• Midtown - Located in the heart of Manhattan, New York City, Midtown is the city’s main central business district. It boasts some of the city’s most iconic buildings, such as the Empire State Building, the Chrysler Building, the Hudson Yards Redevelopment Project, the United Nations headquarters, Grand Central Terminal, and Rockefeller Center. It also features popular tourist spots like Broadway, Times Square, and Koreatown. Penn Station, situated in Midtown Manhattan, is the busiest transportation hub in the Western Hemisphere. Midtown Manhattan is one of the world’s largest central business districts and is renowned for its high real estate prices; Fifth Avenue in Midtown commands the highest retail rents globally, averaging $3,000 per square foot annually.

• St. Patrick’s Cathedral - This Catholic cathedral is located in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, and serves as the seat of the Archbishop of New York and a parish church. It occupies a city block bordered by 5th Avenue, Madison Avenue, 50th Street, and 51st Street, directly opposite Rockefeller Center. Designed by James Renwick Jr., it is the largest Gothic Revival Catholic cathedral in North America. Construction began in 1858 to accommodate the expanding Archdiocese of New York and to replace St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral. Work paused during the American Civil War in the early 1860s, and the cathedral was completed in 1878, with its dedication on May 25, 1879. The archbishop’s house and rectory, also designed by Renwick, were added in the early 1880s, and the spires were completed in 1888.

• Empire State Building - This 102-story Art Deco skyscraper is located in Midtown South, Manhattan, New York City. Designed by Shreve, Lamb & Harmon, it was built between 1930 and 1931. Named after New York’s nickname, “Empire State,” the building has a roof height of 1,250 feet (380 m) and a total height of 1,454 feet (443.2 m), including its antenna. It held the title of the world’s tallest building until the North Tower of the World Trade Center surpassed it in 1970. After the September 11 attacks in 2001, it regained the title of New York City’s tallest building until One World Trade Center surpassed it in 2012. As of 2025, it ranks as the eighth-tallest building in New York City, the tenth-tallest completed skyscraper in the United States, and the 59th-tallest in the world.

• Grand Central Terminal - Known as GCT, this major commuter rail hub is the southern terminus of Metro-North Railroad’s Harlem, Hudson, and New Haven Lines. It is the third-busiest train station in North America, following New York Penn Station and Toronto Union Station. Its Beaux-Arts architecture and interior design have earned it multiple landmark designations, including National Historic Landmark status. Grand Central attracts over 21 million visitors annually (excluding transit passengers) and is featured in numerous films and TV shows. Amenities include shops, upscale restaurants, a food hall, grocery marketplace, library, event hall, tennis club, control center, railroad offices, and a sub-basement power station. Built by the New York Central Railroad, the terminal opened in 1913 on the site of two earlier stations and served intercity trains until 1991.

• Flatiron Building - Originally known as the Fuller Building, the Flatiron Building is a triangular 22-story, 285-foot-tall (86.9 m) steel-framed landmark at 175 Fifth Avenue in the Flatiron District of Manhattan, New York City. Designed by Daniel Burnham and Frederick P. Dinkelberg, and initially called “Burnham’s Folly,” it was completed in 1902 with 20 floors. The building sits on a triangular block formed by Fifth Avenue, Broadway, and East 22nd Street, with East 23rd Street grazing the triangle’s northern peak. The name “Flatiron” comes from its triangular shape, reminiscent of a cast-iron clothes iron.

• Greenwich Village - Also known as the West Village, this area attracts fashionable crowds to its designer boutiques and trendy restaurants. Quaint streets, some still cobblestoned, are lined with Federal-style townhouses and dotted with public squares. Notable venues include the Village Vanguard jazz club and the Stonewall Inn bar, site of the 1969 riots that launched the gay rights movement. The historically artistic area also features piano bars, cabarets, and theaters.

• Washington Square Park, New York - This 9.75-acre (3.95 ha) public park is located in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Lower Manhattan, New York City. It is one of the city’s most famous public parks, serving as an icon and a hub for cultural activity. The park is an open space dominated by the Washington Square Arch at its northern gateway, with a tradition of celebrating nonconformity. The fountain area is a popular spot, and many local buildings have served as homes and studios for artists. Some buildings have been constructed by New York University, while others have been converted into academic and residential spaces.

• Meatpacking District - This trendy commercial area on the far west side is home to the Whitney Museum of American Art, high-end designer clothing stores, and a section of the High Line, an elevated park built on former railroad tracks. At ground level, the cobblestone streets are filled with trendy restaurants and clubs that have taken over the spacious areas once occupied by meatpacking plants.

• SoHo - The name “SoHo” stands for “South of Houston Street,” coined in 1962 by urban planner Chester Rapkin, author of The South Houston Industrial Area study, also known as the “Rapkin Report.” The name also recalls Soho in London’s West End. Almost all of SoHo is part of the SoHo–Cast Iron Historic District, designated by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission in 1973, extended in 2010, and listed on the National Register of Historic Places and declared a National Historic Landmark in 1978. It consists of 26 blocks and approximately 500 buildings, many featuring cast-iron architectural elements. Many side streets in the district are paved with Belgian blocks.

