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I would recommend staying at least seven days in New York City if you really want to enjoy what it has to offer the tourist. One of the busiest visitor locations in the city is the Empire State Building and even if you don’t get to the top there is still a great deal to see. There is of course some competition between the Empire State Building and the Possibly equal to The State Building is The Statue of Liberty but owing to delays with the ferry trips it might be worth viewing this ‘beautiful lady’ (and an inspiration to many) from Ellis Island.

Thankfully, the Staten Island ferry is free and provides some great views of the Lower Manhattan skyline and the Statue of Liberty; it is also worth walking around the terminal as well as there are many excellent street performers there. If you are spending seven days in New York you’ve got to see the site where the World Trade Center Towers stood, something that changed all our lives.

While there is a strange eeriness about the place that is larger than you expect at the same time it does not feel as if it needs to be photographed. For those who love to shop there is of course the famous Tiffany’s and Broadway plus some fantastic old discount warehouses worth a look down on the Lower East Side.

Of course you must not miss out Maceys where there is always a sale on or the very expensive Bloomingdales. An excellent tourist location is the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum which is likely to be closed until the end of 2008; although often underestimated, once it opens its doors again, it will be well worth a visit. Many special (and large) craft are located here including a number from World War II, namely the aircraft carrier the USS Intrepid. If you have the time the New York City Police Museum is also worth a look and although it’s free to enter, a five dollar donation per visitor is advised; many TV viewers have grown up with the cop shows set in New York and a large amount of memorabilia is housed here.

Side Tenement Museum which captures the lives of immigrants to New York back in 1864 On Central Park is the fascinating Museum of the City of New York with millions of objects for researchers but for tourists, an ever-changing program of exhibitions showing the past, present and future of the Big Apple. The museum is in a beautiful building which is free to enter but a nine dollar donation is normally given with plenty of souvenirs available. As I am sure you can imagine if you have been on a trip to any major capital city, there is far more to see and do than a short stay or even a seven day trip to New York can accomplish.