REAL DEALS
Puerto Rico Hotels, From $139
Make a summer escape to this nearby island in the Caribbean Sea, where U.S. citizens can still travel without a passport.
Marrakech Hotel, $99 per night
With its low introductory rates, this new far Upper West Side design hotel is aiming for a budget- and style-conscious audience. Its 105 rooms come with flat screen TVs, exposed brick walls, and authentic Moroccan touches. When: ongoing Details: The lowest rate of $99 per night is based on Sun. - Thurs. stays; Fri. - Sat. stays start at $129 per night. Hotel taxes are an additional 13.38 percent Contact: Marrakech Hotel, 2688 Broadway at 103rd St., 212/222-2954, marrakechhotelnyc.com
Apple Core Hotels, $159 per night
Five midtown Apple Core Hotels are offering a "Leave the Car at Home" package including a one-night stay, two round-trip tickets for the AirTrain to JFK airport (valued at $20) or two round-trip bus tickets for La Guardia airport (valued at $8), and two full-day, unlimited-ride "Fun Pass" MetroCards (valued at $14). The hotels are: La Quinta Inn Manhattan, 17 W. 32nd St.; Red Roof Inn Manhattan, 6 W. 32nd St.; Comfort Inn Manhattan, 129 W. 46th St.; Super 8 Hotel Times Square, 59 W. 46th St.; and Ramada Inn East Side, 161 Lexington Ave. When: Jul. 1 - 31, 2006 Details: Continental breakfast is included. Hotel taxes are an additional 13.38 percent, and there's a $2 occupancy charge per room per night. Based on double occupancy; kids under 13 stay free when sharing their parents' room Contact: Apple Core Hotels, 800/567-7720, applecorehotels.com/promos/summer (use package code "summer")
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The Mansfield, $189 per night
This posh, historic hotel in the Theater District has discounted its 126 rooms by thirty percent over three summer holiday weekends. When: May 12 - 14, May 26 - 29, Jun. 30 - Jul. 4, 2006 Details: Book by May 17. Breakfast is included. Hotel taxes are an additional 13.38 percent Contact: The Mansfield, 12 W. 44th St., bet. Fifth and Sixth Aves., 800/255-5167 (mention Travelzoo), mansfieldhotel.com
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Manhattan has long been offering a discounted City Pass for the Guggenheim, Empire State Building and other top attractions, and now Brooklyn has gotten into the act. Its new two-day Brooklyn Pass grants admission to eleven sights: The Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn Children's Museum, Brooklyn Museum, Independence Electric Boat, Jewish Children's Museum, New York Aquarium, New York Transit Museum, Prospect Park Carousel, Prospect Park Lakeside Snack Bar, Prospect Park Zoo, and Weeksville Historic Hunterfly Road Houses. Special offers include a free cheesecake at Junior's (with a $10 purchase), and a free tour and tasting at the Brooklyn Brewery. $25 for adults, $15 for kids.
On April 29, the Morgan Library in New York City reopened after three years, with a 75,000-square-foot glass-and-steel expansion designed by Renzo Piano. Original scores by Mozart and Beethoven, three Gutenberg Bibles, manuscripts by Thoreau and Dickens, and drawings by Rubens are among the highlights of the collection, most of which was acquired by the influential banker John Pierpont Morgan.