A getaway to New York ? Why not! There are those who go to the Big Apple to spend four or five days at most, which for some is crazy if we take into account that the flight already costs you at least 600 euros. However, it is worth the economic effort to visit one of the most beautiful cities in the world.
In this article I am going to give you some tips that you should write down if you want to make the most of your getaway. Some are quite obvious and others are not so obvious, so do not make the mistake of thinking that you already have everything under control.
Organization
New York is not one of those cities that you can visit in a day without problem. It has an area of 789 square kilometers of land and that forces you to organize yourself to see everything in those four or five days that your getaway can last.
Take a map and start drawing the parts that you are going to visit each day taking into account that there are essential points of interest, such as the Empire State Building, Times Square, the Public Library, Madison Square Garden, Rockefeller Center, Central Park… Divide your days into zones and not only will you have to walk less, but you will also make better use of your time and you will be able to take more than one break in a cafeteria.
New York Pass and Explorer Pass
It is a mistake to arrive in New York as a foreigner without having any idea what the New York Pass and the Explorer Pass are. In short, the New York Pass is a tourist pass that allows you to access more than 100 tourist attractions in New York for very little money and without having to go through the ticket office. A day costs 124 dollars (94 dollars for children), but there is also the option to buy the New York Pass for more days: 2 (189 dollars), 3 (218 dollars), 5 (244 dollars), 7 (279 dollars) or 10 days ($ 319).
The Explorer Pass is another pass that you can buy paying at least 77 euros. It includes more than 60 visits and tours of New York and you can choose between 3, 4, 5, 7 or 10 attractions, something that obviously influences the price to pay (10 attractions cost 190 euros). It should be noted that they give you a full color pocket guide in English, Spanish and German, and that you also benefit from discounts in shops and restaurants.
Buy tickets in advance
This section also has a lot to do with the New York Pass and Explorer Pass, as it is about being cautious and organized. In the first place, so as not to be left with the desire to go to see a show in which they have hung the “ no tickets ” sign; and secondly because of an economic issue, since it is usually cheaper to buy tickets online and in advance than to do it on site . In addition, you save yourself the cumbersome queues that normally have to be done for almost everything, so you can plan your route without fear of inopportune wasted time.
Check the events on the dates of your getaway
We don’t just travel to New York to see its spectacular skyscrapers or stroll through Central Park. We also want to take advantage of the getaway to attend events such as an NBA game or a Broadway musical. If you don’t want to get an unpleasant surprise when they tell you that there are no more tickets, you should be proactive and look at the calendar before traveling to consider the possibility of buying tickets in advance, as I mentioned in the previous section. Remember that there are times for everything: to ice skating on the Rockefeller Center rink in winter, to listen to the New York Philharmonic Orchestra in Central Park without paying in summer, to witness the Easter Hat Parade in Easter …
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