Can people recommend good value hotels in Manhattan and must see and do things in NY/surrounding area?|147964

To mark getting on with my life after months spent getting over my wife leaving me, I am packing a rucksack and flying to New York - no pre-booking hotels for me! I am spending 8 days and would love peoples tips and advice, especially on where to stay (not too expensive, but reasonable quality) and what are real must see_s? Am also think about hiring a car and heading to new hampshire for a few days - any tips? Thanks in advance all!

The Belvedere Hotel. 48th Street, 8th Ave.
It is across the road from Broadway, If you walk up the little road from the Hotel you end up on Times Sqaure, 10 mins from Central Park. I have stayed there all the times i_ve been to NY and i love the hotel. It is cheap and great for a NY hotel!

http://www.belvederehotelnyc.com/


The Hilton Garden Inn
It_s pretty much in the same location as the Belvedere but on the main road. It is also around the same price.

http://www.belvederehotelnyc.com/


There is a hostel in Manhatten, Not sure where. But here is the link for the website:-

http://www.bigapplehostel.com/


Places to see! Where do you start?
1.) Go up either the Rockefeller Center Or Empire State!
Amazing views! Approx $18.00/ $20.00
2.) A walk around Central Park/ Bike Ride/ Horse + Cart ride.
3.) Visit Ground Zero Museam + The Site. (World Trade Center)
4.) Take a boat trip around the Statue Of Liberty. It goes right up to the Statue so you can get good photos and it slows down then it goes around the sky line of NY + under one of the bridges and turns around, It doesn_t let you get off at the statue, if you want to do that then get the other boat but you are stuck on the island for 45 mins, there is nothing else there (not good if cold + wet) Otherwise get the boat that goes around the Statue.
5.) Visit Times Square at day + night
6.) Go see a show on broadway (maybe)
7.) Shopping!
8.) Museams? Lots by Central Park.
9.) Take the _Hop On Hop Off Bus__ And do the night tour on there it goes over the Manhatten Bridge to Brooklyn and you can watch the sun set over the skyline- amazing!
You can also just hop on the bus anywhere and it will go around the city (two buses for upper + lower NY) it_s good ticket is vaild for 48 hours cost about $48.00 but it;s worth it for a first time in NY.

There is a grey line bus tour shop on Times Sqaure and you can get free maps, brochers and they have monthly booklets of what is happening in the city that month and other little bits in there.

Good luck with everything and i hope you have a great trip!!

Do the hostels - there are bound to be several in the area. If you_re a member of the YHA then you_re a member of Hostelling International, and will get reduced rates, otherwise you just join up and collect tokens for each night you stay to become a member. 8 days isn_t enough, go for at least two weeks!

I wouldn_t bother with a car, just get the bus (there are loads and the service is pretty good, cheap too).

Need any more advice, let me know!

GOOD FOR YOU!!!

Check Out:
-Grand Central Station
-Carnegie Deli
-South Street Seaport
-Madison Square Garden
-5th Ave./St. Patricks Cathedral
-Amercian Museum of Natural History/Metropolitan Museum(The MET)/Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
-Chinatown/Little Italy/The Village
-See a Broadway Show--See _In The Heights_ its awesome
But, this is a MUST:
-A Harbor Lights Cruise via Circle Line Cruises (AWESOME)

I love this website for things to do:
http://www.Going.com


Whatever you do--DON_T eat at the Olive Garden in Times Sq. there are soooooooo many great places to eat. Feel free to email me _ I_ll give you a whole list! :)

must see:
the empire state building
central park
times square
the statue of liberty (take a boat there)
and shop around
biggest macys in the world!

Hi there
Take a look on www.tripadvisor.com.... me and my family have just booked a 3 week travelling trip to America ( new york, boston, washington dc...etc..) and before we booked any hotel (or in some of the places we were staying, B_Bs) we looked on trip advisor...basically people post reviews on hotels, sites and B_Bs around the world...and the amount of places we looked at which were cheap and looked nice which were then given bad reviews on trip advisor was unbelievable!! And we would have booked some of them if it hadn_t been for trip advisor...so it is really useful...and it also gives links to sites that sell rooms quite cheaply...but if u weren_t going to book it then it is useful for seeing the general price depending on the season and if it is a nice place to stay in or not...and most of the reviews give an idea of how close it is to things...so at least if u look at some that are nice b4 u go then u will no that u aren_t walking into a hotel that is a dump...have a look at www.podhotel.com...it was cheap and had good reviews on trip advisor and looked really funky...think is was on E 51st street so don_t no if this is any good but it did seem like a good place to stay...hope this makes sense and hope it is useful...

I just stayed at http://www.bblodges.com/ this past weekend for 1 night. It_s on the upper east side near two 6 train subway stops. It_s not central, but near central park and easy to get to a subway. It_s priced well, very clean, and the owners are really nice.

Sites: Met museum, Frick museum, guggenheim museum. Central Park. If it_s nice weather, the Cloisters (part of the Met museum but located on the northern end of Manhattan). If you want to see the statue of liberty but not actually step on the island, you can take the Staten Island ferry for free and it has a good view.

hmmm.. usually the hotels in nyc are pretty expensive,, i dont know,, youd have to look around... but you should go to central park and rockefeller center (OMG LIKE AN UNDERGROUND MALL!) there are a lot of museams to go to,,, the museam of natural history, museam of modern art.. just walk randomly on the streets and youll find something lol

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Checkout the followings website
http://www.new-york-city.cc
to find a great hotel. Good Luck!!

Here is a really nice hotel, basic but very clean and pleasant.

http://www.hotel17ny.com/hotel.aspx?pg=a��


http://www.hotel17ny.com/


And here is a web site with loads of places to see.

http://maps.google.com/maps?client=safar��


NY is wonderful, I went last year and can_t wait to go again!!!
Driving in New York looks to be a nightmare, but maybe that_s just me!
If you want to travel around look at the Greyhound buses, really good and again reasonably priced.

Have a great trip!!!! Can I come??? :-D only joking.