{"id":5443,"date":"2016-06-16T16:51:51","date_gmt":"2016-06-16T15:51:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eurotalk.com\/blog\/?p=5443"},"modified":"2016-06-16T16:51:51","modified_gmt":"2016-06-16T15:51:51","slug":"destination-new-york-usa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/destination-new-york-usa\/","title":{"rendered":"Destination: New York, USA"},"content":{"rendered":"

The reason why New York is a super popular touristic destination is because it\u2019s such a diverse city and it has something for everyone. More than one person told me before I went \u201cOh, you\u2019ll love it! It\u2019s my favourite city!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

So what makes it so loved? New York is definitely impressive. All the famous places you\u2019ve seen in movies, the skyscrapers, rushed people, Central Park, they all make you feel the strong impact of this powerful city.<\/span><\/p>\n

If you really want to “feel” the city and get that really local feeling,\u00a0I\u2019d suggest saving up and finding a place to stay on the Manhattan island, either a hotel or an airbnb \u2013 it\u2019s close to everything and you’ll earn more time to look around than spend on transportation.<\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019m not usually the type of tourist to go on the beaten path but some of the\u00a0popular places have really fascinated me, like Top of The Rock, which is a three level observation deck at the 67th, 69th, and 70th floors of 30 Rockefeller Plaza. The Empire State Building is another place you can get 360\u00b0 views of the city, however if you have to choose between the two, I\u2019d go with Top of The Rock; it has windows instead of a fence and the highest level doesn\u2019t have any restrictions. It’s totally safe though, I promise. Timing of the people going up\u00a0is more organised and you actually have enough space to take photos and enjoy the view.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Empire State building seen from The Top of the Rock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Opposite that: Central Park, Upper East Side and Upper West Side<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Take a day for Central Park, it\u2019s a fantastic place. If you\u2019re working your way up North, on the West side of the Park you\u2019ll find the Guggenheim Museum, which is a real masterpiece of architecture and a great art museum.<\/span><\/p>\n

West Village and Greenwich Village are definitely the cutest districts. If you\u2019re a fan of Friends, that\u2019s where their famous building is! Sadly, it\u2019s just a normal residential building, as the show was all filmed in studios in California.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Lovely West Village<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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If you don’t recognise this building we can’t be friends.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Another interesting place that I loved was The High Line. It’s an old elevated section of a railway in Chelsea district transformed into a 1.45-mile-long (2.33 km) linear park. While you\u2019re there make sure to see Chelsea Market –\u00a0an old factory now transformed into an indoor food hall. They have amazing food from all over the world. It\u2019s very hard to resist eating everything in sight, don’t say I didn’t warn you.<\/span><\/p>\n

There are many great places in New York that are waiting to be discovered. Just get lost on the streets of different districts and wander around, they all have their own unique character.<\/span><\/p>\n

Travelling to New York? Be prepared with uTalk<\/a> – you can use it from over 100 languages!<\/span><\/p>\n

Ioana<\/span><\/p>\n

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The reason why New York is a super popular touristic destination is because it\u2019s such a diverse city and it has something for everyone. More than one person told me before I went \u201cOh, you\u2019ll love it! It\u2019s my favourite city!\u201d So what makes it so loved? New York is definitely impressive. All the famous … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[150,3,97,18],"tags":[1579,198,1580,528,1581,1582,268,1583,1584,161,1585,38,507],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5443"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5443"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5443\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utalk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}