New York City

Greenwich Village Food Tour

Little Italy may have the name recognition, but many of Manhattan’s Italian immigrants have actually called Greenwich Village home over the years. Discover the Italian history and culture that has shaped this storied area while tasting some of the best and most authentic Italian food New York City has to offer. 

Your adventure begins at one of Greenwich Village’s most recognizable landmarks. As you begin to learn the story of this area’s rich Italian heritage, you’ll enjoy your first taste of the tour: fried arancini from a family-run shop in the neighborhood. From there, you’ll head to the first stop: a handmade pasta shop that’s been run by the same family for over a century, to try some of their delicious cheese ravioli and get a look at the traditional manual pasta-cutting machine they’ve been using since 1906! The second tasting stop is a family-run café famous for importing high-quality Italian coffee, so an espresso tasting here is the perfect energy boost! We can’t talk about Italian food in Manhattan without mentioning pizza—and sure enough, that’s what you’re eating next! Enjoy a famous New York-style slice from one of the Village’s most iconic pizza joints. The next stop, opened in the 1990s, is pretty new by Greenwich Village standards—but in its relatively short lifespan, it’s mastered the art of the meatball. That’s what you’re trying here, complete with an olive oil tasting led by your expert guide. Last but not least, two Italian desserts. First are some freshly made Italian pastries, and then Italy’s best-known sweet treat: gelato.  This itinerary is subject to change.

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Fully Guided Statue of Liberty Tour with Ellis Island

Your Statue of Liberty tour begins when you meet up with your guide and group of fellow travellers before setting sail across New York Harbour to Liberty Island. Enjoy a short ferry ride with ample views of the iconic Manhattan skyline as Lady Liberty greets you across the water.

As you tour the island, your guide will dive deep into the story of how the Statue of Liberty came to be such an icon of America and her role in US history. Take in beautiful views of the famed New York skyline and the Brooklyn Bridge. Wander through the Statue of Liberty Museum and stand mere feet from Lady Liberty’s original torch!

After your Statue of Liberty tour, head to Ellis Island to discover the stories of the millions of immigrants who began to write the next chapter of their lives—and America’s story—within its walls. Wander the site at your leisure with the award-winning audio guide (included) narrated by those who passed through during the Island’s heyday. With recommendations from your guide, you can spend time perusing the museum, diving into your own family history, or enjoying a bite at the Island’s popular cafeteria. You are also welcome to return to Manhattan on the ferry with your guide.

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Official Grand Central Terminal Tour

From secret staircases to a onetime movie theater, there’s a lot more to Grand Central Terminal than meets the eye. You tour begins in Grand Central Terminal’s modern-day heart: the lively main concourse. Marvel at the famous clock perched atop the information booth—and learn the eye-watering amount it’s rumored to be worth—as your guide regales you with the story of Cornelius Vanderbilt, the mastermind behind Grand Central Depot (as it was originally called). You’ll head into Vanderbilt Hall, itself a living testament to Grand Central’s rags-to-riches transformation in the 1980s. Next, pop outside for a moment to gaze upon the largest Tiffany clock in the world from the busy Pershing Square plaza. Back inside, it’s time to travel back in time to the Roaring 20s. Step into a speakeasy-style bar that, a century ago, served as the private office of one of New York’s most prominent railroad tycoons. In the Whispering Gallery you’ll learn just how whispered secrets travel across the busy interchange to be perfectly heard on the other side and you’ll get a peek at one of the largest lost-and-found departments anywhere in the world. Peruse the handcrafted designs and jewelry on sale from local artisans in the Graybar Passage before stepping into a fascinating former movie theater. Last but not least, you’ll weave through the colorful Grand Central Market before making your way back to the main concourse, having gotten a true insider’s look at the most famous train terminal in the world.

