New Yorkers like to think their home is the center of the world and who can blame them home to over 8Million people the city is loud and fast and pulsates with energy America's biggest city can be overwhelming for visitors.
But you'll find the street names make navigation easy and those yellow cabs are a great way to get around Manhattan is the heart and soul of the Big Apple and within its neighborhoods there's a distinct style and pace lower Manhattan the city's financial district bustles from Monday to Friday
The neon of Times Square and Broadway burns bright in Midtown while dominating
The upper east and west sides our Central Park high-end boutiques and those famous brownstone homes
Make your way down to New York Harbor and jump on a ferry to Liberty Island
Take in the views of the Statue of Liberty a gift from France commemorating the centennial of the Declaration of Independence it's been the beacon of freedom to immigrants arriving in New York since 1886
New York is one of the cultural hubs of the world don't miss the city's famous art museums
The Museum of Modern Art or MoMA
The Solomon R Guggenheim Museum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
And look to the South Bronx and queens where a new wave of artists are making their mark on the street New York has always been a thriving home for music check out the beats in the Bronx the birthplace of hip hop or head to Greenwich Village for New York's jazz scene from jazz clubs to Broadway extravaganzas and the latest Chelsea
bars in the city that never sleeps there are plenty of reasons to stay out late well into the night