Manhattan Central Park, a walk in New York

Central Park is undoubtedly the film park in the world. Central Park is a huge park located in downtown Manhattan , New York. It is rectangular and measures 4 kilometers long by 800 meters wide. According to wikipedia has nearly twice the size of the state of Monaco. The New York Central Park is flanked by the 5 th Avenue in the East (Upper East Side) and 8 th Avenue In the year 1856 were awarded to Central Park 340 acres in the marsh in the northern periphery of the island of Manhattan. The park was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux. Planted 5 million trees.

Advice of our travel blog : visit Central Park while jogging (running, jogging) I did and it was great, in two hours at a trot very quiet can visit much of this vast park, you will see that there are many people running with you if the weather is good. While bordering on Lake Reservoir (The Central Park Reservoir - officially called Jaqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir ) was very helpful to see the boys of " friends "among runners who accompanied me, but that day had not come down. Below you can see a picture of ReservoirInside Central Park cars in several streets circulate through it. Strolling through Central Park is a delight because it is neither flat nor straight. The roads up, bordering the lakes, hills, down and go through tunnels under other roads or streets, we can find skating rinks (ice), tennis and every sport there is even a Yacht Club for sailing boats miniature view is spectacular sailing.Security: Although in recent years security has improved a lot, as it is always desirable tourist take some precautions. Do not visit the park at night, avoid wooded areas and areas with little traffic, and especially do not show the 4 winds are skittish tourists with things of value.The Model Yacht Club Central Park Model Yacht Club - was founded in 1916 and is located near the 5 th Avenue between 72 nd and 76 streets. On their website you can see an estimate of the time, very useful for sailing ... and to learn how to keep warm when you leave Central Park.

Formally Central Park is bordered on the north by 110th Street, west of Calle Central Park West (8th), on the south by 59th Street and east of Fifth Avenue. The sections of these streets that go around Central Park are usually known under the name Central Park North, Central Park South and Central Park West, respectively, although the Fifth Avenue retains its name as it passes through the eastern side of the park.