Bright lights, big city
A high-octane city where yellow cabs dash through the grid-like streets, America’s ‘Big Apple’ offers an exhilarating mix of soaring skyscrapers, designer shops and eclectic cuisine that is hard to resist.
WHAT TO SEE
Rock ’n’ roller
From the 70th floor, Top of the Rock (www.topoftherocknyc.com) offers panoramic views of Manhattan’s skyscrapers. Midtown is home to ornate Grand Central Terminal (www.grandcentralterminal.com), while on the Upper East Side, locals rollerblade through Central Park (www.centralpark.com) and browse art at the Guggenheim (www.guggenheim.org).
WHERE TO SHOP
Boutique chic
Visitors adore New York’s discounted designer clothes shops, like Downtown’s Century 21 (www.c21stores.com). Fifth Avenue is home to mega department store Macy’s (www.macys.com) and technical wizardry at the Apple Store (www.apple.com). In Greenwich Village, discover young designers at The Market NY (268, Mulberry Street).
WHERE TO EAT
Global gastronomy
Sample the world’s dining-table in one city. Gramercy Park has smart restaurants like Gramercy Tavern (www.gramercytavern.com), while Greenwich Village offers inexpensive international flavours like Moustache (90, Bedford Street). The East Village and Lower East Side are home to New York legends Katz Deli (www.katzdeli.com) for pastrami-on- rye and Clinton Street Baking Company’s (www.clintonstreetbaking.com) brunch pancakes.
HOW TO GET THERE
KLM operates a number of direct daily flights to New York John F. Kennedy Airport, and to Newark International Airport in cooperation with Delta Air Lines, from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol.
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DON’T MISS
Viewing gallery
Revamped in 2004 by Yoshio Taniguchi, the Museum of Modern Art’s airy galleries contain the world’s finest collection of 20th-century art. After browsing Léger’s oils, Giacometti’s sculpture and Schiele’s drawings, watch a classic movie in the Roy and Niuta Titus Theatres. www.moma.org
