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New Yorkers have two skating rinks in Central Park to help you make the most of the cold. The Lasker rink at the north end of the park converts from a swimming pool in the summertime. It is however, less popular, and less safe particularly at night than the Wollman Rink.
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just down the road from the impressive business centre of Berlaymont. This stylish hotel offers a sleek designed interior and provides comfortable, 4-star accommodation in warmly decorated guest rooms. Take advantage of all the conference and meeting facilities that take up the entire first floor of the hotel. You can take time to visit the beautiful park Cinquantenaire (Jubelpark) and the European Parliament nearby. A 5-minute ride with the metro will take you to the famous Grand Place with its magnificent 15th century City Hall and the main shopping streets. Unwind in the fitness room with its sauna and jacuzzi or absorb the lively atmosphere in the fantastic lounge bar, where you can order a wide selection of Belgian beers. In the evenings, you can sample the finest fusion cuisine in our delightful restaurant, Icones..
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location and excellent transport links. Central Park Hotel is located in the attractive residential area of Bayswater. The nearby London Underground stations of Bayswater and Queensway offer fast, easy and convenient access across the city. The fashionable shops and exclusive boutiques of Kensington, Knightsbridge and Oxford Street are all within easy reach. The hotel is within a few minutes’ walk of Queensway with its late-night shopping, cosmopolitan restaurants and the famous Whiteleys shopping centre..
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Sofia on the famous Vitosha Boulevard, steps away from the Palace of Culture, the biggest convention centre on the Balkans.Overlooking the Vitosha Mountain, with easy access to all sites of interest in Sofia, it is the ultimate venue for business and leisure travellers alike.The trendy pedestrian zone, which is lined with luxury shops and fashion boutiques, banks, cinemas and cosy cafés, is nearby. Sofia International Airport is 10 km away providing a smooth connection.The Central Park attains the very highest standards of comfort and all amenities essential to modern living. It offers contemporary design and an intimate, homely atmosphere, combining elegant living standards with warm Bulgarian hospitality. The outstanding personal services guarantee to please the most discerning guests..
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London.We are a mere stones throw away from the splendours of Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens in the Central London residential area of Bayswater.The Central Park's accommodation is non-smoking with light maple furniture,harmonizing décor and private bathrooms.Our bathrooms are nice and bright with ample space to manoeuvre.All hotel bedrooms offer the following facilities:Private Bathroom;Satellite TV;Hospitality Tray;Direct Dial Telephone;Hairdryer;Complimentary Toiletries;Small Fridge;Wireless Internet Access(surcharge).And for"peace of mind"a private safe is supplied in each room.You also have the option to sit down to a quiet lunch or dinner in our hotel restaurant or you can enjoy a light meal in the relaxing atmosphere of our hotel bar and lounge area.The Central Park Hotel provides conference facilities and accommodation from 6 up to 120 people within 2 conference rooms.Our hotel meeting rooms in central London are the ideal venue for your meeting or conference with the necessary facilities available.
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traveller,a couple of minutes walk away from Finsbury Park Underground Station.The heart of London can be reached direct in 15 minutes,whilst trendy Islington is a mere 5 minutes bus ride away.The hotel has had all its rooms fully renovated during the month of November 2007.All bedrooms offer hairdryer,television,ensuite bathroom,a telephone and the television and whilst they are decorated quite simply,they are clean and acceptably well kept.The Central Park Hotel Finsbury Park is ideal for the budget conscious traveller,offering excellent value for money.The property and its facilities are simple but clean and well maintained.There is a car park at the back which is free of charge for guests,and an entrance that leads directly from the car park to reception.
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state-of-the-art amenities and luxurious accommodations, and is within walking distance to Manhattan's most popular attractions.With a location directly across from Carnegie Hall, the Park Central hotel ideally places guests in the heart of the city. The luxury shopping of Fifth Avenue, the Broadway theater district and exciting Rockefeller Center are all only steps away. The hotel also features easy access to the several subway stations.The Park Central hotel offers guests a variety of modern amenities, including in-room flat-screen TVs and large work desks. Guests can also work out in the on-site fitness facilities, relax with a cocktail in the lounge or dine at the on-site bistro-style restaurant, Café New York..
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...have two skating rinks in Central Park to help you make the most of the cold. The Lasker rink at the north end of the park converts from a swimming pool in the summertime. It is however, less popular, and less safe particularly at night than the Wollman Rink.
The Wollman Rink is one you've probably seen before, even if you've never set foot in New York City. It's the rink across which the baddies chased our hero in Home Alone 2, and ... ...at the south end of Central Park, between 62nd and 63rd Streets on the East side, just a short stroll from Bloomingdales. In the summer time its’ concrete base is used for in line roller skating.
The queues to get in can look pretty intimidating, particularly during the festive season when skating here is the thing to do, and the place to be seen. However the queue moves along at a fair old clip and you shouldn’t be waiting for more ... more
New York gets cold, very cold. It also gets windy which, when it's cold, makes it colder. You can either hide under the duvet some time in December and refuse to come out until April, or you can get out and make the most of the cold.
