New York Marriott Downtown

... made our way to our broadway show...Mamma Mia. It was a really good show and was fully packed. The final day in New York saw us head downtown again as we walked across the Brooklyn bridge and jumped on the bus to tour around Brooklyn. We had a Pastrami ...

... and saw a hop on, hop off ‘grey line’ tour ticket sales lady, decided on the $88 classic new York tour package which included downtown, uptown, Brooklyn loop and the night tour. It was also valid for 48 hours which was perfect. On top of that ...

I'm not quite sure why the author listed "Historic Downtown" separately from "New York City", but whatever. [shrug] She mentions Wall Street and the Financial District which we walked around. This was a special interest for DH. It was fun to see ...

Day 122 New York City Day 2 in the Big Apple The breakfast bar in this hotel is self serve, it certainly is adequate for our requirements, with cereal, toast, boiled eggs and waffles available.  A great start for the day planned of being serious big ...

... about New York Hustlers since the ride from JFK should have only been 50 tops with the tip in a yellow taxi.  Welcome to New York Diane!  We proceed with our evening walking tour.  As we get closer to our destination she remarks “why ...

Sorry we forgot to add pics of Niagara Falls last time so I have included them this time!!! We arrived in New York City on Tuesday and it really is a city that never sleeps! As we walked out of the hotel for the first time, we were stopped by someone ...

Since it’s so easy to get there from Massachusetts, each summer I try to do a weekend trip to New York City. I always choose to take the train, but NYC is also just a bus ride, short shuttle flight or car trip away; we are lucky to have lots of ...

... station on the Lexington Ave line and 4 blocks from the 53rd St V and E station. The room was about average size for New York (i.e. small), but I found the bathroom to be below average size. The bed was very comfortable. For dinner tonight I opted to ...

... boxes and garbage bags. Not that I'm into fake designer bags(or real designer bags for that matter) but it's all part of the New York experience! A few dollars later it was time to return to the hotel to rest our weary feet and get ready for our night ...

... 2006 and Day 250 Saturday 9 September 2006 You will see why these two days have been lumped together as we go on. I made my way back to New York city for the second time today as I want to see what it is all like in the night time as well as the day. ...

... get seats at the TKTS booth in Times Square for $50.00 per person and nice seats....just minutes before the show started. New York City is a place everyone must experience once in their lifetime.  Crime is no more dangerous here than any other large ...

... as it is cheaper by $40.  Little did I know that the Chinese Bus only goes as far as China Town, which is in downtown New York. The bus arrived in China Town at 11:30am. It took me one hour to get to Times Square. Not because it was far from ...

... worth $8 an hour.  Long story short, they've lost my business forever. Anyway, to happier memories.  We stayed at the Marriott Marques right on Time Square!  Awesome hotel.  But I burnt a hell of a hole in my points to stay ...

...  We still have to get better at estimating time to get around in NY through the traffic!!!  We met Kylie at the Marriott hotel where we had a quick bite to eat overlooking Times Square before we went to see "Avenue Q".  It has been playing ...

No snow today but still a bitterly cold wind. However braved the icy conditions to visit the Statue of Liberty. Is was so cold and windy we walked around the bottom as quickly as possible, took some photos and returned to Manhattan (didn't bother ...

... was good and we arrived in the US at 4:20pm local time - which was very good.  We are going on a Tour of New York tomorrow, have to be downtown for 10am, so going to call it a night.  Not many pictures from Today lots tomorrow. Love Les & ...

... of the Rock was amazing though... could see everything and got some rad photos (that I will upload once I get home). Mum and I have New York Passes (cost - $250 for two) and they're good value for money! Top of the Rock should have been $70 and ...

Today we did a couple of the traditional New York tourist stops.  We took the subway downtown.  We grabbed a bite at Flavors and ate on the steps of one of the office buildings in the financial district.  Flavors is a traditional New York ...

This is my third visit to New York City (the 2nd staying at the hostel) and do feel very comfortable here.  I arrived in 1.5 hours via Penn Rail to Trenton, New Jersey and then New Jersey rail to Penn Station, NYC.  Then I took subway(s) to exit ...