Napa's Top Boutique Hotels

Napa, California is best known for its vineyards and the fine wines that come from them. But Napa has a lot more to offer than touring the vineyards. There’s horseback riding, fantastic dining, and plenty of places for bike riding. You can even take a hot air balloon ride and see the entire valley. When visiting Napa, why not make your stay just as special as the trip itself? Napa Boutique hotels offer plenty of charm, full service accommodations, and scenic views, all at prices to fit your budget. Try one of these five boutique hotels on your visit.

3 Palms Napa Valley Hotel & Suites is centrally located in downtown Napa. You’ll be conveniently close to the best attractions and entertainment the city has to offer. Veteran’s Memorial Park, the Uptown Theater, and Grace’s Table are just blocks away. The hotel has a pool so you can sit back, relax, take a dip, and enjoy the beautiful view of the valley. Rooms include high-speed Internet and TVs. You’ll find plenty to see and do during your stay. You can even bring your pet along for the visit.

Napa Discovery Inn is located only a mile away from downtown Napa. You’ll be within walking distance from plenty of Napa attractions, including the Oxbow Public Market, which offers various dining and shopping adventures, the Napa Valley Opera House, Uptown Theater, Quent Cordair Fine Art Gallery, and Napa Valley Wine Train. This leading area hotel offers plenty of amenities, including free parking, free Wi-Fi, continental breakfast, concierge services, and an onsite picnic area. Rooms include refrigerators and microwaves.

Napa River Inn is located at the Historic River Mill, which offers world-class restaurants and specialty shops, all under one roof. This scenic and historic getaway has six different types of rooms for you to choose from, ranging from standard to select suites, all including fireplaces, gorgeous views, and free Wi-Fi. All rooms are also non-smoking and pet friendly. The Inn has a fitness center, spa, tennis courts, bar and lounge, laundry services, and a shuttle bus service. Spa packages are available to all guests. The Historic Napa Mill and Silos Music Room are only minutes away.

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River Terrace Inn – A Noble House Hotel offers riverside and villageside rooms, with your choice of view. All rooms include subtle décor and colors, Napa dream beds, and whirlpools. The Inn features an outdoor pool, fitness center, and on-site walking and jogging paths. Cruiser bikes are available for taking a tour of the village. The Inn is close to several wineries and Napa Galleries. Hiking is available in the Oxbow Park Preserve and the Petrified Forest.

Silverado Resort and Spa Hotel offers four different areas for you to stay at: the Mansion Estates, the Cottages, the Oak Creek East, and the Grove. Each has its own unique experience, and includes nicely decorated rooms, luxury bedding, and beautiful bathrooms. Some even include a fireplace and a kitchenette or full kitchen. There are ten outdoor pools, a full-service health spa, and two 18-hole golf courses. Several wineries are located nearby.

These five luxurious Napa boutique hotels offer unique features and amenities at prices you can afford.

Space Center Smackdown: Cape Canaveral vs Houston

This post was posted by The Hipmunk on Hipmunk’s Tailwind blog  on November 11, 2015.

There’s nothing under the sun that captures the imagination quite like outer space. With the discovery of water on Mars, the meteoric rise of Matt Damon’s new film, “The Martian”, and the impending release of the new Stars Wars flick, the universe has been, well, everywhere lately.  

Back here on the earth, the closest most of us mere mortals will come to outer space is a visit to one of America’s NASA-run Space Centers: the Johnson Space Center, located in Houston, TX, and the Kennedy Space Center, in Cape Canaveral, FL. We wondered, which Space Center location’s vacation price is down-to-earth and which one is other-worldly expensive? 

To find out, we analyzed our 2015 data for average flight prices to each center’s nearest airport from the 30 most popular airports in the U.S. and daily car rental prices, in addition to the average prices for hotel stays in Houston and Cape Canaveral. We also looked at the average ticket prices and, just for fun, how much it would cost to eat lunch with an astronaut, a program offered at both locations.

