114-night World Cruise - Roundtrip Brisbane

Bali Highlights & Twin Lakes - 9 hours - Benoa

Highlights:

• Your adventure begins at the conclusion of your welcoming ceremony.
• After boarding your motor coach you’ll drive through the emerald green hills and into central Bali.
• Your first stop is Sangeh Monkey Forest, a 34-acre sanctuary for hundreds of monkeys.
• Visit the 400-year-old Pura Bukit Sari Sangeh Temple.
• Next on your itinerary, you’ll see Lake Bratan. Located almost 4,000 feet above sea level, this sparkling lake sits in the crater of Mt. Catur.
• Then, you’ll make a photo stop at a viewing area where you can look out over the “twin lakes,” Buyan Lake, the smallest lake in Bali, and Tamblingan Lake.
• Continuing on, you’ll head over to the highland village of Munduk for lunch.
• After lunch, you’ll visit the colourful Pasar Candi Kuning market. In addition to fresh fruits and vegetables, you can also purchase handicrafts, paintings, and fabrics.
• Your final destination is the village of Tohpati, famous for its fine batik. After observing the batik process you can try your hand at painting traditional batik designs.
• Later, you're invited to browse for souvenirs, gifts and fine Balinese crafts.
• When your exciting highland exploration comes to an end, you’ll return to your motorcoach, perhaps laden with crafts from the market or Tohpati, for the relaxing ride back to your ship.

Tour Duration: 9 hours

Tour can operate: Morning

Wheelchair Accessible: No

Physical Activity Level: Moderate

Inclusions: 

• Pick up/ Drop off at Benoa Port
• Entrance Fees, English speaking guide assistance, Welcome dance
• Soft drinks/ mineral water/ refreshments, Lunch

Not Included:

• Personal expenses, telephone, laundry service, tips and gratuities, personal travel insurance
• All services which are not mentioned on the program above.

Bali’s Heritage Sites – 9 hours - Benoa

Highlights:

• After a traditional Balinese pendet welcome dance, you’ll board your motorcoach and travel to Tohpati near the capital city of Denpasar. Along the way, you’ll see beautiful landscapes of coastal plains, lush terraced hillsides, rice paddies, and fruit and spice plantations.
• Once you arrive in Tohpati, you’ll visit a factory to see first hand the entire batik process.
• After observing the batik process you can try your hand at painting traditional batik designs.
• Later, you're invited to browse for souvenirs, gifts and fine Balinese crafts.
• Re-board your coach and travel to Penglipuran Culture Village. The village people live under strict rules just like their ancestors centuries ago.
• Continuing on, you’ll visit Pura Besakih, the Mother Temple of Bali. Perched over 3,000 feet up the gentle slopes of Mt. Agung, Bali’s largest and holiest temple dates back 2,000 years.
• Next, is a delicious buffet lunch featuring Indonesian dishes in the village of Rendang. As you enjoy your meal, marvel at the breathtaking views of the rice paddies and Mt. Agung.
• Following lunch, you’ll journey to the village of Klungkung for a photo stop at Kertha Gosa.
• Finally, you’ll travel to your ship with photos and memories to share with everyone back home.

Tour Duration: 9 hours

Tour can operate: Full day

Wheelchair Accessible: No

Physical Activity Level: Moderate

Inclusions:

• Pick up/ Drop off at Benoa Port
• Entrance Fees, English speaking guide assistance, Welcome dance
• Soft drinks / mineral water / refreshments / lunch / snacks

Not Included:

• Personal expenses, telephone, laundry service, tips and gratuities, personal travel insurance.
• All services which are not mentioned on the program above.

Mt. Batur & Rural Bali with a Local Family – 8 hours - Benoa

Highlights:

• This unique full-day excursion not only introduces you to a local family but offers you the opportunity to learn a little bit about their culture and language.
• Your day begins with a pendet welcome ceremony at the pier.
• Then, you’ll board your motorcoach and travel into central Bali.
• You’ll continue on to a charming village and disembark at a Balinese home and meet a local family. After a warm welcome, you’ll join them for a traditional Balinese breakfast, which may include fried banana fritters and rice cakes served with coffee or tea.
• Later, you’ll go for a stroll through the village and stop for a welcome dance performed by local children. Then, you’ll walk through the farms and watch the farmers at work in the rice fields.
• To experience the spiritual side of Bali, you’ll climb back aboard your coach bound for Kehen Temple, considered the most beautiful Hindu temple on the island.
• You’ll then proceed to an Indonesian buffet lunch in the village of Kintamani, which sits on the edge of Mt. Batur. Relax over your delicious meal while marvelling at the outstanding views of the active volcano and the sparkling waters of Lake Batur
• Kemenuh is the centre of the intricate art of woodcarving. You’ll visit a woodcarving studio and watch skilled craftsmen.
• Before returning to port, you can comb through the gallery and purchase these wooden works of art that capture the spirit of this incredible place.

Tour Duration: 8 hours

Tour can operate: Full day

Wheelchair Accessible: No

Physical Activity Level: Moderate

Inclusions:

• Pick up/ Drop off at Benoa Port
• Entrance Fees, English speaking guide assistance, Welcome dance
• Soft drinks/ mineral water/ refreshments, Balinese breakfast, lunch

Not Included:

• Personal expenses, telephone, laundry service, tips and gratuities, personal travel insurance
• All services which are not mentioned on the program above

Half Day Singapore City Tour – 4 hours - Singapore

Highlights:

• Bumboat Ride
• Merlion Park
• Drive around the Civic District
• National Orchid Garden Admission

Tour Duration: 4 hours

Tour can operate: Morning or afternoon

Wheelchair Accessible: Yes, if guests can walk a short
distance to board the bumboat when wheelchair must be foldable to fit into the minivan.

Physical Activity Level: Moderate

Inclusions:

• Pick up/ Drop off services to/from cruise port
• Licensed, professional English-speaking guide
• Transportation by deluxe, air-conditioned vehicle
• A Bottled Water

Not Included:

• Meals that are not mentioned in the above itinerary
• Drinks or personal expenses or entrance fees for any extra sightseeing or optional activities
• Tips or gratuities to guides, drivers, porters, hotel, restaurants, etc. 

Good Morning, Ni Hao (Walking Tour)

Destination: Singapore
Tour Duration: 04 hours

Highlights:
Our guide will pick you up at the port (Marina Bay Cruise Center or Singapore Cruise Center).

Spend a wonderful morning as a local would visiting a wet market, enjoying a hawker breakfast and finishing off at a traditional heritage shop. Begin with a stroll through a local wet market, always an explosion of sights, sounds and smells! See where the term “wet market” comes from as you watch stall owners use water to wash the floors, to freshen up fruits and vegetables, and to keep fish and shellfish alive. Check out local favourites like century egg, black chicken and a wide array of spices. Continue to the Chinatown Complex, Singapore’s largest food centre and enjoy a leisurely breakfast. Finally, stop by a traditional heritage shop where locals go for herbs, tonics and even pastries for a family tea time. End your tour on a sweet note with a sampling of local desserts.

Inclusions:
• Private transfer
• Port pick-up and drop-off
• Sightseeing with Local English Speaking guide
• Entrance fees
• Meals as specified (meals only, no drinks/ waters)
• Cold towels and water on sightseeing days 

Not Included:
• Other meals where not mention in the program
• Drinks/ waters on meals
• Singapore visa (Please contact your cruise for the visa details)
• Personal expenses
• Travel insurance
• Tips and Gratuities
• Other services not listed in inclusive column
 

Full Day Singapore Tour – 8 hours - Singapore

Highlights:

• Bumboat Ride
• Merlion Park
• Drive around the Civic District
• National Orchid Garden Admission
• Lunch at a local restaurant
• Kampong Glam
• Arab Street
• Chinatown
• Little India
• Tekka Centre

Tour Duration: 8 hours

Tour can operate: Morning

Wheelchair Accessible:  Yes, if guests can walk a short distance to board the bumboat when wheelchair must be foldable to fit into the minivan.

Physical Activity Level:  Moderate

Inclusions:

• Pick up/ Drop off services to/from cruise port
• Licensed, professional English-speaking guide
• Transportation by deluxe, air-conditioned vehicle
• Bottled Water

Not Included:

• Meals that are not mentioned in the above itinerary
• Drinks or personal expenses or entrance fees for any extra sightseeing or optional activities.
• Tips or gratuities to guides, drivers, porters, hotel, restaurants, etc.

