New York Highlights

With its skyscrapers, great museums, and bright lights of Broadway, New York is a city of superlatives. There are countless sights that have to be seen, but a handful is truly definitive of the city. The following are some of the best places in New York:

• Empire State Building

This soaring Art Deco skyscraper is one of the most widely recognized symbols of the city, and star of countless movies. It offers unforgettable panoramas of New York from its 86th floor Observatory

• Fifth Avenue

A heady mix of fashionable shops and world-class architecture makes for an avenue of endless pleasures, and some of New York’s best-known addresses

• Rockefeller Center

An urban wonder in the city’s center, with gardens, restaurants, an underground shopping concourse, office space, a skating rink, and over 100 works of art, from murals to statues

• Statue of Liberty

The symbol of freedom for millions seeking a new life in America, the lady holding the torch of liberty is ensconced on her own island

• Times Square and the Theater District

An explosion of neon illuminates Broadway and Times Square, where more than 40 famous theaters play host to a changing parade of hit shows

• Ellis Island Immigration History Center

Carefully restored buildings bring to life the experience of the immigrants who have poured into New York over the years, helping to build the multiethnic city of today

• Central Park

The vast swath of green provides an 843-acre respite from the concrete of the city. The man-made park took 16 years and more than 500,000 trees to complete

• Metropolitan Museum of Art

It would take weeks to see all the treasures of this museum. It houses one of the greatest collections of the Western world and spans 5,000 years of culture