Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Tips To Remember When Going To New York City

By Yolanda Reyes


New York, New York - so good they named it twice - is one of the most fascinating, exciting and cultural cities in the world. You can find some of the world's greatest museums, shops and restaurants, as well as a spectacular skyline that's known the world over within the 20 square miles that comprise Manhattan.

You could spend a lifetime in New York without experiencing everything fully. If you are a first time visitor to New York, then some of the sights you need to see include Empire State Building - for many years the world's tallest building - the immigration museum at Ellis Island, the Statue of Liberty, Times Square and the United Nations Building.

One of the joys of visiting the city is simply to wander through the different and varied neighborhoods - Greenwich Village, Chinatown, the Theater District, Harlem and Little Italy. Having several attractions including the botanical gardens and the famous amusement park at Coney Island is the outlying borough of Brooklyn.

One of the biggest attractions is the city's diversity - in New York you can hear virtually any language spoken and dine in a different ethnic restaurant every night for a month. The borough of Queens, apart from Manhattan, is also well known for its wide selection of foreign restaurants.

Shopping in New York is equally satisfying, offering world class department stores with such famous names as Bergdorf Goodman and Bloomingdales. Street markets, designer boutiques and specialty stores are what you will find at the other end of the shopping spectrum.

New York has some of the greatest museums in the world - several conveniently located together at the edge of Central Park. The Metropolitan Museum of Art attracts more visitors than any other place in the city and offers everything from Egyptian mummies to 20th century masterpieces.

On the other hand the city has over 50 smaller but fascinating museums dedicated to such diverse subjects as firefighting, tenement living and the history of finance. Children are also remembered since there are several museums that are aimed at children as well as the ever popular Bronx Zoo with its more than 4,000 animals.

The remains of the World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan is considered as one of New York's biggest attractions since the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. More than a tourist attraction, to many it's a site of pilgrimage and a poignant reminder of the events of that day.




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