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The best way to see, feel and smell what truly is New York City, is to give yourself your own walking tour. There are literally thousands of areas to walk through, but listed below are the best 5 spots that will give you a true New York experience. If you haven’t booked a room yet, check out this site for great accommodation near any of the 5 walking tour areas.

In Midtown, start with the architecture. There are a number of landmark buildings in this section of Manhattan with a good selection of historic architectural styles more diverse than in any other part of Manhattan. Next, if you want to get the Gotham aspect of New York City, search for the Gargoyles in Manhattan. New York Gargoyles see us, but we don’t see them. To see all the Gargoyles in there splendor, it’s recommended to go online and book a Gargoyle walking tour , because there are so many to see and they span 4 neighborhoods, it takes an expert guide to show you where all 31 gargoyles are and to give you the history, the types of gargoyles you’ll be seeing and the legends that go with each one. Prepare to spend 3 hours on this walking tour.

If you’re looking for a little diversity, take a walking tour to Little Italy and the new evolving NoLIta (North Little Italy) . Little Italy is located on the Lower East Side. Through the centuries this community has dwindled down to a few blocks – from Bleecker Street, Lafayette Street to Canal Street and the Bowery. NoLIta is relatively new and is developing gradually around the old St. Patrick’s Cathedral. Little Italy is an ethnically mixed, middle income, artisan community that is home to families living in the historical 2 story Federal style homes; you’ll fine a 1817 Federal home still standing. The history of the remaining landmark institutional, residential and religious buildings will help you relate to the neighborhoods past. Or for a little bit more diversity, walk to the Lower East Side, or what New Yorkers like to call ‘The Synagogues of the Lower East Side’. Start at the corner of 2nd Avenue and East Houston, then make your way through Delancey Street, Orchard Street and through many more streets until you hit Broadway. The architecture is stunning, historical and it will give you a great glimpse into the 19th century Jewish immigrants experience.

Once you’ve thoroughly checked out the Lower East Side, walk to The Upper East, which has the most expensive mile to walk through; known as the Millionaires Mile during the 1900s. Today, the Upper East Side Historic district, you see the mansion where Gertrude Vanderbilt grew up in and you’ll also see the Pulitzer Fountain and The Sherman Memorial. To get there, take a walk through Grand Army Plaza, located up Fifth Avenue from 58th Street to 71st Street and Madison Avenue still has surviving mansions from an era long gone.

Visitors to New York City are in for a very real treat this season. In a time when the theatre here seems to be reviving everything under the sun in a mad dash to attempt to get some kind of box office revenue coming in, it’s very rare to see a new work of theatre done with any kind of pomp and circumstance. It’s one of the pitfalls for theatre artists working on new plays, where the working circumstances are often far less than ideal. True, these closet and back room productions are often the most exciting things in the city, and give visitors and residents the opportunity to see what theatre is all about. It’s still nice once in awhile to see the full-blown thing.

That’s certainly happening with the Epic Theatre Ensemble ‘s production of Sarah Ruhl’s Passion Play, that opened here in late March. It’s just one more reason for out-of-towners to make their vacation plans, book a nice hotel , and start making arrangements for tickets for their favorite entertainments. This work, however, is certainly one that is not to be missed, as it holds all the theatricality that any play ever held, and delivers over and over in each of its complicated and dazzling acts.

It’s already gotten good notices from its production at the Arena Stage in Washington, DC, which served as a kind of testing ground before its New York premiere. Sarah Ruhl’s relentless examination of the human psyche has always taken on war and love in the context of archetypal stories, moving huge themes into even larger realms with a bold sense of the experiment. This one proves to take on no less heavy tropes and myths, and investing them with her own fantastic imagination and richness of language. It’s been a long time coming, too. The work started over ten years ago, when she was a student at Brown. Big works need time, and the time for this one is finally here.

Once a person visits Hawaii they immediately and confidently declare that they will no doubt return the island and experience the wonder are all over again. The amazing island scenery is much different from that of the majority of the other states that make up the United States of America. People fall in love with the islands beauty from the orchids that grow wildly on the side of the roads, to the huge mountains that seem to keep the islands gorgeousness trapped inside, to the huge volcanoes. Many people refer to Hawaii as paradise. The hotels on the island are almost as beautiful as the natural resources.

Cruises are very popular on the island and for great reason. The clear warm water is home to many sea creatures such as fish, turtles, and dolphins and on these cruises the dolphins appear to be dancing alongside the boats. On board these cruise ships guest can eat tons of food, drinks, and dance the night away after relaxing and laying in the sun throughout the day.
Dick Nugent is an architect that designed the highly difficult and demanding golf course on the island of Oahu. It is over 280 acres of beautifully landscaped grass and sand traps. The course was built on a lava bed and lays within eye sight of the Pacific Ocean.

Volcanoes make up a large part of Hawaii’s expansive landscape and are often look upon in astonishment by tourists and travelers. The state is loaded with volcanoes. Some of these volcanoes are dormant while others are still very much active and able to erupt. The volcanoe tours give spectators a an opportunity to get a up close and personal look at active fire pits, lava tubes, and an 11 mile crater rim that is simply a sight to behold. Hawaii is the only state to have these volcanoes and offer tours so while visiting be sure to experience it.