2- One World Trade Center (Freedom Tower)

3- New York City Hall

4- Brooklyn Bridge

5- D.U.M.B.O.

6- Trinity Church

7- Wall Street

8- Staten Island Ferry and Statue of Liberty

9- Katz's Delicatessen

It is located in the place where the Twin Towers used to be, and it is incredible to go through that space and feel the enormous respect for the weight of recent history. A beautiful place but that leaves the open heartache of innocent people who lost their lives on 9/11.

But this building is really impressive. In addition to being the tallest building in the United States of America, it is one of the tallest and, very beautiful indeed, being impressive to admire it from below. With a blue day and full of light, like what we were lucky to have, it was wonderful to see.

Although we have not done it, it does not mean that you do not do it, and many people we've talked to even recommend that you go up to the observatory, where you can have 360-degree views of New York City.

It is true that it is not cheap, especially for those traveling with family like us but, whoever recommended it very much. We also recommend that you buy tickets online in advance to avoid queues. You can see HERE the official website to see prices, schedules and, if you wish, to buy the tickets online.

This bridge is beautiful! Famous for having already been the stage of several films, this 1883 league joins the districts of Manhattan and Brooklyn. At the time of its inauguration, it was the largest suspension bridge in the world, and its towers were the tallest buildings in New York. Today, this bridge captivates by its beauty and fascination, and is another of the experiences you can not miss on your trip to New York and has the benefit of being completely free.

When arriving in Brooklyn, we recommend that you do not make your return journey immediately. Instead, take a look at the Down Under Manhattan Bridge Overpass (D.U.M.B.O.). This area, which is underneath the Brooklyn Bridge, will allow you a beautiful view of Manhattan but your interest is not only left out, it is very worthwhile to discover the contrast between the old and the modern that installs each more in this area of ​​the city.

It was here that, overlooking the city, we decided to buy food and have a picnic overlooking Manhattan.

This beautiful church makes more of an impact by staying where it is, next to the hectic world of Wall Street. It has a very beautiful architecture on the outside and inside is also beautiful, although we liked the exterior more. The curious thing is that, next door has a cemetery, which you can visit, something that we just saw from the outside.

It's worth taking a stroll through the middle of the buildings here, but of course do not forget to stop by the Federal Hall, located just in front of the New York Stock Exchange building. This is where George Washington was sworn in as president of the United States when New York was the capital of the United States of America. You will see that it is not difficult to find the place, because you will find there the statue of George Washington on the staircase of the building.

Another experience you will want to do, however strange it may seem, is to run your hand through the balls of the Charging Bull. It's really weird but, they say it's lucky, and as luck is something that never hurts, we went to the queue to wait for our turn for this very unusual experience.

To make this decision, we have tried to read and reread the maximum amount of information and experiences of other travelers and, although many people love the visit and climb to the Statue of Liberty, we also saw many people complaining about the huge waiting time and, some disillusionment with the visit as a whole. As for this case, we ended up not being able to give our opinion, because here too we took advantage of lower some costs in our trip with family and, instead of going up to the Statue, we just pass next to it on the boat.

Another tip that we could not fail to give is also linked to the possibility of taking photographs, especially of New York City as it moves away in the water. For this you will have to route to the back of the ferry and take advantage of taking fantastic pictures of the city. Also, in this part of the boat there is no glass, which allows you to take the best photographs also of the Statue of Liberty.

Finally, another tip that has to do with the time of the trip. We did not intend to stroll around Staten Island, just use the Ferry to stroll along the Statue of Liberty, so after the first trip (which took about 25 minutes), we intended to return to Manhattan again. We were able to catch the return boat immediately upon our arrival, so it was given to maximize the time of not having to wait another 30 minutes. But, if you want to do this, we suggest that, before the boat stops, approach near the nearest exit and go directly to the place of embarkation (next door). If you go fast, it is possible, if not, you will have to wait about 30 minutes for the next boat.

Briefly, we strongly recommend the visit to this place, if not for the passion for the movies, that is for the food and environment, because you will love everything.

We hope you enjoy our itinerary for the third day in New York. If you want, you can see our fourth day of our family trip in New York by clicking HERE.

