Battery Park and harbor views
Start at Battery Park for Statue of Liberty and harbor panoramas from the waterfront promenade. Keep this block easy—you will walk the Financial District and the bridge later.

New York, United States
A first-time New York route linking Battery Park and the Brooklyn Bridge, one timed observatory at Rockefeller Center with Fifth Avenue, then The Met and the High Line without zigzagging across Manhattan.
Day 1
Start at Battery Park for Statue of Liberty and harbor panoramas from the waterfront promenade. Keep this block easy—you will walk the Financial District and the bridge later.
Walk the Financial District: Wall Street, the New York Stock Exchange façade, Trinity Church and narrow canyons of Lower Manhattan. Stay on foot—subway back uptown is for another day.
Cross the Brooklyn Bridge on the pedestrian path into DUMBO for Manhattan skyline views. Leave the evening flexible for Brooklyn waterfront dinner and the subway back when ready.
Day 2
Book Top of the Rock on the official Rockefeller Center site for a timed morning slot—your one major Midtown ticket today. Skip stacking another observatory the same day.
Drift south on Fifth Avenue past landmarks and reset at Bryant Park. Stay in Midtown on foot so you are not subway-hopping after the morning deck visit.
Walk through Times Square toward Hell's Kitchen for dinner on Ninth Avenue. Keep plans flexible for crowds and weather—not another rooftop ticket tonight.
Day 3
Reserve The Met on its official website for a timed morning entry—focus on highlights rather than the whole collection. Leave the rest of the morning unstacked after your slot.
Step into Central Park from the Fifth Avenue side for a south-end loop near the pond and Bethesda Terrace. Stay nearby instead of crossing town before the High Line.
Walk the High Line from Chelsea toward the West Village for elevated views and neighborhood streets. Keep dinner flexible in the Village rather than adding another timed stop.