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The most beguiling city in the world, New York is an
adrenaline-charged, history-laden place that holds immense romantic appeal
for visitors. Wandering the streets here, you'll cut between
buildings that
are icons to the modern age – and whether gazing at the flickering lights of
the midtown skyscrapers as you speed across the Queensboro bridge,
experiencing the 4am half-life downtown, or just wasting the morning on the
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Island ferry, you really would have to be made of stone not to be
moved by it all. There's no place quite like it. You could spend weeks in
New York and still barely scratch the surface, but there are some key
attractions – and some pleasures – that you won't want to miss. There are
the different ethnic neighborhoods, like lower Manhattan's Chinatown
and the traditionally Jewish Lower East Side (not so much anymore); and the
more artsy concentrations of SoHo, TriBeCa, and the East and West Villages.
Of course, there is the celebrated architecture of corporate
Manhattan, with the skyscrapers in downtown and midtown forming the most
indelible images. There are the museums, not just the Metropolitan
and MoMA, but countless other smaller collections that afford weeks of happy
wandering. In between sights, you can eat just about anything, at any
time, cooked in any style; you can drink in any kind of company; and
sit through any number of obscure movies. The more established arts – dance, theater, music – are superbly catered for; and New York's
clubs are as varied and exciting as you might expect. And for the avid
consumer, the choice of shops is vast, almost numbingly exhaustive in
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