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Friday, April 16, 2010

New York TV and Movie Sites Tour

Take a guided tour of the New York sites you know and love from your favorite TV shows and movies! On this must-do tour, your entertaining and in-the-know guide will take you to over 60 instantly recognizable locations from TV and film.

You'll see familiar buildings from TV shows like Ugly Betty, Gossip Girl, Friends, Will and Grace and the Cosby Show, or movies such as I Am Legend, Spiderman and Woody Allen's Manhattan.

Your guide is a local actor and will also show you a number of celebrity homes.

  • See locations from The Devil Wears Prada, The Interpreter, Rescue Me and The Apprentice
  • Visit the apartment building where Monica, Chandler and the other Friends lived
  • Go on location to the building where Grace from Will and Grace has her design studio
  • Sit on the steps of the Cosby townhouse
  • Go on location to the diner used in Men in Black and Woody Allen's Manhattan
  • Stop in at one of the locations used in Hitch
  • Take photos at the firehouse used in Ghostbusters

The New York TV and Movie Sites Tour is a great way to get an overview of Manhattan. The tour starts in Times Square, goes all the way south to Greenwich Village and the East Village, heads up to the Upper East Side, and then cruises alongside Central Park on Fifth Avenue as you return to Times Square.


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Thursday, February 25, 2010

Day Tour to Boston from New York



Spend a day away from the Big Apple and explore historical Boston, reminiscent of a European village and centre of the American Revolution.

Depart New York and ahead for the historical city of Boston. Walk the Freedom Trail, a preserved path in the heart of downtown with churches, meeting houses, burying grounds and a ship that are historic markers of the era. See Boston Commons, where British soldiers trained, Beacon Hill, and the Old State Capitol.

Go to Boston Harbour, site of the historical “Tea Party", the USS Constitution, and Bunker Hill - site of one of the first battles of the Revolution. Continue to Faneuil Hall, for a lunch break filled with great shopping and street performers entertaining the daily crowds. Cross the Charles River to the village of Cambridge, and Harvard Square, home to the world renowned university.

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Day Tour to Philadelphia & Amish Country from New York



Discover the first capital of the United States and see Independence Hall and Liberty Bell before exploring America’s largest Amish community where a lifestyle of a bygone era continues to this day.

Depart New York and explore historic Philadelphia, the first Capital of the United States and nicknamed “the city of Brotherly Love” for it’s founders, the Quakers. Among the many highlights you will visit Independence Hall, the Liberty Bell and City Hall.

Continue west to Lancaster County in the rolling hills of Pennsylvania. This is home to the Pennsylvania Dutch, America’s largest Amish community. These ‘plain people’ as they call themselves live, without modern conveniences like electricity, car or computer and preserve a life based a deep religious faith. Visit an Amish farm where horses still plow the fields, and a single room schoolhouse, where Amish children learn to read and write and speak a foreign language, English. Stop at marketplace to sample the local fruits, sausage and chocolates.

This is an amazing day in the American heartland to see the unique lifestyle of a bygone era that continues this day.

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Harlem on Sunday



Spend a memorable Sunday morning in Harlem, the heart of New York’s Afro-American community.

From early Dutch farms and historic sites of the American Revolution, today Harlem has evolved into an Afro-American political and cultural center rich in history and tradition.See historic Hamilton Grange and the Morris Jumel Mansion, used as military headquarters during the American Revolution. And learn about the Harlem Renaissance, where Black writers, intellectuals and musicians flourished and political movements were born.

See the landmarks of Harlem including Sugar Hill, the townhouses of Striver's Row, and Sylvan Terrace, the Abyssinian Baptist Church and the Apollo Theater on 125TH Street, Harlem’s commercial center.

A highlight of our morning will be to attend a local church service and hear the inspirational sounds of Gospel music known throughout the world.


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Wednesday, February 3, 2010

New York CityPass



Your ticket to the best of the Big Apple - see six of New York's most famous sightseeing attractions including the Empire State Building and the Statue of Liberty for one low price!

Not only is the New York CityPass your entry ticket to five must-see New York attractions, your ticket also allows you to bypass ticket queues and save money


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BODIES…The Exhibition



BODIES…The Exhibition is a phenomenal look at the phenomenon we call the human body. See yourself like never before as you explore the captivating displays which unveil the complex systems of organs and tissues that drive every aspect of our daily lives and unite us all as humans.

BODIES…The Exhibition showcases real human bodies, preserved through a revolutionary technique, giving visitors the opportunity to see themselves like never before.
Take the chance to peer inside yourself, to better understand how your elaborate and fascinating body works and see the complex systems of organs and tissues normally reserved only for medical professionals. Your visit will take you through nine fascinating galleries:

Skeletal System: The bones of the skeleton comprise the body’s supporting internal framework.

Muscular System: Muscles give the body much of its individual shape and generate heat to maintain its optimal temperature.

Nervous System: The brain and spinal cord make up the central nervous system. All nerves than branch from the brain and spinal cord are known as the peripheral nervous system. Together these systems monitor and manage every activity of the body.

Digestive System: The length of the digestive tract illustrates the importance of our digestive systems. Approximately 25 feet long, our digestive tract converts food into the fuel our bodies need.

Respiratory System: The lungs resemble a soft sponge that expands with each breath. When you inhale, air enters the lungs filling the three million or more alveoli (air sacs) at the end of the airways.

Circulatory System: The adult circulatory system is made up of the heart and one hundred thousand miles of blood vessels.

Reproductive System: The ovaries produce the female sex cell the ova. The testes produce the male sex cell, the sperm. When these cells join, a process known as fertilisation occurs and a cell called a zygote is created.

Urinary System: The system includes the ureters, the bladder, the urethra and the primary organs of the system – two kidneys.

Integumentary System: The skin and its major appendages, the sweat glands, hair and nails make up the integumentary system. The skin is the largest and heaviest organ in the body.


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Saturday, December 26, 2009

Planet Hollywood New York Meal Ticket



Pre-purchase our great value Planet Hollywood meal ticket and enjoy classic American food at Planet Hollywood New York, situated in the heart of Times Square.

Enjoy classic American food at Planet Hollywood, situated in the heart of Times Square, New York. Adults get a choice of classic hamburger or cheeseburger with French fries (vegetarian entrée available upon request) and unlimited soft drinks, coffee or iced tea.

Children get a choice of any entrée on the kids menu, unlimited soft drinks, juice or milk plus ice cream for dessert. Kids options include Cheese Pizza, Turkey and Cheese Sandwich, Chicken Tenders with French Fries or Spaghetti Pomodoro.


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