Take a flight to New York for a neon-lit city with attitude. Manhattan has world-class museums in Midtown, stylish shopping on Fifth Avenue and bohemian cool in Greenwich Village and East Village.

Things to do

Enjoy the sightseeing that New York city breaks offer, from world-famous museums like MoMA to the gilded ceiling murals at Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan. For views of New York, travel up 70 floors to Top of the Rock.

Shopping

Leave New York with designer clothes from Fifth Avenue or Madison Avenue, or famous Macy's department store in Midtown. A New York city break is all about shopping, so browse bohemian Greenwich Village markets or chic SoHo.

Restaurants

Travel through New York's world of cuisines from Middle Eastern in Greenwich, American-French fusion in Gramercy and soul food in Harlem. Locals go for all-American brunch in East Village or Cantonese food in Chinatown.

Nightlife

Buy a ticket for New York's renowned Metropolitan Opera House, and experience jazz in Greenwich Village or the hip Meatpacking District. East Village has high-energy poetry at Nuyorican Poet's Café and Midtown bar The Campbell Apartment is pure luxury.

When to go

KLM has frequent flights to New York. Choose the date of your ticket to New York to catch St Patrick's Day celebrations in March or free music at Central Park SummerStage between June and August.