Tourist Tips: Manhattan in a Day

Tourist Tips: Manhattan in a Day

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Created by Deanna Zandt • Updated On: February 12, 2014

Some of the major sites on a day trip to the city. Works with an 11am arrival and 7pm departure, with time for meals and a little shopping here and there. More info: http://bit.ly/deannamanhattan2

Bryant Park is one of Tourist Tips: Manhattan in a Day.

1. Bryant Park

9.5
W 42nd St (btwn 5th & 6th Ave), New York, NY
Park · Midtown · 1230 tips and reviews
Times Square is one of Tourist Tips: Manhattan in a Day.

2. Times Square

8.5
Broadway & 7th Ave (btwn W 42nd & 47th St), New York, NY
Plaza · Theater District · 2354 tips and reviews
Radio City Music Hall is one of Tourist Tips: Manhattan in a Day.

3. Radio City Music Hall

9.4
1260 Avenue of the Americas (at W 50th St), New York, NY
Concert Hall · Rockefeller Center · 391 tips and reviews
Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree is one of Tourist Tips: Manhattan in a Day.

4. Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree

8.5
30 Rockefeller Plz (at W 49th St), New York, NY
Tree · Rockefeller Center · 94 tips and reviews
St. Patrick's Cathedral is one of Tourist Tips: Manhattan in a Day.

5. St. Patrick's Cathedral

9.5
14 E 51st St (at 5th Ave), New York, NY
Church · Midtown East · 306 tips and reviews
Waldorf Astoria New York is one of Tourist Tips: Manhattan in a Day.

6. Waldorf Astoria New York

301 Park Ave (btwn E 49th & E 50th St), New York, NY
Hotel · Midtown East · 273 tips and reviews
Grand Central Terminal is one of Tourist Tips: Manhattan in a Day.

7. Grand Central Terminal

9.1
87 E 42nd St (btwn Vanderbilt & Park Ave), New York, NY
Rail Station · Midtown East · 1465 tips and reviews

Deanna Z.Deanna Zandt: The constellations on the main hall ceiling are backwards. One theory is it's a medieval representation based on how God sees them. Another: the painter had the drawing at his feet...and did it twice.

Empire State Building is one of Tourist Tips: Manhattan in a Day.

8. Empire State Building

9.1
350 5th Ave (btwn 33rd & 34th St), New York, NY
Structure · Koreatown · 1172 tips and reviews
Union Square Holiday Market is one of Tourist Tips: Manhattan in a Day.

9. Union Square Holiday Market

Union Square (at 14th St.), New York, NY
Miscellaneous Store · Union Square · 28 tips and reviews
Strand Bookstore is one of Tourist Tips: Manhattan in a Day.

10. Strand Bookstore

9.5
828 Broadway (at E 12th St), New York, NY
Bookstore · Greenwich Village · 594 tips and reviews
Washington Square Park is one of Tourist Tips: Manhattan in a Day.

11. Washington Square Park

9.5
W 4th St (btwn MacDougal St & University Pl), New York, NY
Park · Greenwich Village · 710 tips and reviews
Battery Park is one of Tourist Tips: Manhattan in a Day.

12. Battery Park

9.2
Battery Pl (at State St), New York, NY
Park · Financial District · 301 tips and reviews
National September 11 Memorial is one of Tourist Tips: Manhattan in a Day.

13. National September 11 Memorial

9.3
180 Greenwich St (btwn Liberty & Fulton St), New York, NY
Memorial Site · Financial District · 868 tips and reviews

14. Brooklyn Bridge

9.5
Brooklyn Bridge, New York, NY
Bridge · 1013 tips and reviews
New York Public Library - Stephen A. Schwarzman Building Celeste Bartos Forum is one of Tourist Tips: Manhattan in a Day.

15. New York Public Library - Stephen A. Schwarzman Building Celeste Bartos Forum

5 Avenue A (at 42nd St), New York, NY
Library · Midtown East · 11 tips and reviews