New York City Whirlwind History Tour

This is a whirlwind day tour of New York by foot, subway, bus and ferry.
Your expert guide will meet you at the Marriott Marquis hotel on the 8th floor lobby. From there we hit all the highlights in a day curated for a head-spinning amount of history in a record amount of time ending with a ferry ride back to Midtown.

From Times Square we see Rockefeller Center, the Midtown Business District and Central Park. We jump on a subway to Herald Square, walk to Madison Square, of course learing history all along the way. Another short subway ride to Greenwich Village and from there we see Washington Square, SoHo, Little Italy, Chinatown, and the Lower East Side.

We can walk (or at this point opt to catch a bus for a short ride) to Brookfield Place, and the World Trade Center. How much time spent at the 9/11 Memorial is up to the guests as ferries run about every hour back to Hudson Yards, and Times Square.

The tour guide will assist guests to their desired final destinations.

Meeting Point

New York Marriott Marquis

1535 Broadway, New York, NY 10036, USA

We meet in the 8th floor lobby of the hotel, across from reception.

What's included:

• Expert guide

Not included:

• subway and ferry charges: ~$15

What to expect:

Duration: between 6 hours and 9 hours

Times Square / Theater District

New York City, New York

The theater district is a unique feature of New York's built enviornment, it is something of a miracle the Broadway theaters have survived as they did (thanks to the Shubert Trust). In addition to tons of other hiostry, we learn the evolution of the area from the horse and carraige trade to an evolving distrcit of entertainment from vaudeville to silent movies, and eventially radio and televison...nothing short of the history of American commercial culture. We walk only a few blocks to the Midtown Business distrcit of commercial business.

30 minutes

Midtown

New York City, New York

We make our way stealthily through Midtown's underground passages and corportate lobbies of amazing art while passing some of the best examples of Modern and post-Modern architecture. Guests are free to stop for snacks, meals and/or breaks thorughout the tour.

30 minutes

Central Park

Manhattan Borough, from Central Park West to 5th Avenue, New York City, 10022, New York

We can see the Park for 15 minutes or and hour, depending on the guest.

15 minutes

Herald Square

6'th Avenue, At 34th Street and Sixth Avenue, New York City, 10001-2902, New York

We take the subway to Herald Square, Macy's and the Empire State Building. We walk down Broadway towards Madison Square learning the hisotry of the old Tenderloin (the redlihgt distrcit), the former theater distrcit and Tin Pan Alley. As we near Madsion Square we approach New York's Gilded Age city center of Madison Square.

30 minutes

Madison Square Park

11 Madison Ave, and Madison and Fifth Avenues, New York City, 10010-3602, New York

We learn the stunning history of the area and the emergence of the Gilded Age, the Industrial Era, electricity and the telephone. We learn the reason for the architecture and the social cultures they reflect.

30 minutes

Greenwich Village

New York City, New York

We take the subway to the Village where we can spend between as much or little time to explore as desired.

20 minutes

Washington Square Park

5 Ave, Waverly Pl., W. 4 St. and Macdougal St, New York City, 10012, New York

We walk through NYU territory and see New Yorkers as they in one of the most iconic parks in history.

Pass by without stopping

SoHo

South of Houston Street, , New York City, 10022, New York

The cast iron buildings of SoHo are spectacular and unique as a business district for its size. Here you'll come to understand that there was a different sense to business, and what a commerical building should like. Broadway has its own history in this part of town.

30 minutes

Little Italy

New York City, New York

We pass thorugh Little Italy which is almost an enclave in Chinatown.

Pass by without stopping

Chinatown

Canal Street to Bayard Street, , New York City, 10013, New York

The tenements of Chinatown have a history that in many ways can desribe life in all of the Lower East Side, only the faces of the different immigrant groups who passed through changed. Chinatown is the longest surviving group in the area of New York's iconic immigrant waves.

20 minutes

One World Trade Center

285 Fulton Street, New York City, 10007-0089, New York

We can spend as much time as desired athte 9/11 Memorial.

20 minutes

Hudson Yards

New York City, New York

Hudson Yards and a subway ride is one way to return to Times Square, or we could take the free bus.

1 hour

Brookfield Place

230 Vesey Street, Between West Street And North End Avenue, New York City, 10281-1027, New York

We take a bus, or maybe walk, to Brookfield Place, the World trade Center. We spend as much or as little time as desired. From here, we catch a commuter ferry back to Midtown.

1 hour