Here’s what we found it would cost, on average, a family of four for a 3-day, 2-night trip:

In other words, a family of four can save an average of $600 by choosing Space Center Houston over Cape Canaveral, most of which is saved through airfare and Space Center admission prices. Here’s how that breaks down, per person:

	Cape Canaveral	Houston
Avg. RT Airfare	$387 Melbourne Intl Airport(MLB)	$294 George Bush Intercontinental(IAH)
Avg. Nightly Hotel	$144	$116
Daily Admission	$50 Adult/ $40 Child	$21 Adult/ $16 Child
Lunch with Astronaut	$30 Adult/ $16 Child	$50 Adult/ $30 Child
Car Rental	From $26/ day	From $27/ day

While this may appear like pretty steep price tag for a short vacation, both centers offer numerous discount opportunities and are generally all-inclusive. For example, Kennedy Space Center admission includes all exhibits and shows, IMAX space films, the Kennedy Space Center Bus Tour and free next-day admission to the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame when a general admission ticket is purchased. Multi-day packages that can reduce the overall price are also available.  

Meanwhile, Space Center Houston offers a CityPASS if you plan to visit other Houston attractions, which allows visitors to save 50 percent on admission to Space Center Houston and four more top Houston attractions: 1) Downtown Aquarium, 2) Houston Museum of Natural Science, 3) Houston Zoo or Museum of Fine Arts, and 4) Houston Children’s Museum or Kemah Boardwalk All-Day Ride Pass. You’ll skip most ticket lines, too.

So while Space Center Houston is inarguably the less expensive of America’s two NASA centers, both locations offer multiple opportunities to let your imagination (and inner-astronaut) be free from gravitational pulls for a few days.

Blast off about your Space Center story in the comments below!

Methodology: Hipmunk analyzed 2015 data for average airfare prices to MLB and IAH from the 30 most popular U.S. airports, as well as average nightly hotel prices in both Houston and Cape Canaveral. Car rental prices were the lowest recent price posted on Hipmunk.com departing and returning to MLB and IAH, respectively. All other data was found on each Space Center’s website. As always, airfare, hotel, and car rental prices frequently change and Hipmunk does not guarantee that the prices listed in this story reflect what is currently available.

Hipmunk Launches AI Travel Planning Assistant, ‘Hello Hipmunk’

This post was posted by The Hipmunk on Hipmunk’s Tailwind blog on November 17, 2015.

“Hey, it’s Mom. Have you booked your flight for Christmas?”

It’s an email we’ve all received in one form or another, one which essentially turns travel planning into a dreaded to-do list. People consistently say, “I still have to book this flight”; almost no one looks forward to starting a travel search.

This is the dilemma Alex Quintana, Hipmunk’s senior product manager, set out to solve. “Travel is inherently social and often a trip starts with a simple email,” Quintana said. “I thought that if we could enable people to copy Hipmunk in on the message, they could get a head start on travel planning. We would eliminate that dreaded “to-do” by enabling people to delegate to Hipmunk as a travel assistant.”

And thus, Hello Hipmunk, and the future of travel planning, was born.

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Hipmunk today introduced a free personalized travel planning virtual assistant called Hello Hipmunk, powered by artificial intelligence, which simplifies travel planning through two features: Hello Email and Hello Calendar.

“Every day we look for ways to take the agony out of travel searching,” said Adam Goldstein, CEO and co-founder of Hipmunk. “We thought, why not start at the places people are already thinking and talking about travel: their emails and calendars?”

Hello Email automatically searches travel options for you when its address is included in an email that references travel plans, while Hello Calendar is designed to anticipate travel plans by scanning a user’s Google Calendar (with their permission) to infer where users are traveling and instantly offer the best options.

Hello Email:

Say that you received the afore-mentioned email from your mom inquiring about your Christmas flight. Your reply could be something like, “Not yet, Mom. Looping in Hipmunk to book my flight: @hipmunk I need a flight from SFO to Atlanta from December 22 – 27.” Then, simply add hello@hipmunk.com in the cc line before sending the email to your mother.

In response, Hello Email would instantly provide flight options via email to both you and your mom. The two of you could then decide together which flight worked best and book it. By enabling Hipmunk to be a part of the natural conversation from the beginning, you’re able to save both you and your mom time and anguish.

Imagine: no more typing into a search box and waiting for the results. No more frustration trying to coordinate travel with friends and family. By directly emailing or cc’ing hello@hipmunk.com, you’re able to move on to more pressing tasks, or simply sit back and wait for Hello Email to do the search work for you.

While the responses are automatically generated, Hello Email, currently in beta, also uses humans to fine-tune its replies, so the program actually gets more accurate over time.

