my first trip to new york

We are planning our first to New York at the end of February. New York is somewhere I have always wanted to visit. I want to make the best of our trip so some good advice and guidance would be most helpful. I have been researching lots and lots but it appears to be mind boggling! Any recommendations on restaurants and great places to eat, shopping for bargains, a recommendation on an outlet village.

Also looking at taking a train to Boston - has anyone got any advice or tips on this.

Any tips and suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

my first trip to new york

You will love it!!

For a start get yourself a good guide book.Its a great start and will give you loads of ideas to get you going.

This forum is a god send.Check out other peoples trip reports,see what they enjoyed.

Its hard giving specific advice without knowing what you like. Narrow your questions down a bit and I promise there is lots of help on here.

By the way,it could be very cold so be prepared...lots of layers!!

my first trip to new york

Thank you for your post.

Museums aren%26#39;t really my thing although if there are any that are worth visiting we will. I want to do all the usual sites of the city, how to get discounts on tickets for attractions would be useful.

The main thing for me will be the shopping I love department stores, but also love to find bargains.

Both of us love to experience nice food when we visit somewhere new, there%26#39;s not much we don%26#39;t like. Would like to find a couple of nice restaurants.

Don%26#39;t mind if it%26#39;s cold, would be great if it snowed too!!

If there are any museums worth visitng?

Um, yes, there are a few....

Really, the question is what kind of museum you like. Do you think the Louvre is worth visiting? If not, you won%26#39;t like the Metropolitan either -- but if you do, the Metropolitan Museum of Art is one of the great art museums of the world. In addition to the art museums , there are other musuems as well that are very worth visiting if you are interested in their subject matter -- for example, the Tenement museum shows you how improverished immigrants lived when they came to New York, or the Fire Musuem shows you items and equipemtn and images and artifacts from 200 years of firefighting in New York City -- fascinating to any fireman, but likely to bore some people just as much.

New York is a world class metropolis, much as London is. What would you do if you went to London? Well, you can do most of the same kinds of things in New York -- just with a different accent...