Learn about the tourist activities that have been prepared in New York since August 2021 | Let’s travel | Magazine

If you plan to travel to the Big Apple, know that the local authorities of that city have an interesting agenda for their visitors.

August 5, 2021 – 4:00 p.m.

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As more people get vaccinated and American visitors start traveling again, New York City’s five boroughs offer multiple activities throughout the summer. NYC & Company estimated 10 million visitors will arrive in New York this season, recovering more than half of the visits registered in the summer of 2019.

“As New York City continues to wake up, we look forward to highlighting new and timeless attractions and events in all five boroughs,” said Fred Dixon, president and CEO of NYC & Company. “This summer season it will be packed with unique offers including drive-ins and rooftop theater, waterfront parks, expanded access to the NYC Ferry, outdoor performing arts spaces, cafes, countless markets and gardens, and multicultural experiences. “

Some of the scheduled events are

• Sky-High Yoga will offer classes over 1,000 feet high at Edge at Hudson Yards, in partnership with Equinox.
• Regresa Shakespeare in the Park al Teatro Delacorte en Central Park. The theater will host a new adaptation of Merry Wives of Windsor Shakespeare with free shows until September 18.

• Wave Hill, 11-hectare urban oasis, offers visitors a world-class garden, workshops, contemporary art exhibits and live performances.
• The Whitney Museum, In collaboration with Hudson River Park, he has developed a permanent and monumental public art project by artist David Hammons entitled Day’s End, which is located directly across from the museum on the southern tip of the Gansevoort Peninsula.
• El US Open He will return to Arthur Ashe Stadium in Queens from August 30 to September 12.
• Disfrute de Brooklyn Bridge Park, Marine Park, Alice Austen Park, Riverside Park y High Bridge Park. You can also visit America’s largest waterfront park, Hudson River Park on Manhattan’s West Side, which stretches for four miles and features miniature golf, rock climbing, batting cages, four dog parks, and a carousel.
• Rockaway Beach and Queens It has a thriving surfing community that offers lessons, in addition to other outdoor recreational activities like jet skis, and is easily accessible by the A train or the NYC Ferry. In order to experience the area in the best way, you can stay at The Rockaway Hotel, which opened last year.

• Enjoy the splendor of the city’s architecture from a kayak on the Hudson or East River. Free kayaks are available at the Brooklyn Bridge Park Boathouse, the Manhattan Community Boathouse at Pier 96, and the Red Hook Boaters.
• Little Island, which opened in May by reservation of tickets, is located along the Hudson River and offers outdoor performances, children’s programming and the quick-service restaurant Bites & Sips.
• Grab your bucket of canguil and enjoy the outdoor cinemas from the city, which include drive-ins, rooftops, piers, gardens and beaches in the five boroughs.
• After garnering rave reviews around the world, Van Gogh’s immersive exhibit unfolds at Pier 36 with over 14,100 cubic meters of projections that allow visitors to delve into iconic Impressionist artworks.

• Say goodbye to summer with a toast at the Pinknic Rosé Festival, which will return September 4-5 on Governors Island. Visitors will be able to enjoy live music, drinks including rosé, frosé, champagne or a cold cocktail, and food from local restaurants and dishes prepared by acclaimed chef Gabriel Pazos.

In addition, Mayor Bill de Blasio recently announced the programming of NYC Homecoming Week, event to be held between August 14 and 22. NYC Homecoming Week activities include concerts, free movie screenings organized by Rooftop Films, NYC Restaurant Week (culinary program) and Summer Streets (program of 11 kilometers of open streets between the Brooklyn Bridge and Central Park).

This celebration of New York City’s resilience will drive support for the family businesses and local organizations that define neighborhoods and that kept the heart of the city beating during the COVID pandemic. To learn more about NYC HOMECOMING WEEK events and tickets, visit nyc.gov/HomecomingWeek.

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