INCOSE Foundation New York City Tour Itinerary
Friday, June 28 – Monday, July 1, 2013
THE AMERITANIA HOTEL
230 West 54th St at Broadway, NYC
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ABOUT THE HOTEL
The Ameritania Hotel is located in the heart of the New York City Theater District, home to dozens of legendary theaters and restaurants. This luxurious modern hotel created inside a gorgeous Beaux Arts building, maintains a sense of classical elegance. As it shares the same block where the Late Show with David Letterman is produced, the Ameritania is infused with a spirit of playful fun.
Note: We have chosen to stay at the Ameritania Hotel because its location, accommodations and service have consistently rated high marks with visitors.
It is an easy walk from the hotel to Broadway Theaters, Lincoln Center, Central Park, Rockefeller Center and 5th Avenue. Taxis and buses are readily available. Entrances to important subway lines (A,B,C,D,E, 1 & 9) are either just across the street or a few blocks north at Columbus Circle and 57th St.
THE TOUR ITINERARY
* Asterisks indicate the hotel, meals, activities included in the price.
FRIDAY, JUNE 28
Check into *Ameritania Hotel
“Welcome to New York” Our group will meet in the hotel lounge early Friday evening (meeting time TBA) to go over our itinerary and “free time” recommendations for events scheduled during our weekend in town.
NYC Transportation maps will be provided for everyone.
8:00 PM: The Top of the Rock at Rockefeller Center
Group will meet in the hotel lobby and depart for a walk to Rockefeller Center to see the spectacular panoramic view of Manhattan from the observation deck at the Top of the Rock.
SATURDAY - JUNE 29
6:30 AM – 9:00 AM
Continental Breakfast is available at the hotel. Other neighborhood breakfast spots will be recommended.
9:00 AM – 12:30 PM: *Guided Tour with Matthew Cummings
A four hour Guided Tour with a Certified NYCDCA Tour Guide in a passenger van will depart from the hotel at 9:00 AM. The tour of Manhattan will highlight New York history, popular culture, architectural and engineering feats and interesting stories about New York’s transit systems.
Includes: Central Park walking tour; a ride down 5th Avenue; tour of Grand Central Station.
12:30 PM – 2:00 PM: *Campbell Apartment in Grand Central Station
Lunch and informative talk on the NY Transit System.
2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
FREE TIME for shopping, museums, walking 5th Avenue or for Metro adventures.
The NYC subway easily take you to Greenwich Village, Chinatown for souvenir shopping, to Little Italy, SoHo, TriBeca, Harlem, the Cloister’s in Fort Tryon Park or to most any other part of the island you would like to explore. Theater lovers may want to take in a matinee on Broadway.
Return to the Ameritania Hotel to refresh for the evening.
* 6:30 PM: dinner at Carmine's Italian Restaurant in Theater District.
* Broadway Show TBA
SUNDAY, JUNE 29
6:30 AM – 8:30 AM: AM Breakfast
8:30 AM: Depart hotel for a Metro trip to explore downtown Manhattan:
The World Trade Center Memorial Site
St. Paul’s Chapel
Walk down lower Broadway “The Canyon of Heroes”
Wall Street, Trinity Church, Federal Hall, the Stock Exchange
The Smithsonian Museum of the American Indian
Battery Park
11:00 AM: Depart Battery Park for *New York Transit Museum in Brooklyn
12:30 AM: *Lunch
(Tentative) 2:30 AM: Depart Penn Station on Amtrak for Queens for a guided visit to the Amtrak Depot.
Return to Manhattan
Saturday night Dinner on your own. Recommendations will be provided to the group.
*LIVE JAZZ NIGHT OUT AT A TOP NEW YORK JAZZ CLUB
Depart hotel (time TBA)
(Optional) Monday, July 1
6:30 AM – 9:00 AM: Breakfast
9:00 AM: Depart hotel for *Full Island Circle Line Tour of Manhattan (3 hours)
Return to hotel by 1:30 PM
Depart for home
