New York 7 day Itinerary

A New York 7 day itinerary helps you organise your trip to New York. You can see a lot in 7 days and have plenty of time for the highlights of the city. Visit Uptown, Midtown and Downtown and have time to spare, for a morning trip to the Statue of Liberty and an introduction to Brooklyn. Use my sample itinerary for a 7 day stay in New York, and be sure that you’ll see all the most important places.

Eric’s Tip: “If you’re planning your trip to New York, get a discount pass! The New York Explorer Pass is a good choice for this itinerary. There are lots of tours and attractions included with the pass, in fact, all attractions listed with an asterisk (*) in the itinerary are included in this pass, so you are ready for your trip, cheap and easy! You don’t need to pay anything extra on the spot. It is also possible to order your pass in combination with an Unlimited MetroCard.”

New York 7 day Itinerary

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- Day 1
- 08:00 Day of arrival
  
  Plan your transfer from the airport
- 09:00
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- 17:00 Arrival at hotel
- 18:00
- 19:00 Go to Times Square
- 20:00 Dinner at John’s Pizza
- Day 2
- 08:00 Breakfast at Ellen’s Stardust
- 09:00 Hop on Hop off bus* Downtown loop
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- 11:00 Hop on Hop off bus* Uptown loop
  
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- 12:00 Lunch at Grand Central
- 13:00 Visit some Midtown highlights:
  Chrysler Building
  SUMMIT One Vanderbilt
- 14:00 New York Public Library
  Bryant Park
  Times Square
  Walk towards Flatiron Building
- 15:00 Flatiron Building & Madison Square Park
- 16:00
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- 18:00 Dinner near Times Square
- 19:00
- 20:00 Empire State Building*
- Day 3
- 08:00 Breakfast
- 09:00 Top of the Rock*
- 10:00 Visit Fifth Avenue:
  Rockefeller Center
  St. Patrick’s Cathedral
  Trump Tower
- 11:00 Tiffany’s
  Apple Store
  Plaza Hotel
- 12:00 Biking* or walking in Central Park
  Get lunch at Whole Foods on Columbus Circle to eat in the park
- 13:00
- 14:00 MoMA* or Guggenheim*
- 15:00
- 16:00 Time to rest!
- 17:00
- 18:00 Dinner
- 19:00 Broadway musical
- 20:00
- Day 4
- 08:00
- 09:00 Breakfast
- 10:00 Take the subway to Brooklyn to walk the Brooklyn Bridge
  If you like to do the route on Eric’s New York App, choose the ‘DUMBO – Brooklyn Bridge’ route
- 11:00 Brooklyn Bridge Park
- 12:00 Lunch in DUMBO
- 13:00 Brooklyn Bridge
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- 15:00 Helicopter flight
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- 18:00 Dinner Cruise
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- Day 5
- 08:00 Breakfast
- 09:00 Statue of Liberty + Ellis Island* or Sightseeing boat tour*
- 10:00
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- 13:00 9/11 Memorial and 9/11 Museum*
- 14:00
- 15:00 Oculus
- 16:00 Wall Street and the Wall Street Bull
- 17:00
- 18:00 Sports game & dinner at the stadium
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- Day 6
- 08:00 Breakfast
- 09:00 Donut Tour
  
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- 10:00 American Museum of Natural History*
- 11:00 Start the ‘Greenwich, SoHo, Chinatown & Little Italy’ walking tour on Eric’s New York App. The Donut Tour ends nearby. If you visit the museum, take the C line to the starting point.
- 12:00 On this route:
  – Washington Square Park
  – Friends Apartment
  – Bleecker Street
  – Pizza
- 13:00 Take subway line F and A, C or E to 14th Street
- 14:00 Meatpacking District and High Line Park
- 15:00 Hudson Yards & Edge*
- 16:00
- 17:00 Dinner
- 18:00
- 19:00 Rooftop Bar Tour
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- Day 7
- 08:00 Breakfast & check out
- 09:00 Take the subway to Williamsburg to walk the ‘Williamsburg – Greenpoint’ route on Eric’s New York App
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- 14:00 Pick up luggage / head to JFK Airport or Newark Airport
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*Included in the discount pass

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