Singapore City Tour (4 hours)

Half-day tour to Singapore City

Highlights

• Botanical Gardens
• Chinatown
• Bum Boat ride - 30-minute ride (share-basis)
• Merlion Park & Little India

Tour Duration: 4 hours
Wheelchair Accessible: No
Physical Activity Level: Moderate

Inclusions:

• Transportation is by private vehicle (Mercedes Benz E200) with services of a driver and an English-speaking guide
• Local bottled water & entrance fees during sightseeing
• Gratuity to the guide & driver
• Service voucher

Not Included

• Any cruise arrangements
• Any meals
• Travel Insurance
• Any Visa

Singapore Sentosa Tour (4 hours)

Half-day tour to Singapore - Sentosa

Highlights

• Sentosa Resort
• Sentosa Merlion Tower
• SEA Aquarium

Tour Duration: 4 hours
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Physical Activity Level: Moderate
 
Inclusions:

• Transportation is by private vehicle (Mercedes Benz E200) with services of a driver and an English-speaking guide
• Local bottled water & entrance fees during sightseeing
• Gratuity to the guide & driver
• Service voucher

 Not Included:

• Any cruise arrangements
• Any meals
• Travel insurance
• Any visa 

 
 

Singapore Night Safari Tour (4 hours)

Evening Singapore Safari Tour

Highlights

• 1815 hrs   Singapore Night Safari
• 2215 hrs  Return to hotel

Tour Duration: 4 hours
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Physical Activity Level: Moderate
 
Inclusions:

• Transportation is by private vehicle (Mercedes Benz E200) with services of a driver and an English-speaking guide
• Local bottled water & entrance fees during sightseeing
• Gratuity to the guide & driver
• Service voucher

 Not Included:

• Any cruise arrangements
• Any meals
• Travel insurance
• Any visa 

Singapore Ethnic Neighbourhood Tour (4 hours)

Half Day Tour to Singapore Ethnic Neighbourhood

Highlights

• Kampong Glam
• Bugis Village
• Trishaw ride (2 persons to 1 Trishaw)

Tour Duration: 4 hours
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Physical Activity Level: Moderate
 
Inclusions:

• Transportation is by private vehicle (Mercedes Benz E200) with services of a driver and an English-speaking guide
• Local bottled water & entrance fees during sightseeing
• Gratuity to the guide & driver
• Service voucher

 Not Included:

• Any cruise arrangements
• Any meals
• Travel insurance
• Any visa 

Singapore Foodie Tour (4 hours)

Half day tour to Singapore Foodie

Highlights

• Maxwell Hawker Centre or Lau Pat Sat (either one of the above venue depending availability)
• Tea Chapter

Tour Duration: 4 hours
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Physical Activity Level: Moderate
 
Inclusions:

• Transportation is by private vehicle (Mercedes Benz E200) with services of a driver and an English-speaking guide
• Local bottled water & entrance fees during sightseeing
• Gratuity to the guide & driver
• Service voucher

 Not Included:

• Any cruise arrangements
• Any meals
• Travel insurance
• Any visa 

Singapore Flyer & Gardens By The Bay (4 hours)

Half day tour to Singapore Flyer & Gardens By The Bay

Highlights

• Singapore Flyer - a 35 minutes ride (share-basis)
• Gardens by the Bay (Flower Dome and Cloud Forest)

Tour Duration: 4 hours
Wheelchair Accessible: No
Physical Activity Level: Moderate
 
Inclusions:

• Transportation is by private vehicle (Mercedes Benz E200) with services of a driver and an English-speaking guide
• Local bottled water & entrance fees during sightseeing
• Gratuity to the guide & driver
• Service voucher

 Not Included:

• Any cruise arrangements
• Any meals
• Travel insurance
• Any visa 

Singapore Toa Payoh Hub Tour (4 hours)

Half day tour to Singapore Toa Payoh Hub

Highlights

• Toa Payoh (a first generation New Town built in the late 1960s)
• Coffee break in a local coffee shop
• Take a subway for a 5 minutes drive to Bishan (a second generation New Town, designed and built in the early 1990's)

Tour Duration: 4 hours
Wheelchair Accessible: No
Physical Activity Level: Moderate
 
Inclusions:

• Transportation is by private vehicle (Mercedes Benz E200) with services of a driver and an English-speaking guide
• Local bottled water & entrance fees during sightseeing
• Gratuity to the guide & driver
• Service voucher

 Not Included:

• Any cruise arrangements
• Any meals
• Travel insurance
• Any visa 

Singapore Crazy Rich Asians Movie Locations Tour (4 hours)

Half day tour to Crazy Rich Asians Movie Locations in Singapore

Highlights

• Bukit Pasoh
• Newton Food Centre
• Chijmes
• Raffles Hotel

Tour Duration: 4 hours
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Physical Activity Level: Moderate
 
Inclusions:

• Transportation is by private vehicle (Mercedes Benz E200) with services of a driver and an English-speaking guide
• Local bottled water & entrance fees during sightseeing
• Gratuity to the guide & driver
• Service voucher

 
Not Included:

• Any cruise arrangements
• Any meals
• Travel insurance
• Any visa 

Singapore - Gardens By The Bay (3.5 Hours)

Highlights:

• Enter one of the "Top 10 Indoor Gardens of the World" - a futuristic area of garden artistry and horticulture spread over 101 hectares.
• In the Flower Dome we can marvel at the world's largest glass greenhouse, and wander amongst baobabs, thousand-year-old olive trees, a changing flower field display and more.
• In the Cloud Forest we will enter a mysterious world veiled in mist, as we come face to face with the 35-metre tall indoor waterfall and explore seven discovery zones.

Tour Duration:      3.5 Hours
Tour can operate: Morning
Wheelchair Accessible: No
Physical Activity Level: Light

Inclusions:

• English-speaking guide.
• Ground transportation in private A/C vehicle.
• 1 complimentary bottle of drinking water and 1 cold towel per person per half day tour/ 2 bottles of water and 2 cold towels per person per full day tour.
• Sightseeing including admission fees according to itinerary.

Not Included:

• Visa fees
• Lunch
• Drinks
• Personal expenses

Singapore - Heartlands Tour (3.5 Hours)

Highlights:

• Visit Toa Payoh New Town. This is the first town to be built by the Housing Development Board, the government arm in charge of public housing in Singapore.
• Explore a typical self-sufficient town complete with public vs private housing, public transport, public amenities as well as industrial and commercial areas.
• Visit the public recreation areas and view a typical show flat for a public housing building. Visits to a wet market and hawker centre will give us an even deeper glimpse into local life. (Showflat is not open on Sundays and public holidays)

Tour Duration: 3.5 Hours
Tour can operate: Morning (Suggested starting time: 09h00 or 14h00)
Wheelchair Accessible: No
Physical Activity Level: Moderate

Inclusions:

• Local English Speaking Guide
• Ground transportation in private A/C vehicle.
• 2 bottles of water and 2 cold towels per person
• Sightseeing including admission fees according to itinerary. 

Not Included:

• Personal Expenses, Tipping

Kusadasi Port - The Glories of Ephesus (Full Day Tour)

Kusadasi Port - A Taste of Ephesus- (Half day tour)

Kusadasi Port - Ephesus & Virgin Mary House - (Half Day Tour)

PORT: KUSADASI

EPHESUS & VIRGIN MARY HOUSE

Half-Day Tour

Arrive in Kusadasi, you will meet your professional guide, holding a name sign outside of the terminal building at the port for your half- day tour in Ephesus.

First, you will visit the House of Virgin Mary, where the Virgin is said to have lived the last years of her life. The building was rediscovered in the late 19th century by Lazartis from Smyrna based on the vision of a German nun. The site is officially declared a shrine of the Roman Catholic Church and visited by Pope Paul VI in 1967, Pope John Paul II in 1979 and Pope Benedict XVI in 2007.

Then, you will drive to Ephesus, enter and view the Odeon Theatre, where state affairs and concerts were held. Walk down the marble walkway and visit the Hadrian Temple. It was dedicated in 118 AD to Hadrian, Artemis, and the people of Ephesus but greatly reconstructed in the 4th century. This impressive Corinthian style temple has beautiful reliefs on the porch. According to the belief of Ephesians, the Medusa head on the porch, would protect the city from its enemies.

Next, you will proceed to the Celsus Library, The library is the best preserved structure of its kind. The inscription on the side of the building’s front staircase says that the library was build by Julius, in his father’s honour, after his death. His father, Celsus was the Roman governor of Asia Minor early in the 2nd century AD. His tomb is in the library as well.

Next, visit the Great Theatre, dating back to the Hellenistic period. In the 1st century AD it was successfully reconstructed and expanded by the Romans until it reached the seating capacity of 25,000. This is also the place where it is believed that St.Paul preached. It is still used for performances today.

At the end of your day, you will return to Kusadasi and have some time for shopping in town before you embark your ship.

Includes:

• 1 half-day of private sightseeing in Ephesus
• Licensed professional guide in English Language
• Air- conditioned luxury vehicle with a professional driver
• Entrance fees to museums and sites according to the above itinerary
• Bottled water provided throughout the tour
• Welcome package
• VAT tax

Not Included:

• Gratuities to guide and driver
• Personal expenses of the guests
• Meals that are not indicated on the itinerary

Ephesus Full Day Tour - 8 hours

Highlights/Description:

• Ancient Ephesus
• Library of Celsus
• Excavations of Terrace Houses
• House of the Virgin Mary

Your English speaking guide will meet you at the Kusadasi cruise pier for your tour in Ephesus.

