This walking tour explores the musicians (e.g., Buddy Holly, John Lennon, Jimi Hendrix, Barbra Streisand, Bruce Springsteen, Lady Gaga, and Taylor Swift), artists (e.g., Edward Hopper, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney), writers (e.g., Mark Twain, Edith Wharton), actors, muckrakers, comedians (e.g., Jerry Seinfeld), rebels, architects, entrepreneurs, and innovators who lived and worked in the Village. If you enjoy culture and the arts, beautiful architecture, and fascinating stories, this tour is for you! The list of stops provides a few of the tour highlights.
This walking tour, led by a licensed New York tour guide with the highest rating from the New York Department of Consumer Affairs and a five-star Google review rating, explores the musicians, artists, writers, actors, muckrakers, comedians, rebels, architects, entrepreneurs, and innovators who lived and worked in the Village. You will learn about what inspired them and how they impacted our culture. This potpourri tour also includes a haunted house and stories about murderers and mayhem in the Village. This list contains a few of the highlights from the tour, but most of the 20+ stops are better left as surprises, which makes the tour even more fun and engaging.
Explore the incredible stories behind the Washington Square Park Arch, including riveting tales about the murder of the century and arch conspirators.
Visit the former homes of writer Edith Wharton, artist Edward Hopper, singers Taylor Swift and Buddy Holly, and inventor Samuel Morse, among others.
You will make your own way to the meeting points
No ticket needed. The online booking serves as the ticket to entry.