“We began training Hello in partnership with our customer service team, the Navigators,” Quintana said. “ We knew we needed to give Hello a deep knowledge of travel, so we worked to integrate the service with our Navigators to train Hello to answer customer questions. This allowed us to gain a deep understanding of the types of questions customers ask and allowed us to teach Hello how to recognize patterns and answer questions.”

Hello Calendar:

Powered by Hipmunk’s patented calendar search technology, Hello Calendar anticipates users’ upcoming travel needs using their Google calendar. As with Hello Hipmunk, it negates the need for users to conduct an online search. Users give Hipmunk permission to access their Google Calendars and Hipmunk periodically scans them to find events that users are attending in another city. Then, Hipmunk emails flight, train, and hotel or vacation rental search information for those travel dates.

Let’s say that you have a trip to Santa Barbara for Valentine’s Day that you’ve been putting off booking travel for (for no particular reason whatsoever). Hello Calendar will automatically identify the trip and send corresponding personalized travel suggestions, eliminating the agony and ensuring the ecstasy of your Valentine’s Day getaway.

Hello Calendar also appears alongside flight results when performing searches on Hipmunk’s website, so that you can easily find the time that best suits your schedule to fly.

“Twenty-five years ago, we never could have imagined that we’d be getting information from computers with touch screens and our voices,” said Nancy Hang, vice president of product at Hipmunk. “Twenty-five years from now, we’ll wonder how we lived without artificial intelligence understanding our needs and helping us proactively. We’re excited to be leading the way in the travel industry.”

Say hello to Hello Hipmunk.

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Want to get started using Hello Hipmunk?? It’s as easy as sending an email (literally). Here are some sample searches to get you on your way:

“NYE in Vegas, baby! @hipmunk, show me hotels in Las Vegas from Dec 30 – Jan 2.”

“New York, New York! @hipmunk I need a hotel in New York City from Dec 18 – 20.”

“Cheerio! @hipmunk I need a hotel in London this weekend.”

Then just sit back and wait for a reply. Travel planning, done.

5 Thanksgiving Day Parades Worth Seeing in Person

This post was posted by The Hipmunk on Hipmunk’s Tailwind blog on November 18, 2015.

Since 1863, when President Lincoln proclaimed it a federal holiday, Thanksgiving has marked the official beginning of the holiday season. Many traditions have developed around the day over the decades from the standard turkey dinner with family, food drives to help the underserved, and of course, football. The day is also known for the famous Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City, held annually since 1924 and televised on NBC since 1952. While New York City’s parade may be the most famous, we rounded up five other favorites from across the United States!

1. Philadelphia, PA

Founded in 1920, the 1.4-mile 6ABC Dunkin Donuts Thanksgiving Day Parade in Philadelphia is actually the oldest Thanksgiving parade in the country. Like others, it features the usual balloons, floats, and marching bands, but Philadelphia’s holiday celebration is best known for its live performances and celebrities. (This year, members of the World Cup-winning U.S. Women’s Soccer Team will be in attendance.) This year’s parade is particularly family-friendly, featuring performers from Disney on Ice’s Frozen (yes, that includes Anna and Elsa). Be sure to explore the official website and check out a map of the best places to watch from. Those wishing to stay close to the action should try the Hyatt at the Belluevue Hotel or the Radisson Blu Warwick Hotel, both of which are well-priced and conveniently located along the parade route.

2. Detroit, MI

Like the Macy’s Parade in New York City, Detroit’s annual America’s Thanksgiving Parade was founded in 1924 and has been delighting residents and visitors ever since. The parade precedes the annual football game by the Lions (who host the Philadelphia Eagles this year) and features balloons, floats, and the unique Big Head Corps: walking bobbleheads dressed in costumes of animals, clowns, and celebrities. Spectators can even stroll the parade route themselves prior to the main event at the annual Turkey Trot. Visitors to the Motor City should consider a stay at the Westin Book Cadillac Detroit or the Crowne Plaza Detroit Downtown Riverfront, both of which are located in the heart of downtown, just steps from the parade route.

3. Houston, TX

Travelers hoping to spend Turkey Day in a warmer locale should look to Houston’s H-E-B Holiday Parade, now in its 66th year. Marching bands, cheerleaders, and elaborate floats are met by 200,000 spectators for a raucous and lively celebration. Spectator access along the parade route is free, although those wishing to can purchase tickets to sit in the grandstands (feel free to bring lawn chairs and blankets to settle in). Santa Claus is scheduled to make an appearance this year, so this parade is a great option for families. Book a room at the Hyatt Regency Houston or the Hilton Americas – Houston for conveniently-located, competitively-priced comfort.

4. Chicago, IL

One of only three Thanksgiving parades in the U.S. to be nationally broadcast, Chicago’s McDonald’s Thanksgiving Parade is now in its 81st year. The 2015 parade will feature marching bands from all over Illinois, elaborate equestrian performances, and a show by Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus. Those planning to visit the Windy City for the extravaganza should try staying in the Silversmith Hotel or the Hilton Garden Inn, conveniently located in the heart of downtown Chicago.

5. Plymouth, MA

Want as authentic a Thanksgiving experience as it gets? Go back to where it all began in Plymouth. Known as America’s Hometown Thanksgiving Parade, the town’s festivities actually take place the weekend before the holiday. The parade starts at the waterfront and features historical set pieces based on a chronological history of the United States: the colonial period, the Revolutionary Way, the Civil War, Western pioneers, automatives from the 20th and 21st centuries, and a closing float featuring Santa Claus. Musicians include bugle and drum corps, with multiple ceremonies honoring the Pilgrims and Native Americans who celebrated the very first Thanksgiving in 1621. Visitors should stay right on the waterfront, near the action, at the Hilton Garden Inn Plymouth or the Radisson Hotel Plymouth, both competitively priced and comfortably luxurious.

The Best Boutique Stays in Connecticut

Visiting New England? Connecticut is the southernmost state in the region, and close enough to New York to allow for a relaxing New England Vacation and a quick trip to the City for great entertainment. There are various regions of Connecticut you may want to check out, depending on what you’re looking for on your vacation. Stay at one of these boutique hotels during your visit to Connecticut.

Image vie Flickr by smuconlaw

Omni New Haven Hotel at Yale provides both elegance and affordability. Plush feather pillows, high definition TV, and turndown service are all part of your stay. Guests enjoy access to the restaurant, bar, lounge, fitness center, spa, and golf course. The Yale campus is close by, so if you’re checking out schools, you can mark one off your list during your stay. This is also the perfect place to stay if you’re planning to attend an event at the college. The Yale University Art Gallery, Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, and Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History are nearby, and great places to check out during your stay. Pets under 25 pounds are welcome.

Radisson Hotel Hartford rooms are smoke free, have Sleep-Number beds, in-room coffee makers, and complimentary Wi-Fi. Guests have access to a heated outdoor pool, whirlpool, and fully equipped fitness center. Bistro Z provides a breakfast buffet, lunch, and dinner. Drinks are offered at the Z Bar. Many of Hartford’s attractions are only minutes away, including the Mark Twain House and Museum, Harriet Beecher Stowe House, and Connecticut Science Center.

For a more adventurous vacation, The Fox Tower offers Vegas-style gaming, dining, and entertainment. Indoor moving walkways take you from the Tower to Foxwoods Resort Casino complex. Mystic Seaport is only nine miles away, and the hotel’s casino offers 3,000 slots and 33 table games. There are four famous-named restaurants, a 5,000 square-foot outdoor pool, a nightclub, and the Fox theater. Rooms include high-speed Internet access, iPod dock, coffee/tea maker, rainfall showers, and relaxing bath products.

The Inn at Mystic is situated in the small seaside-town, near the Mystic River Bascule Bridge, Mystic Seaport – The Museum of America and the Sea, and Mystic Arts Center. Guests enjoy complimentary breakfast, seasonal outdoor pool, and Wi-Fi access in public areas. Rooms are smoke-free and have complimentary Wi-Fi access, TVs, and cable.

Farnam Guest House is located in New Haven near the airport and Albertus Magnus College. It’s a great place to stay if you’re checking out the college. The Bed & Breakfast has eight air-conditioned rooms with DVD players, Wi-Fi Internet access, and cable TV. Complimentary breakfast is included, and there’s a library on-site. Eastrock Park is nearby. This is a perfect place for a quiet weekend getaway.

When you’re looking for a great New England getaway, think Connecticut. There are various regions to check out, each offering its own unique personality. A Hipmunk Connecticut boutique hotel will add a special spark to your getaway. Choose one of these locations today, and book your trip. Enjoy!

