…acked – not to be missed – tour if you have limited time like a weekend in New York which is based on my time spent in the city, and similar trips I have done when going to the city with people who have not been there before (of with people who want to do a real “tourist thing”). There is so much to do in New York, you could spend weeks there and still not do everything. I know that as I have spent weeks there doing just that before! So hopefully…
New York from Empire State Building 10 Must-See New York Sights and Attractions for First-Time Visitors You could spend weeks exploring “The Big Apple”. However most visitors usually have a handful of days to immerse and explore this exciting city. This is why I developed this 10 Must-see list for first-time visitors. They are based on my time living and working there, and the dozens of trips that I have made there over the past twenty years –…
…ng, we visit the city that never sleeps. The one was named twice, New York New York. So many people have so little time to explore this huge city, and so this post is what to do if you are a time pressed visitor with just forty-eight hours in New York. It’s an action-packed, not to be missed itinerary, for those of you with limited time, like a weekend. There is so much to do in New York, and so you can spend absolutely weeks there and still not d…
…s excited to see that near to the hotel we were staying in at Battery Park New York, was an interesting sounding museum called “The Skyscraper Museum”. A visit to the website at http://www.skyscraper.org made it seem a must see visit for building geeks. I assumed it would be as interesting as some of the kind of documentaries on Discovery Channel (I did warn I was a bit geeky on these things!). The museum was literally about 50 yards from the hote…
…t the Empire State Building and the World Trade Center Towers to gaze upon New York from the dizzy heights. For a while there was then just the Empire State Building, the stunningly beautiful art deco building remaining a popular attraction. Then some years ago, the Rockefeller Center revamped and opened “The Top of the Rock”, not surprisingly at the top of the equally stunning art deco style building. Personally, I prefer the “Top of the Rock” to…
…magical (and practical too), when we went on the QE2 and sailed right into New York itself. Not only was it exciting – but also meant within minutes we were at Penn Station (a few blocks away) and heading off on the train to Washington. Oh well…. Here is some news from a cruise newsletter about the terminal that had its first “trial” when the Carnival owned P&O ship arrived there yesterday: “New” Cruise Terminal Opens in New York City P&O’s Oriana…
…The video in this post will show! Hotel Intercontinental Hotel Time Square New York Room 2826 I have stayed in New York a zillion times over the last 20 years, mostly for work when I was commuting back and forth. I just wish that this hotel had existed earlier, and that I had discovered it before this trip. If it had, I would have been a regular here! The hotel is fairly new, and although it is called Hotel Intercontinental Time Square New York, i…
New York Subway, originally uploaded by garybembridge. New York Subway (8), originally uploaded by garybembridge. One of the things that I did not really think about much for some reason on my many previous trips to New York, is how bad the roads and other infrastructure like the Subway is in The driver who took us from JFK into the city complained about he roads as we bounced our way along the motorway into town. I guess also the very bouncy sus…
…New York Palace Hotel Room 1607 (2), originally uploaded by garybembridge. New York Palace Hotel Room 1607 (3), originally uploaded by garybembridge. I was expecting a lot when I heard I was going to be staying at the New York Palace hotel and found out it was part of the Dorchester Collection, which includes the famous hotel on Park Lane in London. So I guess I was always going to be disappointed. The best I can say is that the hotel overall is f…
…friendly, genuine and chatty. The hotel is not cheap, but not many are in New York. I had asked for a room higher up as heard that the lower rooms can suffer from noise from the trendy bar on the lobby floor. And it was quiet and peaceful. The room was a decent size, with decent sized bed (though not as comfy as some of the chain hotels), sofa, big TV. But no desk to be able to sit and work at. This was a miss as sure these days even people not o…
…lar room on the 48th floor (4908) with good views of Ground Zero building work Video of a regular room Book Millenium Hilton Hotel New York Hotel Review New York City…
