Car Rental Manhattan - Exploring Manhattan

New York City is massive. In the Manhattan area alone, you can spends days in exploration, and still not have covered much. From museums to music halls, from theatre to ethnic restaurants of every imaginable cuisine, New York City affords the visitor an infinite variety of eclectic sights, sounds and experiences.

After experiencing the hectic street life, enjoy the respite in the relative tranquillity of Central Park, an oasis of green in the heart of the city. Adjacent to the park are some of the city’s museums, including: the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Guggenheim and the American Museum of Natural History.

The streets of Greenwich Village, the East Village and Soho, where younger artists, writers, and musicians come to show off their talents, are imbued with the Manhattan spirit. Here you can hear jazz, folk and experimental music being played in intimate club settings.

Out in New York harbour stands the Statue of Liberty and restored Ellis Island, which now boasts a museum celebrating the 19th- and 20th-century arrival of immigrants to the United States. Ferries leave from Battery Park at the tip of Manhattan.

A stark reminder of the threat of terrorism lies at Ground Zero, site of the twin towers of the former World Trade Centre. This sombre site, where on 9/11, the world watched the seemingly indestructible crumble to the ground, today resonates hope with the construction of new towers.

For a more edifying New York experience, take a subway trip to the Bronx, and visit Yankee Stadium and the Bronx Zoo. Fans can go to Shea Stadium to see the Mets play baseball and to nearby Flushing Meadows for the US Tennis Open, both in the Borough of Queens.

Brooklyn has the Brooklyn Academy of Music, the Brooklyn Museum of Art, Prospect Park, and the world famous amusement parks and outdoor recreation of Coney Island.

Rockland and Westchester counties, to the north, boast some splendid colonial homes and estates. Encroaching into the Atlantic is Long Island, with its many farms, beaches, fishing villages, yacht clubs, and million-dollar estates. The Canadian/US border at Niagara is home to the great Niagara Falls.