Travel Tips For New York City

N ew York, New York – so           District, Harlem and Little        good they named it twice –      Italy. The outlying borough of     is one of the most              Brooklyn has several attractions   fascinating, exciting and             including the botanical gardens    cultural cities in the world.         and the famous amusement park at   Within the 20 square miles that       Coney Island.                      comprise Manhattan can be found                                          some of the world’s greatest          One of the biggest attractions is  museums, shops and restaurants,       the city’s diversity - in New      as well as a spectacular skyline      York you can hear virtually any    that’s known the world over.          language spoken and dine in a                                            different ethnic restaurant every  You could spend a lifetime in New     night for a month. Apart from      York without experiencing             Manhattan, the borough of Queens   everything fully. Some of the         is also well known for its wide    sights that any first time            selection of foreign restaurants.  visitor to New York must see                                             include the Empire State Building     Shopping in New York is equally    - for many years the world’s          satisfying, offering world class   tallest building - the                department stores with such        immigration museum at Ellis           famous names as Bergdorf Goodman   Island, the Statue of Liberty,        and Bloomingdales. At the other    Times Square and the United           end of the shopping spectrum are   Nations Building.                     street markets, designer                                                 boutiques and specialty stores.    One of the joys of visiting the                                          city is simply to wander through      New York has some of the greatest  the different and varied              museums in the world – several     neighborhoods – Greenwich             conveniently located together at   Village, Chinatown, the Theater       the edge of Central Park. The      Metropolitan Museum of Art            museums aimed at children as well  attracts more visitors than any       as the ever popular Bronx Zoo      other place in the city and           with its more than 4,000 animals.  offers everything from Egyptian                                          mummies to 20th century               Since the terrorist attacks on     masterpieces.                         September 11th, 2001, one of New                                         York’s biggest attractions has     On the other hand the city has        been the remains of the World      over 50 smaller but fascinating       Trade Center in Lower Manhattan.   museums dedicated to such diverse     More than a tourist attraction,    subjects as firefighting,             to many it’s a site of pilgrimage  tenement living and the history       and a poignant reminder of the     of finance. Children are not          events of that day.                forgotten – there are several          About the Author: Sharon Stajda loves to travel. For more information, visit Articles About New York City. For specific information about sites, visit New York City Siteseeing Read more articles by: Sharon Stajda Article Source: www.iSnare.com