Central Park is the green lung of New York City. Visiting this park means walking for hours and hours, but what is there to see in this park? Lots of things, bridges, monuments and more.
One of the mandatory stops in New York is Central Park, one of the most famous and most beautiful parks in the world.
Central Park is located in one of the residential areas of Manhattan, between the Upper East Side and the Upper West Side, and it is not just a natural park, but one of the most important works of art in New York. The park was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux Aperto and first opened in 1856.
The park can boast a perimeter of about 10 km. and inside there are numerous architectural works, lakes, baseball fields, cycle paths, two restaurants, hot dog carts and jogging paths, an oasis of well-being and tranquility in which you can immerse yourself to escape from the chaos of the city New York.
Central Park is defined as the green lung of New York and only once you have visited it can you understand its true meaning. Inside the park you forget you are in the big apple, the memory comes back only when, in some parts of the park, you see the very high skyscrapers of Manhattan. A very suggestive scenario in my opinion.
Visit Central Park
The park is open every day of the year from 6:00 in the morning until 01:00 at night. The means I recommend you use to visit Central Park is the bicycle, which allows you to visit it calmly in about 3-4 hours.
Both inside, but especially outside, there are some bike rental points, which also organize bike tours and walking tours with guided tours, but the prices are quite high in my opinion.
Mine advice is to rent bicycles through the vendors outside the park, who will probably attack you as soon as they realize that you want to visit the park, but with them the price can be negotiated (and do it), because with 8-10 dollars it is It is possible to rent a bicycle for at least 3 hours. Once the price has been agreed, they take you to their shop, which is located near the park, they equip you with a bicycle, padlock and map!
What to see in Central Park
If in New York City you will see people running around the streets of the center, in Central Park you will instead see elderly ladies playing chess or crocheting on a bench by the lake, doing yoga, baseball players , romantic couples taking a canoe ride or picnic on the lawn and musicians and street artists, a world and an atmosphere apart.
If you want to follow the habits of real New Yorkers, visit Central Park on the weekend, the time of the week when they go to take refuge in the park.
You could have a picnic, as is usually done, and not to be missed in Central Park, I recommend the Balto statue located on East 67th Street, the statue of Alice in Wonderland on 75th Street, north of the Conservatory, theObelisk at 81st Street, the visit to the The Mall, To Bethesda Terrace with the Angel of Waters fountain, il Shakespeare Garden and if you are traveling as a couple the canoe ride in which you spend about $ 12 the first hour and about $ 2,50 every quarter of an hour thereafter (prices are indicative as they vary from year to year).
A visit to Central Park is a must-see in New York.
