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Experience the St. Patrick’s Day Parade and Explore Morningside Heights, NYC”
Morningside Heights Our day began with a subway journey to Morningside Heights, a district located between Upper West Side and Harlem. It’s the home of Columbia University which was founded in 1754 and an affluent neighbourhood with some architectural gems. Columbia University We explored the beautiful university campus with its grand old buildings standing proud…
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Explore Little Island and Gantry Plaza State Park: NYC’s Waterfront Gems
Little Island Little Island is an award winning park located at Pier 55 within the Hudson River Park. Lying close to New York’s Meatpacking district and Chelsea neighbourhoods of Manhattan. The nearest subway station is at 14th Street/ 8th Avenue. The pier was created from the remains of Pier 54 which served as a port…
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How to Visit Top of the Rock and Discover Brooklyn in One Day
Top of the Rock, Rockefeller Center We woke to a bright, sunny morning which couldn’t have worked out better for our planned visit to the observation deck at the Top of the Rockefeller Center. It was only a short walk from our hotel but if you are staying further away the nearest subway station is…
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Empire State Building and walking the High Line
Empire State Building After grabbing breakfast close to our hotel near Times Square we hopped on the subway to Penn Station so that we could visit one of New York City’s most iconic attractions, that of the Empire State Building, standard admission €44 (£34.82). Substantial savings can be made by purchasing a New York CITYPASS…
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How to Spend the Perfect Day in Manhattan, New York City
We started the day by taking a B train to 81st Street in the Upper West Side, an upscale neighbourhood located west of Central Park. This leafy, residential district is categorised by its four and five storey brownstone townhouses built between the late 19th and early 20th century. American Museum of Natural History After popping…
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Visiting Liberty and Ellis Island and riding the Roosevelt Tramway New York
We drew back the curtains to a bright, sunny morning, just perfect for our planned excursion over to Liberty and Ellis Islands. The nearest subway station is at Whitehall Street – South Ferry just a short walk from the ferry terminal in Battery Park. Fortunately, we didn’t have to join a lengthy queue to purchase…
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New York City: Exploring the Financial District
Day 1: It had been more than eight years since our last visit to New York City so we were overdue a return trip. We had booked flights with British Airways to JFK with a connecting flight from Manchester to Heathrow. Since last travelling long haul with British Airways they have upped their game with…
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The Getty Center Los Angeles: A Complete Visitor’s Guide
After enjoying our visit to the Getty Villa earlier in our stay we decided to explore the Getty Center on the last full day of our holiday. It was a bit of a trek to reach the museum by public transport but well worth the effort. From Downtown LA, we caught a bus to Westwood…
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Discover Exposition Park and Long Beach: Los Angeles Day Trip Guide
Our plan for the morning was a visit to Exposition Park located just four miles south west of Downtown, Los Angeles and accessible by bus. The first venue we visited was the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum which is free to visit and was home to the summer Olympic Games of both 1932 and 1984. It was…
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A Day in LA: Discover The Getty Villa, Santa Monica, Venice & Beverly Hills
Our day started by taking the Metro Red and Blue lines from near our hotel at Pershing Square to Downtown Santa Monica. After a quick coffee stop we then boarded Bus 134 from Santa Monica Pier to The Getty Villa. Conveniently, there is a bus stop just outside the villa entrance at Pacific Coast Highway…
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Exploring Downtown Los Angeles and Hollywood: A Complete Travel Guide
San Francisco had been fun and the time had now come to embark on the second part of our Californian holiday. We’d booked tickets with Southwest for the short (50 minute) flight down to Los Angeles. It was our first time travelling with this low cost airline who include checked bags in their ticket prices…
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Exploring Alcatraz and the Cable Car Museum: A San Francisco Must-Do Guide
Alcatraz is a small rocky island located one and a quarter miles out in San Francisco Bay. It was one of America’s most feared prisons that no criminals wanted to be sent to. Times have changed as a visit to Alcatraz is now one of the most popular city attractions. We booked tickets through Alcatraz City…
