DESTINATIONS NEW YORK | THE US
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Hilton Long Island Huntington
In the heart of Long Island, just a mile south of the NY Interstate 495, this upscale hotel affords easy access for Oheka Castle, the
Hamptons and New York City. Rooms start at $239 per night.
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Inn at Bellefield, Hyde Park This Marriott-operated venue’s spacious suites
feature full kitchens and attentively appointed living spaces. It sits handily opposite The Culinary
Institute of America, where you can enjoy a delectable luncheon fit for Daisy Buchanan. Rooms start from £115 per night.
travelagents.marriott.com At the latter, restorative
mineral waters, sumptuous buildings and gambling outlets (such as the impressive Canfield Casino, which is now a museum) made it a playground for New York’s moneyed elite. Speaking of museums, standouts include the Vanderbilt Museum, combining a European-style manor with a planetarium and natural-history exhibition, and the FDR Museum, which immerses clients in the Roosevelt presidency, from the Great Depression to the Second World War. Even an unassuming stone-
built church, the Union Church of Pocantico Hills near Sleepy Hollow, has a little grandeur. It houses the final work of Henri Matisse – a stained-glass rose window painted just two days before his death in 1954. For road-trippers, it’s worth a visit en route to Kykuit, another gargantuan manor that comprises
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unassuming stone- built church near Sleepy Hollow has a little grandeur, housing Henri Matisse’s final work
a classical villa filled with paintings and sculptures (including works by Warhol and Picasso) plus 1,360 hectares of hillside land. It’s no surprise that its original owner, oil baron John D Rockefeller, was the world’s first billionaire. The group caps off this tour of American heritage with a final night in the Gilded Age epicentre, New York City. We stay at The New Yorker in midtown Manhattan. The 43-storey art deco monolith
was once the world’s tallest building, with 2,500 guest rooms. These days, it’s just over 1,000, but it retains the period decor, including an ostentatiously gilded lobby. “Can’t repeat the past? Why,
of course you can!” declares Jay in one of The Great Gatsby’s most memorable lines. One thing’s for sure – history remains very much alive in New York state, ready for visitors who want to experience their own Roaring Twenties in the 2020s. TW
BOOK IT
America As You Like It offers a 13-night Long Island, Hudson Valley, Central New York State & The Catskills itinerary from £1,695. The price includes flights, room-only accommodation and car hire, and is based on an October 2025 departure.
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Westchester Marriott With 444 rooms across 10 floors, this is one of
Westchester County’s largest hotels, and a convenient base for historic sites up and down the Hudson Valley. Rooms lead in at £132 per night.
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Bar and lounge, Westchester Marriott
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