New York City: Landmarks of Manhattan

New York City: Landmarks of Manhattan
See the sights that made New York City famous. Walk through Midtown to see Grand Central Station and Trump Tower, visit the Empire State Building, ferry to Ellis Island to see the Statue of Liberty, and walk through Central Park.
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February 11, 2025 - February 14, 2025
April 10, 2023 - April 13, 2023
June 7, 2021 - June 10, 2021
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Day 1 Hello New York
Meet your tour director
Midtown walking tour
Rockefeller Center, St. Patrick's Cathedral, Times Square, Grand Central Terminal
Empire State Building & Observatory visit
Dinner
Details: Midtown walking tour
Take a walking tour through the humming streets of New York’s Midtown which is the home of famous sights such as Times Square, Rockefeller Center, Madison Square Garden and some of the city’s most revered museums and institutions.
Details: Empire State Building & Observatory visit
The Empire State Building rises over the Manhattan skyline like a throne. Admire its Art Deco curves up close as you ascend a quarter of a mile skyward to get New York's best aerial view. From the top, you'll see the Monopoly-board patchwork of skyscrapers, hotels, apartments, and parks that make up the city. Note that the tallest buildings cluster in Midtown—this section of the island has the strongest foundations, making it the only area where skyscrapers won't sink into the harbour.
Day 2 Downtown New York
Ferry boat to Ellis Island & Statue of Liberty
Lower Manhattan guided sightseeing tour
Trinity Church, Wall Street, 9/11 Memorial visit, Chinatown, Little Italy
Optional  Broadway show  $129
Dinner
Details: Ferry boat to Ellis Island & Statue of Liberty
The statue, a joint venture between the U.S. and France, was commissioned to honor the 100th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence and the friendly Franco-American relations established at that time. Once a gallows field for convicted pirates, Ellis Island became a federal immigration station in 1892. In the years that followed, Ellis Island saw roughly 12 million immigrants pass through its halls to enter the United States of America. In 1965 Lyndon B. Johnson declared the island part of the Statue of Liberty National Monument, and in 1990 it was reopened as the Ellis Island Immigration Museum. Over 40% of American citizens can trace their family heritage to Ellis Island!
Details: Lower Manhattan guided sightseeing tour
Tour Lower Manhattan, where industry, immigration, and colonial history converge. As the symbol of Western capitalism, Wall Street's modern traders bristle with cell phones, PDAs, and other modern tech accessories. This area's original traders, however, were Dutch colonialists, who gave the street its name by building a wall here to protect themselves from British settlers. Nearby Trinity Church, once the tallest building in the city, holds the grave of Alexander Hamilton and other Revolutionary luminaries who helped shape the emerging United States, and thousands of immigrants, who shaped the modern country, came in through Battery Park, the immigration entry point for the city until the operation moved to Ellis Island.
Details: 9/11 Memorial visit
Visit the National 9/11 Memorial which spans across eight of the sixteen acres at the World Trade Center. The memorial honors the lives and memories of those who were lost on 9/11. The Memorial's twin reflecting pools are each nearly an acre in size and feature the largest manmade waterfalls in North America. The pools sit within the footprints where the Twin Towers once stood.
Day 3 Uptown New York
Radio City Music Hall guided tour
Metropolitan Museum of Art visit
Central Park walking tour
Cherry Hill, Strawberry Fields, Belvedere Castle, Delacorte Theater
Madison & Park Avenues
Dinner
Broadway show
Details: Radio City Music Hall guided tour
Get a behind-the-scenes look at what goes on behind the razzle-dazzle of one of the world’s most famous entertainment venues. A historic theater that was declared a city landmark in the 1970’s, the Radio City Music Hall has also been the venue for the MTV Video Music Awards, Grammy Awards, Tony Awards and the Daytime Emmy Award shows.