You will proceed to the remarkable Greco-Roman site of Ancient Ephesus. Dating back to the 11th century B.C., it has been excavated and restored since 1870s. It is one of the world’s most fascinating sites of antiquity. Ephesus flourished as a prominent city and seaport between 600 B.C. and 500 A.D.

We will start our private walking tour through Royal Road also known as the Arcadian Way, 4th century white marble chariot road that leads to the most striking building, which is the two-storey Library of Celsus. Beautifully restored with its restored facade now the famed symbol of Ephesus, The Library once housed 12,000 scrolls of papyrus and parchment manuscripts, making it the 2nd largest in the ancient world after the library in Alexandria in Egypt.

Ephesus Theater, seating 25,000 has exceptional acoustics and is still in use today for concerts and theatrical performances.

You will also visit the ongoing excavations of the Greco Roman Houses of Ephesian Aristocrats (known as Terrace Houses) with their magnificent mosaics and frescoes being restored by archeologists as you visit the site. In addition to the historic monuments, your excursion will also include a visit to the House of the Virgin Mary, a lovely little chapel set in the hills behind Ephesus believed to be Virgin Mary’s last home.

At the end of your tour, you will be transferred back to the cruise pier.
 
Tour Duration: 8 Hours
Tour can operate: Morning
Wheelchair Accessible: No
Physical Activity Level: Moderate to Heavy
Net Price: Per Person € 201.50 based on 2 guests

Inclusions:

• Officially licensed, private guide
• Transfers to/from port in an air-conditioned luxury vehicle
• Parking fees and entrance fees of the sites/museums stated in the tour program
• Bottled water
• Welcome package
• Applicable taxes

Not Included:

• Meals, unless otherwise noted
• Gratuities
• Personal expenses

Ephesus & Sirince Full Day Tour - 8 hours

Highlights/Description:

• Ancient Ephesus
• Sirince
• Home-style lunch in a local village
• Visit to a wine house

Your English speaking guide will meet you at the Kusadasi cruise pier for your tour in Ephesus.
 
You will proceed to the remarkable Greco-Roman site of Ancient Ephesus. Dating back to the 11th century B.C., it has been excavated and restored since 1870s. It is one of the world’s most fascinating sites of antiquity. Ephesus flourished as a prominent city and seaport between 600 B.C. and 500 A.D. We will start our private walking tour through Royal Road also known as the Arcadian Way, 4th century white marble chariot road that leads to the most striking building, which is the two-storey Library of Celsus.
 
Beautifully restored with its restored facade now the famed symbol of Ephesus, The Library once housed 12,000 scrolls of papyrus and parchment manuscripts, making it the 2nd largest in the ancient world after the library in Alexandria in Egypt. Ephesus Theater, seating 25,000 has exceptional acoustics and is still in use today for concerts and theatrical performances.
 
You will also visit the ongoing excavations of the Greco Roman Houses of Ephesian Aristocrats (known as Terrace Houses) with their magnificent mosaics and frescoes being restored by archeologists as you visit the site.
 
In addition to the historic monuments, your excursion will also include a visit to the House of the Virgin Mary, a lovely little chapel set in the hills behind Ephesus believed to be Virgin Mary’s last home.
 
At the end of your tour, you will be transferred back to the cruise pier.
 
Tour Duration: 8 Hours
Tour can operate: Morning
Wheelchair Accessible: No
Physical Activity Level: Moderate to Heavy
Net Price: Per Person € 188.50 based on 2 guests

Inclusions:

• Officially licensed, private guide
• Transfers to/from port in an air-conditioned luxury vehicle
• Parking fees and entrance fees of the sites/museums stated in the tour program
• Bottled water
• Welcome package
• Applicable taxes

Not Included:

• Meals, unless otherwise noted
• Gratuities
• Personal expenses

Ephesus Half Day Tour - 4 hours

Highlights/Description:

• Ancient Ephesus
• Library of Celsus
• The Library
• Ephesus Theatre

 
Your English speaking guide will meet you at the Kusadasi cruise pier for your tour in Ephesus.
 
You will proceed to the remarkable Greco-Roman site of Ancient Ephesus. Dating back to the 11th century B.C., it has been excavated and restored since 1870s. It is one of the world’s most fascinating sites of antiquity. Ephesus flourished as a prominent city and seaport between 600 B.C. and 500 A.D. We will start our private walking tour through Royal Road also known as the Arcadian Way, 4th century white marble chariot road that leads to the most striking building, which is the two-storey Library of Celsus.
 
Beautifully restored with its restored facade now the famed symbol of Ephesus, The Library once housed 12,000 scrolls of papyrus and parchment manuscripts, making it the 2nd largest in the ancient world after the library in Alexandria in Egypt. Ephesus Theater, seating 25,000 has exceptional acoustics and is still in use today for concerts and theatrical performances.
 
At the end of your tour, you will be transferred back to the cruise pier.
 
Tour Duration: 4 Hours
Tour can operate: Morning
Wheelchair Accessible: No
Physical Activity Level: Moderate to Heavy
Net Price: Per Person € 130.00 based on 2 guests

Inclusions:

• Officially licensed, private guide
• Transfers to/from port in an air-conditioned luxury vehicle
• Parking fees and entrance fees of the sites/museums stated in the tour program
• Bottled water
• Welcome package
• Applicable taxes

Not Included:

• Meals, unless otherwise noted
• Gratuities
• Personal expenses

Kusadasi Port - Three Ancient Cities; Didyma, Miletus & Priene (Full Day Tour)

Arrive in Kusadasi,you will meet your professional guide at the port and drive to three ancient cities.
 
Your first stop will be Priene. The ancient harbor city of Priene probably changed its location when the silt of the Meander River threatened to bury it. Now it is nearly 16 km away from the sea. The original place of the city has never been found but it was probably a peninsula with two harbors. Priene was laid out on a Hippodamian system of grid plan at the foot of a spectacular cliff on mount Mycale and contained many famous examples of Hellenistic art and architecture.All the streets intersect at the right angles.
 
Next, visit Miletus an ancient city located near the present Akkoy at the mouth of the Buyuk Menderes (Meander) River, owed its importance to its position on trade routes. It was one of the largest cities in Anatolia with a population of between 80,000 and 100,000. Highly prosperous, it founded many colonies and was the home of the 6C BC philosophers Anaximander, Anaximenes, and Thales, the town planner Hippodamus and architect Isidorus. Miletus seems to have produced geniuses the way Aphrodisias produced sculptors.
 
Lunch suggested at local restaurant.

Last, you will visit Didyma. The word Didyma meant "twins" and was associated by some as being the meeting place of Zeus and Leto to have their twins Apollo and Artemis. Didyma was famed as a prophecy center dedicated to Apollo which served a similar purpose as the Delphi of Anatolia. It was not a city but a sanctuary linked to Miletus by Milesians with a 19 km/12 m sacred road. However, this road may not have been constructed until the end of the 1C AD. In addition to pilgrimages made by sea, some festivals of drama, music and sports were held there every four years.
 
At the end of your tour, you can return to Kusadasi.
 
OUR PACKAGE RATE INCLUDES 

• 1 full day of sightseeing in a deluxe air-conditioned vehicle with a professional driver in Three Ancient Cities.
• Private chauffeur driven a/c deluxe vehicle throughout the program.
• Officially licensed, English speaking guide throughout the tour program.
• Entrance fees to all museums, parks, and historic sites as marked on the itinerary.
• Bottled water provided throughout the tour.
• Welcome Package
• VAT taxes.

OUR  PACKAGE RATE EXCLUDES 

• Gratuities to the Guide & Driver
  • At the discretion of the guests
• Personal expenses of the guests
• Suggested lunch

Kusadasi Port - Biblical Tour of Ephesus ( Full Day tour)

• 1 full day of sightseeing in a deluxe air-conditioned vehicle with a professional driver in Ephesus
• Private chauffeur driven a/c deluxe vehicle throughout the program.
• Officially license, English speaking guide throughout the tour program.
• Entrance fees to all museums, parks, and historic sites as marked on the itinerary.
• Bottled water provided throughout the tour. 
• Welcome Package
• VAT taxes.

• Gratuities to the Guide & Driver
  • At the discretion of the guests
• Personal expenses of the guests
• Recommended lunch

Kusadasi Port - Ephesus & Didyma & Miletus (Full Day Tour)

Arrive in Kusadasi, you will meet your professional guide, holding a name sign outside of the terminal building at the port for private full day sightseeing. 

First, visit Ephesus, famous throughout the ancient world for its Temple of Artemis.  You will first visit Odeon Theatre where the state affairs used to be held. Then, view The Temple of Hadrian is one of the main attractions at Ephesus, with a beautiful arch on the front facade and interesting reliefs of Medusa. According to the belief of Ephesians, the Medusa head on the porch, would protect the city from its enemies.
 
Next, you will visit the newly excavated spectacular The Terrace Houses on the Curetes street belonged to the rich people of Ephesus. Many of them were three-storied and had peristyles surrounded by rooms without windows but included frescoes and mosaics of mythological scenes. Some of the frescoes were scenes from the comedies of Menander and the tragedies of Euripides. They were luxuriously furnished private houses with fountains and central heating. Between the street and houses was a portico with a mosaic floor, behind which were shops.