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Met Express: Highlights of the Metropolitan Museum of Art

This tour is simply the best way to enjoy some of The Met’s most beloved works. Join an art-lover guide as they lead the way through a carefully curated route of NYC’s celebrated Metropolitan Museum of Art. You’ll witness Ancient Egyptian Galleries, Temple of Dendur, Tomb of Perneb, Greek and Roman Galleries, Auguste Rodin sculptures, Vincent van Gogh,
Picasso, Claude Monet and Degas paintings.

You can spend an infinite amount of time wandering through the galleries at the Metropolitan Museum of Art but a lot of us don’t have time for that! This specially curated tour takes the highlights and packs them into two incredible hours of exploration with an art-inclined, passionate guide who knows The Met inside and out. You won’t be joining for a quick stroll through any dusty ole’ art museum – this is a whirlwind adventure through the history of art! Along the way, your expert guide will show you to works by Van Gogh and Monet, introduce you to some fairly quiet Egyptian mummies, a few stoic statues who traveled all the way from Greece and Rome, and pause at the Bisj Poles. You’ll even wander straight into an Egyptian temple. The Temple of Dendur was brought from Egypt and re-erected in its entirety right here in The Met. Your expert guide not only reveals the history of these works of art, but they also indulge your senses and help illuminate each masterpiece you encounter. No one leaves this tour without a deeper understanding and appreciation for art and culture.

If you have longer, Meet The Met – a more comprehensive three hour tour, is also available.

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9/11 Memorial Tour & Priority Entrance 9/11 Museum

In the company of a local guide, you’ll visit the most important sites from the 9/11 attacks, including St. Peter’s Church, the Oculus, and the FDNY Memorial Wall. Visit the 9/11 Memorial including the reflection pools and survivor tree, and hear first account stories of tragedy, heroism, and community cohesion from your dedicated guide.

New York City draws its stories and strengths from the triumphs and tragedies that occur within its limits. On this touching tribute tour, go behind the headlines of the September 11th terrorist attacks to grant insight on those who were directly affected, the citizens of New York, and all those who found themselves at Ground Zero that sunny Tuesday morning 2001. Led by a local New York City licensed guide, embark on a two-hour walk that begins on the steps of St. Peter’s Church, where New Yorkers gathered for news of missing loved ones in the immediate aftermath of the attacks.

Visit St. Paul’s Chapel, so close in proximity to the original World Trade Center. Hear of the incredible support this small, historic place offered for the victims and their families as a round-the-clock relief station for a full 9-months after the tragedy. See the messages and offerings that arrived here from across the globe. Entering the space spread across 8-acres of the World Trade Centers former complex known as the 9/11 Memorial, pause before some of the most moving tributes including the FDNY Memorial Wall, the Survivor Tree, and the reflecting pools – arguably the most recognized element of the Memorial, each paying tribute to the almost 3,000 lives lost in connection to the site.

This tour includes pre-reserved, skip-the-line tickets to the 9/11 Memorial Museum where you can spend time on your own.

An alternative tour 9/11 Memorial Tour & Priority Entrance Observatory Tickets, visit the most important sites from the events of 9/11 including St. Peter’s Church, the Oculus, and the FDNY Memorial Wall and ends with pre-reserved entrance to the top of One World Observatory. 

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NYC’s Central Park Walking Tour with a Private Guide

• Be met by your tour guide next to one of New York City’s most famous streets: 5th Ave.
• Stroll down the iconic Mall, which includes the newly erected monument to the Women’s March, and statues to literary figures including Shakespeare and Robert Burns.
• See the statue dedicated to Balto, the sled dog which helped bring life-saving medicine to children in Alaska.
• Visit several iconic places in the park, including Bethesda Terrace and Bethesda Fountain.
• See famous film locations throughout the park, including scenes from Home Alone 2: Lost in New York City, The Avengers, Wall Street, You’ve Got Mail and many more.
• Finish your tour at one of New York City’s most visited spots – Strawberry Fields – where you too can pay tribute to John Lennon.

