Private tours · New York

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Times Square (NYC TV & Movie Tour)Book on their siteFilm & TV · 2.5 hours

NYC TV & Movie Tour

On Location Tours · books on onlocationtours.comA guided bus loop past film and TV sets from Times Square and Fifth Avenue down to Tribeca, the Village and Chelsea, led by local actors.From $65 an adult (ages 10+); premium seats $75
Bethesda Terrace and Fountain (Central Park TV & Movie Sites Tour)Book on their siteFilm & TV · 2 hours

Central Park TV & Movie Sites Tour

On Location Tours · books on onlocationtours.comA two-hour guided walk through the south end of Central Park, stopping at spots used in films and TV shows.From $45 an adult
Magnolia Bakery, Bleecker Street (Sex and the City Hotspots Tour)Book on their siteFilm & TV · About 3 hours

Sex and the City Hotspots Tour

On Location Tours · books on onlocationtours.comA bus tour of more than 40 places from the series, from Fifth Avenue shops to Carrie's stoop and Magnolia Bakery in the West Village.From $83 an adult; premium seats $93
New York slices (New York City Pizza Bus Tour)Book on their siteFood · 4.5 hours

New York City Pizza Bus Tour

Scott's Pizza Tours · books on scottspizzatours.comA Sunday afternoon on a yellow school bus to four pizzerias in at least two boroughs, with a slice and a kitchen visit at each stop.From $99 a person
Doyers Street (Flavors of Chinatown Food Tour)Book on their siteFood · 3 hours

Flavors of Chinatown Food Tour

Foods of NY Tours · books on foodsofny.comA three-hour Chinatown walk with seated stops for carved Peking duck, roti canai and dim sum, then a mochi and an egg custard tart.From $89 a person
Russ & Daughters, Lower East Side (The Original Multi-Ethnic Eating Tour)Book on their siteFood · About 2 hours

The Original Multi-Ethnic Eating Tour

Big Onion Walking Tours · books on bigonion.comA two-hour Lower East Side walk with about ten small tastings from the area's Jewish, Italian, Chinese and Dominican communities.From $45 an adult; $35 seniors, students and active military
The Tenement Museum, Orchard Street (Tenement Museum: Rogarshevskys & Baldizzis apartment tour)Book on their siteHistory & culture · 75 minutes

Tenement Museum: Rogarshevskys & Baldizzis apartment tour

Tenement Museum · books on tenement.orgA guided visit to two restored flats at 97 Orchard Street, home to a Russian Jewish family and an Italian family in the early 1900s.From $30 a person
Apollo Theater (Historic Harlem Walking Tour)Book on their siteHistory & culture · About 2 hours

Historic Harlem Walking Tour

Big Onion Walking Tours · books on bigonion.comA two-hour walk through Harlem's history, starting outside the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.From $30 an adult; $20 seniors and students
Grand Central Terminal (Secrets of Grand Central Tour)Book on their siteHistory & culture · 90 minutes

Secrets of Grand Central Tour

Untapped New York · books on untappednewyorktours.comA 90-minute guided walk around Grand Central Terminal covering its history and lesser-known corners, including the tennis court.From $42 a person
Dry Dock 1, Brooklyn Navy Yard (Brooklyn Navy Yard: Past, Present & Future Walking Tour)Book on their siteHistory & culture · 2 hours

Brooklyn Navy Yard: Past, Present & Future Walking Tour

Turnstile Tours · books on turnstiletours.comA two-mile Saturday walk through the Brooklyn Navy Yard, past BLDG 92, Building 77 and a working dry dock from 1851.From $25 an adult
Brooklyn Bridge walkway (Brooklyn Bridge and Heights Walking Tour)Book on their siteNeighborhoods · About 2 hours

Brooklyn Bridge and Heights Walking Tour

Big Onion Walking Tours · books on bigonion.comWalk across the Brooklyn Bridge from City Hall Park, then through the brownstone streets of Brooklyn Heights to the Promenade.From $30 an adult; $20 seniors and students
Fifth Avenue mansions on Museum Mile (Fifth Avenue Gilded Age Mansions Tour)Book on their siteNeighborhoods · 2 hours

Fifth Avenue Gilded Age Mansions Tour

Untapped New York · books on untappednewyorktours.comA two-hour walk up Fifth Avenue from Grand Army Plaza to the Met, looking at the mansions built by the city's richest families.From $42 a person
The Lower East Side (Tenement Museum: Building on the LES walking tour)Book on their siteNeighborhoods · 90 minutes

Tenement Museum: Building on the LES walking tour

Tenement Museum · books on tenement.orgAn outdoor walk on how Lower East Side buildings changed before, during and after the tenement era, from an 1830s row house to a 1950s co-op.From $30 a person
The schooner Adirondack off Battery Park (NYC Statue Day Sail aboard the Schooner Adirondack)Book on their siteOn the water · 1.75 to 2 hours

NYC Statue Day Sail aboard the Schooner Adirondack

Classic Harbor Line · books on sail-nyc.comA two-hour sail from Chelsea down the Hudson to the Statue of Liberty on an 80-foot wooden schooner, with one drink included.From $52 an adult (up to $58 by date); children $28
Lower Manhattan from the water (AIANY Architecture Boat Tour)Book on their siteOn the water · 2 or 2.75 hours

AIANY Architecture Boat Tour

Classic Harbor Line · books on sail-nyc.comA narrated yacht cruise around Manhattan with a guide from the American Institute of Architects New York talking through the skyline.From $74 a person
A Circle Line boat on the Hudson (Best of NYC: Full Island Tour)Book on their siteOn the water · 2.5 hours

Best of NYC: Full Island Tour

Circle Line Cruises · books on circleline.comA narrated cruise all the way around Manhattan on three rivers, under 20 bridges and past the Statue of Liberty, Yankee Stadium and the Cloisters.Price on their site

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