Statue of Liberty & Ellis Island - Exclusive Guided Tour
Explore these New York landmarks on a 3 hour exclusive guided tour, for a walk through time when America embraced immigration more than ever. Follow in the footsteps of over 12 million foreigners seeking roads paved with gold in the New World on this tour of the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island.
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9am Private Guided Tour
9am Private Guided Tour
Starting point:
The Immigrants, 1973, South of Castle Clinton, The Battery, New York, NY 10004, USA
What's included in Statue of Liberty & Ellis Island - Exclusive Guided Tour
(Subject to Option Inclusions)Itinerary
Statue of Liberty
Follow in the footsteps of over 12 million foreigners seeking roads paved with gold in the New World on this tour of the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. Explore these New York landmarks on a 3 hour semi-private guided tour, joining up to 8 people for a walk through time when America embraced immigration more than ever. The tour begins at Battery Park, one of the oldest parts of Manhattan. Here you’ll find the country’s first immigration center, Castle Garden Immigration Station, which operated until Ellis Island opened. Take a ferry to visit Liberty Island where the Statue of Liberty keeps an eye on incoming ships. You’ll learn all about Fort Wood, which now acts as the base for the statue, offered to the US by France in 1886. You’ll hear all about its creator, Bartholdi, as well as contributions by famed architect Gustave Eiffel, of Tower fame. Another ferry will whisk you across the water to Ellis Island. Here, millions of European newcomers wandered the very island that you will visit, learning about the medical examines and surprising conditions faced by immigrants. Learn about the island layout, and where immigrants who were quarantined were housed. You’ll end at the Wall of Honor, where you can search for your family’s name among the some 700,000 names commemorating those who entered the United States here. After the tour, your guide will introduce you to the museum to further explore the exhibits and history of the island. This tour is the ideal way to remember, and celebrate, the immigrants that contributed so much to America’s success.
Battery Park
You will begin your tour at Battery Park, a public park located at the southern tip of Manhattan Island. Here, you will briefly see the attractions and monuments that the park contains and learn all about its history as one of the oldest parts of Manhattan.
Castle Clinton National Monument
Before making your way to Liberty Island, you will learn about Castle Clinton, a landmark representing not only the city’s growth but the growth of the nation. Built from 1808 to 1811, it was the first U.S immigration station where more than 8 million people arrived in the United States between 1855 to 1890.
Inclusions
- PRIVATE GUIDED TOUR
- PROFESSIONAL TOUR GUIDE
- All Fees and Taxes
- FERRY TRANSPORTATION TO ELLIS ISLAND & STATUE OF LIBERTY
- Lunch
- Tour Price Does NOT Include Hotel Pickup or Drop-Off (We Recommend UBER or Taxi)
- Tour Does NOT Include Gratuities (OPTIONAL)
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Meet
Pickup and Dropoff
You will make your own way to the meeting points
Meeting Points
- Meet at the Bronze statue ‘the immigrants’ (Luis Sanguino) in battery park, just southeast of castle Clinton
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• TOUR MEETING POINT: Meet at the Bronze statue ‘the immigrants’ (Luis Sanguino) in battery park, just southeast of castle Clinton • It is imperative that you provide us with guests MOBILE PHONE NUMBER (including country code) • Recommended Dress: Comfortable and weather appropriate Please arrive at the meeting point at least 10 minutes prior to the tour's scheduled departure time. Babylon Tours NYC: 1(917)999-0380 If calling from outside North America dial 0019179990380 [email protected] www.BabylonTours.com
