These hop-on, hop-off tours are a fantastic way to start your sightseeing. Running out of Times Square, Gray Line do tours of Downtown, Uptown, Brooklyn and a night tour. You can buy tickets from the many sellers in Times Square and your best buy is the All Tour pass, which is valid for two days for all the tours at about $46.

Each bus is open top and comes with a tour guide, who is usually true New Yorker and has plenty of information on the places you pass through, as well as plenty of recommendations for restaurants, shops, cafes etc.

The night tour is not to be missed as you go across to Brooklyn shore and get a beautiful view of Lower Manhattan. Be warned that it gets very chilly sitting up top at night, no matter how hot it has been during the day, so take a sweater.

The buses stop at all the major points of interest and run from 8am until 6pm, with the night tour starting around the same time until about 9pm.

Main point:Times Square or any stop

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Absolutely the best cheesecake in New York. Very filling- a slice is the perfect lunch.

Grand Central station food court

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A fantastic restaurant, which despite being critically acclaimed, is reasonably priced due to the exchange rate. Great service, great ambience and an excellent choice of food and wine. Best to book in advance, which is simple to do online.

42 East 20th Street, Flatiron District; tel: (212) 477-0777;
www.gramercytavern.com

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