New York through the eyes of a Russian-speaking tourist: a ready route for 5 days
'30.06.2020'
Vita Popova
Russian-speaking traveler Klara Kirilova from Khabarovsk always wanted to visit New York. After her dream came true, she decided to share an interesting and eventful route with those who only plan to see the Big Apple. She shared the details on his platform blog TJ.
The traveler made a route around New York for five days and saved it on Google maps. To view the route, simply follow the day’s name hyperlink, for example, “Day 1”. Keep this route also in case you find yourself in New York without the slightest idea of where to go and what to see.
Day 1: Main attractions of Manhattan
On this day, you will see such famous places in the Big Apple as Fifth Avenue, Rockefeller Center, Times Square and St. Patrick's Cathedral.
Fifth Avenue (Fifth Avenue) - A street in downtown Manhattan in New York, one of the most famous, respectable and expensive streets in the world. This is where many exclusive boutiques and exclusive New York stores are located.
Also you will visit Bryant park - here it is New York Public Library.
Rockefeller Center - Another popular attraction of the metropolis. Initially, the center was built as a “city within a city” and a huge office center. Today it is a real symbol of New York, a huge complex and landmark of the city. The main Christmas tree of the country is annually installed on the square near the Rockefeller Center.
Times Square (Times Square) - a square in central Manhattan, located at the intersection of Broadway and Seventh Avenue. She is the center of the Theater District of New York. This square is considered a symbol of the city and all of America. It’s also called the “crossroads of the world” - there really is a lot of people at any time of the day who stare bewitched at the huge screens with colorful advertising.
St. Patrick's Cathedral - the largest local Catholic cathedral, built in the neo-Gothic style. He can be seen in the Hollywood films "Ghostbusters" and "Home Alone 2" and in many other films. So tourists should definitely see it with their own eyes. "St. Patrick's Cathedral is a very beautiful neo-Gothic cathedral that looks strange surrounded by buildings in Manhattan, ”the tourist writes.
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Day 2: High Line, Chelsea Market, Little Italy and Chinatown
High line (High Line) in New York is an elevated park built on the site of railroad tracks in downtown Manhattan. It stretches from the Meatpacking area to the Hudson Yards. Millions of people visit this park every year to enjoy stunning views of Manhattan and the Hudson River.
Chelsea market (Chelsea Market) is a food hall, shopping mall, office building and TV production complex located in the Chelsea area of Manhattan. This is the most famous market in the city.
West Village (West Village) is the western part of Greenwich Village in Manhattan. It is a popular area with designer boutiques and trendy restaurants. The district also houses the Village Vanguard jazz club and the Stonewall Inn bar, where the Stonewall riots took place in 1969, which marked the beginning of the struggle for the observance of the rights of the LGBT community. “West Village - pretty front gardens, boutiques, galleries and hand-made shops,” the author writes.
Carrie bradshaw's apartment - the house where Carrie from the series Sex and the City lived.
Friends building - the house where the heroes of the series "Friends" in New York "lived". This place is worth a visit to all fans of the cult series of the 1990s.
Soho (SoHo) is a trendy area where residents of nearby cities come to shop. There are many designer boutiques, high-end chain stores and art galleries. Elegant lattice facades of buildings, cobbled streets, expensive restaurants and popular nightlife venues give the area a special atmosphere. During the day you can meet street vendors who sell various goods - from jewelry to works of art.
"Small Italy" (Little Italy) is a welcoming area that attracts tourists with many souvenir shops and traditional Italian restaurants and pastry shops. Along the narrow streets, there are former tenement houses, in which newly arrived immigrants lived in the XNUMXth century.
New York Chinatown called Chinatown (Chinatown). By the way, here is the OCICF ice cream factory, where you can try real chinese ice cream.
The Brooklyn Bridge (Brooklyn Bridge) managed to earn the title of New York business card, so you should not explain why it is worth a visit to every tourist.
Day 3: Central Park and museums
Solomon Guggenheim Museum (Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum) - Museum of art in the United States, created by the patron and collector Solomon Guggenheim. Located in New York within the so-called museum mile. It houses one of the oldest and most visited collections of contemporary art in the world. "About 6000 masterpieces, including the works of Kandinsky, Chagall, Pollack, Serre, Warhol, Van Gogh, Gauguin and Picasso," the author writes.
