The ride on the Metro North railroad from New York City’s Grand Central Terminal is full of breathtaking scenery. A short walk from a best New York City hotel to the station and your on your way for a trip back through historic towns and villages and gorgeous scenery. The train ride begins in the cavernous railway platforms beneath the streets of New York City in Grand Central Terminal. For the first part of the trip the train travels in a subterranean tunnel till it reaches the Bronx when it comes above ground to continue its journey north. After Bronx the train takes up its way along the west bank of the Hudson river at river level. The river is wide near Manhattan, over a mile from bank to bank. On the opposite side of the river you can see the white cliffs of the Palisades of New Jersey as the train passes through lower Hudson river towns like Terrytown, Croton-on-Hudson, and Scarsdale. These are towns that have histories rooted in this continents pre colonial history. Many are very charming and quaint with streets lined with shops and a mixture of architectural styles spanning from the 600′s to present. As you travel further north there are more stops at little towns. A favorite stop for tourists and shoppers is Cold Spring. This towns Main St is lines with wonderfull shops full of treasures, antiques, galleries, beads, jewelry, gifts and curios and bakery, ice cream shop, coffee shops and resturaunts. What makes this town so special and a great stop is that all of this is accessible within walking distance of the train stop. Further up the Hudson the train comes to the city of Beacon, home to the world famous Dia Beacon Modern art museum on the Hudson in gigantic old Nabisco packing factory. The train continues up the river to the its final stop the city of Poughkeepsie. This is a city rich in American history. The colonist government was moved from NYC to Poughkeepsie during the revolution to protect it from the British. In the area are the Roosevelt, Vanderbilt, Moorse, Mills, and Astor estates.

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