Guests can reach in just five minutes via ferry.
New Yorkers wishing for an escape valve to Mexico ’s beaches will presently be able to do so via a five - hour ferry drive .
Gitano Islandis formally receive guests to its new location on Governors Island , and it ’s define to make visitors feel like they just landed in Tulum . With real guts and alien plants ring gorgeous beach cabanas and bohemian interior decoration , Gitano Island is the raw summertime hotspot to get a interruption from the hustle and ado of the city .
Sprawling across 27,000 square feet of waterfront space , the sword - new eatery and beach club opened on July 1 , and it can be reach via ferry from both Manhattan and Brooklyn . Welcoming up to 600 guests , the eating house and Browning automatic rifle will be function touch mezcal cocktails and an authentic modern Mexican bill of fare , which will feature both all - time favorites and novelties like watermelon salad , crab tostada , and tamales de pipiàn .
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The island ’s beach lodge wo n’t let down either . Equipped with sofa and cabanas , the beach club and the member lounge outer space , dubbed Club Gitano , will boast a music computer programme touching on anything from household medicine to afrobeats and Romance music . outside touring acts and NYC ’s talent will alternate on the point , and will toy with the island ’s node throughout the summertime .
" We love New York City and are thankful to have support from many fabulous New Yorkers who have diminish in love with the Garden of Love , " James Gardner , Grupo Gitano ’s founder and CEO , said in a statement . " This year we will surprise and delight in boatloads , literally , ravish the Garden on barges to Gitano Island , Manhattan ’s first ever glamourous Beach Club , just a five - minute boat drive from Casa Cipriani . We are so honored and activated to be a new part of this very peculiar place , Governors Island ! "
Those seek a more V.I.P. treatment across the Gitano brand will be capable to do so via a special rank . By joining Club Gitano ’s membership programme , client will get preferred access and reservation at all locations , single access to the Gitano Island Members Beach Lounge , and even invitations to extra events .
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Gitano Island is open every Clarence Day for Brunch and Dinner from 12–10 pm on weekday and from 12 postmortem to midnight on weekends . Edgar Guest look to reach the young beach club will be capable to do so by accessing the Governors Island Ferry , which departs day by day from the Battery Maritime Building ( locate at 10 South Street ) and from Brooklyn on weekend . For more selective information , you may visit theGovernors Island internet site .
For reservations , you’re able to visitGitano ’s internet site . Check out some photos of Gitano Island here below :
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