Private Walking Tour of Midtown Manhattan with Empire State Building Tickets

South of Central Park lies one of the world’s most important cultural and business centres. With many of the city’s most famous sights, Midtown Manhattan is one of the best places to experience the spirit of New York. Soak up its unique ambience, breathe in its frenetic pace, and seek out its unforgettable highlights. On your private tour, you will:

• Meet your private guide in the heart of New York City in Central Park.
• Stroll glamorous, affluent Fifth Avenue to gaze at the world-famous window displays such as Saks Fifth Avenue.
• Marvel at Neo-Gothic St Patrick’s Cathedral – the city’s beacon of Catholicism since 1878.
• Admire some of Manhattan’s most beautiful Art Deco structures, like the Rockefeller building, and Lawrie’s statue of Atlas.
• Step into the bright neon lights of Times Square, NYC’s most famous intersection, a monumentally busy mecca for tourists, shoppers and protesters.
• Learn about the city’s rich architectural history, seeing the classics including the Chrysler Building, the Flatiron Building, and Grand Central Terminal.
• Finish your experience with jaw-dropping views from the top of the Empire State Building, arguably one of the most iconic landmarks in the world (tickets included).

Conjure up images of New York City, and it will be Manhattan: the ritzy, glitzy heart of the Big Apple jam-packed with big-name attractions. If there is a per-place limit on iconic landmarks, Manhattan flouts the rules – squeezing Central Park, the Empire State Building, the Met and MoMA, Times Square’s 3,685-square-foot flashing LED screens and Broadway’s bright lights into 22.7 small square miles.

Well known by actors and stage junkies, New York’s dazzling Theatre District has been part of Manhattan since the late 19th century and its rich history provides a glorious mix of greasepaint, star-spotting and backstage gossip. While in the bustle of Times Square, learn how it earned its name when the New York Times opened an office there and erected an electronic news ticker – “The Zipper” – in 1928. Though the newspaper office has relocated, the area remains a media hotspot, serving as host and home to the likes of MTV and Condé Nast. Times Square is an icon, a Hollywood backdrop, and the heart of the Big Apple, and where there is proof – should you need it – that New York is the city that never sleeps. After a long stroll past New York’s Public Library, depart from your guide in front of the Empire State Building, where you will enjoy tickets to the top of the Empire State Building to retrace your steps and gaze out upon the city that never sleeps.

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Private Full Day Highlights of New York City with Top of the Rock Tickets

Explore the Big Apple – from the bustling streets of Downtown Manhattan to the serenity of Central Park.  On your private tour of New York City, you will:

• See the best sights of Downtown Manhattan, including Wall Street’s Charging Bull, Fearless Girl, and the National 9/11 Memorial.
• Experience the bustle of Midtown, including tours of Grand Central Terminal and Times Square.
• Stroll through Central Park, seeing Strawberry Fields and Bethesda Terrace & Fountain.
• Finish your tour gazing out on the city from the views from the Rockefeller Center.

Your tour begins in the heart of Wall Street, seeing the heart of the financial district, and continues to the National 9/11 Memorial and visit Ground Zero— the original site of the World Financial Center. Here, your guide will share with you the history of the World Trade Center and discuss the tragic events of 9/11, as you tour the memorial.

Next, your guide will take you to the heart of bustling Midtown, where you will explore Grand Central Terminal, the most iconic transportation hub in the United States, with beautiful celestial ceiling murals. After lunch in the area, catch a perfect view of the gleaming spire of the Chrysler Building, another of New York’s Art Deco masterpieces, explore the New York Public Library where you will meet the giant stone lions, and enjoy Bryant Park—a lovely green oasis in the heart of Midtown. You will then continue to the crossroads of the world —Times Square— to view the news ticker on the One Times Square Building, the NASDAQ board, and the myriad neon signs.

