For Sleepless in Seattle fans, climb to the observatory at the Empire State Building, although the view from atop Rockefeller Center is just as magnificent.

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While so many travellers, especially honeymooners, want to live out their Sleepless in Seattle fantasies, the view from Rockefeller Center incorporates the Empire State Building (and, really, what is the New York City skyline without it?).

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