New Yorkers love to walk, and the High Line, a 2.3 km long hanging linear park that stretches from the Meatpacking district through Chelsea on an abandoned rail line, is a fantastic ride. Resurrected with an astonishing labyrinth of gardens (presenting 300 species of plants), paths and bodies of water, it offers a different perspective on contemporary architecture, the Hudson River: or how to visit New York in the skin of a local.
Whether you discover it from Battery Park or aboard the Staten Island ferry, you really must contemplate the Statue of Liberty if you are visiting New York. Get close to its feet for a great view of the river and Manhattan. The most iconic copper statue in the world was designed by Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi as a gift from France in 1886 to mark the centenary of the United States. "Lady Liberty" is 46 m high, with an index measuring 2.40 m long and eyes almost 90 cm wide. One of the best things to do while visiting New York is to walk past the statue by ferry and visit the Immigration Museum on Ellis Island. Ellis Island is a place of American immigration that has been turned into a museum since 1990.
Whether you go to Central Park to ride the vintage 1908 Carrousel, sip a glass of wine while admiring the lake view from the Boathouse Café, laugh at the sea lions and penguins in the zoo, watch birds at the Ramble, or run around the Reservoir with the locals, this 341 hectare oasis is the largest urban garden in the world and an essential experience to explore if you come to New York to discover its green lungs in particular.
Brilliant and intimidating, the Metropolitan Museum of Art ranks among the best art museums in the world, housing medieval and expressionist masterpieces as well as an entire Egyptian temple. The Greek and Roman sculptures, the exhibits from Africa and Oceania, and the Asian wing are also quite incredible. If you wake up in the morning and it rains, go to the "Met" (open seven days a week) and get lost in the aisles of the museum.
A visit to the Guggenheim Museum is doubly rewarding if you are looking for what to do in New York as part of an original visit: you will discover a sharp selection of collections of modern and contemporary art objects and enter one of the most emblematic buildings of the mid-20th century in the United States. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and inaugurated in 1959, the museum imitates a nautilus shell (a mollusk) in a spiral, which leads visitors on gently sloping ramps where exhibitions feature works by Picasso, Monet, Gauguin, Cézanne , Kandinsky, and others around a dramatic rotunda.
Emblematic of the Big Apple, it is a “reference” (often filmic) that allows you to visit New York in its most symbolic places. 750,000 people rush through Grand Central Terminal every day, so while you're at it, try not to get caught up in the hustle and bustle. Visit this station around noon, when the light pierces the stained glass windows as in a cathedral, to fully appreciate the immense main hall of this 100 year old architectural gem. End your tour with lunch in the lower level room, where you can eat everything from oysters to hot dogs.
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