Visit the “Big Apple”, New York City the city that never
sleeps! New York City is filled with so many historic and artistic sights that
it could take months to see them all.
HIGHLIGHTS
• Empire
State Observatory and New York Sky Ride… Located on the 86th floor,
1,050 feet above the city’s bustling streets, the Empire State Observatory
offers panoramic views from the surrounding open-air promenade.
• United
Nations… In 1945, Representatives of 50 countries met in San Francisco at the
United Nations Conference on International Organization to draw up the United
Nation Charter. The Organization officially came into existence on 24 October
1945. United Nations Day is celebrated on October 24.
• The
Intrepid…Destined to be scrapped, a campaign led by the Intrepid Museum
Foundation saved the carrier and established it as a floating museum which
opened in New York City in August 1982. In 1986, Intrepid was officially
designated as a National Historic Landmark.
• Ellis
Island… If you ponder nothing else at Ellis Island, remember the line from the
Emma Goldman poem the reads, “Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.”
Ellis Island is where those masses huddled – in all, more than 12 million people
from 1892 to 1954.
• IMAX
Film… The Loews IMAX Theatre at Lincoln Square boasts one of the largest IMAX
screens in the world – 75 feet high by 97 feet wide.
• Museum
of Natural History… One of the largest and most innovative natural history
museums. Includes famous dinosaur halls, Akeley Hall of African Mammals,
Gottesman Hall of Planet Earth, and the new Rose Center featuring the most
technologically advanced Space Show in the world.
• Rose
Center… The American Museum of Natural History’s Rose Center for Earth and Space
had its grand opening in February 2000, and this world class science center
features, among a variety of very cool, high-tech exhibits, the new Hayden
Planetarium.
•
Wednesday Matinee Theatre or Evening Theatre… Endless Choices in the “Big
Apple”.
• Nature
Walk through Central Park…Central Park helps makes New York such a great place
to live. The huge park, 843 acres large, is located in the center of Manhattan.
The park hosts several lakes, theaters, ice rinks, fountains, tennis courts,
baseball fields, many playgrounds and other facilities. It is also home to the
Central Park Zoo and the magnificent Metropolitan Museum of Art.
•
Chelsea Food Market… a food tasting adventure into the past, present, and
future.
Itineraries will be custom designed for your group’s individual needs.
