What to See and Do in New York Right Now

Posted on 10. Dec, 2011 by blogger in Uncategorized

New York is somewhere you really have to visit at least once in your life. If you do get the opportunity to go, then these are the highlights we would recommend that you see when you’re there.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Cloisters
The Cloisters is a museum and gardens highlighting the beauty of medieval European architecture and is a branch of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (known locally as ‘the Met’). A ticket to one will give you access to both that day. Similarly, if you buy a ticket to enter the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in Manhattan, you’ll get entry to the MoMA in Queens too, valid for use once during the following thirty days.
Ground Zero Memorial
It’s free to visit, but you’ll need a visitor’s pass, available to book online in advance. One of the most important events of modern history, this represents a sea-change in modern politics and warfare and is a place to reflect, and remember.
Rockefeller Center

The centre is named after the philanthropist and frightfully wealthy JD Rockefeller and is a complex of paintings, sculptures, gardens and murals depicting the progress of Mankind. Tours are available and are worth taking, led as they are by historians who can take you through all the complex and give you the information in an interesting, sometimes humorous talk.

‘Taste of Harlem’ Food Tours
Harlem is home to soul food, Caribbean food, Italian food and West African food: where better than to take a tour to experience all these flavours and cooking styles – or to try a ‘chicken and waffles’ combo… yes, really.
Tours of Ellis Island
Ellis Island was the gateway for travellers from foreign lands arriving in their new home, America. Tour guides are available, led by historians who can enlighten you as to America’s history of immigration, and of the stories behind some of those immigrants. You should also have a look at the Wall of Honor, which is where lists of some seven hundred thousand immigrants’ names are written.
Winterfest
This is held at the Central Park Zoo, between 2^nd and 17^th December, where you can see the resident polar bears and penguins (not normally accustomed to being on the same continent) playing out. There are spectacular light displays when it gets dark, too.
The Great Designers, Part One
If fashion is your thing, visit between 29^th November 2011 and 8^th May 2012 to see the first of a two-part exhibition with pieces from over fifty works by names like Prada, Chanel and Dior.

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