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5 days in NYC, what to see?
This is my first trip to NYC. I would like to try to see all of the things below if its possible, but have no idea how to group them together so that I use the 5 days efficiently. I have tried looking at maps etc, but its confusing me lol. If anyone has any suggestions, I greatly appreciate it!
Timesquare, rockefeller center, museums (MoMa and Guggenheim), central park, statue Of liberty and ferry, ellis island, china town, little italy, Chelsea market, World Trade center memorial and st pauls church across the street, st patricks cathedral, grand central station, Greenwich village, Soho, New York Stock Exchange, Wall Street, Empire State building or top of the rock (near rockefeller center), Meatpacking district, Battery park, Brooklyn, Macys, FAO Swartz, Brooklyn bridge, NBC tour (book ahead)
Re: 5 days in NYC, what to see?
I can't help you will all of the places you want to see, but here's a few.
Timessquare, Rockefeller Center, St. Patricks Cathederal, Macy's, Empire State Building and NBC are all pretty close. But IMO that's alot for one day.
Would you be willing to skip one of the museums? I don't know how long you take in one, but they are pretty big and does take some time to walk thru and see things. You can go to a museum and Central Park in one day.
Statue of Liberty gets pretty busy depending on what time of the year you go. It all depends if you will have time to schedule other things that day.
Hope this helps you a bit?
We traveled to NYC for a 3 day weekend in the summer of 2010 and saw about half of your list. Depending on how much you plan to explore some of these things, I think your list is reasonable. I also vacation differently that a lot of people... I like to do and see things instead of sleeping in or just relaxing.
I would plan for the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island to be your first activity one of your days. We were on the 2nd ferry of the day and didn't hardly wait at all. We walked though Battery Park later in the day and the lines were absolutely ridiculous. Honestly, DH and I were disappointed with Ellis Island and didn't stay very long in the museum. We only spent a couple of hours total at the statue/ellis island/ferry ride.
We didn't do the Top of the Rock, but I have since heard that this is a much better experience than the Empire State building. We did the Empire State building on a Monday and waited well over an hour in line just to get to the elevators that would take you up. Once we were up to the top, there were so many people on the observation deck that it was VERY difficult to even get to the edge to see anything. There were literally 3-4 rows of people all of the way around. FWIW, we only did the 86th floor observation deck. It might be an entirely different experience for the 102nd floor observation deck. However, I think the prices for the 86th floor were like $20pp and I recall the 102nd floor prices being about double. It just wasn't worth it to us.
i know you said you've been looking at maps but I think the easiset thing for you to do might be to get one of the laminated ones iwth the subway lines on them and then mark the places you want to see-that way you'll know what is were and how far it is.
Agreed. Or just take the ferry for free to get a view from the water.
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