5th Avenue at 82nd Street, Manhattan, New York City, NY 10028
Tel: +1 212 879 5500
New York's most popular tourist attraction contains approximately three million exhibits making planning a necessary part of any visit. Superb floor plans and descriptions of installations and exhibits are available in the Great Hall.
5th Avenue at 88th Street, New York City, NY 10128
Tel: +1 212 423 3500
This beautifully constructed building is a work of art in itself. Visitors start at the top and spiral down and around the building viewing artefacts on the way. The recent addition of a ten-story wing makes the Guggenheim's collection one of the largest in New York. Closed Tuesdays.
11 West 53rd Street, New York City, NY 10019
Tel: +1 212 708 9500
'MOMA' is one of the most popular galleries in the United States. Loved for its simplistic lay out, superb collections, people friendly atmosphere and annual retrospectives. Some of the world's finest art is on display here including Van Gogh's 'Starry Night' and Monet's panelled 'Water Lilies'. Closed Wednesday.
Fort Tyron Park, Washington Heights, New York City, NY 10040
Tel: +1 212 923 3700Medieval art and architecture. Part of the Metropolitan Museum. Open Tuesday to Sunday. 09:30am - 5:30pm. Closes at 4:45pm November to February.
5th Avenue and 34th Street, New York City, NY 10118
Tel: +1 212 736 3100Built in 1931 as an office complex it was said to help pull New York out of the depression. King Kong climbed it in 1933 and it is still open today for vertigo free visitors. Go early in the morning or late in the day to avoid queuing. Open daily.

Liberty Island, New York City, NY
Tel: +1 212 363 3200New York's gift from the French in 1886, the Statue of Liberty stands 151 feet high. Lifts and steps take visitors to the top but queues can be extremely long. Go in the morning and be prepared to spend most of the day waiting, particularly during the summer.
For many, New York's shops an stores are the city's main attraction. Shopping in New York is theater, architecture and unparalleled people-watching all rolled into one. As well as the world-famous department stores, there is an overwhelming array of unique one-of-a-kind shops that share street space with every chain that anyone could ever mention.
Stores are generally open Monday-Saturday 10.00-17.30, but neighbourhood variations do exist. In midtown and lover Manhattan, shops are often closed for the entire weekend. Most stores on the Lower East Side and in the 47th Street diamond district close on Friday afternoons and Saturdays for the Jewish Sabbath but open on Sunday. Sunday hours are rare on the Upper East Side although common on the West Side and districts such as SoHo and the Village. New York shops are collected in neighbourhoods rather than malls and when the weather is fine, shop-crawling is a popular pastime with both locals and visitors.

The shops at South Street Seaport are located on the cobbled, traffic-free extension to Fulton Street (The Fulton Street Market is the original location of the city's fish market) and the three levels of Pier 17. The neighbourhood features some of the country's upscale retailers and business is always brisk, especially on hot summer days and weekends.
Once the home of millions of Jewish immigrants from Russia and Eastern Europe, the Lower Eat Side is New York's best bet for bargain shopping. At the center of the neighbourhood is the narrow but colourful Orchard Street, which is crammed with tiny, no-nonsense clothing and shoe stores from right across the range. Sunday is the busiest and best day of the week when the immense crowds can make the busy shop assistants a tad sharp.
Major art galleries keep company the vast array of chic clothing stores in SoHo. The neighbourhood is mainly occupied by West Broadway but also takes in Broadway and Wooster, Greene, Mercer, Prince, Spring, Broome and Grand streets.
The Lower 5th Avenue neighbourhood is considered to be the area of 5th Avenue south of 20th Street and the streets that fan east and west. This area is home to some of New York's hippest shops and attracts a lively and trendy downtown crowd. Empario Armani, Paul Smith and Matsuda are all based here and book-lovers flock to the enormous Barnes & Noble on the southeast and southwest corners of 18th Street.
Herald Square is found at the intersection of 34th Street and Avenue of the Americas (6th Avenue). The linchpin of the area has traditionally been the huge Macy's Department Store but it is also the home of other vast stores like Manhattan's first Toys R Us. The concentration of shops in a small area makes it a reasonable choice in bad weather.
Midtown Near Grand Central is home to the best men's tailors and clothiers. Women seeking business suits and formal wear are also well catered for. The area here stretches to the area of Madison Avenue known as Trad Avenue.
5th Avenue, from Central Park South to Rockefeller, is one of New York's most famous and best loved districts. The boulevard that was once home to some of the biggest names in New York retailing has lost some ground in recent years to Madison Avenue north of 57th Street but still remains an important stop for the shopper. Major 5th Avenue players include FAO Schwartz and Bergdorf Goodman (at 58th Street), Tiffany and Bulgari Jewellers (at 57th Street), Cartier (at 52nd Street) and Saks Fifth Avenue (at 50th Street). In addition, the Rockefeller Center itself also features a plethora of shops.
57th Street, the thoroughfare of Carnegie Hall, the Russian Tea Room and the Hard Rock Café, is home to stores that sell everything from discount books to diamond bracelets worth six figures. Another popular and famous stop of the shopping trip to New York, 57th Street also provides an address to top art galleries such as Pace and Andre Emmerich.
Columbus Avenue, between 66th and 86th Streets, is a former tenement district that is now home to the city's glitziest stores. Contemporary in design, the stores offer upscale but not top-of-the-line styles.
The Upper East Side, roughly between 57th and 79th streets on Madison and Lexington avenues, is home to the New York branches of world-renowned designer emporiums. In addition, smaller independent retailers fill their stores with the unique and stylish. Domestic and imported items for the home, fine antiques and high quality clothing dominate the Upper East Side and in spite of this, the prices are not as unaffordable as one might expect.