Central Park is not just a park in New York. It is an integral part of the city which helps to define it, just as the Empire State Building does. It is an oasis in the middle of urban chaos, the place all New Yorkers hold dearly in their hearts. It is breathtakingly beautiful in any season, covered in snow or in wild flowers. Give it at least a day to really get to see everything this 843-acre city within a city has to offer.

Play Frisbee at the Sheep Meadow, visit the zoo, relax in the romantic Shakespeare garden, check out the Balto and Alice in Wonderland statues and discover the many other famous sculptures hidden all around Central Park. Visit the Charles A. Dana Discovery Center, skate on the Wollman Rink, and explore Belvedere Castle.

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