Gilded Age Mansions: Scandals, Murder, Romance

Step inside the remaining Gilded Age mansions of Fifth Avenue and uncover the scandals, murder, and romance behind New York’s majestic architecture. Explore the fascinating stories of power, greed, love, and generosity during America’s rise to wealth and power.

Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • 1 E 78th St - Our first mansion, we go into the mansion learn about the owner, architects and get an introduction to the Gilded Age and New York Society
What's Included
  • Access to historical mansions
What's Not Included
  • Snacks
Additional Information

Drama! Homicide! Romantic Design! Welcome aboard a journey through some of the last standing mansion masterpieces from Fifth Avenue’s Gilded Age and discover the characters who both crafted and inhabited these spectacular landmarks.
If the HBO series The Gilded Age captivates you, this exploration will definitely delight you. During the Gilded Age, New…

Location
1 E 78th St
East 78th Street
We will meet you on the steps at the building at 1 East 78th street. Right on 78th street, just off 5th avenue.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Carla_d
Dec 7, 2024
Gilded Age Delights - We enjoyed learning about the Gilded Age in New York City. The tour guide did a great job of weaving in current day references with historical facts showing that history does in fact repeat itself.
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Victoria_h
Dec 7, 2024
A must do experience. - Content was educational and very fun. Guide was the best. Guilded age has a lot of similarity to today. A must do while in NYC.
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Celeste_f
Dec 7, 2024
Great tour! - Care was a magnificent guide. The tour was just the right amount of walking with several stops inside the mansions. A educational and entertaining way to spend a few hours in NYC. Care was so considerate and did his best to keep us warm on a very cold and windy day. We loved it!
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Stephanie_v
Dec 7, 2024
Interesting! - Great job! Great price! Informative. Tour operator handled a large group very well. I would suggest you watch the HBO show Guilded Age for interesting tid bits about the characters in the show. I especially enjoyed being inside Carnegie’s home near The Met.
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Jenny_r
Dec 6, 2024
Fascinating tour! Highly recommend it and our guide, Care. - Care was a wonderful guide! He was extremely knowledgeable about the Gilded Age and the mansions we saw. He had lots of fascinating stories and had an iPad that showed us photos of the people involved in the building of the mansions and those who lived in them, as well as photos of the way the mansions originally looked. Some places we only saw from the outside while others we were able to go inside. We thoroughly enjoyed the tour and would highly recommend it to both tourists and New Yorkers! I lived in the city for decades and never knew the details of these mansions.
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Betty_s
Dec 6, 2024
Great leader name is... - Great leader name is care very knowledgeable and clearly enjoys sharing. Good pace and mindful of the cold weather
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Charlotte
Dec 5, 2024
Enjoyed this tour! - Great tour guide. He was very knowledgeable and funny. He had many interesting facts and stories about the buildings and the people of the gilded age. Showing pictures on his iPad was a nice touch.
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Marci_m
Dec 4, 2024
A fun thing to do while visiting NYC. - We visited great gilded age houses and despite several being under construction learned a lot of interesting details. He has great stories and shares images on his iPad that help bring them to life. A lot of fun and interesting.
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Gail_p
Dec 4, 2024
Great two hours in NYC - Kare was fantastic- great storyteller, interesting information- he made the cold weather irrelevant as we thoroughly enjoyed the tour. Highly recommend
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Kiran_t
Dec 6, 2024
Informative - Enjoyable tour very knowledgeable tour guide. However as the days are getting shorter might be an idea to have the tour in day light hours gets difficult to see things in the dark.
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