Proceed to The Celsus Library is a Roman mausoleum and library built in the early 2nd century AD. The Library of Celsus was comissioned by the Julius as a mausoleum for his father, Roman governor of the Asian Provinces. It is one of the most beautifully reconstructed buildings in Ephesus, it has become an icon of the ancient city.

The Great Theatre, dates back to the Hellenistic period. It is one of the most impressive buildings in Ephesus which has the capacity of 25,000 seats. The theatre was used for concerts, plays and religious, political and philosophical discussions and for gladiator and animal fights. Marble Road, runs between the Library of Celsus and the theater and is a part of the sacred  walk way.  
 
Then, you will drive approximately 1½ hours to visit the ancient cities of Miletus and Didyma.
 
Lunch suggested at a local restaurant.
 
Next, visit Miletus an ancient city located near the present Akkoy at the mouth of the Buyuk Menderes (Meander) River, owed its importance to its position on trade routes. It was one of the largest cities in Anatolia with a population of between 80,000 and 100,000. Highly prosperous, it founded many colonies and was the home of the 6C BC philosophers Anaximander, Anaximenes, and Thales, the town planner Hippodamus and architect Isidorus. Miletus seems to have produced geniuses the way Aphrodisias produced sculptors.
 
Last, you will visit Didyma. The word Didyma meant "twins" and was associated by some as being the meeting place of Zeus and Leto to have their twins Apollo and Artemis. Didyma was famed as a prophecy center dedicated to Apollo which served a similar purpose as the Delphi of Anatolia. It was not a city but a sanctuary linked to Miletus by Milesians with a 19 km/12 m sacred road. However, this road may not have been constructed until the end of the 1C AD. In addition to pilgrimages made by sea, some festivals of drama, music and sports were held there every four years.

OUR NET PACKAGE RATE INCLUDES 

• 1 full day of sightseeing in a deluxe air-conditioned vehicle with a professional driver in Ephesus, Didyma and Miletus.
• Private chauffeur driven a/c deluxe vehicle throughout the program
• Licensed professional  guide in English language.
• Officially licensed, English speaking guide throughout the tour program.
• Entrance fees to all museums, parks, and historic sites as marked on the itinerary.
• Bottled water provided throughout the tour. 
• Welcome Package
• VAT taxes.

• Gratuities to the Guide & Driver
  •  At the discretion of the guests
• Personal expenses of the guests
• Suggested lunch

 

Ephesus 3D Experience Full Day Tour – 6 hours

Ephesus 3D tour is an extraordinary experience offering an innovative way to visit Ancient Ephesus. Our 3D virtual tour brings you inside the site with accurate replicas of Ephesus, the Celcus Library, Great Theatre and more! By using this technology, you will see reconstructed major sites of the Ancient city. During this experience, your guide will further explain 7 sites; Odeon Theatre, Curetes, Trajan Fountain, Hadrian Gate, Library of Celcus, Commercial Agora  and Arcadia way with a visual show of the Ancient Romans featuring live actors! Based on cutting edge technology and the master work of artists - our virtual tour is incredibly accurate.
 
Our team of artists, technicians and writers create each 3D tour with a great emphasis on colors, shapes, symmetry, sizes, compositions and proportions. Every element of the Ephesus 3D virtual tour is designed to convey the true atmosphere of the site.
 
Tour Duration: 6 Hours
Tour can operate: Morning
Wheelchair Accessible: No
Physical Activity Level: Moderate
Net Price: Per Person € 130.00 based on 2 guests

Inclusions:

• English-speaking guide
• Entrance fees and applicable taxes
• Transfers to/from Kusadasi Port
• Lunch at a typical Village Restaurant, included unlimited soft drinks and wine
   
  Not Included:
• Gratuities to driver and guide
• Personal expenses

Kusadasi: Ancient Ephesus Tour - 7 hours

An English speaking lecturer/guide will meet the guests at the exit of the cruise pier in KUSADASI.

After a short drive to Ephesus, the guests experience their private tour of this fascinating historical site. First, a visit will be made to the remarkable Greco-Roman archeological city of Ancient Ephesus, that flourished as a prominent cultural city and seaport between 600 BC and 500 AD.

The walking tour will begin along the Royal Road also known as the Arcadian Way, the 4th century white marble chariot thoroughfare whose most striking sight today is the two-story Library of Celsus. Uniquely beautiful, the Library once housed 12,000 scrolls of papyrus manuscripts making it the second largest library in the ancient world after the one in Alexandria, Egypt. The walk along the Royal Road also takes the visitors past the remains of some of the ancient city’s major civic buildings and temples as you move toward the Ephesus Theater from which St. Paul once preached to the Pagan Ephesians. The theater, seating 25,000 has exceptional acoustics and is still in use today for concerts and theatrical performances in summertime.

Then move to see the ongoing excavations of the Greco-Roman places-the “Elite Yamac Homes of Antiquity” (Terrace Houses) with their magnificent mosaics and frescoes.

From here, the guests will proceed to the small, but distinguished and rightly famous Ephesus Museum with unique examples of the very best Greco-Roman sculpture in the world, and with an exciting new display of Medical instruments from that era.

Finally, drive up the mountainside to visit to the so-called House of the Virgin Mary, a lovely chapel set in the hills behind Ephesus, said by some to be the last home of the Virgin Mary, where St. Paul took her for her safety away from the Pagan Ephesians.

At the end of the tour, you will be transferred to your hotel or to your cruise ship.

Added Value:

*Great introduction to Greco-Roman city of Ephesus' history and culture

*The tour covers the main highlights of the ancient city

Tour Duration : 6-7 hours

Tour can operate: Starting mornings

Wheelchair Accessible: Partial

Physical Activity Level: High

Included: Transportation by a cheaffeur driven a/c private vehicle, an officially licensed bilingual private lecturer/guide, entrance fees to the sites/museums

Not Included: Gratuities to the guide and driver, meals and personal expenses

Kusadasi: Priene Day Tour - 7 hours

The guests will be met by a lecturer/guide at the exit of the pier in KUSADASI and drive south to visit Priene.

This ancient city is not especially large, but has an unusual intimacy and charm, in part because so many historical private houses have survived to this day. All the monuments you will see, date from the Hellenistic period, and all of them are aligned according to a strict grid-plan of the kind developed by Hippodamos, a native of neighboring Miletus. The monuments include the Temple of Zeus, a council chamber, and a small amphi-theatre. Yet Priene’s greatest treasure is its Temple of Athena, which was considered the masterpiece of the architect Pytheos who also designed the Mausoleum at Halicarnassos (Bodrum) known to be one of the Seven Wonders of the World.

After exploring Priene, the guests will cross the broad flood-plain of the river Maeander to continue to Miletus. This was once a major port but silt carried down by the River Meander blocked its harbor centuries ago. The ancient harbor is now several miles from the sea. The town is laid out according to a grid-plan designed by Hippodamos, which centers on three spacious agoras (marketplaces) today. The most striking features of the site today are the Baths of Faustina and the massive Roman Theatre.

A paved Sacred Way leads from Miletus to Dydima, not a classic town but rather a sacred precinct centering on a colossal Temple of Apollo surrounded by a double colonnade of no less than 108 huge columns. Work on the temple continued for 500 years, but its design was so ambitious that, when work was abandoned in the 4th C. AD, it was still unfinished. Even unfinished and in ruins, the temple at Dydima remains to be one of the most awe-inspiring antique monuments to be found anywhere around the Eastern Mediterranean.

At the end of the tour, the guests will be escorted back to their hotel or to the pier in KUSADASI.

Added Value:

*The tour covers the main highlights of Priene, Miletus and Didyma

Tour Duration : 7 hours

Tour can operate: Starting mornings

Wheelchair Accessible: No

Physical Activity Level: Moderate

Included: Transportation by a chaeffeur driven a/c private vehicle, an officially licensed bilingual private lecturer/guide, entrance fees to the sites/museums

Not Included: Gratuities to the guide and driver, meals and personal expenses

Kusadasi: The Greco-Roman City of Ephesus & the Wine-making Village of Sirince - 7 hours

At 8:30 am, an English speaking private lecturer/guide will meet and greet you outside the Bonded Area of the Kusadasi cruise pier. You will then be escorted to your chauffeur driven private deluxe air-conditioned vehicle, for a comfortable ride of about half an hour to the remarkable Greco-Roman archaeological site of Ancient Ephesus. Dating back to the 11th century B.C., it has been painstakingly excavated and restored and is one of the world’s most fascinating sites of antiquity. Ephesus flourished as a prominent city and seaport between 600 B.C. and 500 A.D. We will begin our private walking tour along Royal Road also known as the Arcadian Way, a 4th century white marble chariot thoroughfare whose most striking sight is the two-story Library of Celsus.