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Museum of Art "Metropolitan" (Metropolitan Museum of Art) - one of the largest and fourth most visited art museum in the world. Located in New York, USA.
Central Park - needs no introduction, as it is one of the largest parks in the United States and the most famous in the world.
Day 4: The Statue of Liberty
Woolworth Building (Woolworth Building) - a skyscraper in New York, built in 1910-1913 as the headquarters of the retail chain FW Woolworth Company. Later it belonged to the socialite Barbara Hatton. And in 1913-1930 it was the tallest building in the world! So it is definitely worth a visit while traveling to New York.
Freedom Tower or World Trade Center (World Trade Center) was erected on the site of the former twin towers. Now it is the tallest building in New York, its height with a spire is 541 m.
9/11 memorial - Memorial to the September 11 tragedy. Officially, it is called National September 11 Memorial and Museum, although many also call it Ground Zero - zero level. The memorial opened in September 2011 after five years of construction, and in the first three months it was visited by about a million people.
Battery Park (The Battery Park) is one of the oldest recreational areas in New York. On its territory there is a port, which is the starting point for ferries to Ellis Island, to the Statue of Liberty, to Staten Island and in the summer to Governors Island.
The park itself contains many monuments and monuments: including the Castle Clinton National Monument, the German sculptor Fritz Koenig's Sphere, the Netherlands Memorial, the East Coast War Memorial, "Monument to the First Jewish Immigrant", as well as monuments to John Erickson, Giovanni da Verrazano, poetess Emme Lazarus. "The Battery Park is the oldest place in New York," the author notes.
Wall Street (Wall Street) is the heart of the US financial industry. There is also a monument to the golden bull, with which tourists love to be photographed.
Incidentally, attacking bull (Charging Bull) is one of the most popular symbols of New York and Wall Street. But the main attraction of the street is New York Stock Exchange.
Trinity Church (Trinity Church) - The temple of the New York diocese of the US Episcopal Church, located in Lower Manhattan at the intersection of Broadway and Wall Street. The modern church building was built in 1846. This building will definitely appeal to those who like buildings in the Neo-Gothic style.
The Statue of Liberty - This is the first thing that comes to mind to any American or resident of another country when he is asked the question of what is the symbol of the United States. You can get to the island where the statue is located on the Staten Island Ferry ferry. Schedule you will find here.
Day 5: Brooklyn and Brighton Beach
Coney Island (Coney Island) is a residential area of Brooklyn, which every summer becomes a center of relaxation and entertainment. Locals and tourists flock to the beach, ride a ferris wheel Wonder Wheel and gather in an amusement park Luna Park with the legendary attraction Cyclone. There is also a snack bar in the area. Nathan's Famous, in which every July 4th there are competitions on eating hot dogs.
Brighton Beach (Brighton Beach) is a district in Brooklyn, also known as Little Odessa. The second name is due to the fact that there are many natives of Ukraine, Russia and other countries of Eastern Europe. It is very lively, there are a lot of high-rise apartment buildings, there are night clubs. The restaurants on Brighton Beach Avenue serve international cuisine. On the same street are grocery markets. Mostly locals relax on a beach with a wooden promenade (Brighton Beach Boardwalk), with a more relaxed atmosphere than in neighboring Coney Island.
At the end of the day, when you get tired of another long walk through the largest city in America, enjoy the beautiful New York sunset. You can do this at one of the piers, having a rest near the water with a bottle of wine.
Here are some of these places:
Brooklyn Heights Promenade (Brooklyn Heights Promenade) - this is a picturesque place from which even more picturesque views of the Satuya of Liberty, and Manhattan, and the magnificent Brooklyn Bridge.
Brooklyn Bridge Park (Brooklyn Bridge Park) - a park near the waterfront. Sure, no New York park beats Central Park, but this one is one of the best in all of Brooklyn. It is not crowded, calm and very beautiful.
“Now you have a ready-made route, all you have to do is make a visa and buy tickets, and get on the plane,” the traveler wrote.
