Skip the hassle of getting around in New York City with a local guide and a private SUV. This tour of Lower Manhattan shows you the best of the borough, including historic Greenwich Village, SoHo, TriBeCa, Chinatown, and Little Italy, among other neighborhoods and sites. Learn about the history of each place and hop out to take photos as often as you like. Upgrade to a half-day tour to explore Upper and Mid-Manhattan too.

Local guide: discover NYC's neighbourhood through the eyes of a New Yorker
Visit SoHo, TriBeCa, Greenwich Village, and Little Italy
Choice of morning, afternoon, or evening tour departures
Hassle-free round-trip transfers from your Manhattan hotel

What's Included

Private SUV or minibus tour of New York City
Professional guide
Hotel, residential or customer specified pickup and drop-off from anywhere in Manhattan
Air-conditioned vehicle
Private transportation

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

Meeting and Pickup

Pickup points

Select a pickup point

Pickup details

We will pick you up from all hotels and/or residences in NYC/Manhattan, New York City including the Cruise Port or a specific location of your choosing. For example, a restaurant, museum, shop or theater.

What To Expect

Don't get lost on the subway or pay for expensive taxi rides; instead, explore Manhattan in a comfortable SUV. After being picked up from your hotel, set out to explore Lower Manhattan with a local guide to offer insider knowledge and recommendations along the way.

Begin the tour in historic Greenwich Village, once home to the city's artsy bohemian crowd and future rockstars (Janis Joplin, Bob Dylan, Jimmie Hendrix). Today the brownstone-laden neighborhood is filled with the rich and famous. Drive down the area's leafy streets and feel free to get out to take a photo whenever you like. Then head south to the shopping mecca of SoHo and trendy TriBeCa, known for putting on an annual film festival.

Drive along the Hudson River until you reach the Financial District, also known as FiDi. See the 9/11 Memorial and One World Trade Center, the tallest building in North America. From there traverse the Brooklyn Bridge, one of the most iconic bridges in the city, and then come back to Manhattan via the Manhattan Bridge.

Depending on traffic, drive through densely packed Chinatown and then shrinking Little Italy, home to more than 20 historical landmarks and a plethora of Italian-American restaurants.

When the tour concludes get dropped off at your hotel. If you’ve selected the half-day tour, continue exploring the rest of Manhattan.

Midtown

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

St. Patrick's Cathedral (Pass By)

Empire State Building (Pass By)

Flatiron District

5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Flatiron Building (Pass By)

Washington Square Park

5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

West Village

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Meatpacking District

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

SoHo

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

TriBeCa

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

World Trade Center Memorial Foundation

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Statue of Liberty View Point

5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Financial District

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Brooklyn Heights Promenade

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Brooklyn Bridge

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Manhattan Bridge (Pass By)

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Stroller accessible
Service animals allowed
Near public transportation
Most travelers can participate

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.
This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.

Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.

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Absolutely fantastic!

Sandra_S, Apr 2024

Great experience! Absolutely recommended for first time visitors who like a more private and comfortable tour. Perfect for a family activity (my senior parents were also on board and were delighted). Isaac was a fantastic tour guide and showed us some great spots. We enjoyed every minute of our 5 hour tour.

Excellent.

Aad_B, Apr 2024

We had a great time. Our guide was excellent. We got to see a lot on little time, also less famous things.

Amazing experience

michelleb_B, Apr 2024

Our driver Issac was amazing and so informative We even stopped for photo opportunities Beautiful car and very great driving

Pleasant but Overpriced.

Jennifer_M, Mar 2024

We enjoyed the tour. Isaac was bery good at pointing interesting and little known sites iin the city he brought is to a place with a wonderful biew of the skyline. The Brooklyn Bridge the statue of liberty amd Ellis Island. I was disappointed not to have many opportunities for photos. Isaac was somewhat accommodating while enjoyable, way overpriced even for NYC

Great

Michael_G, Mar 2024

Isaac did an outstanding job. . Great insights. Loved the stop for NY pizza Insights to all the sights was great.

5 stars for Isaac!

Melissa_L, Feb 2024

Isaac was great! We had teenagers who said they loved seeing the Statue of Liberty from different viewpoints and Jacques Torres chocolate store was a highlight. Isaac was knowledgeable and also added to the tour by pointing out famous peoples' homes and where some movies were filmed. 5 stars!

