Have fun in New York


Holidays in the Big Apple

"New York, New York, It's a hell of a town"so if you can timeyour trip right you may be
or so the song says. New York is one of theable to book form home prior to your holiday
mostpopular locations for holidays into ensure you get to seethe show of your
America. This is mainly due to the sheerchoice.
variety of activitiesand things to see and do
when there. With over 1 million visitorsIt isn't uncommon for musical artists to
between 1998 and 2006 comingfrom the UK aloneperform shows in one of the city's many parks
that's only a small fraction of the totalor  even
visitors  to  New  York,  being  43.8
Times Square itself, Ringo Starr and Shania
Million  just  in  case  you're  wondering.Twain are two names that have performed for
breakfasttelevision shows that New Yorkers
New York has long been revered as thehave been able to catch on their way to work.
Greatest City in America: towering
skyscrapers, the bestshops, theatres andNew York is also home to the greatest stage
museums are all big drawing factors for Newin the world, Madison Square Garden. The
York. With recent changes in thecurrencyGarden isrenowned as one of the grandest
conversion market it has made places like Newarenas in the world with many concerts by the
York very popular for shopping andlikes  of  Justin
gettingmore value for your money. This past
Christmas had seen the largest number of UKTimberlake, U2 and The Rolling Stones taking
shoppers takingshort breaks in New York toplace  there.
make the most of the favourable strength of
the pound. With flagshipstores for manyThe Garden is also home to a number of local
brands like Virgin and Apple being situatedsports teams, such as the New York Knicks
on Manhatten Island it is ashopaholic'sBasketballteam and New York Rangers Ice
paradise.Hockey team. If you can catch a game during
your visit it is anexperience you won't
There's more to New York though, in theforget, as well as events shown in the
centre of Manhatten is the world famousevening. During the day you can go onguided
Central Park, ahuge 843 acre oasis in thetours of the historic arena, with tours
middle of a bustling city. The park,running hourly you won't have to wait long
designed  by  Frederick  Lawand getto see everything from the locker room
to  the  VIP  suites.
Olmstead, took inspiration from Birkenhead
Park of all places. The park is an amazingThere are plenty of iconic tourist spots such
sight tobehold, during the week business menas the Empire State building, Liberty Island
can be seen reading a book on their lunchand
break and at theweekends many New Yorkers can
be seen jogging or cycling through the park,Coney Island that offer great views and fun
it is so vast that ifyou are only a hundredat the fair respectively. The subway system
metres into the park you'd be forgiven formakestraversing this enormous city
forgetting you're in one of thebusiest citieseffortless, and with cheap multi-day passes
in  the  world!it is much better thanwalking, especially in
the summer months when the humidity and heat
Another  attraction  for  holidays  in  Newis trapped between thebuildings and can get
pretty  tiring.
York is the entertainment, it is after all
the home of Broadway, and the theatreOf course many tourists feel obliged to pay
district is hometo the impressive Timestheir respects at the site of the World Trade
Square. Times Square is one of the iconicCentre;this is a sobering experience with
scenes in New York that manypeople have seenmany tributes still remaining on the fences
in Movies, TV shows and possibly the New Yearsurrounding theconstruction work to this day.
celebrations. Tickets  for  mostIt is also worth visiting the memorial in
Battery Park at thesouthern tip of the island
Broadway shows can be bought at the "TKTS"where the Steel Globe statue that used to
tickets booth slap bang in the middle ofreside between the two towersthat were
Times Square,some advice on booking is that adestroyed now sits, battered, with a torch
lot of the more popular shows sell out fast,burning for the victims.



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