5 Fictional Destinations You Can Actually Visit

This post was posted by The Hipmunk on Hipmunk’s Tailwind blog  on November 11.

There’s something magical about seeing the real life setting of a beloved fictional world. These destinations draw travelers to places they might not otherwise go for the pleasantly jarring sensation of finding Tatooine in Tunisia or Narnia in Norway. Here are five of our favorite places that serve as intersections of invention and reality, mixing the familiar with the surprising.

Mdina, Malta: King’s Landing (Game of Thrones)

Westeros may be fictional, but Game of Thrones fans know the series films everywhere from Iceland to Croatia to recreate locations from the books. The medieval walled city of Mdina in Malta acts as King’s Landing in the show, and travelers may recognize the Mdina Gate as the entrance to the fictional capital. Mdina’s dusky stone buildings and mix of Norman and Baroque architecture lend it a mysterious and mythic quality that translates perfectly into the show. It’s known as the “Silent City:” No cars are allowed within the city walls, and only about 300 people live inside.

Prince Edward Island: Anne of Green Gables

Since Anne of Green Gables was published in 1908, children and adults have made the pilgrimage to Canada’s lovely Prince Edward Island, where the book is set. The Green Gables farmhouse that inspired L.M. Montgomery’s classic books still stands in Cavendish (named Avonlea in the books) and can be visited year round. Even Mindy Kaling is desperate to see where Anne grew up. In a recent interview with the LA Times, she said, “The other book world I would like to live in is Anne of Green Gables. Living on Prince Edward Island would be so badass.”

Petra, Jordan: Canyon of the Crescent Moon (Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade)

It’s hard to imagine a more imposingly beautiful filming location for a grail quest than the ancient city of Petra in Jordan. Although Petra was carved into sandstone 2,000 years ago, it only came to the attention of the Western world in 1812 when Swiss explorer Johann Ludwig Burckhardt disguised himself in Bedouin costume to sneak into the site. The Treasury, Al-Khazneh, was most famously used in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade and is still open for visitors.

Angel Falls in Venezuela: Paradise Falls (Up)

Paradise Falls is the central destination Pixar’s Up. Carl’s beloved Ellie never gets to see it herself, but with the help of about 10,000 balloons, Carl and Russell manage to make the trip. Its real life counterpart is Angel Falls in Venezuela, part of the Auyantepui mountain in Canaima National Park. At a height of over 3,000 feet, it’s the tallest uninterrupted waterfall in the world. The hike to see the falls from the top can be a multi-day journey, but the stunning view is worth the trek.

Matamata, New Zealand: Hobbiton (The Lord of the Rings)

Perhaps the most famous fictional travel destination is the Hobbiton set of Peter Jackson’s adaptations of The Lord of the Rings. Nestled in the countryside surrounding Matamata in New Zealand, the set features over 30 hobbit dwellings as well as a mill and a double-arched stone bridge. After The Hobbit movies finished filming, the houses were left fully furnished for visitors. Truly devoted fans can even enjoy Second Breakfast at the nearby Shire’s Rest Cafe.

Enjoy Virtual Reality Experiences in Your Room at These Marriott Hotels

This post was posted by thehipmunk on Hipmunk’s Tailwind blog on November 2, 2015.

Marriott Hotels is taking the concept of “travel” to a whole new level. Thanks to their new virtual reality room service, physically checking into a new locale is only one way to take a trip. In the new version of travel, sightseers won’t even need to leave their rooms.

As part of a collaboration with Samsung, Marriott has launched the hotel industry’s first-ever in-room virtual reality (VR) experience, reports Condé Nast Traveler. The initiative debuted at the Marriott Marquis Manhattan and the London Marriott Park Lane. Guests at these establishments can now order “VRoom Service”—which consists of a virtual reality headset and headphones—straight to their rooms. And that’s when the trip-within-a-trip begins.

The headsets—dubbed “VR Postcards”—currently come preloaded with virtual “postcards” from (respectively) an ice cream shop in Rwanda, the streets of Beijing, and the Andes Mountains in Chile. Users select a destination, sit back, and enjoy an immersive, 360-degree, 3D experience consisting of panoramic images and sounds from these locales. Each story follows a real traveler as they explore these destinations, and viewers experience the journey right alongside their guide.

