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Johnny199r · 04-29-2022, 04:22 PM

I went a few years ago. Best way to see the city? Guided bicycle tours. It's usually about $80-100 and so much fun (it's not strenuous). My wife and I did one up to Harlem and another one across the Brooklyn bridge into Brooklyn and back. The day we did the Brooklyn one, there was a marathon in Manhattan, we were biking all the way down 5th ave with no traffic. We loved both of the days we spent touring the city by bicycle.

https://www.unlimitedbiking.com/new-...ark+-+New+York

The tenement museum is awesome. They have tenements (old apartments) preserved from families 100+ years ago, you learn all about the history.

We also did a (walking) food tour which was fun. It was in Little Italy as well as China Town and ended at a park which is the actual site of the old "5 Corners" - famous from gangs of New York.

We did the observation tower thing atop the Rockefeller Centre aka "Top of the Rock", which is from what I read, the best place to do it.

NYC gets really humid in summer.

It was awesome. I feel like we barely scraped the surface.

I regret not doing the High Line Tour (look it up). I heard the 9/11 museum is great, but I didnt feel like it.

Note: Planes are often delayed departing and arriving at NYC airports due to a number of factors.

We went to the Met (Metropolitan Museum of Art) It's a pretty famous building. I don't care about art, but it was cool to go to such a famous building.

We also went to the Guggenheim, which was boring to me, but my wife is artsy fartsy.

If I go back, I would do another bicycle tour to a different part of the city (The Bronx?), explore Brooklyn more too. It was an amazing experience.

Time Square is horrible. Statue of Liberty is an all day tourist trap. Better off taking the ferry to Staten Island and back to see it.

They do bus tours to Sopranos (the tv show) locations. I wanted to do it, but they were sold out, so we did a Gossip Girl one (my wife's choice).

Central Park is fun to walk through for an hour or two because it's pretty historic, but it's just a park, nothing more really.

04-29-2022, 04:22 PM	#25
Johnny199r First Line Centre Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Uzbekistan Exp:	I went a few years ago. Best way to see the city? Guided bicycle tours. It's usually about $80-100 and so much fun (it's not strenuous). My wife and I did one up to Harlem and another one across the Brooklyn bridge into Brooklyn and back. The day we did the Brooklyn one, there was a marathon in Manhattan, we were biking all the way down 5th ave with no traffic. We loved both of the days we spent touring the city by bicycle. https://www.unlimitedbiking.com/new-...ark+-+New+York The tenement museum is awesome. They have tenements (old apartments) preserved from families 100+ years ago, you learn all about the history. We also did a (walking) food tour which was fun. It was in Little Italy as well as China Town and ended at a park which is the actual site of the old "5 Corners" - famous from gangs of New York. We did the observation tower thing atop the Rockefeller Centre aka "Top of the Rock", which is from what I read, the best place to do it. NYC gets really humid in summer. It was awesome. I feel like we barely scraped the surface. I regret not doing the High Line Tour (look it up). I heard the 9/11 museum is great, but I didnt feel like it. Note: Planes are often delayed departing and arriving at NYC airports due to a number of factors. We went to the Met (Metropolitan Museum of Art) It's a pretty famous building. I don't care about art, but it was cool to go to such a famous building. We also went to the Guggenheim, which was boring to me, but my wife is artsy fartsy. If I go back, I would do another bicycle tour to a different part of the city (The Bronx?), explore Brooklyn more too. It was an amazing experience. Time Square is horrible. Statue of Liberty is an all day tourist trap. Better off taking the ferry to Staten Island and back to see it. They do bus tours to Sopranos (the tv show) locations. I wanted to do it, but they were sold out, so we did a Gossip Girl one (my wife's choice). Central Park is fun to walk through for an hour or two because it's pretty historic, but it's just a park, nothing more really. Last edited by Johnny199r; 04-29-2022 at 04:26 PM.