For sheer variety of attractions, New York City is the perfect choice. These famous sights are excellent for education and for leisure, making NYC the right destination for all kinds of school travel tours.
You might begin in Times Square, where three New York City streets intersect, converging in the most exciting, most brilliant tourist attraction in the world. You’ll be surprised by the number of activities right in Times Square. Television studios and recording studios are both located there. Stores include Hershey, M&M, and Toys R Us. There are museums – Ripley’s Believe It Or Not and Madame Tussaud’s – plus favorite restaurants, souvenirs, Broadway theaters, a pedestrian mall, and the famous digital billboards and megatrons.
Not far from Times Square, Rockefeller Center sets the stage for another long list of favorite New York City icons. A tour of Radio City Music Hall is a popular choice for an NYC itinerary as well as a visit to the top of 30 Rockefeller Plaza, Top of the Rock. Beneath it, the NBC Studios offer another fun stop for students.
School tours to New York City are always educational as well as fun. Some of the best museums in the world are located there, offering some of the most fascinating exhibits. The Metropolitan Museum of Art is an absolute must, with something to please every person in the group – young and old, aspiring artists, historians, fashion designers, and inventors and innovators of every kind. The Museum of Modern Art and the Guggenheim make great additions to art-focused tours as well. The American Museum of Natural History is beloved by every student who enters. Watch new visitors be swept away by the massive exhibits and fascinating displays inside, plus the Hayden Planetarium.
Lower Manhattan is an amazing learning center as well, beginning with the amazing Ellis Island and Statue of Liberty tours. The financial district leads to powerful lessons on capitalism and the economy. The rebuilding of the World Trade Center is a place for deep reflection, a memorial to recent history, and a beautiful look toward the future.
Mid-town and the upper east and west sides of Manhattan offer beautiful neighborhoods, rich culture, wonderful shopping, and plenty of iconic landmarks. Students will love walking tours through SoHo, Chinatown, Little Italy, and Chelsea and Greenwich Village. There’s a TV and Movie Sites Tour through Manhattan that points out iconic locations from pop culture – a great way to engage students in the sights. A walking tour of Fifth Avenue takes students by the New York Public Library, Empire State Building, and other landmarks.
Between the upper east and west sides of Manhattan, students will fall in love with Central Park. These more than 800 acres gently slope to the center, creating a natural, peaceful oasis just beyond the towering skyscrapers and busy Manhattan streets. We like the Central Park Movie Walking Tour for students here. Or groups can explore on their own, certain to discover many familiar sights.
New York City is an exciting choice for all kind of school tours. It’s filled with educational value and with one thrill after another. Contact us for more about New York City tours.
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