| "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 the | | | | able to book form home prior to your holiday |
| mostpopular locations for holidays in | | | | to ensure you get to seethe show of your |
| America. This is mainly due to the sheer | | | | choice. |
| variety of activitiesand things to see and do | | | | |
| when there. With over 1 million visitors | | | | It isn't uncommon for musical artists to |
| between 1998 and 2006 comingfrom the UK alone | | | | perform shows in one of the city's many parks |
| that's only a small fraction of the total | | | | or 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 the | | | | have been able to catch on their way to work. |
| Greatest City in America: towering | | | | |
| skyscrapers, the bestshops, theatres and | | | | New York is also home to the greatest stage |
| museums are all big drawing factors for New | | | | in the world, Madison Square Garden. The |
| York. With recent changes in thecurrency | | | | Garden isrenowned as one of the grandest |
| conversion market it has made places like New | | | | arenas in the world with many concerts by the |
| York very popular for shopping and | | | | likes of Justin |
| gettingmore value for your money. This past | | | | |
| Christmas had seen the largest number of UK | | | | Timberlake, U2 and The Rolling Stones taking |
| shoppers takingshort breaks in New York to | | | | place there. |
| make the most of the favourable strength of | | | | |
| the pound. With flagshipstores for many | | | | The Garden is also home to a number of local |
| brands like Virgin and Apple being situated | | | | sports teams, such as the New York Knicks |
| on Manhatten Island it is ashopaholic's | | | | Basketballteam 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 the | | | | forget, as well as events shown in the |
| centre of Manhatten is the world famous | | | | evening. During the day you can go onguided |
| Central Park, ahuge 843 acre oasis in the | | | | tours 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 Law | | | | and getto see everything from the locker room |
| | | | to the VIP suites. |
| Olmstead, took inspiration from Birkenhead | | | | |
| Park of all places. The park is an amazing | | | | There are plenty of iconic tourist spots such |
| sight tobehold, during the week business men | | | | as the Empire State building, Liberty Island |
| can be seen reading a book on their lunch | | | | and |
| 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 hundred | | | | at the fair respectively. The subway system |
| metres into the park you'd be forgiven for | | | | makestraversing this enormous city |
| forgetting you're in one of thebusiest cities | | | | effortless, 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 New | | | | is trapped between thebuildings and can get |
| | | | pretty tiring. |
| York is the entertainment, it is after all | | | | |
| the home of Broadway, and the theatre | | | | Of course many tourists feel obliged to pay |
| district is hometo the impressive Times | | | | their respects at the site of the World Trade |
| Square. Times Square is one of the iconic | | | | Centre;this is a sobering experience with |
| scenes in New York that manypeople have seen | | | | many tributes still remaining on the fences |
| in Movies, TV shows and possibly the New Year | | | | surrounding theconstruction work to this day. |
| celebrations. Tickets for most | | | | It 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 of | | | | reside between the two towersthat were |
| Times Square,some advice on booking is that a | | | | destroyed now sits, battered, with a torch |
| lot of the more popular shows sell out fast, | | | | burning for the victims. |