“It couldn't have happened anywhere but in little old New York.”
- O. Henry (American Writer)

With Manhattan as your home base, take a break in the Big Apple and see all the city's top sites. Explore the city with the freedom of your Hop-on-hop off city pass where you will see Times Square, Madison Square Garden, Macy's, Empire State Building, SoHo, Chinatown, Little Italy, Site of the World Trade Center, Wall Street, Financial District, Battery Park South Street Seaport, Lower East Side, United Nations, Rockefeller Center, Carnegie Hall, Broadway Theatre District and much more. With your pass, head out to on the water and take the ferry to Ellis and Liberty Islands - there is no better vantage point to view New York's iconic skyline than from the water. Get an up close view of the Statue of Liberty while on Liberty Island and see New York's rich immigrant history come to life at the Ellis Island museum.

Ask your Travel Consultant about where to eat for the best bang for your buck, speak to us about what is hot on Broadway, what to see with a Museum City Pass or ask us about private guided tours to delve deeper into New York's creme de la creme!

New York City, the biggest city in the United States, lies at the mouth of the Hudson River in the southern most part of the state, which is part of the Mid-Atlantic region of the USA. New York City consists of five boroughs, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx, and Staten Island. Each borough has a unique culture and could be a large city in its own right. Visitors to Manhattan usually divide their time between Downtown (Wall St, Liberty Island ferry, Chinatown, SoHo, East Village), Midtown (Times Square, Theatres, Empire State, 5th Ave stores, Chelsea, Gramercy), and Uptown (Central Park, Upper East Side museums, Harlem, Upper West cafes).

Transfer using a local taxi. Please note that this is not included in trip price and is payable locally.

The Big Apple has so much to offer you can't possible see it all in one visit. Speak to your Sales Advisor to make this the trip of your dreams! Here are a few things that we suggest visiting; Empire State Building, American Museum of Natural History, Guggenheim Museum, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Cloisters, Madame Tussauds, Top of the Rock or a Manhattan Helicopter tour. If there is something that you want to see, please just ask.

The Hilton Garden Inn New York/West 35th Street hotel in New York is perfectly located in Midtown Manhattan and is just steps from some of New York's best attractions including the Empire State Building, world-famous Macy's at Herald Square, Times Square, Broadway theaters and Madison Square Garden. Providing the finest quality and services, the Hilton Garden Inn New York/West 35th Street hotel in New York is perfectly designed for business or leisure guests ensuring your stay in the Big Apple is affordable, fun and hassle-free.

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Take the hop on hop off bus through Manhattan and stop as often as you wish at the many places of interest along the route. View the most famous neighborhoods, attractions and places of interest: Times Square, Madison Square Garden, Macy's, Empire State Building, SoHo, Chinatown, Little Italy, Site of the World Trade Center, Wall Street, Financial District, Battery Park South Street Seaport, Lower East Side, United Nations, Rockefeller Center, Carnegie Hall, Broadway Theatre District and much more. This tour includes a ferry ticket to Liberty Island (admission not included) - home of the Statue of Liberty National Monument, and to Ellis Island - home of the Immigration Museum. View the majestic New York City skyline with a ticket to either the Empire State Building or Top of the Rock Observation decks (choose one).

If find yourself downtown hopping a boat ride out to Ellis and Liberty Islands, we recommend spending some time exploring the Battery Park area.  Stop by the New York Stock Exchange while strolling down bustling Wall Street. While in the Financial District, visit the Federal Reserve Bank of New York for a free tour. The tours include an introduction to the banking system of the United States and the role of "The Fed" in the U.S. economy, as well as a chance to visit the Gold Vault located five stories below street level. The building itself is impressive, combining detailed wrought ironwork with features from the Renaissance palaces of Florence.

Visit the 9-11 Memorial site and museum set to open in September 2011. The Memorial’s twin reflecting pools are each nearly an acre in size and feature the largest manmade waterfalls in the North America. The pools sit within the footprints where the Twin Towers once stood. The names of every person who died in the 2001 and 1993 attacks are inscribed into bronze panels edging the Memorial pools, a powerful reminder of the largest loss of life resulting from a foreign attack on American soil and the greatest single loss of rescue personnel in American history.

