Have fun in New York


Holidays in the Big Apple

"New York, New York, It's a hell of acan timeyour trip right you may be able
town" or so the song says. New York isto book form home prior to your holiday
one of the mostpopular locations forto ensure you get to seethe show of your
holidays in America. This is mainly duechoice.
to the sheer variety of activitiesandIt isn't uncommon for musical artists to
things to see and do when there. Withperform shows in one of the city's many
over 1 million visitors between 1998 andparks or even
2006 comingfrom the UK alone that's onlyTimes Square itself, Ringo Starr and
a small fraction of the total visitorsShania Twain are two names that have
to New York, being 43.8performed for breakfasttelevision shows
Million just in case you're wondering.that New Yorkers have been able to catch
New York has long been revered as theon their way to work.
Greatest City in America: toweringNew York is also home to the greatest
skyscrapers, the bestshops, theatres andstage in the world, Madison Square
museums are all big drawing factors forGarden. The Garden isrenowned as one of
New York. With recent changes inthe grandest arenas in the world with
thecurrency conversion market it hasmany concerts by the likes of Justin
made places like New York very popularTimberlake, U2 and The Rolling Stones
for shopping and gettingmore value fortaking place there.
your money. This past Christmas hadThe Garden is also home to a number of
seen the largest number of UK shopperslocal sports teams, such as the New York
takingshort breaks in New York to makeKnicks Basketballteam and New York
the most of the favourable strength ofRangers Ice Hockey team. If you can
the pound. With flagshipstores for manycatch a game during your visit it is
brands like Virgin and Apple beinganexperience you won't forget, as well
situated on Manhatten Island it isas events shown in the evening. During
ashopaholic's paradise.the day you can go onguided tours of the
There's more to New York though, in thehistoric arena, with tours running
centre of Manhatten is the world famoushourly you won't have to wait long and
Central Park, ahuge 843 acre oasis ingetto see everything from the locker
the middle of a bustling city. Theroom to the VIP suites.
park, designed by Frederick LawThere are plenty of iconic tourist spots
Olmstead, took inspiration fromsuch as the Empire State building,
Birkenhead Park of all places. The parkLiberty Island and
is an amazing sight tobehold, during theConey Island that offer great views and
week business men can be seen reading afun at the fair respectively. The
book on their lunch break and atsubway system makestraversing this
theweekends many New Yorkers can be seenenormous city effortless, and with cheap
jogging or cycling through the park, itmulti-day passes it is much better
is so vast that ifyou are only a hundredthanwalking, especially in the summer
metres into the park you'd be forgivenmonths when the humidity and heat is
for forgetting you're in one oftrapped between thebuildings and can get
thebusiest cities in the world!pretty tiring.
Another attraction for holidays in NewOf course many tourists feel obliged to
York is the entertainment, it is afterpay their respects at the site of the
all the home of Broadway, and theWorld Trade Centre;this is a sobering
theatre district is hometo theexperience with many tributes still
impressive Times Square. Times Squareremaining on the fences surrounding
is one of the iconic scenes in New Yorktheconstruction work to this day. It is
that manypeople have seen in Movies, TValso worth visiting the memorial in
shows and possibly the New YearBattery Park at thesouthern tip of the
celebrations. Tickets for mostisland where the Steel Globe statue that
Broadway shows can be bought at theused to reside between the two
"TKTS" tickets booth slap bang in thetowersthat were destroyed now sits,
middle of Times Square,some advice onbattered, with a torch burning for the
booking is that a lot of the morevictims.
popular shows sell out fast, so if you



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