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Winter delights in New York City at NYCTrip.com

Winter delights in New York City at NYCTrip.com

If you’re hoping to experience great holiday decorations, ice skating, shopping sales, Winter Restaurant Weeks or the Chinese Lunar New Year, Winter is a great time to visit New York City. Pack your warm coat and scarf and get in touch with NYCtrip.com (New York City Vacation Packages) to make the most of your winter visit. January is a great time for bargain hunters who don’t mind the cold to visit New York City. With the help of NYCtrip.com, you can enjoy the plentiful array of attractions that will make you fall head over heels for this spectacular city. The holiday season crowds will have left New York City, leaving great shopping bargains and hotel savings for January visitors. From museum events, entertainments, restaurants, theatres, sightseeing tours, to world famous shopping, New York has it all and NYCtrip.com wants to help you discover its splendour!

With so many unique attractions, world-famous museums, theatres, and landmarks, there is always plenty to do in New York. However, sightseeing in New York City might not be the easiest or the cheapest experience. This is why the team of real, life-long New Yorkers at NYCtrip.com will ensure that you discover the very best of what this amazing city offers while saving some time and money on your visit, you can marvel in the very best walking and sightseeing tours around the exciting city.

No visit to New York City will be complete with seeing the Statue of Liberty, and paying respects at the new 911 Memorial which opened on September 12, 2011.  At NYCtrip.com you can experience The Freedom Comprehensive Tour – Ground Zero 911 & Statue of Liberty. This tour is offered daily at 9am lasting approximately 5 ½ to 6 hours, including a walking tour of Ground Zero, entry into the National 9/11 Memorial and a visit to the Statue of Liberty.

NYCtrip.com will provide an expert tour guide to take you through the Memorial so you don’t have to worry about where to go and what to see!

You’ll meet your guide in a convenient location near most major midtown hotels, where you’ll embark on a journey into the bravery, passion, and tragedy of 9/11. Your guide will share key facts, illuminating events and heart breaking stories of the tragic day while weaving through the various attractions within the World Trade Centre area. You’ll explore surrounding New York sites including St Paul’s Chapel, the American Express Eleven Tears Memorial, Winter Garden and, of course, the Ground Zero site. Your guide will take you through the various attractions, giving you ample opportunity for reflection and contemplation. You are welcome to bring flowers or tributes to place by the site.  Proceeding down lower Broadway and Bowling Green, the tour boards the Statue of Liberty Ferry at Battery Park.

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NYCVP’s LIBERTY Tour departs daily at 8am and provides visitors with a narrated, escorted and guided tour directly to the Statue of Liberty. Bypassing the lengthy ticket line, guests have pre-reserved priority access to enter the Liberty Island Ferry security line. Once guests disembark the ferry on Liberty Island, the tour guide narrates the history and legends of Lady Liberty and points out photo spots. Following a self-guided visit to Ellis Island tour participants can enter the National 9/11 Memorial with a 1:15pm admission reservation. A similar tour, without the entry to the National 9/11 Memorial, NYCVP’s Statue of Liberty and Ellis Escorted Tour also operates daily at 8am.


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