ACTIVITIES:

I recommend buying the NYC City Pass:

These are all my must do activities, some of these are included with the CityPass

• Empire State Building (at sunset) – ignore people on the street selling you ‘fast track’ tickets!),

• Top of the Rock – amazing views

• Walk the High Line – great walk, followed by visit to Chelsea Markets

• Se a show on Broadway

• Buy a 48-hour hop-on-hop-off bus – great way to see the city,

• Walk Central Park and see Boathouse, enjoy a meal.

• Horse and carriage ride through Central Park, or take a bike tour.

• Walk into lobby of The Plaza Hotel – or have a cocktail in the Rose Bar, or High Tea.

• Do the Circle Line Ferry cruise to see Manhattan from the water including Statue of Liberty (best view from the water),

• Visit the ‘Met’ Metropolitan Museum, have a coffee on their outdoor terrace café – amazing view over Central Park.

• Visit Freedom Tower (must book)

• Visit Madison Bakery (famous from Sex and the city), eat NYC baked cheesecake (YUM),

• 911 Memorial (must book)

• See a sporting event at Madison Square Garden , ie. Ice Hockey or Basketball

• Sit in Times Square on stair case – watch the world go round

SHOPPING:

• Tiffany’s – walk through store and go up lifts to every floor.

You can now actually have “ Breakfast at Tiffany’s “ at the Blue Box Café on the 4th Floor

• Visit Saks 5th Avenue

• Go to M&Ms store in Times Square,

• Visit FAO Schwarz toy Shop - 767 Fifth Ave.

• Book to spend a whole day at Woodbury Common Shopping Outlet (must book bus trip there and back) – spend day there and take a suitcase to fill (or buy one there) – MUCH cheaper prices than stores in NYC! Do all your shopping there! http://www.premiumoutlets.com/outlet/woodbury-common/stores

RESTAURANTS:

Tao – Uptown or Downtown. (Asian)

This enormous, clublike Pan-Asian eatery is known for a huge Buddha centerpiece & a trendy crowd.

https://taodowntown.com/

Eaterly - Branch of the famed Italian market, offering counters, restaurants & cooking demo https://www.eataly.com/

Balthazar Soho - Iconic French brasserie with steak frites, brunch & pastries in a classy space with red banquettes. (go during the week as prices double on the weekends) http://balthazarny.com/

Bagatelle http://bagatellenyc.com/about/

Awesome French Restaurant - Meatpacking District

Address: 1 Little W 12th St, New York, NY 10014, US

Tribeca Grill: http://www.myriadrestaurantgroup.com/restaurants/tribeca/

The Vine: http://www.eventihotel.com/nyc-restaurants/the-vine.html and http://www.thevine.nyc/

BARS:

Hell’s Kitchen

The Press Lounge: http://www.thepresslounge.com/ The MOST amazing views!

This is at Ink48 – a hotel in the Hell’s Kitchen area of NYC (this is where I stayed last time). The restaurant there is also fab – if you book to eat at the restaurant, they will let you go up to rooftop bar for pre-dinner drinks.

Bar 65 – Rockefeller Centre http://rainbowroom.com/bar-sixty-five/

Lower East Side (LES)

Pianos

Beauty and Essex

East Village

The Blind Barber

Chelsea - Rooftop

Dream Downtown Hotel – PH-D Lounge

Top of the Standard

Opulent penthouse lounge atop Standard Hotel with expansive views that becomes club after 10 PM.

Address: The Standard, High Line, 848 Washington St, New York, NY 10014, United States http://www.standardhotels.com

CLUBS: