All Around Town Hop On-Hop Off

General information

Destination	Category
New York, United States	Sightseeing Tours

Program details

If you want to see the sights of New York from the top deck of a bus then jump aboard the Gray Line CitySightseeing NY and discover every corner of the city that never sleeps!


HIGHLIGHTS:


* Flexibility to hop on and off at any stop as many times you like

* Book it with VIP priority boarding package

* Routes covering all neighbourhoods


This hop on - hop off tour gives you absolute flexibility to get on and off the bus as many times as you want and to explore the city at your leisure. Travel in our fleet of comfortable double decker buses (there are only seats on the top deck) so you can see a privileged view of New York's main attractions and places of interest. There is a great choice of tours including visits to the downtown and different residential areas along with a 1 day ticket on the hop on hop off ferry and 1 ticket per person into the Museum of City of New York.


The Uptown Tour includes views of Fifth Avenue, Museum Mile, the Dakota Building, the Lincoln Centre, the Time Warner Centre, Central Park, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Guggenheim, the Frick Collection, the Apollo Theatre, the Museum of Natural History, the Museum of Modern Art and Harlem Market.


The Downtown Tour includes visits to Times Square, Madison Square Garden, Macy's, the Empire State Building, SoHo, Chinatown, Little Italy, Ground Zero, Wall Street, the Financial District, Battery Park, South Street Seaport, the Lower East Side, the United Nations, the Rockefeller Centre, Carnegie Hall, the Broadway Theatre District and much more.


The Brooklyn Tour will stop at Brooklyn Promenade / Cadman Plaza, Atlantic Avenue, Barclay Center, Brooklyn Museum of Art and Botanic Garden, Brooklyn Public Library, Fort Greene Park, Brooklyn Academy of Music. Guests will also see the Old Fulton Landing, Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn Bridge and Manhattan skyline.


Bronx Tour: The Bronx – known as “da Bronx” – birthplace of hip-hop, tap dancing and breakdancing; home to the Grand Concourse modelled on Paris’ Champs-Elysees and Yankee Stadium. The tour begins at Grant’s Tomb, and en-route to the Bronx you see more neighbourhoods of Harlem and Upper Manhattan. Your tour guide will provide information about the history, culture and diverse population of the Bronx. At Yankee Stadium, you can hop off to see the 27-time baseball World Series Champions, the New York Yankees.


The Evening Tour features Times Square, Macy’s Lord & Taylor, 5th Avenue, Central Park, Bryant Park, Radio City Music Hall, the Time Warner Centre, the Trump Tower and St Patrick's Cathedral.


This package can also be booked with a VIP All Access Pass. VIP Tour includes: separate line with priority boarding privileges and a variety of discounts and special privileges including restaurants and retail stores. VIP customers are identified by a special lanyard/holder which is presented to the dispatcher at each stop. Included is a guide to identify all eligible stops and discounts.

Pick up point: 8th Ave between 49th and 50th Streets (Downtown Tour), 8th Avenue between 42nd and 43rd Streets (Uptown Tour), City Hall/Brooklyn Bridge – J+R Park Row (Stop 11- Brooklyn Tour), Grant’s Tomb (Stop 32 – Bronx Tour).

Duration: Downtown tour, Uptown Tour, Brooklyn tour, Bronx Tour and Night Tour are approximately 2.5 hours. Hop on hop off ferry ticket - valid for one day. Museum of the City of New York or New York Historical Society will vary per person, average visit time is approximately 2 hours.

Start or opening time: Gray Line CitySightseeing Visitor Center opens at 8am (subject to change). Downtown Tour departs 8am - 6pm, Uptown Tour departs 9am - 5pm, Brooklyn Tour departs 10am - 3pm, Bronx Tour 10am-3pm, Night Tour departs 6:30pm in the Winter and 7pm, 7:30pm and 8pm in all other seasons. CitySightseeing Hop on – Hop off Ferry 10am, 12 noon, 2pm and 4pm daily, Museum of New York or New York Historical Society is open 10am - 5pm Tuesday - Sunday and closed on Mondays.

End or closing time: Gray Line CitySightseeing Visitor Center closes at 8pm (subject to change).

Languages: Live guide in English plus audio guide in French, Spanish, German, Italian, Portuguese, Mandarin, Russian, Japanese, Korean and Hebrew.

Others: Downtown Tour, Uptown Tour, Bronx Tour and Brooklyn Tour are Hop On Hop Off tours, valid for 48 hours from the time voucher is exchanged for confirmation ticket. Night tour, hop on hop off ferry ticket and ticket to the Museum of the City of New York or New York Historical Society are valid for one time admission only. Voucher exchange: Gray Line CitySightseeing Visitor Center in Madame Tussauds 234 W.42nd Street, Times Square.