New York City, USA

Things to do

  • Museums – MOMA (Museum of Modern Art), ground zero 9/11 museum
  • Central Park – get lost wandering through the park and stumble upon various restaurants, monuments, Arches and fountains. Hire bikes, skates or boats to experience more.
  • Top of the Rockafeller Centre – for the best views of the Empire State Building
  • Brooklyn Bridge – bike across and walk across at night
  • Highline walk
  • Wall Street
  • NY library & Bryant Park – check out a tour inside and sit and people watch outside
  • Watch sports – Baseball, American Football, Basketball
  • Grand Central train station
  • Brooklyn and Chelsea markets
  • Broadway shows – if you arrive early enough on the day of the show they will have cheap tickets available. Requires going from theatre to theatre but you will get much better savings than at the discount ticket sellers
  • Radio City Music Hall – book in advance
  • Staten Island ferry – great free way to see Manhattan and the statue of liberty from the water
  • Take photo’s of the amazing architecture
  • Century 21 – designer bargains cheap
  • Walk around West Village, LES, Soho, Harlem

Food & Drinks

  • Ippudo – for Ramen
  • Standard – bar at the top has amazing views & prosecco, cocktails here is a must
  • Food market in the Flatiron building
  • Broken Land – cool bar in Greenpoint
  • Fuerza Bruta – jazz in the village
  • Grandbanks – bar on a boat
  • All-day happy hours
  • Food trucks
  • Bagel’s