Uniquely beautiful, with its restored facade now the famed symbol of Ephesus, the Library once housed 12,000 scrolls of papyrus manuscripts making it the 2nd largest in the ancient world after the library in Alexandria, Egypt. Your walk along the Royal Road will also take you past the remains of some of the ancient city’s major civic buildings and temples as you move toward the Ephesus Theater from which St. Paul once preached to the Ephesians. The theater, seating 25,000 has exceptional acoustics and is still in use today for concerts and theatrical performances.

You will also visit the ongoing excavations of the Greco Roman PALACES the ''ELITE YAMAC HOMES OF ANTIQUITY'' (Terrace Houses) with their magnificent mosaics and frescoes being restored by archeologists as you visit the site.

Next visit will be to the old Greco-Turkish Village of SIRINCE, located approximately 18 miles away from the Kusadasi pier. The town itself houses about hundreds of old local Greek homes which have been superbly renovated and opened to the public.. The town also houses an authentic local market where different agricultural products are sold.

Following lunch (at your own cost) at the celebrated local Bizim Ev (meaning “Our House”) Restaurant in Sirince, you will stop by the famous wine cellar of this village, to be welcomed by the owner, and will taste his white or red wines, produced in the same style as in the old days from grapes at the vast vineyards of the Aegean Region.

You will then be returned to Kusadasi where you may explore or shop at the charming local marketplace, while your guide will escort and assist you until you wish to return to the pier to board your ship by 4 pm.

Added Value:

*Great introduction to Ephesus and Sirince

*The tour covers Ephesus and the wine-making village of Sirince

Tour Duration : 7 hours

Tour can operate: Starting mornings

Wheelchair Accessible: No

Physical Activity Level: Moderate

Included: Transportation by a chauffeur driven a/c private vehicle, an officially licensed bilingual private lecturer/guide, entrance fees to the sites/museums

Not Included: Gratuities to the guide and driver, meals and personal expenses

Piraeus: The Ancient City of Athens - 8 Hours

Dominated by the remarkable Parthenon, which has stood for over 2,000 years, Athens is a city of major architectural and archaeological treasures. At Piraeus Port you will receive a warm welcome from your guide and driver who provides a captivating insight into the city’s history and culture during your full day tour.

For most, the highlight of a visit to Athens is the world famous Acropolis and the Parthenon. Dedicated to the Goddess Athena, it is one of the most important ancient monuments in the Western world. This afternoon, delight in the mesmerising display of eclectic Greek and Oriental art at the Benaki Museum. Complete your day with a drive past the Panethenaic Stadium, the pure marble masterpiece that served as the original site for the modern Olympics. At the end of the tour you are privately transferred back to your cruise ship.

Highlights:

• Ascend the Acropolis to the Parthenon, one of the most important ancient monuments in the Western world
• Tour the Benaki Museum

• Private transport by luxury car or minivan
• An expert local guide for 8 hours
• Entrance fees to all sights and museums
  All taxes

• All cruise travel, personal items, meals and associated costs
• Gratuities

Piraeus: Cape Sounion - 5 hours

Meet your guide as you disembark your cruise ship in Piraeus and venture along the scenic coast to Cape Sounion where you visit the ancient ruined Temple of Poseidon. This temple is believed to date from the 5th century BC and was built to honour Poseidon, who ranked second only to Athena herself in terms of power. The Temple enjoys an impressive position, high on the cliffs, and has, over the centuries, been marked by many travellers’ carved signatures, including that of Lord Byron. After touring the site, you return to your cruise ship in Piraeus.

Highlights:

• Venture along the coast to Cape Sounion to the ancient ruins of the Temple of Poseidon

Tour Duration: 5 hours

Tour can Operate: Morning/ Afternoon

Wheelchair Accessible: Please enquire for more information

Physical Activity Level: Low

Inclusions:
•    Luxury car or minivan at your disposal during the tour
•    An expert A&K local guide (5 hours)
•    Entrance fees
•    All taxes

Exclusions:
•    All cruise travel, personal items, meals and associated costs
•    Gratuities

Cobh - Cork/Blarney Shore Excursion - Full Day Tour

• Private Driver Guide
• Entrance to Blarney Castle
• Entrance to Cork City Gaol
• Lunch

Cobh's Highlight's Shore Excursion - Cobh/Midleton - Full Day Tour

• Private Driver Guide
• Cobh Heritage Centre 
• Stephen Pearce Pottery Gallery
• Lunch at Ballimaloe House
• Entrance to the Old Midleton Distillery

Gdansk: Gdansk & Sopot – 5 hours

Travel with your guide from the ship to the beautifully-restored city centre of Gdansk. Take in the highlights of this historic city during a two-hour walking tour through the town. While walking along the so-called ‘royal route’, see Long Street and the Long Market, where the richest residents of Gdansk once lived.

The fourteen-century Gothic Town Hall, with its lavish decorations, also houses the Historical Museum of the City of Gdansk. Continue to Oliwa, the most northern part of Gdansk where the cathedral, one of the best-known buildings in the city, lies. A special attraction of the church is the splendid Rococo organ which was constructed by Jan Wulf of Orneta between 1763 and 1788. Privately transfer back to your ship after the tour.

Highlights:

• Walk along the 'Royal Route' where the richest residents of Gdansk once lived 

• Private transport by luxury car or minivan
• An expert local guide for 5 hours
• Entrance fees to all sights and museums
• All taxes

• All cruise travel, personal items, meals and associated costs
• Gratuities

Akureyri - Lake Mývatn classic - Nature Baths- FD Tour

Akureyri - Godafoss Waterfall & Laufas Turf Farm - HD Tour

Reykjavik - The Golden Circle - FD Tour

Reykjavik - Bathing in the Blue Lagoon - HD Tour

Here guests can enjoy a relaxing bathe in the surreal milky waters of Iceland’s most famous of geothermal Spas – The Blue Lagoon. So what exactly IS the Blue Lagoon? Well, it is Iceland's most unique and popular attraction. Guests will enjoy bathing and relaxing in Blue Lagoon geothermal seawater, known for its positive effects on the skin. A visit to the spa promotes harmony between body, mind and spirit, and enables one to soak away the stresses of modern life. The spa's guests rekindle their relationship with nature, soak up the scenic beauty and enjoy breathing the clean, fresh air. In addition to bathing in the lagoon guests have access to a sauna with a view of the lagoon, a sauna with white walls that resemble silica mud and a cozy steam bath carved into a lava cave. Of course, guests bathing in the milky waters of the lagoon have easy access to the famous white silica mud, an essential part of this ultimate in spa experiences.

Tour Duration: 3-4 hours

Tour can operate: Morning or Afternoon

Wheelchair Accessible: Yes

Physical Activy Level: Easy

Included: Private car with driver-guide,  Blue Lagoon Comfort Experience (entrance fee, towel rental, Silica Mud Mask, choice of one drink at the Lagoon.) Pick up/drop off at the port. 

Not Included: Meals

Reykjavik - Langjökull Glacier & the Ice Tunnel

Reykjavik Highlights - HD Tour

New York City: Statue of Liberty & Ellis Island

Statue of Liberty
The Statue of Liberty was a gift of international friendship from the people of France to the people of the United States.  It is one of the most universal symbols of political freedom and democracy.  The views of the Statue from the water are breathtaking and reminiscent of what immigrants first saw entering New York Harbor.

Ellis Island
Ellis Island opened in 1892 and was the entry point for European immigrants for more than 60 years.  Twelve million people passed through the halls that are now the historical Ellis Island Immigration Museum.  Walk through the Great Hall as the new Americans once did – ancestors of more than half of the US population.  You can search for your family surname on the American Immigrant wall of Honor.  With over 600,000 entries, it is the longest wall of names in the world.

Included:	Not Included:
English speaking tour guide Driver, Vehicle, Driver Gratuity Ferry tickets 24-Hour Emergency Phone Number	Guide gratuity

New York City: Private Walking Tour of Central Park - 4 Hours

Highlights:

Where else can you see a castle, a sled dog, Alice in Wonderland, a pair of hawks, and a 4,000-year-old obelisk from Egypt in one place? You guessed it: Central Park is more than just a green space in the middle of Manhattan Island; it is an 843-acre oasis 150 years in the making and a favorite retreat for New Yorkers of all walks of life. An essential part of the urban landscape, Central Park is something that no New Yorker could live without. It fits into the Manhattan environment so naturally that many people never realize it is entirely man-made. Follow your guide on the winding paths and over the bridges and through the tunnels, and learn how the architects Olmsted and Vaux created New York’s “backyard.”

• 4-hours with a private tour guide
• Meet your guide at your hotel or a custom location near Central Park. Experience Central by foot with your savvy local guide explaining the sites and telling stories to make the park come to life, and providing local insider tips.
• Along the way, you may also see: The Upper West Side, the Upper East Side, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Natural History, Columbus Circle (indoor entrance tickets are not included for any locations).
• We can customize the tour and stops to fit your needs upon request.