Speak to your Travel Consultant to arrange a shared or private tour of the Memorial site.

New York City has just as much to offer in the evening as during the day! Enjoy a Broadway show, a pub crawl to one of the many famous drinking establishments, or a private night time city tour in a limousine followed by a dinner at a jazz, blues or Latin club with live music. Alternatively, you may like to consider a night at the Opera, a night time cruise aboard the Staten Island Ferry Boat passing through Liberty Island, the majestic Verrazzano Bridge and the historical Brooklyn Bridge with a light dinner before being transferred back to the hotel. If any of this interest you, please ask one of our specialists about any of these tour options.

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Manhattan - twelve miles long, three miles wide and a world unto itself. Manhattan Island is famous for its “uptown” and “downtown” neighborhoods that can satisfy anyone’s tastes for culture, entertainment and food. No stomach or soul could possibly go hungry in Manhattan. Speak to your travel consultant to ask advice on the best ways to explore New York's various neighbourhoods by foot, by horse and carriage, by taxi or with a private guide.

Take the afternoon to explore the island on your own and seek out your favourite nook of the city:
- Take a stroll through Central Park - stop for an afternoon picnic by the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir, hire a boat by the Lake boat house, visit the Zoo and the bird sanctuary, or explore the area by horse and carriage located on the south side of the park near the legendary Plaza Hotel.
- Head South from the Park to Times Square where the bright neon lights never sleep - and who could blame them with all there is to see, do and eat in the area. A tourist magnet for good reason as the area also attracts the best of Broadway talent to the Theatre District. Stop along "Hell's Kitchen" (9th and 10th Avenues) for a fair priced ethnic inspired bite.
- Head to Harlem if you want to explore a historical center of urban African-American culture (above Central from 110th to 145th Street on the East Side and above 125th Street). Stop by the famous Apollo Theatre and grab a bite to eat at the Lenox Lounge.
- Art Lovers, Haute Shoppers and People Waters alike can spend days in the Upper East side (59th Street to 96th Street between 5th and York Avenues). This neighbourhood is home to the top shops like Bloomingdales and Henri Bendel as well, the area houses "Museum Mile" where you will find the Metropolitan Museum of Art , the Guggenheim , the Whitney , the Museum of the City of New York, and the Cooper-Hewitt Museum of Design all within blocks of each other.
-Midtown (42nd Street to 59th Street east of 5th Avenue) is one of the most visited areas of New York - it's fast, crowded and fantastic. Think the Rockefeller Center for skating in the winter, the MoMA for its Pop Art, Saks for its couture, Radio City Music Hall for entertainment and Grand Central for its architectural glory.
-China Town and Little Italy (Grand Street to Chatham Square and from Broadway to beyond the Bowery towards East Broadway) is a vibrant and colorful neighborhood that is one of the most sought after areas for ethnic food and street vendors - we recommend eating your way through it's to notch-cheap restaurants. Walk up Canal Street for all the shopping deals.
-In the recent past the Meatpacking District (West 15th Street, Gansevoort Street and 11th Avenue) was merely an industrial neighbourhood of wholesale meat companies, now it's the 'It' place for trendy boutique hotels, hot lounges and hang outs and the city’s newest top restaurants. Make sure you climb up to the High Line pedestrian path which rests on elevated old rail tracks.
- Greenwich Village or "the Villiage" has kept its bohemian roots with its quaint winding streets, restored townhomes and inviting restaurants. It was historically the centre of New York gay culture and gentrification has led money to the area allowing for a healthy boutique shopping area to be sustained on Bleecker Street. Hit the legendary Blue Note in the evening for live jazz.

Optional: Please speak with your travel consultant to advise which current Broadway show you would like to see.

You can choose from the following shows: An American Musical Landscape, Anything Goes, Arcadia, Avenue Q, Baby It`s You!, Billy Eliot, Celine Dion at The Colosseum, Chicago, Cirque du Soleil: Zarkana, Jersey Boys, Mamma Mia, Mary Poppins, Rock of Ages, Sister Act, The Lion King, The Phantom of the Opera, The House of Blue Leaves, Lombardi, Wonderland-A New Alice and much more.

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