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During the month of December you can feel the Christmas spirit in the streets of New York, it is time to celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah and New Year. The center of the city shines like never before and surprises as always.
The city center shines like never before and surprises as always. The snow begins to fall and the whole city is filled with fir trees hoping to become the center of attention of some home.
The Shop Windows dress up and become true works of art; mechanical showcases, synchronized light and music shows, toy soldiers... the stores turn their windows and facades into authentic Christmas stories, each year with different themes and setting the bar higher.
At the first stop of our tour you can see some of the most famous showcases such as Saks Fifth Ave, Lord and Taylor, Bergdorf Goodman, Tiffany and Co. Cartier, etc besides the imposing Christmas Tree Rockefeller Center, its famous ice rink and the Cathedral of St. Patrick.
The Christmas markets take the squares at the same time that the skaters open the Ice Tracks and they become the perfect place to warm up with a warm appel cider while they go through their stalls of handmade products, local art, winter clothes, traditional foods, desserts ... We will go through some of them and without a doubt our guides will give you all the information so you can. Among the most popular are: Winter Village, Bryan Park, Grand Central Holiday Fair, Grand Central Station (Vanderbilt Hall), Union Square Holiday Market or Columbus Circle Holiday Market.
Our tour continues to one of the most impressive places in the city at this time. A neighborhood located southeast of Brooklyn, near the Verrazano Bridge known as Dyker Heights, where homeowners openly compete every year since 1980 to see who gets the biggest and most dazzling Christmas decorations, that can worth up to $ 20,000.
Once back, our last stop will be at DUMBO, which has one of the most privileged views of Lower Manhattan. In The Esplanade a long viewpoint from which we can photograph in all its splendor the Brooklyn Bridge, The Statue of Liberty and the South Skyline of the island of Manhattan that we have seen in so many films.
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