14 days in New York City Itinerary

Writer Pearl Buck once called New York City “a place apart,” and this giant urban center remains unlike any other in the world.

Museum-lovers will appreciate 9/11 Memorial and American Museum of Natural History. Get some cultural insight at Times Square and The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). You'll find plenty of places to visit near New York City: Great Neck Steppingstone Park (in Great Neck), Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge (in Oceanville) and Valley Cottage (Hook Mountain State Park & Rockland Lake State Park). There's lots more to do: don't miss a visit to Fifth Avenue, take in the architecture and atmosphere at St. Patrick's Cathedral, appreciate the history behind Statue of Liberty National Monument, and contemplate the long history of Ellis Island.

For other places to visit, ratings, more things to do, and more tourist information, use the New York City attractions planner.

If you are flying in from Canada, the closest major aiports are La Guardia Airport, Newark Liberty International Airport and John F Kennedy International Airport. Expect a daytime high around 24°C in May, and nighttime lows around 15°C. Finish your sightseeing early on the 13th (Sat) so you can travel back home.