeeze that new exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, a tour of Lincoln Center and a foray to the South Street Seaport into a single visit? Check out a summer or winter Insider's Hour tour, featuring 60-minute introductions to more than 50 of the city's top museums, performing arts centres, zoos and historical sites.
top ↑National Museum of the American Indian
Explore the largest collection in the world devoted to Native American history and culture at the National Museum of the American Indian.
top ↑Rockefeller Center
You can explore the majestic Art Deco masterpiece Rockefeller Center on a free, self-guided tour. Pick up maps in the main lobby at 30 Rockefeller Plaza.
top ↑Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Explore the beauty of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, free all day Tuesdays and from 10:00 a.m. to noon on Saturdays. In addition, the Staten Island Botanical Garden grounds are open from dawn until dusk at no charge. Entrance to the beautiful Queens Botanical Garden is free at all times.
top ↑The Socrates Sculpture Park
A free outdoor museum located on the East River in Long Island City, Queens, The Socrates Sculpture Park was a once-abandoned garbage dump turned vital community resource.
top ↑World Financial Center's Winter Garden
Enjoy concerts and dance performances under giant palm trees at the World Financial Center's Winter Garden, a stunning, glass-enclosed shopping and business complex on Lower Manhattan's waterfront. Free outdoor events are held throughout the summer.
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