Dear English-speaking readers, this page is an automatic Google translation from a post originally written in French. My apologies for the weird sentences and the funny mistakes that could have been generated during the process. If you can read French, click on the French flag below to access the original text:
Français 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, we can go all Central Park: it is a huge rectangle of greenery that stretches for 4km long and 800m wide, in the heart of New York - or more exactly Manhattan.
Recommended breaks with ice cream vendors and traveling hot dogs, just to get your energy back on the road!
But to 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 huge, Central Park! ! !
I will not list the curiosities of the places, which are in all the guides of voyage ... Below, in addition, 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 here are some pictures of my "little" walk in Central Park, which goes back to Sunday, May 13, 2012. A beautiful spring afternoon, sweet and sunny, which I already have the nostalgia ...
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 Tank, with, on the horizon, Upper West Side:
The immense Reservoir looks almost like Lake Geneva, with its jet of water!
On the way around the Reservoir, it is forbidden to go the wrong way: joggers and pedestrians must turn in the opposite direction of 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 Fields, in tribute to John Lennon. Especially funny for everything that happens around ...
Small addition: also go see the atmosphere of the park in winter, under the snow, with the post of Marie of the blog Further :
→ In winter, those little things of Central Park
