Travel guide New York (Manhattan)
Sometimes a New Yorker wonders why he or she stays in Manhattan, the most famous of the five boroughs of cosmopolitan New York City, often confused with the "Big Apple" itself. Why does he stay in an overcrowded, noisy Babel, with difficult weather, living at a thousand miles an hour? The truth is that the inhabitants of the City feed off the prodigious energy of this city that never sleeps. Silence doesn't suit them, immobility doesn't suit them. And Manhattan is so full of life that they always find something to fill their agenda, between museums (including the famous MoMA) and art galleries, shows and events scheduled every day by the dozens, trendy bars by the hundreds, chic or low-budget restaurants serving innovative cuisine or preserving know-how from the four corners of the world, crazy or trendy boutiques (ideal for shopping)... Adventure awaits them at every corner! Strolling through the streets of Manhattan is also a way to soak up the excessiveness of its skyscrapers while enjoying a bagel or a hot dog. From Soho to Harlem, from Greenwich Village to the Lower East Side, not forgetting Times Square, Central Park (New York's green lung) and Broadway, the Manhattan tour guide explores the 21.5 km long and 3.7 km wide island to bring out its quintessence.
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When to go to Manhattan? There is no high or low season in New York, the city is operating at full capacity 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Some seasons can be particularly pleasant for their climate or their relative tranquility in terms of tourist numbers.
Spring is very mild (May and June) and it is also a very busy time for festivals and cultural events, with prices tending to rise. Be careful, sometimes winter extends until mid-May.
September and its famous Indian Summer is certainly the best time to go to Manhattan: temperatures in the 20 to 25°C, beautiful sunshine, clear skies and a quieter city, where the months of July and August are often hot, stuffy and overcrowded.
Finally, spending the Christmas holiday in New York can be a great experience if you're wondering when to go to Manhattan. It is very cold, of course, but it is a dry cold that makes it possible to tolerate the level of mercury. The oceanic climate of the city often gives a blue sky and a vigorous sunshine (ah! the New York light...) which makes the immaculate snow cover of the Big Apple even more brilliant (very beautiful walks in Central Park in perspective, where you have every chance to meet a ski room in the park's valleys). As Americans have a sense of celebration and celebration, you will discover a city entirely decorated with Christmas colours and gigantic festivities.
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How to go alone
Traveling alone to discover Manhattan is not a problem at all and can even be a good way to meet people. If you plan well in advance, you can nowadays find round-trip flights from Europe for less than 300 €. The same goes for accommodation: anticipation will help you get by better than improvisation on the spot. As for security, travelers have nothing to fear in Manhattan, it is a safe city.
How to go on a tour
There are countless French-speaking tourist agencies offering organized trips to Manhattan and New York in general. A stay in the Big Apple is expensive, but because of their good knowledge of the area and the partnerships that some service providers have forged over the years, it is sometimes advantageous to use their services to benefit from packages combining flight and accommodation. The city has so much to offer that it is possible to choose a thousand themes to walk its corridors.
How to get around
There is no need to rent a car in Manhattan as public transportation is so well developed. The king means of locomotion here are... your shoes! The best way to discover the city is undoubtedly by walking, which you should not hesitate to combine with a few trips on the picturesque New York subway cars. The famous yellow cabs of Manhattan are also recommended, to be hailed casually. New York is also equipped with public bicycles: the City Bike.
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Seeing New York on the big screen and in your friends' vacation photos, you probably feel like you know the city before you've even set foot in it, and you imagine that it won't be able to surprise you... Think again! This multi-faceted city has many surprises in store, from its history to its culture, cuisine, people and indescribable energy. This is the birthplace of street art, hip-hop, punk rock, black literature and the Beat Generation. The setting for films, TV series and novels, it's inspiring and inspiring, exhausting because it's inexhaustible. We won't claim that it's the capital of the world, lest we fall into cliché, but we will dare to say that it has the makings of one.
