New York
New York: The Ultimate City
New York is the world in microcosm. A city where you can find virtually anything you want at any time of day or night. Food cooked in a thousand styles, drink consumed amongst a variety of company, a world-renowned selection of the arts and abundant shopping opportunities – if it exists, you can almost certainly find it here.
New York City is made up of Manhattan and the outer boroughs of Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx and Staten Island. The 13-mile island of Manhattan is the center of most visitors’ attention, however, and once the complexities of its grid system have been mastered provides a verdant playground for the world’s pleasure seekers.
Lovers of the fine arts beat a path straight to the Metropolitan Museum, where one of the world’s finest collections of paintings, sculpture and historical artifacts is on display and available to the general public for a small cash donation. Then there’s the classical concerts at Carnegie Hall, the free recitals at Julliard School of Music, the City Ballet’s performances at the Lincoln Center – the list is endless.
If more modern excitements are what you seek, the city’s nightlife is truly unique. Catch the hip young things at play in the East Village, drink in Greenwich Village’s cosmopolitan and romantic atmosphere or thrill at the bright lights and bustle of 42nd Street, where tuxedoed playboys mingle happily with the theater crowd and a smattering of Times Square hustlers.
For the retail therapy seeker, New York’s got the lot. Shop until you drop at the famous Macy’s department store, visit the array of upscale outlets in the sumptuous Trump Tower or browse among the downtown area’s rich selection of independent stores. Whatever you’d hoped to buy, it’s out there somewhere.
Welcome to a potpourri of sights, sounds and tastes, breathtaking panoramas and tantalizing delights. Welcome to New York.
When To Go
New York never shuts, so visitors at anytime of year will not be disappointed. Spring and Fall in the city is usually mild, if occasionally wet, and many enthusiasts agree that the old town is never so exciting as during the winter, even if temperatures can drop well below freezing. The climate in summer can be sweltering and humidly high, which is why the natives who can afford it get away from the summer in the city.