In some ways, the move is a natural extension of what most travelers do today: research a destination (or fantasize about going there) by scoping out images and videos online. The only difference is that in this case, it actually feels like you’re there.

The Rise of a Trend

Virtual reality is increasingly catching the interest of the hotel and tourism industries. It’s not necessarily that anyone wants to replace the physical experience of traveling to a new place; instead, the idea is that allowing travelers to “sample” destinations in an intimate way will encourage them to actually go there.

To that end, the industry has been toying with a variety of approaches to the virtual travel experience. CNN reported the international travel agency Thomas Cook tried out a programthat invited customers to put on Oculus Rifts (the much-hyped virtual reality headsets originally developed for gaming) in order to experience an airplane tour of a Sentido resort. Marriott Hotels also experimented with Oculus Rift in its “Teleporter” initiative, which allowed guests to experience virtual tours of Wai’anapanapa Black Sand Beach in Maui and Tower 42 in London. Start-ups like Sphere and Jaunt have also gotten in on the action by offering new ways to explore and interact with potential travel destinations.

While 2014 was awash in headlines proclaiming that virtual reality would define the future of travel, those predictions have yet to play out. Of course, this could be because we’ve yet to uncover the full potential of these technologies. But while the hotel industry continues its ongoing efforts to bring cutting-edge tech to the travel experience, no one should discount travelers’ continued desire to seek out authentic, in-person experiences worldwide. In fact, more than one billion tourists traveled the globe in 2014 alone.

So while in-room virtual experiences might make for a fun anecdote for travelers arriving back home, they remain (at least for now) only part of an otherwise very real trip.

As the virtual reality trend heats up, we’d love to hear from you. Let us know whether you think virtual reality is a positive or negative travel tool by sounding off on Facebook or Twitter.  

Lesser Known New York City Attractions

New York is a popular city for travelers from around the world. Everyone comes to the city to see the Empire State Building, Statue of Liberty, and other iconic buildings. They take a stroll around Central Park. They eat at restaurants like 21. They take in a Broadway show. But they may still be missing out on some great attractions. Here are five lesser known New York City attractions.

City Reliquary Museum

Located in Brooklyn, the exhibits at this storefront museum, devoted to the history of New York, includes trinkets from the 1964 World’s Fair, the Statue of Liberty Collection, and Geology of New York City. Take a stroll through New York’s vast history, and see how far the city has come.

Hall of Fame for Great Americans

Founded in 1900, the country’s original Hall of Fame is in the Bronx. The main attraction is a 630-foot high, open-air colonnade featuring panoramic views of the Cloisters across from the Harlem River. It houses 98 bronze busts, including Alexander Graham Bell, Eli Whitney, and George Washington. To book a private tour, complete a reservation form online and email it to the property.

 Merchant’s House Museum

Did you ever imagine taking a ghost tour in New York City? At Merchant’s House Museum, you can do just that. The preserved 19th-century townhouse was home to the Treadwell family. Gertrude, one of the daughters, reportedly haunts the building. Legend has it she was forbidden to marry her true love, and died alone in 1933, at the age of 93. Take a tour of the house and see if you spot Gertrude lurking around.

The Paley Center for Media

Formerly the Museum of Television and Radio, the Paley Center for Media features nearly 150,000 clips from radio and television programs, podcasts, and public programs where TV addicts can mingle with one another, and possibly meet some of their favorite shows’ creators, and even some of the stars themselves. Check the schedule to learn who the featured people are during your stay in New York.

The Panorama of the City of New York

Image via Flickr by 16 Miles of String

Did you know you could own a piece of New York? The Queens Museum of Art features a scale model of New York’s five boroughs, which includes more than 800,000 of the city’s buildings and many of its bridges. The model was originally constructed for the 1964 World’s Fair, and has been kept up-to-date. If you donate to the museum, you can put your name on a piece of the work through the Museum’s Adopt-a-Building program.

Socrates Sculpture Park

Built in 1986 over a landfill, this 4.5-acre park features large-scale sculpture exhibits and free community programming. Take a stroll through the exhibits and surrounding gardens for a refreshing change to your walk around the city. Then, head back to yourNew York City hotel to get ready for a night on the town.

These six lesser-known New York City attractions will add a unique and unforgettable adventure to your visit. Check them out on your next stay.