The Days Off - Travel Guide » Staten Island Ferry http://www.thedaysoff.com Travel Guides and Travel Deals Mon, 19 Jul 2010 23:58:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Staten Island Ferry: See Statue of Liberty for free http://www.thedaysoff.com/2008/05/09/staten-island-ferry-see-statue-of-liberty-for-free/ http://www.thedaysoff.com/2008/05/09/staten-island-ferry-see-statue-of-liberty-for-free/#comments Sat, 10 May 2008 05:30:59 +0000 admin http://www.thedaysoff.com/?p=15

We decided to do a quick tour of the Statue of Liberty as opposed to going through the Statue Cruise. Here’s the link for the Statue of Liberty National Monument. If you want to visit the Statue of Liberty monument (go up the pedestal area), you will need to make reservations via the website so make sure you do that before your trip.

You can get a good view of the Statue of Liberty from the Staten Island Ferry for free of charge. The view is probably a few thousand feet away, but with a good zoom lens you can get some nice photos. Its still a great view of the statue nevertheless. On the way to Staten Island, go to the very top of the ferry on the LEFT side. I believe on the way back from Staten Island, you also will need to get on the left side to view the Statue of Liberty. The way this works is that the ferry boards though one side and exits through the other. Once you reach Staten Island, you will need to leave the ferry and re-board onto the ferry back to Manhattan. The entire trip takes around 1 1/2 hour. I will be posting photos soon ….

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