9 hours (approx.)
Daily Tour
6 people
English
Take the hassle out of exploring New York and see the city’s major highlights in the space of a single day with this private tour. Enjoy the flexibility to plan your own sightseeing itinerary and only see the sights that you’re interested in. Meet your driver-guide at a time and location of your choosing, and explore Manhattan and Brooklyn at your own pace.
Your driver-guide will meet you at the New York City location of your choice. Together, you will create an itinerary at the beginning of the tour. The itinerary will include a stop for lunch (not taken from your tour time and the cost of lunch is not included in the price of the tour).
The choice of sights on the tour is always up to you, as well as the length of time you spend at each sight. With some sights, guests are happy to just drive by, at other sights, they want to “hop out.”
• Admission Ticket Free
The typical Manhattan portion of the tour includes Central Park and a drive down Fifth Avenue with all of the important sights pointed out (Tiffany’s, Trump Tower, etc). Hop out at both St. Patrick’s Cathedral and Rockefeller Center. Take a drive through Times Square and take in all of the lights and sounds of this famous landmark. The old historic buildings such as Grand Central Station, the Public Library, Empire State and Flat Iron Buildings are included on most itineraries by guests, as are such neighborhoods as Greenwich Village, SoHo, Chinatown and Little Italy.
• Admission Ticket Free
In the Financial District, select from sights such as St. Paul’s Chapel, Trinity Church, Wall Street, “The Bull,” One World Trade Center and the 9/11 Memorial. And of course there are the water sights like Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, Brooklyn Bridge and others on most peoples “must see” list. All of the above can be seen on this tour, depending on the time spent at each location.
• Admission Ticket Free
Brooklyn Bridge, New York City, NY 10038
Grand Central Terminal, 89 E 42nd Street, New York City, NY 10017-5503
Statue of Liberty, Liberty Island, New York City, NY 10004
Flatiron Building, 175 5th Ave At 23rd St., New York City, NY 10010-7703
Empire State Building, 20 West 34th Street, New York City, NY 10118-0114
Ellis Island, New York Harbor, New York City, NY 10017
Trinity Church, Broadway at Wall Street, New York City, NY 10006
St. Paul’s Chapel, 209 Broadway b/t Fulton Street & Vesey Street, New York City, NY 10007-2977
Rockefeller Center, 45 Rockefeller Plaza Rockefeller Centre, New York City, NY 10111-0100
59th to 110th Street Manhattan Borough, from Central Park West to 5th Avenue, New York City, NY 10022
Fifth Avenue, 5th Ave, New York City, NY 10118-4810
Times Square, Broadway, New York City, NY 10036
New York Public Library, 476 5th Ave New York, NY 10018, New York City, NY 10018
Wall Street, New York City, NY 10005
St. Patrick’s Cathedral, 50th Street & 5th Avenue Wheelchair accessibility located off the corner of 51st Street and 5th Avenue, New York City, NY 10022-6863
SoHo, South of Houston Street, New York City, NY 10022
Greenwich Village, 14th Street and West of Broadway, New York City, NY
Little Italy, Mulberry Street, New York City, NY 10013
Chinatown, Canal Street to Bayard Street, New York City, NY 10013
Tiffany & Co., 727 Fifth Ave., at 57th St., New York City, NY 10022
Family In New York, New York City, NY 10001
Charging Bull (Wall Street Bull), 26 Broadway, New York City, NY 10004-1703
The National 9/11 Memorial & Museum, 180 Greenwich St World Trade Center, New York City, NY 10007-0089
Trump Tower, 725 Fifth Avenue, New York City, NY 10022-2519
One World Observatory, 285 Fulton St One World Trade Center, New York City, NY 10007-0089
In Brooklyn, the sights typically include Greenpoint, Brooklyn’s Polish neighborhood, with its great bakeries and delis. Then on through Williamsburg North, a trendy, young and hip neighborhood with beautiful views across the East River to Manhattan. Williamsburg South is the next stop and is the largest ultra-conservative Jewish (Hasidic) community in the world outside of Israel. In DUMBO, you will go for a lovely stroll through Brooklyn Bridge Park, with great views (and pictures) of the BMW bridges – Brooklyn; Manhattan & Williamsburg. Brooklyn Heights is next, home to Plymouth Church, the Grand Central Station on the Undergound Railroad, and the largest ensemble of pre-Civil War Housing in America (50 square blocks). You will get out in at the Brooklyn Promenade with beautiful views of the New York Harbor, including Lady Liberty. On Altantic Avenue there will be Middle Eastern Markets to visit. On Flatbush Avenue you will see the Barclay Center (home to the New York Islanders hockey team and Nets basketball team. Then past Prospect Park and through Parkslope, one of New York City’s most desirable neighborhoods.
At the end of the tour, you will be returned to the New York City location of your choice – your hotel, a restaurant, theater or wherever you prefer.
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Stroll through Central Park
45 minutes • Admission Ticket Free