This lively shopping, dining, and strolling enclave in the middle of the Financial District was the longtime port for Manhattan, and now invites shoppers, local businessmen, and tourists to its promenade, where a fantastic nautical museum, the South Street Seaport Museum, sits alongside popular shops such as Abercrombie & Fitch, Coach, and Victoria’s Secret. The on-site restaurants and bars are a tad on the hokey side, but the spectacular view – right beneath the Brooklyn Bridge on the edge of the river – and neat sense of nautical history are why you go, anyway.