Top Things to do in New York
Top Hotels in New York
- 1. Motto by Hilton New York City Chelsea
- 2. Margaritaville Resort- Times Square
- 3. The Draper, Ascend Hotel Collection
- 4. Arlo Midtown
- 5. Pod Times Square
- 6. Homewood Suites by Hilton New York/Midtown Manhattan Times Square-South, NY
- 7. Arlo NoMad
- 8. Artezen Hotel
- 9. Park Central Hotel New York
- 10. PUBLIC Hotel
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10 Night Tours in New York That You Shouldn't Miss
New York State has it all – booming metropolises, majestic waterfalls, mountains, wine country, chicken wings. Yes, NYC is a magnet for tourists, but an exploration of the rest of the state can be equally thrilling. The Finger Lakes Wine Region is a vision of serene waters, quaint B&Bs, and pretty vineyards. Movie buffs will love Rochester, home of the George Eastman House and one of the world’s most comprehensive film archives. On your way to Niagara Falls, stop in Buffalo to fuel up on spicy wings.
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1. New York City Private Night Tour with Driver-Guide
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 1 reviews
THIS IS A SOCIALLY DISTANCED TOUR. Enjoy a private New York night tour, seeing and photographing beautifully lit sights around the city and taking in one of the world's most famous skyline from across the rivers in Brooklyn and New Jersey. This is a 3-hour tour and transportation is provided in a 2015 Toyota Sienna mini-van with the capacity to accommodate up to 6 guests. This is fantastic and memorable way to spend an evening in New York! PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS PRIVATE DRIVING TOUR IS SOCIALLY DISTANCED FROM THE CROWDED CITY SIDEWALKS, SUBWAYS AND BUSES.
Inclusions: Private tour for up to 6 guests, Licensed driver/guide, Transport by late model private vehicle, Hotel / cruise terminal pickup and drop-off
Exclusions: Gratuities, Food and drinks, Child Safety and Booster Seats
Reviewed By tour40894719015
Excellent tour for those looking to explore the Hamptons and LI wineries. Ronald was informative, patient, more than accommodating and most important knowledgeable. Ron was also very sensitive to our concerns regarding Covid and it was obvious that his precautions were above standard. Highly recommend this tour.
2. New York City Skyline Lights Sail
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 2 reviews
Experience New York City from the water on classic Schooner Adirondack. Gaze at the city lights from the water and enjoy a peaceful setting as you escape the city and take to a quiet harbor at night. Key points about this activity: • See the city skyline lit up at night • Aboard Adirondack - inspired by the pilot schooners of the 1890s • Sail past Manhattan's financial district, Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty • Enjoy this beautiful boat, 80-feet in length and about 2000 square feet of sail area • Very popular for couples
Inclusions: One complimentary beverage included, Night sail in New York Harbor
Exclusions: Gratuity (recommended for Captain and crew), Due to Covid-19, if bringing food please keep to a simple, light snack
Reviewed By Patrick H
Did the evening jazz cruise with some family and could not say enough. Still has the COVID restrictions which is actually a benefit as the passenger. Staff was great and I thought it was a solid value exchange.
3. Skyline Tour of New York City
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 57 reviews
Come! Join us for a night of Spectacular panoramic views of legendary NYC We have designed this night tour to mesmerize all of our visitors including history, movie, and photography buffs alike We present you the opportunity to experience the incredible panoramic views from the best kept secret, New Jersey’s Waterfront. You will a have your palate tickled with one of America’s best and well known pastries at Carlo’s bakery. Along your adventure you will be introduced to the city of Frank Sinatra, the Statue of Liberty, and Empty Sky Memorial. Your night tour occurs during twilight when the most famous skyline comes to life with millions of lights flickering all around us Our visitors report feeling chills, being in complete awe and speechless, when standing in front of Manhattan’s magnificent panoramic views and the most iconic symbol of freedom Bring your camera! And be ready to be amazed!
Inclusions: All taxes, fees and handling charges, Driver/guide, Professional guide, Local guide, Air-conditioned vehicle, Transport by air-conditioned minivan, Transport by private vehicle
Exclusions: Food and drinks, Gratuities
Reviewed By Monia B
Just back from this amazing tour of NYC including Bronx/Queens/Brooklyn with Milly (Royal City Tours) and it was an incredible experience! Milly was super good, very knoledge, detailed, funny and never been boring. This was a 4hours tour and Milly was able to keep my attention all the time explaining everything like a stoly teller, I was so well impressed! Great job Milly, you are simply the best! I strongly recommend this company! W ROYAL CITY TOURS
4. Panoramic Night Tour New York: Brooklyn Heights and Hamilton Park by Bus
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 3 reviews
Join us on our amazing New York Skyline Night Tour to appreciate the thousand night lights of the Big Apple. This tour is designed to leave you breathless and allow you to take unforgettable photos. The evening tour starts at 6:30 pm with your Urban Explorer through which you cross Manhattan to one of the most famous sights in New York: Brooklyn Heights. After taking amazing photos of the Manhattan Skyline and seeing the Brooklyn Bridge up close, you continue to New Jersey and take a brief stop to taste a typical slice of American cheese pizza in Hoboken. Then you arrive at the famous Hamilton Park, the highest point in New Jersey, for an unforgettable view among the thousand lights of New York! Remember: the tour is suitable for all ages and ends around 10.30pm near Times Square.
