The Village is one of the most iconic neighborhoods in New York City. It has a history rich in stories that will entertain, delight, and inspire. On this 90-minute walking tour you will visit sites where revolutions took place, art has been made, and icons lived and worked.
You will meet your guide in the center of the Village and dive into the story of this first neighborhood to form outside of Lower Manhattan in the early 1800s.
You will make your way to Washington Square Park, the iconic location of numerous protest movements and artistic displays. It is now a vibrant center of the NYU campus.
Here you’ll experience a time capsule of the early Bohemia and Beatnik countercultures. See the spots where Bob Dylan, Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsburg, Earnest Hemingway, Joan Rivers, Richard Prior and many others created and started their careers.
You will make your own way to the meeting points