| Whether it's your first time to New York or your | | | | Village and the Lower East Side are more residential |
| fiftieth, you'll never tire of what this city has to offer! | | | | but also popular for their bars, clubs and restaurants. |
| There's always a new show to see or a new sight to | | | | No matter where you stay in Manhattan, you won't |
| explore. In fact, there is so much to see and do in | | | | be far from a subway station, so you'll have no |
| this city, that it is literally impossible to see | | | | hassle getting around. However staying in this central |
| everything. You might just have to come back again | | | | location comes at a price. Manhattan hotels tend to |
| - at least you will want to, as NYC is a city that will | | | | have the most expensive hotel rooms you're likely to |
| capture and mesmerise you from the moment you | | | | come across. Hotel rooms are really small (especially |
| land until the moment you depart. | | | | around Times Square!) compared to other cities, buy |
| Now onto the important stuff - booking your hotel. If | | | | hey, you are in NYC, how much time will you really |
| you're not lucky enough to have family or friends in | | | | spend in your hotel room!? |
| NYC you can bunk in with, you'll have to find | | | | New York hotels outside Manhattan |
| accommodation. New York hotels are the most | | | | If you do want to stretch your Dollar a bit further, |
| popular accommodation in the city. As one of the | | | | then there are other options. Consider staying in a |
| most visited cities in the world, New York hotels are | | | | New York hotel outside of Manhattan. Four other |
| always in high demand and can be very expensive, | | | | boroughs namely; Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens and |
| especially if you choose to stay in the city centre. | | | | Staten Island together with Manhattan make up New |
| New York hotels in Manhattan | | | | York City and have excellent transport connections |
| Manhattan is the heart of NYC. It is actually an island | | | | to Manhattan. |
| on the Hudson River and this is where you'll find all | | | | Brooklyn is one of the most popular boroughs to |
| the city's top sights, shopping, theatres, nightlife - | | | | stay in. It's very well connected to NYC by subway |
| pretty much everything that New York has to offer | | | | and has tonnes of hotels, which may be more |
| can be found in Manhattan. | | | | affordable. Brooklyn could actually be a city in its own |
| Manhattan is huge and has several districts and the | | | | right and is one of the most populous boroughs in |
| elongated island is divided into three main ones - | | | | NYC. |
| Uptown, Downtown and Midtown. | | | | The Queens borough is in fact the geographical heart |
| As the name suggests Midtown occupies the middle | | | | of NYC and home to two major airports - JFK |
| stretch of the island and is divided up further into: the | | | | International Airport and La Guardia Airport. It is the |
| Theatre District (home of Broadway, Times Square, | | | | most ethnic and diverse part of the city and has a |
| Hell's Kitchen, Madison Square Gardens), Midtown East | | | | genuine laid back and relaxed appeal about it. |
| (location of Empire State Building and Grand Central | | | | The Bronx is located north of Manhattan and is the |
| Station), and the Chelsea Garment District and | | | | only NY borough located on mainland America! Like |
| Gramercy. | | | | the other boroughs, it is very well connected to the |
| Uptown Manhattan is considered anything north of | | | | city centre via the subway and the Metro North |
| 59th Street. (To go "Uptown" in NY, is to go "north"). | | | | trains. The Bronx has a character and charm all of its |
| Upper Manhattan is made up of the Upper East Side, | | | | own and has pockets of Dominican, Mexican, Puerto |
| the Upper West Side, Harlem, Roosevelt Island and | | | | Rican and Irish neighbourhoods. Yankee Stadium, the |
| Central Park. | | | | Bronx Zoo, Woodlawn Cemetery and the New York |
| Downtown Manhattan is considered to be anything | | | | Botanical Gardens are located here. |
| located south of 14th Street. (If you are going | | | | Staten Island is the most suburban of all the |
| "Downtown" in NY, remember you are going south). | | | | boroughs and is a pleasant passenger ferry ride from |
| Downtown Manhattan is probably one of the most | | | | Manhattan. Staten Island may be a good choice for |
| popular hotel locations along with Midtown Manhattan. | | | | you if you're arriving or departing from nearby |
| It is made up of the districts: Lower Manhattan - the | | | | Newark Airport. |
| very southern tip of Manhattan. This district is home | | | | The best advice on booking hotels in New York is to |
| to Wall Street, Ground Zero, South Street Seaport | | | | book early. By doing so, you may get a nice |
| and Battery Park where you can catch a ferry to | | | | Manhattan hotel at a good price. Also try to avoid |
| the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. | | | | busy times in the city, like the NYC Marathon, 4th |
| Just north of Lower Manhattan you'll find the trendy | | | | July, Thanksgiving and New Years Eve when hotel |
| Tribeca District and the bustling Chinatown district. | | | | rooms tend to skyrocket. |
| Soho can be found north of Canal Street and is a | | | | Hope you find the perfect New York hotel for your |
| fantastic shopping destination. Greenwich Village, East | | | | stay. |