Inclusions: Typical American slice of Cheese pizza, Private transportation, Tour Guide
Exclusions: Gratuities, Drinks
Reviewed By newyorkergarret
i will give this place three stars for the experience honestly I expected more from the management, though it is a good way to view the city. for those who want to experience rooftop bars maybe this isn't the one for you sorry to say
5. Greenwich Village Haunted Tour
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 8 reviews
Haunted Manhattan offers the most accurate—and FUN—ghost tours in the city! On our Greenwich Village tour, a secret underworld of ghosts and ghouls reveals itself as you’re guided through the streets by "noted professor of anthropology & the supernatural," The Professor. The Professor will guide you to 13 haunted locations, from Washington Square Park, a former potter's field and now the beating heart of the Village that seems to host multiple famous spirits (including a ghost dog!), to the former home of Mark Twain that may also hold malevolent spirits, telling you tales of haunted dorm buildings, churches, fire houses, theaters, and more along the way... A historical, hilarious, and completely hair-raising experience, Haunted Manhattan will show you the greatest city there is, like you’ve never seen it before.
Inclusions: Professional tour guide
Exclusions:
Reviewed By Michael H
My daughter and I went to Nee York for the first time and decided to go on a haunted tour. It was late in the season on a week night and we were the only two but they took us anyway. Vinny was our guide and she was awesome. She was entertaining, friendly, and knowledgeable. I highly recommend the west tour. Enjoy!
6. West Village Haunted Tour
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 2 reviews
Haunted Manhattan offers the spookiest, most accurate, and FUN ghost tours in New York! The West Village has been "Little Bohemia" for over 100 years, and the hang-out of artists and writers for even longer. Our Poet, Vinny, knows all the best stories of history, hauntings, and extraordinary encounters with the beyond… They'll take you to 13 haunted locations, sharing tales from a pesky poltergeist who likes to play with fire, to a chilling encounter with Edgar Allan Poe, to a dead speakeasy owner who’s not ready to let go of her enterprise. Vinny will make your walk through one of the city’s hottest neighborhoods into a chilling experience. A historical, hilarious, and completely hair-raising experience, Haunted Manhattan will show you the greatest city there is, like you’ve never seen it before.
Inclusions: Local tour guide
Exclusions: Food and drinks
Reviewed By richardaA5406QS
while the tour is advertised as "haunted" and we do get to hear scary stories about the various ghosts that perhaps inhabit buildings around Washington Square Park, the best part of the tour for me was the actual history that inspires the ghost stories. some of this history is more than 300 years old !!! our "professorial" guide (himself perhaps a rather vivid spectral being) is well-informed, congenial, and makes a personal connection with each person individually in the tour. the suggestions for a good pub afterwards were appreciated and I've been thinking about what I learned over the week that has transpired since this fun event (follow-up, in response to the questions below, there was no gear or equipment to sanitize unless people are NOT sanitizing their own disposable masks)
7. Fifth Avenue History Walk and Live Jazz
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 5 reviews
The best that New York has to offer - amazing history, dizzying landmarks and sounds of jazz! Join me for a walk along Fifth Ave - the name associated with wealth, glitz, and glamor. Fifth Ave is one of the best-known streets in the world, especially the stretch known as Millionaire Row. Once upon a time, it was lined with the finest homes of New York's wealthiest people - a place of ambition, intrigue, scandal, and the most spectacular balls ever given. This tour is not just about the landmarks, it's about the history of New York during the Gilded Age and about the people like the Vanderbilts, the Astors, the Rockefellers, who shaped it into the metropolis. It's about millionaires and architects, visionaries and beautiful models, artists and writers whose names are forever connected to the 5th Avenue. The tour will end at a place where the sounds of jazz rule the night ( food and drinks are available and highly advisable!)