Tour Duration: Four (4) Hours

Tour Can Operate: 

• The starting time and date of the tour are customizable to fit your schedule.
• The recommended start time for this tour is between 7 am and 3 pm. In the spring and summer months, later start times can be accommodated.
• This tour is offered all year round, 7-days a week.
• The ideal seasons for this tour are the spring and fall due to comfortable temperatures for walking and being outdoors and foliage/horticulture in the park.
• Restrictions may apply depending on the date and time of the tour.

Wheelchair Accessible: No

Physical Activity Level: Light

Inclusions: 

• Experience the city and receive local tips from your savvy local guide
• Flexible Timing to fit your schedule
• This walking tour can accommodate up to 15 guests
• 24-hour support phone number

Not Included:

• Gratuity for the tour guide is not included

New York City: One World Observatory and 9/11 Memorial & Museum Private Tour - 4 Hours

   

Included:	Not Included:
English speaking tour guide Driver, Vehicle, Driver gratuity 24-Hour Emergency Phone Number	Guide gratuity

New York City: Brooklyn Essential Walking Tour - 4 Hours

Highlights:

Brooklyn Bridge - Opened in 1883 after thirteen years of construction and was built across the East River to connect Manhattan with the then-rural city of Brooklyn. From the beginning, the bridge’s designer, John A. Roebling, planned not just a structure of convenience, but a great work of art that would stand the test of time. The Brooklyn Bridge is a fully accessible bridge, with a center lane above traffic open to bicycle and pedestrian traffic. Your fully guided tour takes you on a walk across the Brooklyn Bridge; a walk taken every day by commuters and tourists, and during times of crisis, such as after the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center on 9/11. Brooklyn Heights- One of the best-kept secrets of the City of New York is Brooklyn Heights, a beautiful district in Brooklyn. Some historians call it one of the first suburbs in the United States. Brooklyn Heights is unique as it radiates a hometown atmosphere while situated right next door to one of the most recognizable cityscapes in the world. In 1964, Brooklyn Heights was the first area designated as a New York City Historic District. You will understand why as you see Federal style homes built in the 1820s, brick and brownstone homes from the 1830s and 1840s, and two Italianate mansions that overlook Pierrepont Street. DUMBO- DUMBO’s name is an acronym for Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass, and the span gives the creatively oriented neighborhood much of its character—as do cobblestone streets and dramatic architecture left over from its industrial days. Today, DUMBO features art galleries, independent bookshops, boutiques, confectionaries, and waterfront parks where locals and tourists thrive. DUMBO offers some of the best photo ops including the Empire State Building framed by the Manhattan Bridge.

• 4-Hours with a private guide.
   
• Guests will walk across the Brooklyn Bridge from the Manhattan side where they will learn the history and view the spectacular skyline. Guests will then venture into Brooklyn Heights which is a posh residential area filled with elegant brownstones. Here, guests will learn about the culture and the history of the area which is often referred to as the first suburb in the United States. Guests will also visit the waterfront park before heading to DUMBO and then back to Manhattan.
   
• During the tour you may also see: Dumbo Art Galleries, views of Lady Liberty, Manhattan Bridge and Empire State Building (indoor entrance tickets are not included for any locations).

• All stops, timing and inclusions of the tour are dependent on traffic and weather conditions.

• We can customize the tour and stops to fit your needs upon request.

Tour Duration: Four (4) Hours

Tour Can Operate: 

• The starting time and date of the tour are customizable to fit your schedule.

• This tour is offered all year round, 7-days a week.

Wheelchair Accessible: No

Physical Activity Level: Light

Inclusions: 

• Experience the Best of Brooklyn on foot and receive local tips from your savvy local guide

• Guide's gratuity is not included

• 24-hour support phone number

Not Included:

• Gratuity for the tour guide is not included

New York City: SoHo

Like most of the developing city in the early years, SoHo (which stands for South of Houston Street – and by the way, it’s pronounced How-ston) started as a small village.  Over time, the neighborhood went from the wealthiest, to the most industrial, to a slum called “Hell’s 100 acres.”  Now it is back to trendy again.  SoHo is one of the most stylish neighborhoods in New York City, with clues of its past around every corner.  Several of its cast iron buildings built in the mid-1800s still stand.  As you explore the area, you will get the feel of its many cobblestone streets.  When artists arrived in SoHo in the 1970s, they began the revival of the neighborhood.  You’ll visit two of SoHo’s famed art galleries, including the Earth Room.  Next to SoHo is NoLIta – which is Northern Little Italy.  The area is home to the old St. Patrick’s Cathedral.  One story in particular your guide will impart is the 1799 murder of Elma Sands, the “Ghost of Spring Street.”


 

Included:	Not Included:
English speaking tour guide 24-Hour Emergency Phone Number	Transportation can be added Guide gratuity

New York City: Private Bike Tour of Central Park

What could be better than a guided bike ride in Central Park, the first landscaped public park in the USA?  Your guide, a city-licensed professional, rides alongside you and shows you all that the park has to offer: Bethesda Fountain, hidden waterfalls, cast-iron bridges, movie scenes, celebrity homes, and skyscrapers, all while passing beneath many of the park’s 26,000 trees.  You’ll learn the history of New York City, told in terms of the development of the city and its parks.  You’ll bike right up to Strawberry Fields, the memorial to the life of John Lennon, to see the famous building where he lived, and much more!
Included:	Not Included:
English speaking licensed tour guide Comfort hybrid bike and helmet Bike lock & bike basket Bottle of water 24-Hour Emergency Phone Number	Guide gratuity Transportation can be added

New York City: The Origins of NYC Sightseeing Program

New York traces its rich history to Lower Manhattan, the meeting point of the Hudson River and the East River.  Originally named Nieuw (New) Amsterdam, New York City began as a small Dutch settlement in what is now known as Lower Manhattan.  Broadway, which was then called Heere Straat (Gentleman Street), was nothing but a small road.  Wall Street actually had a wall back in 1653 to protect the settlers from attacks.  As the city grew, so did the nation.  New York was the first capital of the United States and the spot where George Washington was inaugurated is marked by his statue.  Over the years, Lower Manhattan has become the financial capital of the world.  Today, the streets are teeming with people and filled with stories of New York’s past, present, and future.  As you explore Lower Manhattan with your guide, you’ll see the 9/11 Memorial, St. Paul’s Chapel, Battery Park, and Trinity Church as you learn about the history of the Native Americans, Dutch, and English. 

Included:	Not Included:
English speaking tour guide 24-Hour Emergency Phone Number	Transportation can be added Guide gratuity

New York City: A Cultural Walk Through Little Italy and Chinatown - 4 Hours

Highlights:

There are numerous ethnic groups in New York City, but only two have neighborhoods named after them: one is Little Italy, and the other is Chinatown. Little Italy was formed in the late 1800s as millions of Italian immigrants streamed into the United States. And although nowadays you do not hear much Italian on the street, there are still old school establishments that carry on the traditions. Chinatown on the other hand is still growing and when you enter it, it is like being transported to another country. All the signs are in Chinese, the languages spoken are all dialects of Chinese, the produce and food shops sell many items you will not recognize. It is a submersion into another culture. Join your guide on this walking tour and find out what is below the surface that makes both these neighborhoods even more unique and intriguing.

• Meet your guide on the corner of Lafayette and Broome Street in Little Italy.
   
• Walk the neighborhood including Mulberry Street, Mott Street, Canal Street, Five Points, Mahayana Buddhist Temple, Columbus Park, Chatham Square, First Shearith Israel Graveyard.
   

• All stops, timing and inclusions of the tour are dependent on traffic and weather conditions.

• We can customize the tour and stops to fit your needs upon request.

Tour Duration: Four (4) Hours

Tour Can Operate: 

• The starting time and date of the tour are customizable to fit your schedule.

• This tour is offered all year round, 7-days a week.

Wheelchair Accessible: No

Physical Activity Level: Light

Inclusions: 

• Experience the city and receive local tips from your savvy local guide

• Flexible timing 

• Driver gratuity included (guide gratuity is not included)

• 24-hour support phone number

Not Included:

• Gratuity for the tour guide is not included

New York City: Private NYC Pizza and Gelato Challenge - 4 Hours

• 4-hours with a private tour guide.
• Meet your guide at the Arch at Washington Square Park where you will see the statue of Garibaldi and learn about the Italian immigrants in NYC.
• You’ll stop at three (3) different pizza joints and two (2) gelateries including Joe’s Pizza or Bleecker St Pizza, Rivoli Pizza, Ribalta (sit-down restaurant), Venchi and Amorino, rating each tasting as you go.
• Along the way, you will learn about the different ethnic neighborhoods.
• All stops, timing and inclusions of the tour are dependent on traffic and weather conditions.
• We can customize the tour and stops to fit your needs upon request.

• This tour can begin any time between 10:30 am and 2:30 pm during summer hours and between 10:30 am and 2:30 pm during winter hours.
• This tour is offered all year round, Monday thru Sunday.
• The ideal seasons for this tour are the spring and fall due to comfortable temperatures for walking and being outdoors.
• Restrictions may apply depending on the date and time of the tour.

