10 days in New York: Quick Guide
Finally, after a long time, I add a practical guide, using the information that I recovered my first time I went to the Big Apple, browsing guides and consulting various forums.
Along with the practical instructions on how to divide the 10 days of the trip, I've also included the relative Google Map, where they are inserted all the places listed.
each “day” has a different color, then each color in the map corresponds to a different day.
Along with the quick start guide and the map, you can find the photos in the website gallery, A this address.
To optimize the time to maximum, I decided to divide the city into zones, so do not spend too much time on the subway (which also adore!).
To move to New York you MUST make a bus pass. Taxis are also cool and relatively cheap, but you can use them whenever mica. 🙂
Council to buy a weekly metrocard (details on the website of the MTA) and individual tickets for the 3 days remaining.
It is recommended to stay in Manhattan, but personally, on other occasions, I also stayed in Brooklyn, near Prospect Park and, thanks to the efficiency of the underground, in less than half an hour I was in Manhattan.
'Nuff said! Needless to continue with useless ramblings, here is the route that I took the first time I went to 10 days in New York.
Regarding attractions that involve the purchase of the ticket (and, a New York, are many, but many… just think of the grueling code per salire sull’Empire State Building o sul Top of the Rock, rather than enter at MoMA), I suggest you do like me, skip the queues, save time, and buy tickets (o un City Pass) online.
Having also bought tickets to see the legendary Yankees (Major League Baseball), I took the opportunity to shoot a video during the presentation of the formations. Creepy, like the time when he sings the anthem!
First day:
Arrival in the evening, accommodation and fastest lap
Second day:
- Rockfeller Plaza
Midtown (green water balloons):
- Grand Army Plaza
- Apple Store Fifth Avenue
- Trump Tower
- Late Show with David Letterman
- Studio 54 Box Office
- Radio City Music Hall
- GE Building
- St Patrick’s Cathedral
- Times Square
- Waldorf Astoria New York Hotel
- Cable car to Roosevelt Island (queensboro bridge)
- New York Times Building
- New York Public Library/Bryant Park
- MetLife Building
- Chrysler Building
- Grand Central Station (mercoledì all’1pm free tours — Look for the Grand Central Oyster Bar)
- United Nations (Haiti Standing, an exhibit on the work of UN peacekeepers in Haiti + victims of the earthquake)
- Madison Square Garden
Day Three:
Village, Houston St (pins fucsia):
- 3 pm: Jovanotti@Central Park Mainstage (in this case there was Jovanotti, ma to Central Park, especially in summer, There are many free events!)
- St Marks Church in the Bowery
- Washington Square Park (Village)
- Sheridan Square Viewing Garden
- West 4th Street Courts (The Cage basket, Famous basketball courts)
- 75 Bedford St (the narrowest house in NY)
- Grove Court
- House of Friends / 90 Bedford St.
- 17 Grove St (The beautiful house at 17 Grove Street, built in 1822, is the largest wooden building still existing in the Village.)
