Michelin Must Sees New York (Michelin Must Sees New York City)
Editorial Reviews
From the Inside Flap
Take a glance at a few of the "musts" for New York City. We've organized what there is to do by star rating and category to simplify your planning decisions so that you can make the most of every minute. Turn to pages six and seven for more about our rating system, and refer to the table of contents on pages four and five for a breakdown of the categories:
Must-See Landmarks
Empire State Building***
Grand Central Terminal**
New York Public Library**
Must-See Museums
Metropolitan Museum of Art***
Ellis Island Immigration Museum**
Museum of Arts and Design*
Must-See Neighborhoods
Chinatown**
Soho**
Little Italy*
Musts for Kids
Bronx Zoo***
New York Aquarium**
Carousel in Central Park*
Musts for Fun
Ride the Staten Island Ferry*
Take a Carriage Ride in Central Park
Order oysters Rockefeller at Grand Central Oyster Bar
Best of the Boroughs
Brooklyn Bridge***
Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum**
Historic Richmond Town*
Best Excursions from NYC
Hudson River Valley***
Long Island**
All this, plus shopping, nightlife, spas, and 16 pages of hotel and restaurant suggestions.
BACK COVER FLAP
If you only have a day in New York:
Morning - Statue of Liberty*** Empire State Building***
Afternoon - Metropolitan Museum of Art*** Central Park***
Evening - Catch a Broadway Show
… and if you have a second day:
Morning - American Museum of Natural History*** or The Cloisters***
Afternoon - Rockefeller Center*** Shopping on Fifth Avenue**
Evening - Attend a performance at Lincoln Center**
NYC Online
Here are some helpful Web sites to help you plan your trip:
http://gonyc.about.com.
www.cididex.com
www.cityguidemagazine.com
www.in-newyork.com
www.newyork.citysearch.com
www.newyorkmetro.com
www.ny.com
www.nytimes.com
Getting Around NYC
• In general, you should avoid driving in Manhattan but, if you must,
o stay off the roads during rush hours (weekdays between 7am-9am & 4:30pm-6pm) and remember that the majority of streets are one-way.
• New York is best navigated on foot, by taxi or subway (for subway map and information, see inside back cover).
• New York is a very walkable city, but be aware that addresses don't indicate the cross streets of a particular location (that is, you can't necessarily figure out from the number where a building is located on the street).
o So before heading to a site, always find the cross street first; that way you know whether to hoof it or take public transportation.
Know The Grid
• Manhattan's streets are laid out in a grid pattern (exceptions are Greenwich Village and the Financial District).
• Streets run east-west and avenues run north-south.
• Fifth Avenue is the dividing line between east and west addresses.
• Downtown is south; uptown is north.
o "Downtown" also refers to the area below 14th Street.
o Midtown stretches roughly from 34th Street to 59th Street;
o Uptown is the area north of Midtown.
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