Myself and a friend are coming to New York at the end of September. I have a few things planned but wanted some expert advice before I actually book stuff. This is my planned itinerary. Our hotel is in the Broadway district by the way.
Friday - arrive by train around 5pm
Friday night - go to the Empire State Building Observatory for sunset. We fancy the 102nd floor. Is this better than the 86th floor? Or just higher?! Obviously can%26#39;t pre-book 102 which is a bit of a niggle. Will the queue be worth it?
Saturday morning - go to Battery Park for the Liberty Island/Ellis Island ferry. Get a monument pass for liberty from 10.45-1.45. then go on to Ellis Island. Do they do tours for Ellis and is it worth booking one or is it just as easy to do it on your own?
Saturday afternoon - Either visit Ground Zero or go on a tour of the UN building. Which would be easier in terms of proximity to Battery Park?
Saturday night - Booked tickets for the Producers
Sunday - open to suggestions. Fancy a mooch around Central Park at some point. Probably do a bit of sightseeing. Any places you would recommend?
Monday - shopping! Thinking about Woodbury Common. Is it worth it or can you get cheap gear just as easy in the city?
Tuesday morning - 3 hour harbour cruise - 10-1.
Tuesday afternoon - anything we missed (Central Park, Ground Zero, UN building) plus any other suggestions you may
Wednesday morning - on the train to Washington
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. We want to fit loads in,hit the ground running and basically be asleep on the train when we leave! Not like we can come back next week.
6 days itinerary - please comment
You don%26#39;t have any museums on your list - and there are spectacular ones in the City ... Metropolitan should not be missed, as well as Natural History, Moma, etc.
Ta. MMM!
6 days itinerary - please comment
Yeah, I remembered after I sent the post that we want to go to the met! Not too sure about the other museums you mentioned but will look into them now. Thanks for the tip.
Some comments:
Your hotel is ';in the Broadway district';? Where is that? There is no ';Broadway district'; in New York City. Broadway is a street that begins nearly at the southern tip of the island of Manhattan and runs for the full 12-mile length of it before crossing into the Bronx, where it keeps on going to the Yonkers border and beyond. Do you perhaps mean the area northo of Times Square, where the ';Broadway theaters'; are clustered?
Friday -- The difference at teh ESB is that you may go outside on the 86th floor, but not on the 102nd, from which you peer out through small windows. Frnakly, I would skip the ESB observation deck altogether, and instead go to the Top of the Rock -- much nicer, roomier, and no lines.
Saturday -- If you like lots of info about what you are seeing, with explanations of how things were done/used/etc., take the tour. If you don%26#39;t care about all that, see it on your own.
Sunday -- There is no reason you cannot do both of these on the same day. The WTC site is a ten minute walk from the Battery, but both of those are about three miles from the UN.
Monday -- I have never been to Woodbury Common in my life, and I don%26#39;t feel the loss. I was amazed when I first learned that people who come all the way to NYC from overseas would actually spend a whole day going to a run-of-the-mill outlet center like Woodbury Common instead of doing something more interesting.
If you are a fan of architecture, just stroll around midtown -- especially Rockefeller Center, and up Fifth Avenue to the park.
Downtown around Wall Street and the old part of the city is also worth exploring.
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