The 12 keywords New York (Manhattan)
1. #11 September
One of the most significant episodes in New York's history, and arguably its most tragic, took place on September 11, 2001, when two planes piloted by Al-Qaeda terrorists crashed into the World Trade Center towers, killing more than 2,600 people. In many ways, this catastrophe has shaped the New York of today.
2. #Broadway
You can't visit New York without going to Broadway, the avenue where successful musicals and plays are performed every day. The best of the best actors are on stage in these spectacular shows that thrill tourists as much as New Yorkers. Dramatic, glamorous and humorous, there is something for everyone.
3. #Cinema
As soon as you step out of the cab, you feel as if you already know this city from the movies. Times Square, Central Park, Fifth Ave and its swirls of yellow cabs, fire escapes zigzagging up and down building facades... A simple stroll through the streets of New York can quickly turn into a cinematic pilgrimage.
4. #Organized crime
New York is perfectly safe today, but the city remains famous for its tumultuous past. Perhaps because it has been immortalized so many times on the silver screen, the Mafia is fascinating. Although its activity has diminished, it has not been eradicated, and the five families that have ruled New York since the 1930s still operate in the shadows.
5. #Hip-Hop Culture
In the 1970s, a new sound emerged from the dilapidated streets of the Bronx: hip-hop was born during block parties. Much more than a musical genre, hip hop is a cultural movement from which graffiti and break dance also originate. New York City has seen the birth of the greatest rappers in history, including Biggie, Nas, 50 Cents and Jay-Z.
6. #Diversity
New York is one of the most cosmopolitan cities in the world. When you walk through its streets, you can see that all communities live together peacefully. It must be said that more than a third of the city's population was born abroad, and even New Yorkers by birth are also from a relatively recent immigration background!
7. #Foodies
Food is one of New Yorkers' obsessions, and discovering new restaurants one of their favorite activities. In New York, we eat at all hours of the day and night and, above all, we try every imaginable cuisine. And the smells that assail us around every corner make any attempt at resistance futile..
8. #Hipsters
The hipster may be an endangered species, but in New York, there are still a few fine specimens. This fan of alternative culture can be recognized by his retro look, his Apple devices and his almond milk coffee. To observe them in their natural environment, you have to go to the Williamsburg and Bushwick neighborhoods in Brooklyn.
9. #Marathon
The first New York Marathon was held in 1970, with 127 runners taking part. Five decades later, some 50,000 runners take part every year. To be in with a chance of running through the streets of New York on November 3, you have to be selected by lottery or pay a premium to an agency... Unless you're a top athlete!
10. #Skyline
The Empire State Building, the Chrysler Building and the One World Trade Center are all skyscrapers that make up the legendary New York skyline. Just climb on a roof or cross the river to Brooklyn or Queens to get a glimpse of this skyscraper horizon. And at night, it's even more spectacular!
11. #Yellow Cabs
They are the basic element of any New York postcard worthy of the name: the yellows cabs, the yellow taxis that are omnipresent in Manhattan. As in the movies, all you have to do is stand on the street and raise your arm and one of them stops. If in doubt, take the example of the New Yorkers, they are professionals in this field!
12. #Wall Street
What would New York be like without the New York Stock Exchange, its famous Wall Street stock exchange? Symbol of American capitalism, the world's largest stock exchange is filled with young wolves in suits and ties whose teeth scratch the floor. One of them was immortalized in the movies in Martin Scorsese's The Wolf of Wall Street.
You are from here, if...
You belong here if you've got that little something called the New York attitude ! You're impatient, you're always in a hurry, you slalom between piles of rubbish and cabs, you jostle tourists who, with their noses in the air, admire skyscrapers you don't even notice anymore. Deep down, you're nice, it's just that all those years in the city have hardened you.
When you're not busy working, you're busy going out. You don't cook much, preferring to eat out in the hottest spots of the moment, even if it means standing in line for three quarters of an hour for an empanada. You fold your slice of pizza in half before eating it, usually on the street. In fact, you know at least ten places where you can eat a slice for less than US$2.
You think it's too heavy in summer, too cold in winter, you complain that the subway never works, and yet you tell anyone who will listen that New York is the greatest city on earth.