Inclusions: See NYC highlights with a licensed NYC Guide, Enjoy the intimate atmosphere of a small group, Discover the city's fascinating history and culture, Get insider suggestions for live jazz, speakeasies, and hidden spots, Get a free NYC map for your further city exploration
Exclusions: Wine, cocktails and other drinks are available, but not included in the price, Food is available, but not included in the price
Reviewed By S0f-2014
Let me tell you – this was an unforgettable evening. I love New York City and love walking the streets of the city thinking about this fantastic place - so unique in the world. Experience with Iren brought many events and places into a new and a very interesting angle. Great idea to start with a drink in a club-like whiskey bar built on prohibition era views and experiences – with the list of cocktails from the 20th of 20th century to the modern days and walls covered with a full collection of whiskey bottles. Nice music, and Iren - a wonderful story teller showing us how America was built and how Manhattan became what it is, and what was it that made the early settlers drink, and what was it that brought the prohibition into law. And, of course, – how it affected our great city. After the drink we walked the same streets I often walked myself towards Madison Square Park and further to Gramercy Park seeing everything in a different light and understanding events that took place in 19th and 20th century that shaped our city. Incredible night views – Flatiron; MetLife Tower, New York Life – and stories, stories, and stories about them, making the city so alive. Gramercy Park – so mysterious and so full of the spirit of the city, with historical characters brought to life by Iren by the Mayor Lamps lights. Last stop – oldest (at least fighting for this title) bar in New York City – Pete’s tavern - where time stood still and where everything is at it was in 1864. And more stories about the bar crowd such a long time ago…
8. Ghosts of Greenwich Village: 2-Hour Private Walking Tour
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 72 reviews
Dig up Manhattan's spine-chilling past on this 2-hour private walking tour of Greenwich Village, known as one of the city's most haunted neighborhoods. Together with a guide, you'll head to some of the village's spookiest spots, including Washington Square Park and NYU's Brown Building, and hear tales of lost children, celebrity ghosts, and park-dwelling phantoms.
Inclusions: Local guide, Private tour
Exclusions: Gratuities
Reviewed By pleasurree
Did the Statue of Liberty tour on Monday 5/10 and it was a deeeeeelight! James was amazing and is full of pertinent facts and information! As soon as our group arrived James told us what to expect on the tour and let us know that he was available and encouraging of being our personal photographer! Ask for James, you won’t be disappointed- he is the keeper all of things Liberty Enlightening the World (I hope I’m remembering that fact right!) buuuuuuut, the company could put more signage around because there is none until the actual entrance to the building, but that’s not James’ fault- we found his flag!
9. East Village Haunted Manhattan tour
Overall Ratings
4.8 based on 48 reviews
Haunted Manhattan offers the most accurate—and FUN—ghost tours in the city! On our East Village tour, a secret underworld of ghosts and ghouls reveals itself as you’re guided past 13 haunted stops by the clever, witty, and endlessly entertaining Frankie, a bartender who’s used to dealing with patrons who just don’t want to heed Last Call. From the ghost train at the Astor Place subway stop, to haunted screams in the night on Bond Street, to a cellar where one of America's greatest writers might still be sipping on some amontillado, you’ll see both landmarks and dive bars that make the East Village the legend that it is—and hear the stories of the spirits that call this area home. A historical, hilarious, and completely hair-raising experience, Haunted Manhattan will show you the greatest city there is, like you’ve never seen it before.
Inclusions: Ticket provides entry to all locations
Exclusions:
Reviewed By richardaA5406QS
while the tour is advertised as "haunted" and we do get to hear scary stories about the various ghosts that perhaps inhabit buildings around Washington Square Park, the best part of the tour for me was the actual history that inspires the ghost stories. some of this history is more than 300 years old !!! our "professorial" guide (himself perhaps a rather vivid spectral being) is well-informed, congenial, and makes a personal connection with each person individually in the tour. the suggestions for a good pub afterwards were appreciated and I've been thinking about what I learned over the week that has transpired since this fun event (follow-up, in response to the questions below, there was no gear or equipment to sanitize unless people are NOT sanitizing their own disposable masks)
10. New York City Live Jazz Sail
Overall Ratings
4.8 based on 5 reviews
Step aboard 105-foot Schooner America 2.0, a modern tribute to the first boat that won the America's Cup in 1851, for a 90-minute sail around New York Harbor. Sit back and relax while enjoying live Jazz music played throughout this sailing experience. Perfect for couples, friends, locals and visitors looking for a relaxing way to escape the city while enjoying views of Manhattan's skyline. It's also great for Jazz music enthusiasts. The Captain will turn off the engines for as much of the tour as possible, providing an extra relaxing and peaceful environment while listening to the live music.
Inclusions: One complimentary beverage included, Sailing experience in New York Harbor
Exclusions: Gratuity is not included, but recommended for the hard working crew., Due to Covid-19, if bringing food please keep to a simple, light snack
Reviewed By Patrick H
Did the evening jazz cruise with some family and could not say enough. Still has the COVID restrictions which is actually a benefit as the passenger. Staff was great and I thought it was a solid value exchange.
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