What should I not miss ?
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What should I not miss ?
The plane.
Cheers tattooOriginally Posted by The Alien wrote on Mon, 02 March 2015 20:03
The toilet on the plane.
Not to sure about Rejkavik - a few geysers I suppose. New York has plenty to see. Central Park, 9/11 memorial, Liberty and Ellis Islands ($18 all in - boats, entrance to Ellis island Immigration Buildings and audio tours. If you want to go to the top of the statue you'll have to pay extra and book in advance), Empire State Building, Yankee Stadium (better if you're going when the Yankees are there, about $30 for a game ticket), Metropolitan Museum of Art, Madison Square Garden, Times Square etc etc. Plenty of restaurants in Hell's Kitchen near Times Square with food from all over the world, Little Italy. Bars everywhere but try to get to the White Horse in the Village which was Dylan Thomas's watering hole with photographs of him still in the bars. I know from other threads that not everybody agrees with me but I think it's the most exciting city in the world.
Iceland is a truly magical place. Rent a car and cover a few sights at your own pace. The so-called Golden Circle, which takes in a lot of the sights, is a round 200km trip.
Other than already mentioned in NYC.
Top of the Rock , USS Intrepid , a show on Broadway , Greenwich Village , Maceys etc.
Circle Line boat tour around Manhattan. From Pier 83, West 42nd Street. It's next to the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum on the USS Intrepid. Never done the latter, but it looks interesting. There is a Blackbird on deck along with many other mean-looking bits of kit. They also have a space shuttle.
Get the (free) Statten Island Ferry, it goes past the Statue of Liberty.
Have a drink in some of the old bars http://untappedcities.com/2013/11/06/10-oldest-surviving-bar s-nyc-mcsorleys-bridge-cafe-ear-inn-chumleys-fraunces-tavern -petes-tavern-whitehorse-tavern/, McSorley's Old Ale House in East Village is a favourite.
Hire a bike at Central Park.
MOMA.
Loads to do.
Reykavic - The Penis Museum, a swim in the thermal pools, visit the Big Lebowski bar, walk around town, it's really nice (boys went last year for a couple of days)
Mile high club, buy one get one free offer
Statue of Liberty, A view from the top of the Empire State building at night,A walk through Cental Park and if possible a tour of The Bronx and Harlem.
Forgot The Oyster Bar at Grand Central Station.
A walk over the Brooklyn Bridge and the High Line:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Li...w_York_City%29
Out of interest, why are you going via Reykyavik?
Little Owl restaurant, Friends exterior building (great food) and Dylans boozer The White Horse to get abused by the miserable staff.
Thanks again guys keep the replies coming. I'm flying Iceland Airways which transits in Reykjavik and gives you the option to stop a couple of days before connecting to US, paid £440 (September) which I thought was good.
My advice would be that if you take the ferry to see the Statue of Liberty don't get off. Once you've seen Lady Liberty up close you may as well turn around and get on with your day. Also try to walk s much as you can, and don't be afraid of the Subway.
And go whale watching in Iceland.
I'd get a 7-day unlimited subway pass if I were you (that's what I did on my 4-day trip back in November). Get the Air train from JFK (I assume) direct to Jamaica Central station, buy your subway pass from the guy in the kiosk there (rather than queue up to use the ticket machines), get on the E line into Manhattan.
Wasn't expecting to see a port fan on here.
Old Port Mate, Magpies, in the good ole days of the legend that was Russell Ebert..
Good advice that's what we did and we used the subway a lot more this time
How I envy you Peajay
I'd love to go back to NYC.
Not sure if it was already mentioned but seriously consider getting the 'City Pass' . It will pay for itself in time in both and money , and perks.
Enjoy!
Do try walking back to Manhattan over the Brooklyn Bridge at dusk. A simple act, but just magical.
Still gives me goosebumps even thinking about it.
Iceland.... try and squeeze in Blue Lagoon (expensive), bridge over the two continents (near BL-free) and joins Eurasian plate to North American plate so you can walk from one continent to another, Geysir/Gullfoss/Thingvellir (free entry), geothermal power station. These guys cover most in a day trip:
http://trex.is/daytours-winter/
Beer in new york is superb - they've got a massive micro brewery culture.
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