New York City Hotels and Shopping
The most heavily populated city in the United States is New York City. It is the heart of the New York metropolitan area, as well as a principal global city with an incredibly commanding influence on the fashion, culture, entertainment industry and even commerce and finance worldwide.
New York City is certainly a great place to live, and an even better place for a trip, whether simply for business or for pleasure. Whatever the case, if you ever find yourself in the city; there are numerous hotels which you can stay at.
To pick the hotel to stay in New York City, you need to determine whether you want location, attraction or theme. In choosing location, you can choose to stay in the busiest intersection and the center of pop culture, which is along Broadway Times Square. Anyone can immediately recognize this area since it has been the location of many kinds of movies, tv shows and even music videos.
You can stay at buildings that vary in architecture and design. Prominent hotels in the area include the Hotel 41 at Times Square, the Park Central New York Hotel and the famous five star hotel The Peninsula.
If you choose to stay in a hotel near a famous tourist attraction, then one which is near places like Barney’s and Central park is perfect for you. The Helmsley Park Lane Hotel and the Hotel Alexander, respectively, are choice hotels near these areas.
Hotels in New York City also have themes. This means that you can take your pick from pet friendly hotels, self-catering hotels and airport hotels to name a few. However, if you are more concerned with staying at hotels with a brand name, the city is teeming with Hilton, Marriott, Wyndham Worldwide and IHG hotels.
New York City is well known for having exquisite shopping destinations as well. For the high brow shopper who wants to shop designer, the shops along Fifth and Madison Avenue are the ones to go to. The section of Fifth Avenue between 34th and 59th Street is one of the foremost shopping streets in the world. It has stores such as Saks Fifth Avenue and Bergdorf Goodman. Tiffany and Co., the famous jewelry store also has its flagship store in that area as well.
If you do not care much for the labels as you do for the clothes, then you need to go to the less distinct but equally popular shopping destinations in the city. Soho and Greenwich Village are famous for selling vintage clothes, with the Meatpacking District is getting a name as a go-to fashion area as well. These places have smaller shops that have everything from funky eyewear to accessories to clothes of great quality that are sold at more affordable prices.
Suzie Nurmon is a expert traveler. She has been to every large city in the United States sharing her insider information. Most recently she has written about hotel New York City and New York City shopping.
