not for tourists New York and other help!!

Hi People,

Planning a trip to NY later this year, booked flights and hotel, now need to organise itenery. We will be staying in the Casablanca Hotel (Times Square) - I%26#39;ve a LONG list of stuff we want to do, but we%26#39;ll only be there for 5 nights/ 6 days, and I dont think I%26#39;ll get everything in.

Things We want to do

Battery Park

Bloomingdale%26#39;s

Broadway

Bryant Park

Central Park

Chelsea Market

Chinatown

Circle Line Cruise ?

Ellis Island

Empire State Building

FAO Schwarz

Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Gramercy Park

Grand Central Terminal

Ground Zero

Lower East Side Tenement Museum

Macy%26#39;s

Ralph Lauren

Rockefeller Center

South Street Seaport

St. Patrick%26#39;s Cathedral

Staten Island Ferry

tatue of Liberty

Tiffany %26amp; Co.

Times Square

Top of the Rock

Toys %26#39;R%26#39; Us Times Square

Places to eat

Carmine%26#39;s

Carnegie Deli

Katz%26#39;s Deli

River Cafe

Help is needed to get this lot into some sort of order (other than alphabetically!!)

I%26#39;ve got the DK eyewitness guide book, and wondering should I get the NFT (not for tourists) NY guide

HELP PLEEAASSEEEE!!!

not for tourists New York and other help!!

You need to find all these places on a map and group them by nearness. While I could do it for you (and maybe someone else will) I think it would be more helpful if you did it yourself and got used to the lay of the land.

I actually think you can do/see all this in 6 days--although some may be more drive by than visit. You might want to consider a bus tour which will at minimum pass by all these places. The hop on/off is popular but there are also options like

nypartyshuttle.com

kingofnyc.com

The DK book should be fine if you started to read it!! It should have a good map too.

Decide which day/night you want to go to the River Cafe which is the most difficult reservation and set that up asap. rivercafe.com

You don%26#39;t need a reservation at the Carnegie and I don%26#39;t think they take them at Carmine%26#39;s for 2 (do you know portions are huge at Carmine%26#39;s and usually recommended for only a minimum of 4 hungry adults?)

The other thing on your list that needs booking in advance is the Tenement Museum.

If you want a free tour of Grand Central, they%26#39;re given on Fri%26#39;s at 12:30 pm.

not for tourists New York and other help!!

Thanks NYWiz - I%26#39;ve my work cut out trying to get everything in order, but is fun fun fun.

thanks for your advice

Sla铆nte

DublinForSam

We%26#39;ve had the DK one since our visit last year and haven%26#39;t bothered updating that for this year. I did get NFT and I think it%26#39;s a good reference for when you%26#39;re on the ground but not for when you%26#39;re trying to find things to do...there are no pretty pictures!

Wil let you know how we get on with it next week but I%26#39;m glad we had the DK first to get to know what we%26#39;re interested in, and of course TA!

Thanks Athtrasna

Keep us posted about your trip.

Your experience will be invaluable

have a good one

RLUnited

Hi

I have just got the NFT NY guide from the library, could you not do the same to save you buying another guide?

I got 4 different guides from the library and with the 2 others people have promised to lend me I don%26#39;t think I will bother buying one, problem is the books are due back the day before we come home, I must go on line and renew them today in case I forget nearer the time.

K

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