From there, you’ll travel to the Upper West Side and into Central Park, which is larger than Monaco and the Vatican City combined! In the park, you will see some of the highlights before continuing down to Rockefeller Plaza. Here, your guide will give you your tickets for the Rockefeller Observation deck and part with you. Cap off your day in the city with a breathtaking bird’s eye view of Manhattan and the rest of the Big Apple.

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Private Walking Tour of Little Italy, Greenwich Village, Soho, and Chinatown

The different neighbourhoods of New York each have something to give the curious traveller. Visit four of its most vibrant districts to see many of New York’s off-the-beaten-path sights with your private guide. On your private tour, you will:

• Enjoy the comfort of a private guide, walking with you throughout, while giving you the history of these famous and disparate neighbourhoods.
• Begin your tour in the avant-garde Greenwich Village, see where the ‘Friends’ flat allegedly was, and see the Washington Arch.
• Learn about the Stonewall Riots, and see the Monument dedicated to it.
• Visit the artistic soul of New York City in Soho, filled with galleries and art museums.
• See the impact of immigration in Little Italy and Chinatown, and learn how each neighbourhood came to be a local diaspora.

Simply known as “The Village” and much loved by native New Yorkers, Greenwich Village has been and still is home to America’s Bohemian scene. While in the area, you will see where the ‘Friends’ flat was located, explore Washington Square Park, a buzzing city hangout, and see beautiful architecture, including 19th-century brownstone carriage houses. See some unusual spots, including the home where John Wilkes Booth spoke openly of his plan to murder President Abraham Lincoln. On your way out of the neighbourhood, you may see Jefferson Market Library and Bleecker Street, as well as where Hemingway, Edgar Poe, and Jackson Pollack lived and worked.

You will venture through vibrant Soho, where your guide will tell you about its transformation from its’ humble beginnings as a centre for the rag trade industry, eventually becoming an extravagant artist community. See Soho’s unique collection of cast-iron buildings such as the Haughwout Building, home to the first safety elevator, and the Old Police Headquarters— the 1909 Beaux-Arts building.

From there, while walking the narrow cobblestone streets in the heart of Little Italy, you will learn about Mafia hangouts, the most famous of which is Ravenite Club. Pop into the oldest cheese shop in NYC and the first NYC pizzeria, and explore Old Saint Patrick’s Cathedral. Journey through NYC’s Chinatown, walk along Canal and Motts Streets, the former Five Points District, and the Old Opium Den, where you will hear stories of Chinese immigrants who came to Manhattan to build a future of their own. Your expert local guide will also tell you all about the violent gangs that sprang up around them, fighting for dominance. Your tour will finish in the area, where your guide will happily direct you to any number of eateries where you can rest and recharge before continuing to explore at your leisure.

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The Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island Tour with a Private Guide

See New York through a different perspective in a tour that takes you out to the islands in Upper Bay. With visits to both the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island, you will be able to see New York from the perspective of so many of the immigrants who helped grow the wealth and history of the United States.

• Visit Liberty Island and Ellis Island in just 3.5 hours, with tickets included
• Enjoy booked priority entry into the Liberty Island Ferry Screening Facility Queue in Battery Park.
• Sit back and relax as your local guide expertly navigates you between the islands’ must-see sights and best photo opportunities.
• See the Statue of Liberty up close, and learn of her remarkable story, as well as her significance to modern America.
• Explore Ellis Island and the story of US immigration.
• Enjoy the breathtaking view over the Manhattan skyline from the water.
• End the tour on Ellis Island, where your tour guide will give you the option to return with him/her to Battery Park or to stay longer on the island and take the 15 min Ferry back at a later time.

It is estimated that forty percent of the entire US population can trace at least one relative’s arrival to the US, through the port of New York and Ellis Island. At Ellis Island, you will discover the many extraordinary stories of families journeying to New York City since the earliest days of the United States’ founding. At the museum, your expert local guide will talk you through some of the exhibits on display.

