Transport Back in Time to a Place of Serenity at The Cloisters
At the cloisters the quiet, the isolation from the city, for many people who live here it’s like hitting a pause button.


Within your own backyard lies adventure that will transport you to a place that feels miles from home. So leave your passport behind and start exploring The Nearest Faraway Place.
It can be hard for a lot of NYC residents to deal with the hustle and bustle of city life. The Cloisters is a serene escape right in Northern Manhattan.
“A cloistered garden is a covered garden that’s surrounded by covered archways,” says The Cloisters Managing Horticulturalist Caleb Leech. “It does give you this sense of escape.”
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In this installment of The Nearest Faraway Place, presented by Land Rover Discovery, we took the train uptown to Northern Manhattan to transport ourselves to a place of serenity and back in time to The Cloisters museum.
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