Our Itinerary

1- Madison Avenue e Chrysler Building

2- Columbus Circle and Trump International Hotel and Tower New York

3- Dakota Building and Strawberry Fields

4- American Museum of Natural History of New York

5- Lunch at Shake Shack

6- Central Park

7- The Solomon Guggenheim Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Arts

8- Grand Central Terminal

This building is one of the hallmarks of the city, and although it is not the tallest building in the city (it was only the tallest in the world about a year, until being overtaken by the Empire State Building), it is undoubtedly impressive and, very cute. As it was a sunny day, it was even more beautiful.

After this brief visit, we continued north to our 59th street, right next to Central Park, past the Trump Tower, which is not one of the most impressive in New York.

Probably staying at the hotel will be a great experience but, regarding the building itself, its exterior, we cannot say that it was the one that impressed us most on our trip through New York. Right next door is the Columbus Circle which, it is a rotunda, beautiful but, nothing special.

We do not know if it is because we have not seen more rotundas in Manhattan that they consider this so special but, we also do not recommend that here come just to see the roundabout. However, as it is very well situated and is one of the gateways to Central Park, you will probably come here and be sure to take your photos.

But our walk through Central Park to the American Museum of Natural History had an intermediate purpose, which was to visit the Strawberry Fields as well as see the famous Dakota Building, though famous for negative reasons. As you may know, it was at this building that John Lennon was murdered by Chapman on the evening of 8 December 1980. 

This tragic event has forever marked the world of music, and one can not but look at this building with sadness, so we did not take too long our presence with him. Already totally different is the feeling of arriving next to Strawberry Fields, a memorial in Central Park right next to the building. And here it seems that you breathe peace and love. On the floor you will find a mosaic of stones, well in Portuguese, with the inscription Imagine right in the center, and it is frequent to have musicians playing and singing Beatles songs.

The people around them seemed to be in communion, to celebrate the inheritance of peace and love that John Lennon sought to leave in the world. This feeling was one of the best of our visit and New York and, we recommend, be sure to visit this space, we really believe you will love it.

For us, the great highlights of the exhibition were the dinosaur wing, amazing collection they have but we also loved seeing the planets and meteors, Lucy's skeleton and of course the huge and beautiful blue whale suspended.

Let's be honest, the trip to NYC, for our budget, was expensive and of course we were in the mood to save on everything we wanted. However, we also know the importance of museums and the need to have funds to maintain and improve their activity, so we did not want to go almost free. Briefly, we wanted to pay a price that we considered fair, even because we would not see the whole museum, because certain parts would be less interesting for our son.

So, we decided to pay $40 USD for the three (two adults and one child). It allowed us to save some money (which we would end up spending in a snack in the Museum cafe, which is very good) but we did not disrespect the Museum, which we considered wonderful! Unmissable. It was total madness for our son, from the time we walked in until we left. For anyone traveling with kids to NYC, this is definitely a place to go, we love it.

We had read that the queues could be large but, perhaps because we arrived a little late (around 2pm), although it was very crowded, the waiting time was not great and it was relatively quick to get a table to sit down. This may be one with advice, avoid the hectic hours, because there queues and waiting time can make your meal less pleasurable.

We recommend that, in addition to Strawberry Fields, take the opportunity to see the Belvedere Castle in Central Park, stroll along the Great Lawn and get to know the Shakespeare Garden which is just off 79th Street.

If you want to know more about the museums, we leave the links to The Solomon Guggenheim Museum (CLICK HERE) and to the Metropolitan Museum of Arts (CLICK HERE). In them you can access more information about the schedules and prices.

In regard to the Metropolitan Museum of Arts, the same rule applies to the Museum of Natural History, Pay what you want. That is, it is up to you to pay what you want/can pay.

On our way to the Hotel, we got to know better the Grand Central Terminal (we had already admired it from outside). 

And if outside the station is beautiful, inside is even more. We have all seen this season several times in countless films, and the children have also seen it in one of Madagascar's films and it is worth knowing, no doubt.

The reason for our visit to the Grand Central Terminal at the end of the day was not solely due to the desire to see the station but also to ally dinner. At this station, in addition to the expensive Oyster Bar and Restaurant, there is also a large food court, used by many New Yorkers to buy their dinner before heading home, and that is exactly what we did, to explore this area of buy our dinner, and finish the day eating in our hotel room as it had been a huge day, and there was a lot to walk the next day.

We hope you enjoyed our itinerary for the second day in New York. If you want, you can see our third day of our family trip in New York by clicking HERE.