basic itinery - advice wanted

We are in New York Thurs 16th Apr-Sun 20th. We have a basic plan for what to do and would welcome advice on if it is acheiveable, any detail or where to stop for drinks/food.

Thurs - Arrive mid afternoon. Staying at Flatotel in midtown. Have brief explore of surrounding area. possible shopping.

Evening - top of the rock. meal - any suggestions - my wife is a vegetarian but I%26#39;m not so something that could cater for us both.

Friday - busy day exploring midtown sites on foot

Evening - night out drinking at bars and a club.Suggestions are welcome. Also what are dress codes like for places?

Saturday - brooklyn bus tour. walk back over brooklyn bridge, south street seaport and south to take staton island ferry. then back through financial district. Onto Little italy and china town (If we have time).

Evening - basketball at Madison Square Gardens

Sunday - upper manhatten bus tour. central park. anything we have missed on Friday.

Evening - night bus tour.

Early night as flight back at 8am

We realise we are probably tryingt to squeeze a lot in so advice would be welcomed

basic itinery - advice wanted

On Friday in the evening you could goes to some bars and club in the Village and LES to see some of those nabes.

Saturday has got alot packed in, don%26#39;t know whether you would be able to fit in it all in. What Brooklyn Bus Tour are you doing?

On the Sunday, the upper bus tours, aren%26#39;t usually that upper, and will probably take you round most of the areas around Midtown, and the lower half of Central Park.

basic itinery - advice wanted

If your wife eats cheese, most Italian restaurants will be fine for you both. Near your hotel, ViceVersa is a very well regarded one. You%26#39;d need a reservation there and it can be made on

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They and most of the restaurants in the area around your hotel wil be busiest pre theater (5:30-7:30) and post theater (after 10). Indian and Thai restaurants also generally have good vegetarian options. I%26#39;ve not tried it but Basera is getting very good reviews in the area of your hotel.

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For Thai, Wondee Siam or the kitschy Vynl are good options.

I would say the big thing your itin. misses are the downtown neighborhoods of the financial district, Greenwich Village, Soho and Tribeca. But perhaps one of your bus tours will cover some of that. These areas are far larger and more interesting than Little Italy (which is touristy and only about 4 blocks) or Chinatown. I don%26#39;t know what%26#39;s in the ';upper Manhattan'; bus tour planned for Sun. Do you?

Thanks for the advice. I will check out those resteraunts.

The tours I mention are the hop on hop off greyhound bus tours that we have got tickets for. I think they take 2 hours approx.

I thought we might have spare time sunday so could take in more downtown neighbourhoods then. Or we thought we could give the staton island ferry a miss if it is busy and involves a lot of queing.

I think saturday is going to be the push as we have to collect our basketball tickets when the box office opens at 10am and then be back at MSG by 7pm for the game. (read that will call shuts 1 hour after event start which is 3.30pm but we are only going for the final game)

I suggest you take a good look at the route map for the ho ho tour

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You%26#39;ll want to coordinate the time of your arrival at the ferry terminal with the boat schedule (it runs less frequently on Saturdays %26amp; Sundays, no more than every 30 minutes).

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But once the doors slide open for boarding, everyone piles on; there%26#39;s no line for security clearance like that at an airport or to board the boat which goes to the Statue of Liberty/Ellis Island. Total travel time across the harbor and back: about an hour.

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