If the weather's dry - especially on a Sunday - seek out the bike hire stand near the Boat House restaurant in Central Park and for just $9 an hour you can feel like a New Yorker. Traffic is banned on Sundays so it's just you - and the joggers, horse drawn carriages, 'serious' cyclists and other brave souls - seeing the splendour of the green heart of Manhattan. At a steady pace even someone over 50 and unfit can do a full easy circuit of the entire park - though you may want to walk it up Big Hill!

www.centralparknyc.org South end of the Park, not far from The Carousel, Sheep Meadow, Strawberry Fields etc.

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Right in the heart of the tourist area - in fact round the corner from the Empire State Building - and a welcome break from all that shopping is this fabulous real ale bar ...the sort of place you'd be delighted to find in the UK and pleasantly staggered to find in the USA...not just a great range of locally brewed beers but all the comfy armchairs, newspapers and food choices that you could want.

11 East 36th Street...it's just off 5th Avenue - the Empire State is on 5th Avenue and 33rd/34th Streets...(212) 532 3740 www.gingerman-ny.com

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