You will also have time to properly enjoy the museum at your own pace, as you immerse yourself in a similar journey to that of a newly arrived person. You will be able to grab a bite to eat on the island, or alternatively, you may purchase some snacks on the ferry back to Manhattan.

You will begin your tour at Castle Clinton, a former Fort in Battery Park, where you will board the ferry to the famous Liberty Island. Along the way, you will learn about the remarkable history of the Statue of Liberty, as well as its significance to modern America. From here you will also be able to enjoy a breathtaking view over the Manhattan skylines and harbour.

Boarding at Liberty Island, you will hear all about the fascinating history of the Liberty figure, and how this 100th birthday gift to America from France was shipped from Paris to New York, and finally unveiled after 10 years of construction in 1886.

*Please note that tour guides are not allowed to guide inside the Statue of Liberty Museum and the Ellis Island Immigration Museum. Your guide will give you full information on each island and then silently accompany you through the museums. He/she will be able to answer questions you may have but not actually “guide” you through the museums.*

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SUMMIT One Vanderbilt

SUMMIT One Vanderbilt is New York City’s most transformational experience and will change the way guests see cities, the environment and themselves through a collection of immersive, multi-sensory experiences.

Explore three levels of multi-sensory immersive experiences, a unique combination of art and design central NYC’s DNA.

Your journey at the top of One Vanderbilt starts in Transcendence: part of AIR, a story-driven immersive experience designed by Kenzo Digital, mixing transparency and reflectivity to create the illusion of boundless space.

Enjoy a beautiful art installation in Reflect: on display in the most famous art galleries across the world, “CLOUDS” is comprised of stainless-steel cloud-like shapes, designed by Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama.

Your experience then evolves and becomes interactive and playful in Affinity where you are invited to connect physically to the space by playing with highly reflective orbs floating around the room.

Then it’s time for a thrilling experience at Levitation: the sky boxes allow you to step out from the envelope of the building and stand on transparent glass 1,070 feet (325 meters) above Madison Avenue, with the hustle and bustle of city streets directly beneath you.

In Unity: you are invited to become part of the space itself – your 3D face capture transformed into a cloud in a mesmerizing, infinite cloudscape display on a giant screen.

On the last floor of SUMMIT, you’ll find the sky-high lounge and café Après, featuring bespoke light fare and an innovative cocktail program curated by Danny Meyer’s Union Square Events. Après’s offerings can be enjoyed inside the Nordic themed lounge and café or outside on the SUMMIT Terrace.

The SUMMIT Terrace wraps around the south and west sides of One Vanderbilt and is the perfect open air viewing spot to take in the incredible views for up to 80 miles while toasting your experience.

Ascent: the most daring can go even higher with Ascent. SUMMIT One Vanderbilt’s all glass elevators will take you from the terrace level up the side of the building to over 1,200 feet (364 meters), nesting at the highest viewing point in Midtown Manhattan.

Ascent is included with SUMMIT Ascent and Ultimate SUMMIT tickets only.

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Broadway Shows of New York

There’s nothing quite like seeing a Broadway show – it’s a great way of enhancing your New York experience. Whether you’re looking for a brand new show, a long-running musical or a few laughs at a comedy, we have a large selection of shows for you to choose from. So why not let us create your New York city break and include tickets to your favourite show?

There’s Beetlejuice, the ghost-with-the-most at the Winter Garden Theatre, the award-winning Book of Mormon at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre, the stunning artistry of The Lion King at the Minskoff Theatre and the glitz and glamour of the Moulin Rouge Musical at the Al Hirschfield Theatre – plus many more.

Top tips when considering a Broadway show

• For best availability, consider requesting the front mezzanine. Many Broadway theatres are smaller than you might expect, so sitting in the mezzanine can provide a great view and increase your chances of getting the show and date you want.
• The same goes for weeknight performances, which generally have better availability than weekends. Plus, some weeknight performances start a little earlier—just be sure to request a start time when speaking to one of our agents

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