• Experience the city and receive local tips from your savvy local culinary specialist guide.
• Food tastings are included.
• Flexible Timing to fit your schedule.
• This walking/food tour can accommodate up to 8 guests.
• 24-hour support phone number

New York City: Private Cupcake Tasting Tour - 4 Hours

 

• 4-hours with a private tour guide
   
• Meet your guide at the Arch at Washington Square Park (Washington Square North)
   
• You’ll stop at four (4) trendy bake shops for a taste and learn about the neighborhood along the way.
   
• All stops, timing and inclusions of the tour are dependent on traffic and weather conditions.
• We can customize the tour and stops to fit your needs upon request.

• The starting time and date of the tour is between 10:00am and 3:00pm
• This tour is offered all year round, 7-days a week (Mondays are typically avoided due to bakery hours)
   
• The ideal seasons for this tour are the spring and fall due to comfortable temperatures for walking and being outdoors.

• Experience the city and receive local tips from your savvy local culinary specialist guide
   
• Food tastings are included
   
• Flexible timing to fit your schedule
   
• 24-hour support phone number

• Gratuity for the tour guide is not included

New York City: Treasures of the MET - 2 Hours

Highlights:

This tour introduces visitors to the most important works in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art such as the outstanding collection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings including works by Van Gogh, Monet, Renoir and Degas, the inspiring American Wing featuring the iconic painting of Washington Crossing the Delaware and spectacular examples of Tiffany stained glass, the extraordinary sculpture of the ancient Greeks, the world of Ancient Egypt including the Temple of Dendur, and much more.

• 2-hours with a private art specialist tour guide.

• Meet your guide at the main entrance of the Museum to begin your experience. Your guide will take you through the permanent collection with commentary along the way. Your guide is a true expert that will make the museum come to life and be able to answer your questions in depth.

• All stops, timing and inclusions of the tour are dependent on traffic and weather conditions.

• We can customize the tour and stops to fit your needs upon request.

Tour Duration: 2 Hours

Tour Can Operate: 

• The starting time and date of the tour are customizable to fit your schedule.

• The start time of this tour can be between 1:001am and 2:00pm. The MET closes at 5:00pm midweek.

• This tour is offered all year round, 7-days a week (currently the museum is closed on Wednesdays and major holidays).

Wheelchair Accessible: No

Physical Activity Level: Light

Inclusions: 

• Experience this iconic museum with your savvy art specialist guide

• Flexible Timing to fit your schedule

• This private tour can accommodate up to 15 guests

• Admission to the Metropolitan Museum of Art

• 24-hour support phone number

New York City: Home Alone 2: Christmas in New York Private Tour - 5 Hours

Highlights:

Prepare to unleash your inner Kevin McAllister in the heart of NYC on an exclusive private tour that takes you into the world of the iconic holiday film Home Alone 2. You'll walk in Kevin's footsteps as you explore the locations that made the movie unforgettable. Picture yourself at the elegant Plaza Hotel, immersing yourself in the allure of Central Park, basking in electrifying Times Square & more. That's not all - you'll also visit an observation deck to take in breathtaking holiday views from above for an unforgettable scene in your own NYC adventure! With us, you'll never be lost in New York!

• Your Ride Awaits: Your five-hour holiday experience begins when you’re picked up in your private luxury vehicle by a professional driver, along with an expert tour guide at a designated location in Manhattan of your choice.

• Ready, Set, Action: 

  • Your first stop is the legendary Plaza Hotel, where Kevin's escapades began. You’ll immerse yourself in the opulence of this iconic establishment, where Kevin transformed the prestigious property into his personal playground, indulged in extravagant experiences and outsmarted the staff along the way.

  • Next, prepare to be enchanted as you step into the magical wonderland of FAO Schwarz, famously known as Duncan's Closet in the movie. This whimsical destination becomes a prime target for the mischievous antics of the notorious "Wet Bandits."

  • You’ll then head to always enchanting Central Park, the very place where Kevin formed an extraordinary bond with the captivating "Pigeon Lady," visit the Empire Diner where a towering Santa on stilts startled Kevin, adding a dash of whimsy to his escapades, marvel at the awe-inspiring views of Lady Liberty from Battery Park, soak in the excitement of Times Square and end up at the iconic Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree, the symbol of joy and hope, where Kevin's heartwarming reunion with his mom took place.

  • After you’ve “scene” all of these iconic – and sentimental – filming spots, you’ll head to one of the city’s awe-inspiring observation decks where you’ll be treated to a view of New York City’s skyline all dressed up in its holiday best. Your choices? The Empire State Building (an NYC classic!), Rockefeller Center’s very own Top of the Rock, Hudson Yard’s unique EDGE or the dazzling SUMMIT One Vanderbilt.

  • Gratuity for the tour guide is not included.

• And…Cut: When your unforgettable journey through Manhattan ala Kevin McAllister draws to a close, your luxury vehicle will transport you back to your hotel (or another predetermined drop-off location) in style as you reminisce about the day’s adventures.

Tour Duration: 5-Hours

Tour Can Operate: 

• We recommend an early start time to beat the traffic.

• This tour is offered 7 days a week from mid-November through December.

• Restrictions may apply depending on the date and time of the tour.

Wheelchair Accessible: No

Physical Activity Level: Light

Inclusions: 

• Ride in comfort in our luxury vehicles with professional drivers and bottled water.

• Experience the city and receive local tips from your savvy local guide.

• Door-to-door service and flexible timing (additional charge for outside of Manhattan).

• Driver gratuity included.

• Tour can be customized based on your interests.

• 24-hour support phone number.

New York City: Private Bagel Making, Cragel and Donut Deluxe NYC Food Tour - 4 Hours

Highlights:

When you think of New York City – what food comes to mind? If you said bagels, you’d most likely be in the majority. There’s nothing like a NYC bagel for breakfast, brunch, lunch - and heck for dinner too! Now you can experience the best of the best thanks to our EXCLUSIVE Private Bagel Making, Cragel and Donut Deluxe NYC Food Tour.
 
Now, this is not your ordinary NYC bagel tour. Why? Because on our exclusive NYC private tour, you’ll have the rare opportunity to get hands-on by helping to make authentic New York bagels at the best bagel shop in the city! And no food tour would be complete without sampling the fare – meaning you get to taste the best bagels, cream cheeses and lox the Big Apple has to offer as well!  And it’s not just bagels you get to learn about – you’ll also visit the bagel shop that makes the world’s only “cragel” – a half-bagel, half-croissant, that combines the dense chewiness of the bagel with the buttery flakiness of the croissant. Finally, as you may have surmised by the title of this experience, you’ll finish on a sweet note with a donut from a famous donut shop that’s been a Brooklyn staple for over 60 years - and was featured in the latest Spider-Man movie!
 

• Your exclusive bagel adventure begins when your professional driver and expert, licensed tour guide pick you up at your hotel in a private luxury vehicle.

• From there you’ll head to your first stop, Utopia Bagels in Whitestone, Queens. Here you’ll not only discover the history of this iconic food and how it’s made, but you’ll also get a unique hands-on bagel rolling and baking experience! And of course, you’ll also get to sample those delicious hot fresh bagels, a variety of spreads, and a luxurious lox sandwich.

• After that amazing experience you’ll get back into your luxury vehicle and continue to the next stop on the tour, which is Bagel Point in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. This particular bagel shop is home to the famous “cragel” which is a pastry that combines a bagel and a croissant for one tasty treat. Here you will also get to sample the fare and if you would like, you can also take part in another hands-on rolling experience.

• And if that isn’t enough yumminess for one day, after your cragel expedition you’ll take a short stroll down the block to Brooklyn’s best donut shop, Peter Pan Donuts, where you’ll finish the day off with a sweet treat of your choice.

• When your NYC food tour comes to an end, and you are now officially a “bagel expert,” your luxury transfer will be waiting to take you back to your hotel or other predetermined drop-off location.

• All stops, timing and inclusions of the tour are dependent on traffic and weather conditions.

Tour Duration: 4-Hours

Tour Can Operate:
The starting time and date of the tour are customizable to fit your schedule.

• This exclusive experience is offered daily, year-round, subject to availability. However, the best days to experience this tour would be Monday through Thursday.

• Recommended starting time is between 8:00am and 1:00pm.

• Restrictions may apply depending on the date and time of the tour.

Wheelchair Accessible: Please inquire with your sales representative.

