Lower Manhattan: 9/11 Memorial Walking Tour

Explore the origins of New York City on a guided walking tour of Lower Manhattan. Discover colonial and Dutch history, visit Wall Street, and gain skip-the-line access to the 9/11 Museum.

Duration: 2 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Castle Clinton National Monument - Upon arrival at the meeting point, the tour will commence with an introduction to Castle Clinton, a significant landmark symbolizing both the city’s and the nation’s development. Constructed between 1808 and 1811, it served as the first U.S. immigration station, welcoming over 8 million people to the United…
What's Included
  • Private Walking Tour
  • Skip-the-line entry to the 9/11 Museum (museum will be UNGUIDED, you can explore on your own)
  • Tour Will Run, Rain Or Shine
  • Professional Tour Guide Exclusively For You
  • Duration 2.5 Hours
What's Not Included
  • Tour price does NOT include hotel pickup or drop-off (we recommend UBER or Taxi)
  • Tour price does NOT include gratuities (optional)
Additional Information

Embark on a 2.5-hour private guided walking tour of Lower Manhattan to explore New York’s origins. Discover Lower Manhattan and the 9/11 Museum with NYC’s top-rated guides. Experience the essence of Lower Manhattan with an expert guide who vividly narrates NYC’s history, culture, and resilience. This private tour takes you through iconic sites like Wall…

Location
Battery Park Underpass
Inside Battery Park, on stairs opposite the entrance to Castle Clinton
Cancellation Policy

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

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Bf_and_aa
Jun 26, 2024
Great way to see the highlights (and learn a bit) - We were met by our Guide, Jeff, at Castle Clinton. From there we had a lovely walk around all the key areas of Lower Manhattan, which was great for orientating ourselves and also understanding some of the history (I now know why it’s called Wall St). Jeff was really informative and passionate about his city, managing to provide some quirky facts along the way. We ended at the 9/11 Memorial (those tickets included) and skipped straight to the front. You can’t have a guide in the memorial Museum, but it’s very well set out and absorbing. We spent 2.5hrs there. We’ll do more city tours like this, due to the great experience we had (thanks Jeff).
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Vinelady
Sep 19, 2022
Around Lower Manhattan - This tour was perfect for our group of 3. Guide Jeff was not only well informed, he was enthusiastic, personable and lots of fun! We learned so much, and there's so much to learn. We started the walking tour after having visited the National 911 Memorial Museum. It was a short walk between the Museum and the start of the tour; we wound our way through lower Manhattan and back up to Ground Zero, to end where we'd started earlier in the day. It worked out wonderfully.
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Rmcouture19
Aug 6, 2019
AMAZING tour! - Went on this tour after work with some colleagues and it was great, it was a mixed group of people from NYC and around the country. Our tour guide Katherine did an amazing job of explaining every little detail around lower Manhattan accompanied with pictures through history. She was very engaging and made the tour unique for us; pointing out different architecture when members of our group said that was something they enjoyed. Highly recommend Katherine and this tour!!
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Allisonmg19
Aug 2, 2019
Katherine is the BEST! - We took a walking tour of lower Manhattan conducted by Katherine. I learned so much about lower Manhattan, which had never occurred to me as being a touristy area. I really enjoyed Katherine's heartfelt explanations of each stop, and she even took a little extra time with us to make sure we saw a couple of extra areas at Battery Park. Would definitely recommend this!
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Jenh616
Aug 2, 2019
Excellent tour in every way - I took some work colleagues from out of town on a walking tour of lower Manhattan conducted by Katherine. It was a private tour and she was incredibly flexible on timing and location, meeting us at our office after work. The tour itself was so interesting. Even as a native NYer who walks past some of these historic places every day, I learned so much. Katherine was so well-versed in not just the history and landmarks of places like ground zero, but the emotion and zeitgeist of the city at the time of the attack and after. It was very authentic. Throughout the tour Katherine coupled her explanations with pictures that reinforced her message and really brought the history of NYC to life. She also tailored the tour to her audience very well. For instance, we were all professional women and she made a point to talk about the history of women in NYC and Wall Street in particular. Booking with Babylon was quick and easy. They were super responsive about setting up my private tour on a day’s notice, and sent me discounts for future tours after I booked that I will definitely take advantage of. Already looking forward to my next tour with Katherine!
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