Photographer: David Gray
Luxury Travel
What It’s Like to Go ‘Glamping’ in New York City
Collective Retreats brings the safari-tent experience to Governors Island with sunsets, s’mores, and glittering nighttime views of the Manhattan skyline.
Governors Island is a mere eight-minute ferry from the southern tip of Manhattan (five minutes if you’re traveling from Brooklyn’s Pier 6) and already a favorite summer respite for harried New Yorkers. Before you’ve had time to stow your bike and collect your thoughts, you’ve been transported to a 172-acre car-free green space with playing fields and historic buildings, art installations and a grove of hammocks, plus an altogether slower pace.
Now you can sleep there, too.