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Exploring Muir Woods and Sausalito: A Perfect Day Trip in Northern California
Whilst staying in San Francisco it’s possible to visit Muir Woods National Park by public transport so we made an early start from our hotel to make the most of the day. Muir Woods lies 11 miles north of the Golden Gate Bridge off Highway 101 north. From the downtown area we boarded Bus 130…
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Top Things to Do: San Francisco City Hall and Golden Gate Park
We started the day with a visit to San Francisco’s Civic Centre located just a short walk from our hotel. This large square is home to numerous imposing buildings including the Asian Art Museum, War Memorial Opera House and the City Hall. We’d come to visit the City Hall which welcomes visitors daily and offers…
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San Francisco Harbour Cruise & Fisherman’s Wharf: A Perfect Waterfront Day Out
Our first full day in San Francisco started with a harbour cruise with the Blue & Gold Fleet. Standard tickets for the one hour pleasure boat trip cost $37 (£30) but substantial savings can be made by purchasing the CityPASS which costs $84 (£72) and includes admission to four top attractions for use over a…
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Riding San Francisco’s Cable Cars and Visiting Lombard Street: Iconic City Highlights
We were up bright and early for our KLM Cityhopper flight from Leeds-Bradford airport over to Amsterdam. Even on short flights of under an hour, KLM offer drinks and snacks so we came to life with cups of coffee and tasty oat muffins. With just over an hour in Schiphol we then stretched our legs…
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A week in New York City – Day 1
As my birthday falls during the Christmas holiday period it’s usual for me to receive Christmas / Birthday gifts rolled into one. This can work well, especially when I opened a parcel to find an Expedia booking reference tucked into the bow of a box of chocolates! How wonderful, a week’s holiday in New…
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Grand Central Station, New York City
Feeling a little jet lagged we were up at 6.00 am so we helped ourselves to complimentary cappuccinos in the hotel’s Club Lounge. Sipping our drinks, we chatted with some flight crews staying in the hotel, from both American Airlines and Jet Blue. It was interesting to hear how they spent their free time between…
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Visiting Liberty and Ellis Islands, New York City
Following breakfast in Champs Gourmet Deli on Broad Street we headed towards Battery Park and onto the Ellis Island boat terminal. Tickets cost $18 each from the kiosk at Castle Clinton and include a stop at Liberty Island on the way out. There was only a short wait until the airline type security commenced at 9.00 am and…
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Exploring Brooklyn, Little Italy and Chinatown, New York
After coffee and fresh fruit in the hotel we headed to the nearby Champs Deli and enjoyed a ‘two egg sandwich sunny side up’. This is essentially two fried eggs in a freshly baked sesame topped roll, it tastes delicious but is incredibly messy to eat with egg yolk oozing out constantly, lots of serviettes needed.…
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Guide to Riding the Roosevelt Tramway and walking the High Line, New York City
Following breakfast in Champs Deli we took the subway to the Upper East Side to ride the aerial tramway across the East River to Roosevelt Island. The tramway is actually a cable car carrying up to 110 passengers every 15 minutes and the journey is included in the Metro pass. The tramway reaches a height of…
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Guide to Exploring Harlem and Queens, New York City
Our guidebook indicated that a visit to Harlem’s 135th Street to view the historic houses on Shrivers Row was worth seeing. The houses were indeed attractive, but to be honest there wasn’t very much else to see apart from the Apollo Theatre and the Cathedral of St John the Divine, so we continued walking until…
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Guide to visiting the MET, New York
First on our list this morning was a subway ride to the Williamsburg district of Brooklyn, a hipster district centred on Bedford Avenue, and home to artists and students. There’s none of the glitz of Manhattan here, instead low rise apartments and small, suburban shops along tree lined avenues. There wasn’t too much for us…
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Why you should visit the New York Transit Museum
It was time to pack our belongings after breakfast and after leaving them at the Club Quarters hotel to collect later, it was off for our final day of sightseeing. We started off by walking along the waterfront in Battery Park for one last time then at 10.00 am as the Museum of American Indians opened…
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