2-Night Trip to New York City by Bus
Take in all the bright lights, magnificent views and upbeat vibes of New York City on this 2-night trip with ETA!
Program Summary
Program Highlights & Inclusions
- Bus transportation throughout your tour
- Professional tour manager with your group throughout the tour
- Two nights Hotel Accommodations in the New York area
- Free time for shopping at Rockefeller Center
- Visit to the food court and shops at Brookfield Place overlooking the Hudson River
- Visit to the Chelsea Market
- Central Park Walking Tour
- Visit to the Apple Store/Plaza/Fifth Avenue
- Admission to the observatory at Top of the Rock
- Statue of Liberty / Ellis Island Ferry Ticket
- Visit to the Wall Street Area
- Visit to the 9/11 Memorial at the World Trade Center
- Walk across the Brooklyn Bridge
- Visit to Chinatown & Little Italy
- Broadway show ticket (rear mezzanine seating)
- Admission to RiseNY
- Free time in Times Square
- Visit to the High Line Park
- Visit to Little Island @Pier 55 in Hudson River Park
- Visit to the food court and shops at Brookfield Place overlooking the Hudson River
Daily Itinerary
Upon arrival in New York City, you will meet your Tour Manager.
You’ll have free time to shop and explore at Rockefeller Center, a national historic landmark in the heart of Midtown Manhattan.
After lunch, you’ll visit Central Park. You’ll see the Imagine Memorial to John Lennon at Strawberry Fields, the Bethesda Fountain, the Boathouse, the Mall, Sheep Meadow and the Wollman Ice Rink.
You’ll head down Fifth Avenue to see some of the famous stores and boutiques. You’ll see Apple’s flagship store and the Plaza Hotel (featured in “Home Alone 2”) and then down Fifth Avenue past Tiffany’s and more.
After dinner, you’ll head up to the 70th floor observatory at the Top of the Rock where you’ll enjoy a fantastic view of the Manhattan skyline.
You’ll arrive at your hotel and check in.
After breakfast, you’ll depart on the Ferry for Ellis Island where you’ll have fantastic views of the Statue of Liberty and a chance to visit the Immigration Museum. Ellis Island served as the main port of entry for European immigrants arriving in the US between 1892 and 1924. Today over 100 million Americans can trace their lineage to a relative that passed through Ellis Island on their way to America.
You’ll walk up through the financial district past the famous “Charging Bull,” past Trinity Church and the New York Stock Exchange and then up to the World Trade Center.
You’ll take a break for lunch at Brookfield Place, originally known as the World Financial Center, is a complex of office buildings located across West Street from the World Trade Center in Battery Park City. The lower levels of this office complex have amazing views of the Hudson with shops and eateries. It is home to Le District, a gourmet French market with take out and eat in options. Above it you’ll find the Hudson Eats food court with numerous reasonably priced eateries.
After lunch, you’ll arrive at the 9/11 Memorial located in the footprint of the former Twin Towers. The memorial is a tribute of remembrance and honor to the nearly 3,000 people killed in the terror attacks of September 11, 2001. The Memorial’s twin reflecting pools are each nearly an acre in size and feature the largest manmade waterfalls in the North America. The pools sit within the footprints where the Twin Towers once stood.
You will head to the Brooklyn Bridge. You can walk across and see the fantastic views of the Manhattan skyline from the walking path and also from Brooklyn Bridge Park on the other side of the bridge. If weather or time does not permit, you can walk midway across and still see the amazing views.
You’ll visit Chinatown and Little Italy where you’ll have some free time to explore and shop.
After dinner ,you’ll see a Broadway show.
After breakfast, you’ll begin your adventure on “The Rise” with an immersive film by award-winning documentarian Ric Burns that transitions to an interactive self-guided walkthrough tracing tipping points in history attributing to NYC’s global pop cultural evolution. Then you’ll soar to new heights with spectacular uplifting ride – a world class flying theater- that gives visitors a unique bird’s-eye view of the Big Apple.
You’ll have free time to explore in Times Square.
You will visit the Chelsea Market where you can have lunch. This gourmet food market was built inside the former Nabisco factory in Chelsea and is now home to the Food Network and many gourmet food vendors.
After lunch, you’ll visit the High Line Park. You will enter the park in the Meat Packing District, one of New York’s trendiest neighborhoods. Then you’ll see fantastic views of lower Manhattan and the Hudson River from this modern urban park. It has been built on an unused, elevated railway track between Chelsea and Penn Station.
You’ll visit Little Island, a public park that provides a one-of-a-kind relationship between nature and art as well as a break from urban life and a connection to spontaneity and joy. Components of the pier, nestled among more than 350 species of flowers, trees and shrubs, include a 687-seat amphitheater and an intimate stage and lawn space, along with dazzling views of other portions of Hudson River Park, New York City and the Hudson River.
You’ll board your bus and begin the return trip home.
