Hotels in New York City, 566 Hotels

If you want to visit a place that never stops, is exciting, dramatic and occasionally very sad then New York is the place for you. 

Sad because of places like the Ground Zero exhibit and the dock areas of Ellis Island where immigrants arrived in New York hoping for a much better life than the one that they left behind. 

Ellis Island is now part of the Statue of Liberty National Monument and effectively a national park, the Statue of Liberty is the icon of New York and shouldn't be missed when visiting this extraordinary city.

If shopping and eating is your 'thing' then you will probably spend a day or maybe a weekend in Greenwich, well that is what the locals call it and Greenwich Village is a wonderful place to do both and also see the building where the TV series "Friends" was filmed and where Jimi Hendrix lived before he was famous.

New York is like that it is full of places that famous people live and have lived and of course as you walk down Broadway or across Times Square it is entirely possible that you will pass someone famous, even if it is only the Naked Cowboy who patrols the main pedestrian crossing in Times Square and if you slip him a dollar bill or two he will pose with you for a candid photograph. 

There really is something for everyone to do, see and enjoy in New York from the latest plays and musicals on Broadway the famous theatre area to the new and amazing Yankees Baseball Stadium and everything in between such as Wall Street. 

Wall Street is the centre of Americas finance industry and some would say the world, it is full of all of those names that you know when people mention banking and more. Then you have the buildings to either gawp at or indeed from. 

One of the most beautiful buildings in the world ever build and definitely the best looking skyscraper is the Chrysler building which at night looks incredible, and if you want an aerial view of New York but can't stretch to the cost of a helicopter tour then take the express lift to the very top of the Empire State building and look out over the city. 

If you want to relax, then a boat trip on the Hudson River is great at anytime of the years or there is always a small part of Central Park that is quiet enough to get away from every thing and every one in. The area down near Battery Park is especially quiet during the day.