New York in the SNOW

Mike_S, Jan 2024

We took a tour with Laura and Muhammad on Friday. We have been to New York several times and taken tours each time and this was the best by far. They shared the typical information and so much more. We learned about the architectural and culture history of the city. The role of the city in the social and entertainment history of the city and country was invaluable. We will do their tour again!

Time of our lives

Lorna_O, Jan 2024

Receiving a very friendly text the day before this tour was a fabulous first impression. I was asked to re-confirm and was given all the details I needed in regard to pick up / contact no etc. On the morning of the tour I also received a text from our driver (Isaac) when he was almost outside our pick-up location - top class service! Isaac was welcoming, friendly, and had every little bit of knowledge we were hoping for, when booking this trip we really hoped that our guide would be fun, interesting and enthusiastic and we were very lucky that Isaac ticked all of those boxes. We also asked him to deviate somewhat from the suggested itinerary which he accommodated without question, this even led to our tour going slightly over the time allocated which we really appreciated as it allowed us to complete our checklist of things we wanted to see within the tour and even a slice of NY pizza to keep us going. A very memorable tour, super comfortable classy vehicle and the glass roof a huge bonus. Would highly recommend, thank you Isaac

Excellent informative tour

Clare_B, Dec 2023

This tour was fantastic. We did the 3 hour tour and Isaac our driver was brilliant. Great fun, very knowledgeable and took us to a great little pizza place that we would never of found. Really enjoyed this and saw so many different place in New York. We also got some great pictures.

Same City, New Experiences!

Michael_G, Dec 2023

Laurie was an excellent tour guide. She gave us so many insights into a city we have been to many times. She enlightened us with her wealth of knowledge and had such a bubbly, fun personality. Truly enjoyed our time on this tour with her!

Great experience

Nicole_R, Dec 2023

Great tour. Very knowledgeable guide who was very willing to tailor to our interests time allowed. We would definitely use this guide and this company again.

Excellent Tour of NYC

Carrie_M, Nov 2023

Issac was a fantastic guide. He expertly navigated the city and gave us tons of history and interesting facts. We never felt rushed. He also took us to an amazing local pizza spot- the best I've ever had. We highly recommend this tour and Issac.

Awesome Isaac

Mary_S, Nov 2023

Isaac was awesome! He showed us everything we wanted and not just the typical “stuff” but things you don’t often hear about.

Learned so much!

Chris_P, Oct 2023

All the knowledge Jim had about everything! Having your private vehicle drop you off at the perfect location then appear when you are ready to go. Amazing doing it just the way you want.

Make sure they send a SUV

Berdine_S, Oct 2023

Nancy was an incredible tour guide. We're just sad that it wasn't a SUV ride - they sent a limo and sadly one could barely see out of it so that put a big damper on the day

Fantastic

Aisling_F, Oct 2023

We had the most amazing afternoon with Laurie . Totally recommend this way to see the city . We covered so much and had fantastic photo opportunities and learned so much about the city . Really worth having a tour guide to answer all your questions and give you insider info about the city . Five star experience and we had an upgrade to a limo .

It’s FANTASTIC! DO IT! 🍎♥️

Ashley_H, Jul 2023

Me and my family had an incredible experience with our tour guide Issac! We did the 5 hour tour, it covered all the essential spots, hidden gems and areas I never knew were tucked in to TriBeCa, the financial district and so much more. Our tour guide Issac, an NYC native, was SO incredibly knowledgeable!!! It was the highlight of our trip!

Great tour with great...

Linda_R, Jul 2023

Great tour with great driver. We got a great overview of the city with lots of good info. Issac was great!

Highly recommend

Tricia_W, Jul 2023

Isaac did a great job showing us parts of the city we had never seen! Highly recommend. We even got to see Brooklyn!

Intimate Touring

Joseph_C, Jun 2023

Great experience. The driver was fantastic, very safe driving and very convenient location with parking at all the various stops. Vehicle was a Mercedes Sprinter, large and comfortable. The tour guide Jim was fantastic giving us in-depth insight into the rich history of NYC and its surroundings.

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