New York City Shore Excursion: Pre-Cruise Half-Day Private Tour
Before you embark on your cruise from New York City, tour the city in style by private vehicle, with your own personal navigator to guide you! Your private guide is an experienced, knowledgeable, native New Yorker who will show you New York City’s most fascinating areas. Enjoy personalized attention as you see top Big Apple sights like the Brooklyn Bridge, SoHo and Chinatown. At the end of your tour, you’ll be conveniently dropped-off at your chosen cruise port: Manhattan, Cape Liberty NJ or Brooklyn.
Options
3-Hour Brooklyn / Up to 12
Duration: 3 hours
SUV or Sprinter Van / Up to 12: Depending on your group size, a large SUV or Sprinter Van that can accommodate all guests and luggage will be provided
3-Hour Brooklyn Cruise Port: Private New York City tour with pickup from New York City hotels, residences or area airports and drop-off at the Brooklyn cruise port
Pickup included
What's included in New York City Shore Excursion: Pre-Cruise Half-Day Private Tour
(Subject to Option Inclusions)Itinerary
Midtown
The central portion of the New York City borough of Manhattan and serves as the city's primary central business district. Midtown is home to some of the city's most prominent buildings, including the Empire State Building, the Chrysler Building, the Hudson Yards Redevelopment Project, the headquarters of the United Nations, Grand Central Terminal, and Rockefeller Center, as well as several prominent tourist destinations including Broadway, Times Square, and Koreatown. Penn Station in Midtown Manhattan is the busiest transportation hub in the Western Hemisphere Midtown Manhattan is one of the largest central business districts in the world and ranks among the world's most expensive locations for real estate; Fifth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan has commanded the world's highest retail rents, with average annual rents at US$3,000 per square foot
SoHo
The name "SoHo" derives from the area being "South of Houston Street", and was coined in 1962 by Chester Rapkin, an urban planner and author of The South Houston Industrial Area study, also known as the "Rapkin Report". The name also recalls Soho, an area in London's West End. Almost all of SoHo is included in the SoHo–Cast Iron Historic District, which was designated by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission in 1973, extended in 2010, and was 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 of them incorporating cast-iron architectural elements. Many side streets in the district are paved with Belgian blocks
Chinatown
New York City's main Chinatown is a neighborhood in Lower Manhattan, New York City, bordering the Lower East Side to its east, Little Italy to its north, Civic Center to its south, and Tribeca to its west. With an estimated population of 90,000 to 100,000 people, Chinatown is home to the highest concentration of Chinese people in the Western Hemisphere. Manhattan's Chinatown is also one of the oldest Chinese ethnic enclaves. The Manhattan Chinatown is one of nine Chinatown neighborhoods in New York City, as well as one of twelve in the New York metropolitan area, which contains the largest ethnic Chinese population outside of Asia, comprising an estimated 893,697 individuals as of 2017.
Inclusions
- Worry-free Shore Excursion
- Hotel, residence or area airport pickup
- Private tour of New York City
- Port drop-off
- Gratuities
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Due to the nature of this tour, it will not be conducted during inclement weather. If, on the day of the tour, the company needs to cancel the tour, you may be rescheduled to another time that is convenient
- Your car tour will include a private guide who will be there as your personal navigator to show you the best of New York City
- Type of car is determined by number of travelers
- Please select either an English-speaking or Spanish-speaking guide at the time of booking
- Not recommended for children aged 2 and under
- Luggage will be stored and transported
Meet
Pickup and Dropoff
Choose to be picked up from a list of locations
Additional Information
Any, airport, hotel, residence or Air B & B within New York City.
Redeem
Ticket Redemption
• Due to the nature of this tour, it will not be conducted during inclement weather. If, on the day of the tour, the company needs to cancel the tour, you may be rescheduled to another time that is convenient.