Details: Metropolitan Museum of Art visit
The Metropolitan Museum, known to New Yorkers as the MET, houses a vast permanent collection of over two-million works of art, as well as cutting-edge feature exhibitions from the world’s most prominent artists. Tour the museum’s grand halls, drawing inspiration from the masters. Highlights include European Paintings, Modern Art & Photography, and The Costume Institute, as well as the stunning traditional works of Egypt, Ancient Greece and Rome, Asia, Oceania, and the Americas.
Details: Central Park walking tour
Take a walking tour of the most famous park in the United States. With over 800 verdant acres located smack-dab in the middle of bustling Manhattan, Central Park has been a bucolic oasis amidst the towering buildings of urban New York. Your local guide will lead you through the park, as you make your way past bikers, rollerbladers, and the occasional horse-and-buggy!
Details: Strawberry Fields
In central park this memorial is named after one of Lennon’s favorite songs “Strawberry Fields Forever.” It is located just across the street from the landmark Dakota apartment building, Lennon’s former home and the site of his tragic death in 1980. Like many an Upper West Sider, Lennon would often take walks in this very landscape.
Details: Broadway show
If it sings and dances, laughs or cries, you'll find it here. The range of Broadway's theatrical productions, from Shakespearean tragedies to sequins-and-feathers musicals, is immense, and the glitter, hype, and talent draw audiences from around the world. See some of the biggest theater America has to offer on one of its most famous streets.
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Day 4 New York City
American Museum of Natural History visit
Chelsea High Line walkway
Travel home
Details: American Museum of Natural History visit
Walk past exhibits chronicling human evolution, see examples of minerals, gems and space meteors and stand next to full-sized dinosaur skeletons in the grand marble halls of this museum.
Details: Chelsea High Line walkway
Located on Manhattan's West Side and running from Gansevoort Street in the Meatpacking District to West 34th Street, The High Line is a public park built on an historic freight rail line elevated above the bustling streets. It is operated and maintained by members of the community, who fought to preserve the High Line when there was talk of it being demolished. This beautiful 1.45 mile walk gives you an unprecedented view of the city below!
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    Day 4 New York City
    American Museum of Natural History visit
    Chelsea High Line walkway
    Dinner
    Details: American Museum of Natural History visit
    Walk past exhibits chronicling human evolution, see examples of minerals, gems and space meteors and stand next to full-sized dinosaur skeletons in the grand marble halls of this museum.
    Details: Chelsea High Line walkway
    Located on Manhattan's West Side and running from Gansevoort Street in the Meatpacking District to West 34th Street, The High Line is a public park built on an historic freight rail line elevated above the bustling streets. It is operated and maintained by members of the community, who fought to preserve the High Line when there was talk of it being demolished. This beautiful 1.45 mile walk gives you an unprecedented view of the city below!
    Day 5 Start extension in New York City
    United Nations visit
    MoMA visit
    Travel home
    Details: United Nations visit
    New York has always been the embodiment of the American melting pot, and nowhere is its ethnic and national diversity more on display than in the United Nations Building. The 18-acre complex is officially international territory, with six official languages (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish), its own postage stamps, and an enormous staff representing over 200 countries. See the chambers where the UN councils meet and learn more about the UN's peacekeeping and diplomatic goals and history.
    Details: MoMA visit
    Visit the Museum of Modern Art and celebrate creativity, openness, tolerance, and generosity while looking closely at modern masterpieces and cutting-edge contemporary art. MoMA has been important in developing and collecting modernist art, and is often identified as one of the largest and most influential museums of modern art in the world.
    Map of New York City
    Tour Includes:
    • Round-trip transportation
    • 3 overnight stays (4 with extension) in hotels with private bathrooms
    • Breakfast daily (except arrival day)
    • Dinner daily (except departure day)
    • Full-time services of a professional Tour Director
    • Guided sightseeing tours and city walks as per itinerary
    • Visits to select attractions as per itinerary
    • Overnight security chaperone
    • Note: Tour cost does not include airline-imposed baggage fees, or fees for any required passport or visa. Optional excursions, optional pre-paid Tour Director and multi-day bus driver tipping, among other individual and group customizations will be listed as separate line items in the total trip cost, if included.
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