Having 2 full days in New York, although they are still insufficient to tour the city well, it is still enough time to allow you to get a first idea. Is route through New York in 2 days It is perfect if you are going to make a long stopover in the city or if you have already visited New York and want to remember some of its most symbolic and tourist places.
New York guide in 1 day
As we explained on the route of the first day of New York, on the first day you can visit a part of the Midtown district in Manhattan that includes Times Square day and night, Broadway Street, Hearst Tower, Columbus Circle, a part Central Park, Fifth Avenue, St. Patrick's Cathedral and Rockefeller Center, with its Top of the Rock viewpoint.
New York guide in 2 days
On this second day you can take the opportunity to do the Contrast Tour or the VIP Contrast Tour, the most famous in the city that will allow you to get to know and have a first stroke of some places in Harlem, Bronx, Queens and Brooklyn. Having little time, being accompanied by a guide in Spanish that tells you the history and curiosities of these places, in addition to private transport, will waste less time than doing it on public transport and on your own, so we believe it is a great option to know some of the areas of the city that you probably would not visit in your trip to New York in 2 days, but it were this way.
The tour lasts about 5 hours and ends at the starting point or in Brooklyn, where you can take the opportunity to get off as it is one of the neighborhoods that you must see in New York. Having a full afternoon, you can make a route through the DUMBO area, enjoy Manhattan from the best viewpoints and cross the famous Brooklyn Bridge.
New York Contrast Tour
most of New York Contrast Tours They start from the Times Square area. By staying at the Holiday Inn Times Square, which is at 343 West 39th Street, so we had the pick-up point very close, although if you are staying in some other area of the city, you can easily get here by subway.
The Contrast Tour or the VIP Contrast tour that takes place in a minibus with a maximum of 15 people is one of the things you have to book before traveling to New York. This tour is the most popular and places can be sold out, especially if you travel in high season or have a specific date to do so. If you have the opportunity to do it on a day that falls on Saturday, you will have the opportunity to live the sabbat, the sacred day of the Jews, in the Jewish neighborhood of Williamsburg.
Another good option is to book the Contrast Tour that includes the Gospel Mass, which will pick you up at the hotel.
Tour Contrasts in the New York guide in 2 days
This tour starts across Harlem, one of the best known neighborhoods in New York, where you will pass by famous places like the Cotton Club or the Apollo Theater, where the most symbolic places in this neighborhood.
The first stop is at the Yankee Stadium in the Bronx neighborhood, where you can see the stadium on the outside and the graffiti of the great stars of this team. In this same neighborhood you will visit police station 42, famous for going out in the movie Fort apache by Paul Newman. To end the visit in this area you will see some graffiti that were made in memory of many of the deceased gang members in the neighborhood. And finally route through the Bronx You will make a brief stop at Simpson Station, where the famous Bronx graffiti is.
Graffiti in the Bronx
The second area you will visit in the Contrast Tour is Queens, with the beautiful residential houses of Malba and the Flushing Meadows Corona Park, where it was filmed "Men in black"and where the US Open of Tennis is celebrated. In this neighborhood they will leave you some free time to go for a walk and have a drink in one of their Latin bars or patisseries. It is a neighborhood that is worth going back and seeing it with tranquility, since there is an impressive cultural variety.
Queens neighborhood
After passing the First Calvary Cemetery, overlooking Manhattan, you will arrive in Brooklyn, where you can walk on foot jewish neighborhood of Williamsburg. In this neighborhood it is advisable to refrain from taking photos of people, especially ultra-Orthodox Jews.
The tour ends with this visit, and as we mentioned at the beginning, the best option is to get off in the DUMBO area to visit this part of the Brooklyn neighborhood during the rest of the afternoon. And as we know that at this time the stomach will be in War foot, nothing better than approaching the Grimaldi's restaurant, where you can taste one of the New York's best pizzas.
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Brooklyn route in New York in 2 days
Brooklyn route
The route through Brooklyn in this New York in two days start by walking through DUMBO, where if you want to take one of the best photos of New York, you must find this point, on Washington Street, from where you will have incredible views of the Manhattan Bridge between the buildings, with the Empire State together in the middle of the bridge.
Manhattan Bridge from Washington Street
After taking a walk in this area you can go to Fulton Ferry State Park, a small park from where you have one of the best views of the Brooklyn Bridge. In addition, near there we will also find the Jane's Carrousel and a small beach, where you can rest and enjoy incredible views of the bridge and Manhattan.
Brooklyn Bridge from Fulton Ferry State Park
Before sunset begins a good option is to cross the Brooklyn Bridge, one of the best free things in New York to City Hall Park, a beautiful park where the New York City Hall is located. From here you can return to Brooklyn by subway or walk, although we recommend that you do so walking to enjoy the views while the sunset appears. We are sure that this moment will take thousands of photos ... That if, above all you have to be careful while crossing the bridge to not invade the bike lane, to avoid any accident.
Brooklyn bridge
To end this incredible and complete day, we recommend you to walk the Brooklyn Heights Promenade promenade from where you can see a great sunset over Manhattan and see how the night begins to fall on the Big Apple while, little by little, they begin to illuminate the skyscraper. One of the best tips if you are traveling to New York.
And as we know that after such a walk you have to load energy, nothing better than doing it with a delicious ice cream at the Brooklyn Ice Cream Factory.
Manhattan at night from Brooklyn Heights Promenade
Before returning to the hotel and finishing this New York in 2 days, you can go back to the Fulton Ferry State Park area, to take photos of New York at night with the Brooklyn Bridge, which will leave you another of the most beautiful images of New York. A good option for dining in Brooklyn is the Shake Shack of Fulton Street where you can eat what they say are best burgers in New York.
Shake Shack, the best burgers in New York
This day of New York in 2 days, if you do not want to do the Contrast Tour, it is interchangeable by the New York in 3 days.
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New York guide in one day
The best offers of Flights to New York here
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Get € 35 for your reservation with AirBnb here
Book the best tours and excursions in New York in Spanish here
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New York guide in one day
