Stay : A taste of the Big Apple
Two days to travel around New York is very little, but you will have at least an idea of what it is to chew the Big Apple!
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2 days
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Detail of the stay : A taste of the Big Apple - 2 days
Day 1: Union Square, Times Square and Broadway
Steps: New York
To immerse yourself in New York as soon as possible, start your day on Union Square. This huge square is the image of the city: noisy, exciting and eclectic. Hip-hop dancers, chess players, cartoonists, music groups and a bio market are gathered in a joyful mess. From Union Square, on 14th Street, go back to Broadway to 44th Street. You will cross the Flatiron Building and Washington Square Park on 23rd Street, Korea Town and Herald Square on 32nd Street. Stop at Macy's, the world's largest shopping mall, and Manhattan Mall on 34th Street to buy cheap Levi's jeans at JC Penney. Continue on Broadway to Union Square, the height of the buildings is progressive to Times Square. After taking pictures of the huge ads, go to the Empire State Building, for one of the most incredible views in the world. Then, go back to the 5th Avenue to the New York Public Library, recognizable by two stone lions in front of the entrance. Adjacent to the library, Bryant Park, always very lively summer and winter. Turn right towards Chrysler Building, the Art Deco jewel, and walk to the Rockefeller Center. To discover: its Channel Gardens, its statue of Prometheus and its Lower Plaza, where in winter there is a giant Christmas tree and a huge ice rink. And if you haven't climbed to the top of the Empire State, try the top of Rockefeller, the , less crowded. From there, a detour is required for a visit to .
WASHINGTON SQUARE PARK / EMPIRE STATE BUILDING / FLATIRON BUILDING / UNION SQUARE / CHRYSLER BUILDING / GRAND CENTRAL TERMINAL / NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY / SAINT PATRICK'S CATHEDRAL / BRYANT PARK / MUSEUM OF MODERN ART (MOMA) / TOP OF THE ROCK / ROCKEFELLER CENTER / ONE WALL STREET
Day 2: Downtown, Ellis Island and Chinatown
Steps: New York
Go to Downtown for a passage to Ground Zero, the memorial site where the Twin Towers stood. You can get closer to the new the City Hall and at the foot of the Woolworth Building. Cross the Battery Park. You will cross on the road, for a glance or a visit, New York Stock Exchange and the Federal Hall, Museum of Jewish Heritage of Battery Park. From there, embark on the ferry for the South Street Seaport, along and around Fulton Street and Fish market, one of the oldest neighbourhoods in New York City and the mafia major place. Dinner in and exit in a chic SoHo lounge, a wine bar in Greenwich Village or a trendy nightclub of .
BATTERY PARK / CITY HALL / FEDERAL HALL NATIONAL MEMORIAL / MUSEUM OF JEWISH HERITAGE / THE MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN / SOUTH STREET SEAPORT / STATUE DE LA LIBERTÉ / WOOLWORTH BUILDING / BROOKLYN BRIDGE / NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE / ONE WORLD TRADE CENTER - ONE WORLD OBSERVATORY / WALL STREET
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