- Canal Park Playhouse (nearby there is a pier with a beautiful view)
- SoHo
- Nolita
- Little Italy
- Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (the sab.ato after 17:45, pay as you wish)
Day Four (Sunday):
- 9:45AM: Messa Mother African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
- 12AM: The Merchant of Venice Al Pacino 1ago Public Theater’s Shakespeare in the Park subscribe to the lottery of the Public Theater and see if you win the show for the evening (http://www.publictheater.org/)
Upper West Side (pink balloons):
- Apollo Theater
- General Grant National Memorial
- Columbia University
- St John the Divine Cathedral
- Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum (10AM – 6pm)
- CITYPASS: Empire State Building
Day Five:
Islands (pins verdi):
- 10AM: Cruise Statue and Ellis Island
- Governors Island
Brooklyn (red balloons, may rent a bike with discount coupon):
- South Street Seaport & pier 17
- Empire Fulton Ferry State Park (attraversa Brooklyn Bridge)
- 50 Washington St (nice view of the Brooklyn Bridge)
- Brooklyn Heights & Promenade
- Brooklyn Borough Hall
Day Six:
Central Park (green balloons, may rent a bike):
- Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
- Columbus Circle
- Heckscher Ballfields
- Central Park Zoo
- Sheep Meadow
- Central Park – The mall
- Boathouse Cafe/Bethesda Fountain
- Bow Bridge
- Strawberry Fields
- Dakota Building (John Lennon)
- Belvedere Castle
- Swedish Cottage Marionette
- CITYPASS: American Museum of Natural History
- Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir
- 7:05pm: Partita NY Yankees (The ferries depart from Pier Street 11/Wall 90 minutes before the game with the guarantee to get so 30 minutes before the first pitch. Places are limited to 147 passengers and can be booked at the box office is the Water Taxi to 2 hours before the meeting or online on the site www.nywatertaxi.com for a fee of 1$ for the service)
Day Seven:
- 11:30AM: Tour the Federal Reserve (book a visit on the Internet)
- CITYPASS Circle Line Sightseeing Cruises 3h (10:00AM; 12:30pm; 2:00pm; 4:30pm)
Financial district (purple balloons):
- TriBeCa
- Manhattan Borough President
- New York City Hall
- Woolworth Building
- Ground Zero
- Trinity Church (Search the tomb of James Mason Leeson with codes inscribed)
- Federal Hall National Memorial
- New York Stock Exchange
- Charging Bull (Pallet torri gemelle e bowling greenk park)
Day Eight:
CITYPASS: Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) (we start from the first floor to the first room we careful Starry Night by Van Gogh… however! I would start with a bang! Around the halls ecstatic, really seems to get into an encyclopedia of art… The Dance by Matisse, The Demoiselle d'Avignon Picasso di, Renoir, Modigliani… Although I waited anxiously waiting to Dali soft watches (The Persistence of Memory), my favorite artist…)
Chelsea, Flatiron District (Yellow balloons):
- Jefferson Market Library
- Gramercy Park
- Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace (ingresso free)
- Flatiron Building
- 15 Madison Square Park North
- Chelsea Market
- Hotel Chelsea
- High Line Elevated Park (Subway
- The / A / C / E to 14th Street & 8th Avenue
- C / E to 23rd Street & 8th Avenue
- 1 / 2 / 3 to 14th Street & 7th Avenue
- 1 to 18th Street & 7th Avenue
- 1 to 23rd Street & 7th Avenue)
CITYPASS: Rockefeller Plaza (Top of the rock) (pretzel all’uscita del top of the rock, auntie annie
take the cinnamon pretzels)
Day Nine:
CITYPASS: Metropolitan Museum of Art (Temple of Dendur — Paintings 1800-1900 and we welcome Renoir, the fantastic Van Gogh, Picasso, 3 Dali dizzying, other famous Modigliani, Warhol. On the roof there is a terrace, beautiful view and the food)
Staten Island, Coney Island, Prospect Park Brooklyn (pins teal):
- Staten Island, NY
- The New York Chinese Scholar’s Garden
- Coney Island (nathan’s hot dog)
- Prospect Park (The following places are in the park)
-Prospect Park Ballfields
-Bandshell/Harmony Playground
-Tennis House
-Nethermead
-Music Pagoda
-Lefferts Historic House (Dutch colony)
Tenth day:
Queens (Yellow pins):
- Forest Hills Gardens
- Flushing Meadow Park
- Shea Stadium
- Gantry Plaza State Park (opposite Manhattan, Take linea7 from Shea Stadium)
CONCERT: Celebrate Brooklyn @ Prospect Park Bandshell (da Gantry state plaza Take the G train from 21 St (From Alst) station heading to Brooklyn / Church Av à Get off at 7 Avenue – Park Slope)
GOOGLE MAP OF THE ROUTE, UNIFORM FOR SITES: link
I hope this quick guide will be useful to anyone who wants to travel to New York!
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