Very early in the morning meeting of the participants at the agreed airport, meeting with our guide and carrying out the boarding formalities. Departure with scheduled ITA flight to New York via Rome with change of aircraft.

Arrival expected at 2.15 pm, once the entry procedures have been completed, boarding the reserved coach and departure towards Manhattan, passing through the main attractions of the city: we will understand how simple it will be to move around this great city independently.

Arrival at our hotel, near Time Square, a square that becomes spectacular at sunset with the lighting of the thousand advertising signs. Accommodation in the rooms and free dinner. Our guide will be able to show you where to go, but in this city you are spoiled for choice!

Overnight stay.

Breakfast in the hotel. Free meals. Today is Thanksgiving Day! Thanksgiving is the day of the Macy's Parade in New York, the most famous parade in the Big Apple, an incredible parade of masked floats, giant hot air balloons, music, dance and colors along Sixth Avenue.

This event of Christian origin is observed throughout the United States and Canada, a sign of gratitude for the profits of the harvests and for all the good things had during the year, which has roots in the 17th century: when the Pilgrim Fathers migrated to America, they found inhospitable and not very fertile soil, which they were unable to exploit with their knowledge of sowing and cultivation, encountering an arid winter that starved them. The Native Americans intervened by teaching them how to best sow and cultivate agricultural products such as corn, and how to raise animals, in particular the turkey: both are symbols of the anniversary. This day also marks the beginning of the Christmas period and New York is truly magical! Free lunch.

Afternoon dedicated to visiting Midtown, the beating heart of Manhattan, with the many places of interest starting from Time Square, the Empire State Building, Rockefeller Center, Top of the Rock, to reach the Moma Museum of Modern Art, with one of the largest collections of masterpieces by Pollock, Warhol, Picasso, Van Gogh, to name a few. Even those who don't know modern art will be thrilled!

Free dinner and an overnight stay in hotel.

Breakfast at hotel. In the morning departure with our bus to the famous Brooklyn Bridge, an undisputed engineering masterpiece and icon of New York: it was the first steel suspension bridge, with a span of 486 m. We will walk along its 1825 meters admiring the city from the East River, stopping to read the brass plaques that tell a little about its history, until we arrive at the modern district of DUMBO, home to art galleries and trendy restaurants. From here you can enjoy a spectacular view of the Manhattan skyline. Free lunch near Madison Square Park.

Continuation of the visits with the famous Flatiron Building, the building which due to its architecture resembles an iron. In the afternoon, free time for Black Friday shopping in Herald Square: this area of ​​Midtown is home to shopping centers such as Macy's, souvenir shops and large international brands.

Free dinner and overnight stay.

OPTIONAL EXCURSION: dinner cruise
A unique event organized only on Thanksgiving day, to admire New York from an enchanting point of view and enjoy a dinner on board a restaurant boat. To be booked at the time of registration.

Breakfast at hotel. Morning dedicated to visiting Lower Manhattan, starting from the September 11 Memorial where the twin towers once stood. We will continue with Trinity Church : when it was built in the mid-19th century it was the tallest building in the city. We will arrive at Wall Street , the financial district of New York.

In the afternoon, crossing Buttery Park – where the first Dutch settlement was born and the Cannon Battery was installed to defend New Amsterdam – we will embark on a cruise on the Hudson River until we disembark on Liberty Island, home of the iconographic Statue of Liberty. The torch he holds and the broken chains at his feet were important symbols for migrants seeking fortune.

The visits continue with a stop at Ellis Island , the main entry point for immigrants landing in America.

Free dinner and an overnight stay in hotel.

Breakfast at hotel. In the morning departure by bus for the High Line park , a magnificent green space recovered on the tracks of an old city railway.

Continue to go up to the first floor of "The Vessel" (the remaining floors are still closed), a structure composed entirely of stairs connected by platforms, 16 floors high, oval in shape: it can be considered a building, but also a work of art and monument all together. Nearby is the Chelsea Market , an indoor market that stands where there once was a biscuit factory and which retains a unique style, perfect for a New York lunch break.

In the afternoon we will cross the neighborhoods of New York that are most familiar to us from films and TV series: starting from Washington Square Park we will reach Greenwich Village , cradle of a lively artistic scene still in turmoil, we will cross Soho , very popular and full of elegant boutiques, bars and restaurants until you reach the nostalgic Little Italy and Chinatown, an open-air market!

Free dinner in the Times Square area, near our hotel, and overnight stay.

OPTIONAL EXCURSION: Musical at Radio City Music Hal l

“The Rockettes” at Radio City Music Hall are a traditional New York Christmas show that has been performed every Christmas for over 75 years and every year receives a lot of positive comments from the hundreds of thousands of people who go to see it in one of the theaters most beautiful in New York.

There will be many Christmas stories interpreted with dances and songs for the public, the dances performed by the Rockettes , and the parade of wooden soldiers. Santa Claus will be the protagonist throughout the show, both as a narrator and flying above the crowd. To be booked at the time of registration .

Breakfast in the hotel and, once we have left our luggage in storage, we will have time available to walk, for example, along  5th Avenue towards Central Park  and reach the  Metropolitan Museum  or the  Giuggenheim  or climb the Empire State Building  or let ourselves be carried away by the latest hours of shopping.

A day that serves to take possession of the Big Apple or join our guide who can define a program with you for this last day. In mid-afternoon we will all meet at the hotel to put our luggage on the bus and leave for the airport. Boarding operations and departure from New York at 9.50pm with overnight stay on board.

12.10 pm arrival at Rome Fiumicino, change of aircraft and continuation to the agreed airport.