Dear English-speaking readers, this page is an automatic translation of an article originally written in French. I apologise for any strange sentences and funny mistakes that may have resulted. If you read French, click on the French flag below to access the original, correct text:
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Ah, New York! Spend Sunday afternoon in Central Park, what do you think? I take you on a ride, in pictures.
Central Park: 4km long, 800m wide
In one afternoon, with good walking shoes, well motivated, you can go through the whole Central Park: it's a huge rectangle of greenery that stretches over 4km long and 800m wide, in the heart of New York - or more exactly of Manhattan.
Recommended breaks at the ice cream and hot dog vendors, to refuel on the way!
But to really enjoy it, it is better to come back several times, and take the time to explore one by one the different parts of the park...
It's really gigantic, Central Park!!!
I won't enumerate you the curiosities of the places, which are in all the travel guides... Below, in complement, some useful links on Central Park :
FR → Central Park on Wikipedia
EN → Centralparknyc.org official website
EN → Centralpark.com Guide
EN → Free maps to download
EN → Google Map with tourist information
EN → Facebook page Central Park Conservancy
So I'm sharing with you below some images from my "little" walk in Central Park, which goes back to Sunday, May 13, 2012. A beautiful spring afternoon, sweet and sunny, which I already feel nostalgic about...
Everywhere, people who run or pedal, or who roam quietly, like me. We come here to relax, play sports, have a picnic with family or friends. It reigns in this rectangle of green amid the skyscrapers of Manhattan an atmosphere both urban and peaceful, really very pleasant.
The northern end of the park, near Harlem:
The Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Tankwith the Upper West Side on the horizon:
The immense Reservoir has almost the appearance of a Swiss Lake Geneva, with its water jet!
On the path around the Reservoir, it is forbidden to go the wrong way: joggers and pedestrians must turn counter-clockwise.
Further south, the Lake, where you can rent canoes...
The southwestern end of the park, not far from Columbus Circle:
The place below is called Strawberry Fieldsas a tribute to John Lennon. Mostly funny for everything that happens around...
Small addition: go and see the atmosphere of the park in winter, under the snow, with the post of Marie from the blog Further :
→ In winter, those little things of Central Park
