7 days in New York City Itinerary

Writer Pearl Buck once called New York City “a place apart,” and this giant urban center remains unlike any other in the world.

Your cultural itinerary includes sights like The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Greenwich Village. You'll explore the less-touristy side of things at New York Public Library and Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Explore the numerous day-trip ideas around New York City: Great Neck Steppingstone Park (in Great Neck), Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site (in Hyde Park) and Walkway Over the Hudson State Historic Park (in Poughkeepsie). There's still lots to do: get to know the fascinating history of Brooklyn Heights Promenade, hunt for treasures at Chelsea Market, take a stroll through Dumbo, and pause for some photo ops at 9/11 Memorial.

To find other places to visit, more things to do, photos, and tourist information, go to the New York City trip planner.

If you are flying in from Chile, the closest major aiports are La Guardia Airport, Newark Liberty International Airport and John F Kennedy International Airport. May in New York City sees daily highs of °C and lows of °C at night. Finish your sightseeing early on the 25th (Mon) to allow enough time to travel back home.