| With its plethora of famed sites, its busy streets | | | | was founded in 1871, quickly became the public's |
| peppered with top fashion stores, chic bistros, offices, | | | | favorite. The zoo still remains a favorite today, |
| and its unique atmosphere that has cities all over the | | | | however, the park has much more to offer, including: |
| world trying to reproduce, it is no wonder that New | | | | concerts, ice skating (during the winter), gardens and a |
| York City is regarded as one of the most beautiful and | | | | pond, roller-skating, yoga, basketball and other sports, |
| enchanting cities on this planet. The Big Apple takes | | | | tours, horseback riding, fishing, and even cross-country |
| you to places that no other city can offer. | | | | skiing. |
| Aside from the city's mind boggling skyscrapers that | | | | For any tourist visiting New York City, The World |
| do indeed live up to their title, the city that never sleeps | | | | Trade Center site is definitely a must see. The site, |
| offers much more. Without leaving the United States, | | | | once home to the beloved and missed Twin Towers, |
| New York City can whet your appetite with a taste of | | | | shows tourists the destruction that occurred on |
| every country in the world in just a couple of hours | | | | September 11, 2001, first hand. The sacred site cannot |
| with quick visits to Little Italy, Russia, Brazil, China Town, | | | | be walked in, but can be seen through fences and is |
| and the Barrio- not to mention the surrounding | | | | accompanied by photographs of the former Twin |
| neighborhoods that can show you the best of all | | | | Towers and of the present day site. As an event that |
| cultures ranging from Greek to Caribbean. Its bustling | | | | will stand out forever in our nation's history, it is a site |
| streets during the day and its breathtaking lights that | | | | that has to be seen and remembered for a lifetime. |
| glisten against the night sky are among the list of things | | | | It's hard not to want to visit New York City, with its |
| that all people should encounter during their lifetime to | | | | ever so enticing and provocative buildings, parks, |
| keep in their memories forever. | | | | museums, restaurants, and streets. With so much to |
| The Empire State Building, a legendary colossus | | | | see and so much to do, the sheer excitement of just |
| photographed more than any top supermodel, is seen | | | | being in such a thrilling city can be overwhelming, and a |
| by millions in photographs, movies, and postcards all | | | | lot of tourists may make the mistake of not planning |
| over the world. Built during the Depression, it grew at | | | | enough. Sure, money is something that is always |
| an impressive rate of four and a half stories per week | | | | necessary, and a camera is almost never forgotten |
| and its total of 102 stories were completed in a short | | | | with so many photo opportunities that await you in this |
| 14 months. An outstanding symbol for the city of New | | | | wonderful city, but a lot of tourists make the crucial |
| York, it comes with no surprise that tourists from all | | | | mistake of not planning transportation. This mistake |
| over rush to visit the building when site-seeing. Each | | | | can inevitably lead to a horrible chain reaction of |
| year, 3.5 million people, come to take an elevator (the | | | | headaches and what can be worse while traveling - a |
| real determined ones actually take the stairs) that | | | | large loss of time. Yet, aside from economical values |
| climbs up more than a quarter of a mile into the | | | | of taking the bus when visiting New York City, peace |
| atmosphere until they reach the 86th floor | | | | of mind is also very important. Parking isn't easy in a |
| observatory. The glass observatory, which was | | | | city with a population of 8,085,742 people. Finding a |
| opened in 1931, offers awe inspiring views of the city | | | | place to park could take an hour or more depending |
| and elsewhere with its panoramic views from the sky. | | | | on what neighborhood you are in, and what could be |
| The observatory is open from 8 a.m. to midnight - | | | | worse is having to park in a zone with meters. Having |
| allowing tourists to catch the breathtaking city at night | | | | to worry about putting a quarter in the meter every |
| with its twinkling lights. | | | | couple of hours and be a pain the you-know-where, |
| Central Park, another of New York City's major | | | | and even the worry of whether or not your car is still |
| attractions, isn't exactly something that seems like it | | | | in one piece or stolen can ruin anyone's day. In addition, |
| would fit into such an urban place like New York City, | | | | driving in New York City isn't a Sunday drive through |
| but the park, which has been around since 1855 and | | | | the park and can be one of the most stressful hassles |
| receives 25 million people each year with open arms, | | | | a person can encounter. With the never ending traffic |
| has taken its stand and proven that nature still has a | | | | jams that would lose a race to a slug on any given |
| place in the city. Central Park was founded in 1855 by | | | | day and road rage from other drivers, driving in NYC |
| wealthy merchants and landowners who wanted New | | | | can easily become a person's worst nightmare. More |
| York to have a park that compared with the ritzy | | | | importantly, a recent statistic has shown that riding a |
| parks of Paris and London. The area that was chosen | | | | bus is 91 times safer than riding in a car (a train is 15 |
| for the park -843 acres of swamp and muddy terrain- | | | | times safer) which can be an important factor if |
| has come a long way since the 1800s. The zoo, which | | | | traveling with a family or even for an individual. |