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.”

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New York 7 day itinerary

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- Day 1
- 08:00Day of arrival
  
  Plan your transfer from the airport
- 09:00
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- 17:00Arrival at hotel
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- 19:00Go to Times Square
- 20:00Dinner at John's Pizza
- Day 2
- 08:00Breakfast at Ellen’s Stardust
- 09:00Hop on Hop off bus* Downtown loop
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- 11:00Hop on Hop off bus* Uptown loop
  
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- 12:00Lunch at Grand Central
- 13:00Visit some Midtown highlights:
  Chrysler Building
  SUMMIT One Vanderbilt
  Grand Central Terminal
- 14:00New York Public Library
  Bryant Park
  Times Square
  Walk towards Flatiron Building
- 15:00Flatiron Building & Madison Square Park
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- 18:00Dinner near Times Square
- 19:00
- 20:00Empire State Building*
- Day 3
- 08:00Breakfast
- 09:00Top of the Rock*
- 10:00Visit Fifth Avenue:
  Rockefeller Center
  St. Patrick’s Cathedral
  Trump Tower
- 11:00Tiffany’s
  Apple Store
  Plaza Hotel
- 12:00Biking* or walking in Central Park
  Get lunch at Whole Foods on Columbus Circle to eat in the park
- 13:00
- 14:00MoMA* or Guggenheim*
- 15:00
- 16:00Time to rest!
- 17:00
- 18:00Dinner
- 19:00Broadway musical
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- Day 4
- 08:00
- 09:00Breakfast
- 10:00Take 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
- 11:00Brooklyn Bridge Park
- 12:00Lunch in DUMBO
- 13:00Brooklyn Bridge
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- 15:00Helicopter Flight
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- 18:00Dinner Cruise
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- Day 5
- 08:00Breakfast
- 09:00Statue of Liberty + Ellis Island* or Sightseeing boat tour*
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- 13:009/11 Memorial and 9/11 Museum*
- 14:00
- 15:00Oculus
- 16:00Wall Street and the Wall Street Bull
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- 18:00Sports game & dinner at the stadium
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- Day 6
- 08:00Breakfast
- 09:00Donut Tour
  
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- 10:00American Museum of Natural History*
- 11:00Start 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.
- 12:00On this route:
  - Washington Square Park
  - Friends Apartment
  - Bleecker Street
  - Pizza
- 13:00Take subway line F and A, C or E to 14th Street
- 14:00Meatpacking District and High Line Park
- 15:00Hudson Yards & Edge*
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- 17:00Dinner
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- 19:00Drinks at a rooftop bar
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- Day 7
- 08:00Breakfast & check out
- 09:00Take the subway to Williamsburg to walk the 'Williamsburg - Greenpoint route on Eric's New York App
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- 14:00Pick up luggage / head to JFK Airport or Newark Airport
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*Included in the discount pass

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