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Adat Shalom
Adventure in New York City
Led by Rabbi David Castiglione
April 28 - May 3, 2018

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INCLUDED:

5 nights Hampton Inn Times Square South, New York, NY 
All touring and sightseeing per an agreed upon itinerary in a deluxe air-conditioned vehicle with professional local guides
Breakfast daily 
4 dinners, including one at Katz's Deli 
Lunch in Little Italy or Chinatown 
Ferry to Ellis Island & Statue of Liberty 
Unlimited subway ride pass
Lower East Side CharacTour 
Little Italy and/or Chinatown Tour 
Canolis at Caffé Palermo
Transfer included if arriving/departing with the main group 
Entrance fees as per itinerary
Porterage

NOT INCLUDED: 

Roundtrip airfare, departure taxes and fuel surcharges 
Tips to guides, driver, and dining room waiters ($18.00 per person, per day-pre-collected)
Meals not listed above
Optional Broadway shows
Any items of a personal nature 
Travel Insurance (highly recommended)

Tour Itinerary:

Day 1: Saturday, April 28, 2018: DEPARTURE

• We depart San Diego on our morning flight to New York City, landing in the late afternoon.
• We transfer to our hotel to check in and refresh.
• This evening, we enjoy a welcome dinner together at a local restaurant.

Overnight in New York City (D)

Day 2: Sunday, April 29, 2018: BATTERY PARK & 9/11 REMEMBRANCE

• Breakfast at our hotel.
• We depart our hotel this morning and travel to Battery Park where we board the ferry to Ellis Island, the gateway for over 12 million immigrants into the United States. We tour the museum located in the main building of the former immigration station and re-live the experience as if we were “new arrivals”.
• The ferry continues to the Statue of Liberty, one of America's biggest icons and universal symbol for freedom, given to the United States in 1886.
• Upon our return to Battery Park, we have time for lunch on own from one of the many delicious street vendors.
• Following lunch, we visit the Museum of Jewish Heritage, featuring more than 800 artifacts and 2,000 photographs illustrating Jewish history.
• We continue to the 9/11 Memorial and Museum, built to honor the thousands of people who lost their lives on this fateful day in September 2001.
• Our final stop today is at the One World Observatory, where we tour the top three floors of the 1,776 foot tall One World Trade Center building. We take in panoramic views of the cities' most iconic sites and surrounding waters.
• This evening, we enjoy dinner together at a local restaurant.

Overnight in New York City (B, D)

Day 3: Monday, April 30, 2018: LEISURE DAY

• Breakfast at our hotel.
• Spend the day discovering New York at leisure. Ride to the top of the Empire State Building, wander around Times Square, stroll the High-Line park, visit the famous Plaza Hotel or shop at New York's trendiest stores. Exciting opportunities abound!
• Dinner on own this evening.

Overnight in New York City (B)

Day 4: Tuesday, May 1, 2018: BROOKLYN

• This morning, we ride the subway to Coney Island, known as an entertainment destination in the summer. We enjoy breakfast at the original Nathan's Famous started by a Jewish immigrant in 1916, and stroll a little bit along the boardwalk.
• We board the subway again and ride to the trendy DUMBO (Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass) neighborhood. Those who wish can walk across the Brooklyn Bridge.
• Our tour continues at the Museum at Eldridge Street, one of Jewish New York's hidden gems housed in the 1887 Eldridge Synagogue. Check the list of early congregants and tour the exhibits.
• We stroll through the Lower East Side, stopping to taste some of New York's best foods along the way.
• We tour the Tenement Museum to learn about the lives of the immigrants who once lived in the tenement buildings on Manhattan's Lower East Side between the 19th and 20th centuries. We learn about their struggles to make a new life, working for a better future and starting families with limited means.
• This evening, we enjoy dinner together at a local restaurant.
• Optional: Enjoy one of Broadway's many amazing shows, including Hamilton, The Book of Mormon, The Phantom of the Opera, The Lion King or the new musical about an Egyptian Police Orchestra's visit to Israel, “The Band's Visit” (on own, additional cost).

Overnight in New York City (B, D)

Day 5: Wednesday, May 2, 2018: LITTLE ITALY & CHINATOWN

• Breakfast at our hotel.
• Today, we set out for a tour of Little Italy and Chinatown where we see many of the famous restaurants and retailers and learn about the colorful history, including mafia ties.
• Time for lunch on own.
• After lunch, we meet for a delicious cannoli dessert at the famous Caffe Palermo.
• Enjoy a CharacTour through the Lower East Side, once the most densely populated place on earth. Along the way with our professional Jewish Heritage guide, we meet “former residents” who tell us about what life was like in the late 19th and early 20th century in this neighborhood.
• Tonight, we enjoy dinner together at the famed Katz's Deli, known for their mile-high sandwiches and traditional deli sides.
• Optional: Enjoy one of Broadway's many amazing shows (on own, additional cost).

Overnight in New York City (B, D)

Day 6: Thursday, May 3, 2018: MUSEUMS OF NEW YORK

• Breakfast and check out of our hotel.
• On our final day, we visit the Museum of the City of New York. Here, we learn what made New York what it is today and follow the story of the city's rise from a Dutch village to “The City that Never Sleeps”.
• Time for lunch on own from one of the street vendors.
• Our final stop today is at The MET (Metropolitan Museum of Art), one of the world's most famous art museums filled with over 5,000 years of art from around the world.
• Spend the remainder of the afternoon at leisure discovering the city on own.
• Later this afternoon, we board our bus and transfer to the airport for our flight back to San Diego.
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THE MEMORIES LAST FOREVER!!!
*Itinerary subject to change