This day is dedicated to visit the most emblematic street of New York, 5th Avenue.
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We start from our accommodation walking down the street 30, and that we should only cross 3 Avenue from 8 th to 5 th and the combination of subway to get to our starting point we did lose a lot of time on transfers.
After about 15 minutes we reached the 5 th Avenue, but before you start driving toward the most interesting, we walked about 7 blocks in the opposite direction to see one of the first skyscrapers in the city, the Flatiron Building.
This triangular building of 87 meters and 22 floors, was nicknamed "the iron" from the resemblance it had with the plates of the time it was built back in 1902.
We turn the park near Madison Square Park, before starting a hike of about 3 kilometers from this point lead us to Calle 59 at the edge of Central Park.
Our first stop at the Museum of Sex, because as we include entry to the New York Pass and pass catches us decided to go. To be honest, the only thing that helped us was to lose about 45 minutes and throw us a few laughs, because the truth is that the visit is 100% disposable.
We walked a few minutes later we approach the world's most famous skyscraper, the Empire State Building.
I'm not going to say anything of this building in this article because such an emblematic symbol of the city deserves its own article, so soon I will tell you my experience in the observation deck floor 86.
Not far from there, is the official store of the Yankees, the baseball team of the city, where you can find any item of merchandise for the club, from baseballs bearing caps or all New Yorkers to the official kit .
few minutes later, we find the New York Public Library, the scene of movies like "Ghostbusters" or "tomorrow."
As I warned recently about the loss of time is the Sex Museum, I recommend 100% to go in and walk around the library.
The building itself is a small jewel of architecture, and you can check by visiting the entrance hall, climbing by its marble stairs and walking in the huge reading room, where we find people consulting books hearth with other sailing by the network with its latest model laptop brand apple or simply reading the newspaper.
can take photos without problems, but little noise someone will tell you to keep silent.
Just behind the library is Bryant Park, a green lung in one of the most important office in the city where we can find workers from the skyscrapers that surround the park taking Brunch while surfing the net in their laptops or PDA's through the free wireless there throughout the park.
From this point of the 5 th Avenue starts the busy commercial area.
We walked stopping at some shops that fill both sides of the street until we get closer to the true nerve center, Rockefeller Center and St. Patrick's Cathedral.
Before proceeding to the final and more interesting of the 5 th Avenue, sustenance at a small hamburger restaurant located in the basement of Olympic Tower, a huge black skyscraper next to the cathedral in the way of curiosity that I will say that The NBA has its offices.
After lunch, we entered the Gothic-style Catholic cathedral largest U.S..
crossed the street and we step into the pioneer of the commercial centers of the world, the Rockefeller Center.
Like with the Empire State Building, later dedicate his article for two visits to my essential in this complex, the musical Radio City Christmas Spectacular at the legendary Radio City Music Hall and climb to the roof of the tallest building in the complex enjoy the best views of Central Park and the skyline of the city, the Top of The Rock.
If you want to visit in depth all complex, it is necessary to devote one day only to see all the shops that have both street and in the many underground which connect all the buildings together and the metro.
To all this you'll have to add the obligatory visit to the ice skating world's most famous if you go to New York at Christmas.
The queue to enter the track is considerable, so we settled for the Christmas atmosphere soaked the track and the Christmas tree for a few days we could see lit.
Both the ice rink and the Christmas tree are not as big as they appear in movies or television, but the place where they are is simply spectacular.
We left the Rockefeller Center complex and continued walking street down to a much slower pace. We stopped at the Gant store and took the opportunity to see the Christmas decorations from one of the luxury jewelry stores on 5th Avenue, Cartier.
crossed the street to enter the NBA Store, a huge store with 2 floors and very very original. Shortly afterwards, having fallen the night draws our attention to the lighting of an old building that turns out to be a hotel.
front, we find a paradise for children (and not so young as well), the Disney Store.
Once inside, is amazing how many items crammed into two floors crammed with shelves full of Mickey's, Donald'sy other members of the Disney family.
Be careful because the store manages to transport you to a magical world, as is the case with movies that you can spend time recalling moments from your childhood;)
After this trip back in time to our childhood, we went through the window of a store where very few older can afford to buy.
As many have guessed this is the showcase for the well-known jeweler Tiffany's, which appears on the novel by Truman Capote "Breakfast at Tiffany's."
face of these same crystals, the protagonist of the film version (Audrey Hepburn) is stopped more than once exposed to fantasize about diamonds, the only thing we can afford this luxury store most mortals.
This is all we were able to do after finding the closed door that bunker in the middle of bombing.
This jewelry is located in the basement of one of the skyscrapers that billionaire Donald Trump has spread throughout the city and half the world, the Trump Tower.
Opposite stands the store brand in a few years is becoming obligatory stop for tourists, both for their clothes and by the curious way of selling. Your name, Abercrombie & Fitch.
we're done the most touristic part of the avenue, but we still have many places to see.
started by the Grand Army Plaza, built in honor of the Union Army of the U.S. Civil War, and we can see the source Pulitzer and a golden statue of General Sherman. Also, here is where the fuck the carriages give you a tour of Central Park.
From this square you can see the Solow Building, with its characteristic concave facade.
Besides what I just discussed, what stands in the square is the building that houses one of the most historic hotels (and expensive) city, the Plaza Hotel.
This luxury hotel is 76 meters and 19 floors in the rooms has hosted great personalities of politics or music, and has been the set of movies like Home Alone 2, Crocodile Dundee, etc.. and series like Sex and the City and The Sopranos.
If we cross the 5 th Avenue, we find the Apple Store, located on the underside of the skyscrapers of General Motors.
This is the Apple Store in the news is always surrounded by hundreds of Apple-maniacs every time the apple brand is selling its latest handset.
Just behind the glass cube that gives access to the Apple Store, is the FAO Schwarz toy store, another megastore dedicated to smaller and well worth a visit if only to see it in operation the giant piano Big film.
From here, go round the block and the front we find curious is the Tourneau watch store.
Nearby, is the Nike Town, a huge store dedicated to this brand you can find the latest Nike, but the store if I do not liked, it is worth to shop around but not buy anything.
Finally, just entering the Sony Plaza Public Arcade, where you can relax with a drink in one of the bars that are under a huge Spiderman take a tour of his shop and museum.
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