by Joan Trombetti

Created on: June 24, 2008   Last Updated: October 25, 2009

Times Square, New York City

If you're planning a trip to New York City, you must spend time seeing the spectacular sights and sounds of Times Square. There are many pulse points in Manhattan, but Times Square is the heartbeat of the city.

Times Square is about Broadway, the theater, the TKTS Booth, for same-day discount tickets to Broadway, Off Broadway, music and dance productions, Ripley's Believe It or Not!, Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum of New York, Good Morning America, the brightest lights and the biggest signs, designers, artists, photographers, writers and illustrators, glittering marquees, the best restaurants and tourists walks - Times Square you can't miss it!

There is so much to do and see in Times Square, you won't want to waste a minute by staying anywhere else but right in the Square. There are some fabulous hotels that are fairly pricey, but so well worth the expense. Take the Marriott Residence Inn located on 6th Avenue and 39th Street designed to meet every travelers needs from the use of complete studio apartment to amenities that spell comfort like 27' flat screen LCD Satellite RV, free, wireless, high-speed Internet, fully-equipped kitchens, and so much more within walking distance to all the exciting things to do and see in Times Square. W New York is in the theater district a few blocks north of the great museums of NYC, and the infamous downtown just a subway ride away. The W offers 507 rooms with signature beds adorned with 350-thread count sheets, and lush robes overlooking the city that never sleeps. Crowne Plaza Times Square is located near Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center and Madison Square Garden. This hotel - renovated in 2006, is 31 floors, 770 guest rooms, 17 suites, 368 single-bedded rooms, 402 double-bedded rooms, and 695 non-smoking rooms.

Places To Eat In Times Square

There's a myriad of dining establishments in Times Square. Take for instance, Junior's Time Square, home of the most famous cheesecake in the world. This is a great family restaurant that has reasonably priced meals and includes a children's menu. Needless to say, you have to try the cheesecake!
1515 Broadway (between 44th and 45th Street, (212) 302-0620 $5.00 +.

Bond 45 features an Italian kitchen, steaks and seafood, and a bit of the glory days when New York was just recovering from Prohibition rolling into the 50s a "good old days" kind of restaurant.
54 W. 45th Street, 212-869-4545, $35+

Thalia is a fabulous restaurant centrally located in the heart of New York

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