New York United States of America

Number of days : 8

Manhattan, Brooklyn, Empire State Building, Central Park, Ellis Island, Broadway


Art Trips Cultural City Tour

 

If you want to feel what is to be in the center of the world, right in the metropolis where everything happens, and, most of all, where everything starts and spreads from, you must travel to NYC!
You will be accommodated in Manhattan, the most recognizable part of NYC. But Manhattan doesn’t make it all: visit Brooklyn, the only borough that rivals anything in Manhattan, with its booming art scene and its spectacular views to the iconic skyline of Manhattan.

Day 1 - Arrival

- Arrival at Kennedy Airport. Transfer to your hotel and check in. Activities today will depend on your arrival time.
- Depending on your jet lag we may have time for a walk to Central Park before dinner.

Day 2 - Ellis Island & Guggenheim museum

- Morning ferry to Ellis Island with magnificent views back to Manhattan. Ellis Island Tour including the Immigration Museum.
- Optional stop at Statue of Liberty.
- Lunch in Manhattan. We will spend the afternoon at the Guggenheim Museum, home of many masterpieces (Pollock, Chagall, Picasso, Cezanne...).

Day 3 - NYC Bridges

- We will take the subway to Brooklyn and start our drawing lesson in the Empire Fulton Ferry Park between Brooklyn and Manhattan bridges.
- Shopping in SoHo before spending some time at our art in the Drawing Centre.

Day 4 - Art

- We will go to the Metropolitan Museum of Art to beat the crowds and see the masterpieces of Impressionists, Ethnic art, Flemish and Dutch masters, among others artists.
- After lunch, we will go to a famous drawing location: Central Park. This fantastic park is a good source of inspiration in any season.
- Dinner in Manhattan.

Day 5 - NYC Buildings

- Visit the world renowned MoMa (Museum of Modern Art). - We will walk through midtown to take a look of the following famous buildings: Radio City hall, Rockefeller Centre and the Grand Central station.
- We will then attend to the UN Building tour.
- If time, we will go to Flatiron Building area before dinner.

Day 6 - Art & Broadway Show

- Visit the Frick Collection, home of some of the most famous sixteenth to eighteenth century European art.
- After lunch you will have the opportunity to draw (on the East Side or Greenwich Village) before sightseeing and shopping.
- We will then go to Broadway for dinner and watch a world renowned show.
- Take a Limo tour to get back to our hotel.

Day 7 - Art & Fashion

- Visit the Whitney Museum of American Art which focuses on 20th and 21st-century American art and places a particular emphasis on exhibiting the work of living artists.
- Experience 5th Avenue and the buzz of design with a tour of Parsons School of Design (home of “Project Runway”). - Early Gala dinner followed by the Empire State Building ascent to see the lights of New York.

Day 8 - Departure

- Transfer to the airport for your flight back home.
The program will vary depending on departure time.