The Statue of Liberty & Ellis Island ferries
run about every 20 to 30 minutes beginning at 9:15 am. If you are planning to include this
in your itinerary, try to do it earlier, especially in the summer months. You'll find the
crowds to be smaller giving you more time to spend here or elsewhere.
Boarding the ferry, there are 3
levels to it. If you're into taking photos or home video. Try and be on the right side of
the boat leaving and the left side coming back. This will put you on the direction of the
statue as you approach it.
If you wish to just sit back, relax and enjoy the
ride, head up top and grab a bench. There is seating below, too, but if it's a nice day,
why not enjoy it!
Although you won't
be seeing this dramatic image any longer, you get an idea of the great
Manhattan vista as you head to Liberty Island.
Facing the opposite direction, everyone is
anticipating that first close-up look at this famous statue seen in everything from
history books to movies and television to all kinds of advertising.
No matter where in the world you are from, you're sure to
have seen the Statue of Liberty at some point.
Here she is,
the Statue of Liberty!
Since
1886 she has stood proudly in New York Harbor. A gift from "the French people to the
American people," master sculptor Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi had originally
envisioned this to be a new Wonder of the World to mark Egypt's Suez Canal. After history
and politics got in the way, Bartholdi looked to America and saw the perfect gift to
celebrate America's Centennial.
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