Tour guide picks for where to take out-of-town guests this holiday season

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Tour guide picks for where to take out-of-town guests this holiday season
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When you have guests in town for the holidays, it can be a lot of pressure to come up with a list of things to do to make their New York City experience a memorable one. We asked some NYC tour guides for tips.

at the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx is highly recommended by all three tour guides we tapped for suggestions. There you can watch model trains chug around replicas of New York City landmarks made from plant materials like twigs, leaves and bark.New York City is full of places to ice skate, but Shaki said if you want to avoid the crowds at Rockefeller Center and Bryant Park, there are options outside of Manhattan.

on New Year’s Day. “That's a very non-touristy, very authentic New York thing to do,” Silverstsein said.Say a prayer or light a candle “It's a beautiful church, although famously, permanently kind of unfinished … it’s always being expanded or worked on,” Wilcox said. If you make the trip there, Wilcox recommends exploring the surrounding neighborhood, which includes Columbia University.There's no shortage of watering holes in New York City, but Silverstein and Shaki suggest having a libation at one of the city’s historic bars, namely Pete’s Tavern.

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