• Statue of Liberty View Point - For a breathtaking view of the statue and Ellis Island, The Battery (formerly Battery Park) is an excellent vantage point. Located on the southern tip of Lower Manhattan, it offers stunning views of the New York Harbor, Governor’s Island, Brooklyn, the New Jersey Shore, and the Verrazano Bridge.

• Financial District - Known as FiDi, this neighborhood is located on the southern tip of Manhattan. It is bordered by the West Side Highway on the west, Chambers Street and City Hall Park on the north, Brooklyn Bridge on the northeast, the East River to the southeast, and South Ferry and the Battery on the south. New York was established in the modern-day Financial District in 1624, and the neighborhood roughly aligns with the boundaries of the New Amsterdam settlement in the late 17th century. The district houses the offices and headquarters of many major financial institutions, including the New York Stock Exchange and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Anchored on Wall Street, the Financial District is considered both the leading financial center and the most economically powerful city in the world, with the New York Stock Exchange being the largest stock exchange globally.

• Brooklyn Bridge - Experience a ride over one of the world’s most iconic suspension bridges, which first opened in 1883.

• The National 9/11 Memorial & Museum - This memorial, part of the World Trade Center complex in New York City, was created to honor the victims of the September 11 attacks in 2001, which claimed 2,977 lives, and the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, which killed six.

• Manhattan Bridge - Proposed in 1898 and initially called “Bridge No. 3,” it was renamed the Manhattan Bridge in 1902. The foundations for the bridge’s suspension towers were completed in 1904, followed by the anchorages in 1907 and the towers in 1908. The Manhattan Bridge opened to traffic on December 31, 1909, and began carrying streetcars in 1912 and New York City Subway trains in 1915. The eastern upper-deck roadway was installed in 1922. After streetcars ceased operation in 1929, the western upper roadway was completed two years later.

• Little Italy - At its peak, Little Italy spanned Lower Manhattan from Lafayette Street (west) to Bowery (east), Kenmare Street (north) to Worth Street (south). Today, it covers just five blocks along Mulberry Street north of Canal Street. The neighborhood began at Mulberry Bend, once part of the Five Points area, now the heart of Chinatown. In the late 19th century, mass immigration from Italy led many settlers to Lower Manhattan, creating a concentrated Italian community.

• Chinatown - Manhattan’s Chinatown is located in Lower Manhattan, bordered by the Lower East Side, Little Italy, Civic Center, and Tribeca. Home to 90,000–100,000 residents, it boasts the highest concentration of Chinese people in the Western Hemisphere. One of the oldest Chinese ethnic enclaves, it’s also one of nine Chinatowns in NYC and twelve in the metro area. The New York metropolitan area holds the largest ethnic Chinese population outside Asia, with about 893,697 people as of 2017.

• TriBeCa - This neighborhood began as farmland, then transitioned to a residential area in the early 19th century, before becoming a mercantile hub for produce, dry goods, and textiles. It later evolved into a community for artists, actors, models, entrepreneurs, and other celebrities. The neighborhood hosts the TriBeCa Festival, created in response to the September 11 attacks to revitalize the area and downtown after the devastation caused by the terrorist attacks.

• Brooklyn Heights Promenade - Also known as the Esplanade, this 1,826-foot (557 m)-long platform and pedestrian walkway is cantilevered over the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (Interstate 278) in Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn, New York City, United States. Offering views of Lower Manhattan’s skyline and the New York Harbor, it resulted from competing proposals for the highway’s route during World War II. Construction occurred post-war. As a structure built over a roadway, the Promenade is owned by the NYC DOT and is not considered a park; however, NYC Parks maintains the entire Promenade.

• Private transportation
• Private SUV or minibus tour of New York City
• Professional guide
• In-vehicle air conditioning
• Hotel, residential or customer specified pickup and drop-off from anywhere in Manhattan
• Multiple opportunities to stop and take iconic photos

• Gratuities
• Food and drinks
• Unfortunately we do not provide child or baby seats
• Pickup and/or Drop-Off at any location not located within Manhattan is not valid
• Alcoholic beverages

Forego the hassle of maps and subways and instead, enjoy a comfortable SUV ride in this private 3 or 5 hour tour of Lower Manhattan. Gain a blend of historical knowledge and interesting tidbits from your personal guide — a native of New York — who will accompany you to key attractions such as Ground Zero, West Village, South Street Seaport, Chinatown and Little Italy. Opt for a 5-hour tour and you can extend your exploration to Upper and Mid-Manhattan as well: Museum Mile, Rockefeller Center, Central Park and more. It’s an ideal way to get a taste of the Big Apple.

• Your private driver/guide will be there as your personal navigator to show you the best of New York City
• Not recommended for child aged 2 and under
• Price shown is per vehicle (up to 13 passengers)
• It should be noted that the suggested itinerary can be adjusted and customized to your liking.

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