It’s one of my special places in New York. I read about it for the first time on The New Yorker pages, I deepened with some researches, I sent some emails and at the end I had the chance to enter it for a private guided tour a couple of months ago. It’s the symbol…
Alternative things to do in New York: visit the American Geographical Society. Lives, stories and relics of the great explorers between 1800 and 1900
There would be really many alternative things to do in New York. It would be enough to look beyond the attractions and the most told and photographed places for a few hours to discover the most authentic and original essence of a city that for over 300 years has been making up stories and tales…
Tours outside New York: one or two days itinerary between Woodstock and the Hudson Valley
It exists a rich and variegate offer of tours outside New York to take into consideration for a one-two days itinerary, leaving (and coming back to) right from the Big Apple. You can reckon – according to the time in your hands and the planning ability of each of you – to do-it-yourself or alternatively…
Hidden New York: unusual and very beautiful itinerary discovering Spuyten Duyvil. Legends, vintage dwellings and cliffs overlooking the Hudson River
Bedsides the patinated, certainly more photographed and told New York, it exists another one hidden and very beautiful which hides paths and locations often surprising and unexpected. A hidden New York – or maybe should say secret – which tells about fairytale views, and suggestive vintage dwellings, views and rock spurs overlooking the Hudson River,…
Unusual things to do in New York: visit the Federal Reserve Bank vaults, the world’s biggest stockpile of gold
There are many unusual things to do in New York. It’s difficult being able to make a list in detail, since there are too many places tied to the evolution of the city, too many historic sites, and many, really many surprising locations. Almost always we learn about them by the most improbable, original and…
Itineraries in New York: unusual tour discovering Forest Hills, Queens. The “garden city” of the US Open, Simon & Garfunkel, John Lennon and Spiderman
When we talk about paths and itineraries in New York we almost always think about one or a half day tours on foot from Upper Manhattan as far as Midtown or from Lower Manhattan as far as Brooklyn Heights. We often ignore – due to lack of info or time – some areas of Bronx,…
