Family trip to Manhattan with children. Ideas on where to go with your child

Manhattan is a tourist district, associated with entertainment and prosperity, moreover, it is also a great place where you can spend a vacation with the whole family. This is a real paradise for the tourist who wants his children to remember the holiday for a long time. Here you can do what you really want to -visit entertainment centres, take a tour, enjoy the beautiful collection of exhibits in museums, wander through Central Park, climb the observation deck Top of the Rock in Rockefeller's Center and admire the picturesque views of New York, buy souvenirs, as well as explore many local attractions.

Kids will be very interested to visit some museums — for example, the American Museum of Natural History (known to many from the film "Night at the Museum"), where they can see the skeletons of dinosaurs, pterodactyls, mammoths, as well as get acquainted with the life of native Americans. You can see celebrities at Madame Tussauds New York, where you can take pictures with the Beatles, Bruce Willis, Robert Patisson, or pop band one direction. There is also the Children's Museum of Manhattan, among the exhibits of it are toys and playgrounds where children from all over the world play together. Unlike many museums, here you can play with the exhibits, which will certainly please young citizens.

Another perfect Museum for kids is Ripley's Believe It or Not!, which is located at Times Square. Here are collected all the incredible things that exist in the world, but not frightening the child. You can learn a lot of interesting information about the paranormal and discuss amazing thing with the school mates. Little citizens will be definitely entertained in Hayden Planetarium, where they will get acquainted with the universe. You can spend at least a whole day here-the exposition is very interesting. However, it is also interesting for children to visit Hippo Playground, where the figures of hippos fit perfectly into the landscape, only delighting children, and they will be able to spend time on the playground with slides and swings. Copyright www.orangesmile.com

The main attraction of Manhattan — Central Park. It also has a lot of wonderful playgrounds, spread around the territory of the Park. Here your child will have an opportunity to ride on a horse-drawn cart, see a small fountain, and try slides. And there is a wonderful old carousel, thanks to which the kids feel happy and get a charge of positive emotions. In addition to all of the attractions, there is Trump Rink on its territory next to the playground. Visitors have the opportunity to skate on the rink, but that's not all you can see here. Central Park has a zoo, where you can see snow leopards, seals, bears and penguins. The zoo has a lot of impressive sculptures of animals, which will definitely please those who want to get aesthetic pleasure.

Victorian Gardens Amusement Park which is located next to the zoo is another paradise for children. This is a great opportunity to ride on interesting attractions, eat cotton candy and, of course, get unforgettable impressions. There are several water attractions, a centrifuge, and a few extreme activities., Among other things that can entertain you on the territory of the park, you can play bowling, volleyball and basketball in New York LBC, watch birds by the lake (and feed them), see interesting sculptures and monuments of some famous personalities, look at theatrical performances in the garden of Shakespeare, and visit one of the most famous museums in New York-The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Throughout Manhattan, you can find many playgrounds where kids will be very happy to play — this, for example, Poor Richard's Playground, Playground in Cherry Tree Park, as well as Bloomingdale Playground. It is interesting to visit the centre of Nintendo New York, where among the exhibits you can find your favourite characters, the most famous of them is Mario. At the exit, you can buy games, clothes, accessories and souvenirs. It is worth noting that this Museum will be also interesting for grown-up kids.

What you should definitely do in Manhattan is to try the extremely delicious sweets that are cooked here. You can do it in places such as Levain Bakery and Le Mille Feuille, which serves fine pastries, in Taiyaki NYC, which prepares the best ice cream in New York, as well as in Eileen's Special Cheesecake-here, as you can understand from the name, it is recommended to taste delicious cheesecakes. If you want to pamper your child with unusually delicious cupcakes, then you should visit a place called Molly's Cupcakes. It is important to say about another amazing place - namely, The Donut Pub, where the child will be happy to try the most delicious doughnuts and cakes.