New Yorkers have two skating rinks in Central Park to help you make the most of the cold. The Lasker rink at the north end of the park converts from a swimming pool in the summertime. It is however, less popular, and less safe particularly at night than the Wollman Rink.
The Wollman Rink is one you've probably seen before, even if you've never set foot in New York City. It's the rink across which the baddies chased our hero in Home Alone 2, and is currently on the silver screen in the romantic comedy Serendipity. It is located at the south end of Central Park, between 62nd and 63rd Streets on the East side, just a short stroll from Bloomingdales. In the summer time its’ concrete base is used for in line roller skating.
The queues to get in can look pretty intimidating, particularly during the festive season when skating here is the thing to do, and the place to be seen. However the queue moves along at a fair old clip and you shouldn’t be waiting for more than an hour even on New Years. Security is surprisingly tight for a skating rink, with metal detectors, bag searches and pat downs.
The rink opened in 1950 following a gift from Mrs Wollman, but is now in the hands of Donald Trump. He last took it over in 1986 and put serious money into renovating it then. He plans on spending $4m on it over the next ten years, so expect some improvements. The first will, I hope be to the shoe handling facilities.
We picked up our rental skates (sensibly sized in European and British sizes so I didn’t have to order Side Show Bob size shoes), but this is not where you leave your shoes. This seems not only to create extra work, but must surely make it remarkably easy to steal skates. The skates are good, reasonably new and firm.
Your shoes should either be left in a locker, for which there are insufficient padlocks so very few are ever available, or handed in at the ‘pro shop’. Right now there is no pro shop, just a desk and an empty room. We queued only to be told that we needed a separate ticket for this and so should queue again. That wasn’t going to happen, so after a full and frank exchange of views the chappie on the counter took my money and our boots, giving us a receipt ticket.
The rink looks superb, with an excellent view of the New York midtown skyline, dominated of course by Mr Trumps tower. Christmas decorations further enhance the area. This year the people of Vermont sent a giant Christmas tree in memorial of those who died on September 11. It was decorated in patriotic red, white and blue with the extra significance of red ornaments to represent the firefighters, white ornaments represent the civilians, and blue ornaments for the police officers.
It’s a good sized rink, shaved every 90 minutes or so to ensure a top class skating surface, although the staff go on to quickly cut up the ice before each session. It took me the best part of an hour to inch around the outside of the rink, taking itty bitty baby steps, but my happy skating companions whizzed around safely as there is a strict one way policy to minimize accidents. Skating guides are on hand to rescue people splatted on the surface and to calm down racers and lunatics.
It’s a superb place to meet people if you are a poor skater, just lock onto someone cute looking and skate right into them. What better way to start a conversation than thanking someone for rescuing you? Music plays day and night, and the evening have a definite romantic air.
Off the ice there’s a small café selling hot and cold snacks and drinks, and this only gets really busy when the ice is cleared for scraping.
The return of the shoes was a stressful experience. We joined a giant queue back at the ‘pro shop’, only to hear rumours that our shoes could be returned, but the queue was for dropping off shoes. I left a companion in line whilst I headed up to the front. The rumours were true. No extra shoes could be dropped off because they had no more bags to put them in! Having taken huge amounts of abuse for queue jumping I explained to my main tormentor that if I got my shoes back he could get the bag they were stored in and stow his shoes. This caused a mini rebellion, and I apologise to anyone who was hurt in the ensuing stampede.
Handing over my ticket I waited while being stared down by an angry mob. After 10 minutes, laddo came back and asked if I could help him find our shoes! I went back in the storage area to find bags and bags of shoes piled high on the floor. No, they hadn’t used any numbering system. They had just dumped the shoes. At this stage walking home in ice skates seemed like a smart idea. Eventually I found our boots, having resisted the temptation to try on some of the more spangly ones available!
Shoe storage aside I’d wholeheartedly recommend a trip to the Wollman rink for an unforgettable New York experience.
Advantages: natural paradise in metropolis Disadvantages: it has proven its lack of safety once again
...banging the latest occurrence in Central Park, I find myself unable to sustain myself from criticizing the safety in this wonderful area. Yes, Central Park is a metropolitan wonder. Watching it from the skies as I fly by NYC always makes me wow at how beautiful it looks among concrete walls rising in opposition to the skies. They had the 7 wonders of the world in ancient times, and if we were to come up with the 7 wonders of today, Central Park would ... ...this is the fact that Central is so big. Whether if you are blading, or just taking a hike from one corner to another, you will never have to get outside the park boundaries to actually finish working out. Going around Central Park in a car could take longer than walking through it sometimes.
Unlike other metropolitan parks, the ground in Central park is not flat. As a matter of fact, its rather filled with large bumps and lots of huge rocks. Its ...
Skyth 19.03.2004
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Advantages: stunning scenery, quiet and peaceful Disadvantages: v. cold in February!!!
...an early morning walk through Central Park. I never realised until I'd seen that we'd been passing it for ages, just how big it is, it's huge!
We were strapped for time but it was an incredible experience. It was just unbelievable how quiet and peaceful it was... you almost forget you're in the madness of New York City.. until of course the skyline pokes itself over even the tallest trees. I was there in February so a lot of the trees were bare, ...
Eri 17.03.2001
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