Physical Activity Level: Easy

Inclusions:

• Ride in comfort in our luxury vehicles with professional drivers and bottled water

• Door-to-door service and flexible timing (additional charge for outside of Manhattan)

• 4-Hours with a bagel expert on a guided tour of “the bagel capital of the world” including:

  • Private demonstration and class

  • Hands-on bagel rolling and baking experience

  • Learn the dos and don’ts of New York’s bagel culture

  • Sample the best bagels, spreads, cragels and donuts NYC has to offer

• Driver gratuity included

• 24-hour support phone number

Exclusions:

• Gratuity for the tour guide is not included

New York City: History Highlights Private NYC History Tour - 8 Hours

Highlights:

Beyond Times Square’s History Highlights Private NYC History Tour is an absolute must if you are a fan of history - in particular the history of New York City. Created just for history buffs, this look at the rich history of the Big Apple is led by one of our local licensed tour guides - who, of course, is a history specialist.
Your full-day specialty experience will start in Brooklyn and end at the iconic Empire State Building - with plenty of stops along the way. You'll start your New York history tour in Brooklyn with a walk over the world-famous Brooklyn Bridge into Manhattan. From there you'll embark on our Origins of New York Private Walking Tour to see where it all started as "New Amsterdam" - a small Dutch settlement that today is known as Lower Manhattan. After taking in various historical sites, your tour will end and you get to enjoy lunch at NYC's most historic - and oldest - bar and restaurant. But it's not over yet, because after lunch you'll be treated to a private 90-minute tour of the iconic Empire State Building with one of their Official Ambassadors! Don't miss out on this fabulous opportunity to delve into the history of America's Melting Pot!

• Your historical tour of NYC begins when your private driver picks you up at your hotel in a luxury vehicle to take you to the start of your tour in Brooklyn.

• Here you'll meet your expert tour guide and start your journey with a walk over the infamous Brooklyn Bridge, taking in breathtaking views of the Manhattan skyline, the Statue of Liberty and other sites along the East River. Your step back into history commences as you disembark the bridge's walkway into Lower Manhattan - which you will see like never before - through history.

• Walking in the footsteps of early settlers, you'll be enchanted by stories and little-known facts your tour guide will share. As you wind your way through Lower Manhattan, you'll see the spot where George Washington was inaugurated, St. Paul’s Chapel - which is the oldest church building in Manhattan, Trinity Church - where you will find out why it was an important site during the American Revolution, the infinity pools of the 9/11 Memorial and more.

• At the conclusion of your tour, it's time for a scrumptious lunch. You'll have premade reservations at the historical Fraunces Tavern, which is a National Landmark building that once served as a watering hole for many of the Founding Fathers of the US!

• After lunch your private luxury vehicle will pick you up to head to the Empire State Building in Midtown Manhattan. Upon arrival, you'll meet up with one of the building's Official Ambassadors who'll take you on a fun and informative 90-minute tour. Here you'll get VIP treatment, hear about the history of the building and be treated to insider access.

• When your time at the Empire State Building comes to an end your luxury transfer will be waiting to take you back to your hotel or other drop-off location of your choice.

• All stops, timing and inclusions of the tour are dependent on traffic and weather conditions.

Tour Duration: Approximately 8 Hours

Tour Can Operate:

The starting time and date of the tour are customizable to fit your schedule.

• We recommend a start time of between 8:00am and 11:00am.

• This tour is offered all year round, 7 days a week.

• Restrictions may apply depending on the date and time of the tour.

Wheelchair Accessible: Please inquire with your sales representative.

Physical Activity Level: Easy

Inclusions:

• Private Local History Specialist Tour Guide for 4-hours (for the walk over the Brooklyn Bridge and the Origins of NY Private Walking Tour)

• Lunch reservation at Fraunces Tavern (the cost of the meal is not included)

• 90-minute official private tour of the Empire State Building - including access to the 86th-floor observation deck

• One-way transfer via luxury vehicle from your hotel to Brooklyn for the start of the tour

• One-way transfer via luxury vehicle from Fraunces Tavern to the Empire State Building

• Driver gratuities are included

• 24-hour support phone number

Exclusions:

*Gratuities for the tour guides are not included

*Cost of lunch at Fraunces Tavern is not included

New York City: A Day Well Spent in Brooklyn Tour - 8 Hours

Highlights:

Over the years the borough of Brooklyn has become increasingly popular and, like Manhattan, contains many must-see and do experiences. Our “A Day Well Spent in Brooklyn Tour” showcases two of its main attractions - sensational street art and fabulous ethnic foods – which you’ll get to explore through a Private Graffiti Walking Tour and Workshop and a Brooklyn Neighborhoods Highlights Tour.

First, our private graffiti tour offers a very unique experience. This tour is an amazing opportunity to get up-close views of Brooklyn's incredible street art. But that's not all! You also get to attend a private graffiti workshop with a local artist where you can create your own work of art. Afterward, it’s time to explore some of Brooklyn's most famous - and historic - neighborhoods. Your local expert tour guide will introduce you to areas such as Williamsburg, Greenpoint, Brooklyn Heights and DUMBO. As you walk you'll hear about their history, learn little-known facts and see hidden gems. And - since it's also a Brooklyn food tour - you'll be treated to three delectable food tastings along the way. Join us for this two-part private Brooklyn walking tour that's sure to be a highlight of your NYC vacation!

• Your A Day Well Spent in Brooklyn Tour begins when our professional driver picks you up at your hotel or another pre-determined location to start your adventure in a private luxury vehicle.

• You’ll then embark on your first walking tour – our Private Graffiti Walking Tour & Workshop that takes place in Bushwick, an up-and-coming neighborhood in northern Brooklyn. Here the larger-than-life street art will enchant you as you hear about the origins of the Bushwick Collective, which has become the most famous street art exhibition in NYC.

• But that is not the end of your graffiti experience! Part of the tour is also a private workshop where a graffiti artist will provide a lesson, paint, tarps, stencils and a canvas for you and your guests to create a mural to take home.

• Next up is Brooklyn Neighborhoods Highlights Tour. Here you’ll explore Williamsburg, Greenpoint, DUMBO (which is an acronym for Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass) and more in your luxury vehicle with your expert local tour guide. Perhaps the best part of the tour? You also get to partake in three ethnic food tastings such as a delicious slice of Brooklyn pizza. And no worries - there will be more than enough food to count as a super scrumptious lunch!

• When your Brooklyn adventure is over your professional driver will drive you back to Manhattan and drop you off at a location of your choosing.

• All stops, timing and inclusions of the tour are dependent on traffic and weather conditions.

Tour Duration: Approximately 8 Hours

Tour Can Operate:

The starting time and date of the tour are customizable to fit your schedule.

• We recommend a start time of between 8:00am and 11:00am.

• This tour is offered all year round, 7 days a week.

• Restrictions may apply depending on the date and time of the tour.

Wheelchair Accessible: Please inquire with your sales representative.

Physical Activity Level: Easy

Inclusions: 

• One-way transfer via luxury vehicle to Brooklyn (with bottled water)

• Hourly car service for 5 hours (including bottled water) that ends in Manhattan at your hotel (or a custom location of your choice)

• Private Graffiti Walking Tour & Workshop in one of the premier mural districts in the US with a specialist guide (2 hours)

• Private local tour guide for 4 hours

• 4-Hour Brooklyn Neighborhoods Highlights Tour with ethnic food tastings along the way (3 tastings included with enough food for lunch)

• 24-hour support phone number

• Driver gratuity is included

Exclusions: 

*Gratuities for the tour guides are not included.

New York City: All Things Kids Family Friendly NYC Private Tour - 8 Hours

Highlights:
 

Embark on a fun-filled NYC day with our All Things Kids Private Tour. This exclusive experience is a kid-centered day filled with memories for the whole family. You'll start with your private vehicle and driver who will take you to FAO Schwarz where a Toy Soldier will welcome you for a private tour before opening to the public. After your tour, your vehicle and private tour guide will be waiting to take you to the American Museum of Natural History, where you'll enjoy a self-guided scavenger hunt that uncovers museum secrets. After that it's time for lunch then you're off to stroll through the enchanting Central Park Zoo! 

• Your family-friendly adventure begins when you get picked up in a private luxury vehicle by a professional driver.

• Then it’s off to FAO Schwarz for your 9:00 am private tour - before the store opens to the public!

• Upon arrival you’ll meet your personal guide for the behind-the-scenes tour, one of their famous Toy Soldiers! Here you’ll learn about the history of FAO Schwarz, raid the Candy Bar, receive a plush souvenir and have your own personal shopper!

• At the completion of your tour, your expert tour guide will meet you at the store - along with your private luxury vehicle - to take you to your next adventure.

• Next, you’ll head to the American Museum of Natural History where you'll meet up with a scavenger hunt host who'll give you instructions and send you on your 90-minute fun and educational scavenger hunt.

• By now you’re all sure to have worked up an appetite and your tour guide will be happy to make some suggestions that has something on the menu for everyone’s taste. Perhaps Shake Shack or Milk Bar?

• After lunch it’s time to take a stroll to the next stop – the Central Park Zoo! Here you'll spot snow monkeys, sea lions, grizzly bears, penguins and more.

• After your family fun day, you can opt to spend more time in Central Park or book a private luxury vehicle to take you back to your hotel or location of your choice for an additional cost.

• All stops, timing and inclusions of the tour are dependent on traffic and weather conditions.

Tour Duration: Approximately 8 Hours

Tour Can Operate:

The starting date of the tour is customizable to fit your schedule.

• Tour starts at 9:00am (starting times may change based on time of the year).

• This tour is offered all year round, 7 days a week.

• Restrictions may apply depending on the date and time of the tour.

Wheelchair Accessible: Please inquire with your sales representative.

Physical Activity Level: Easy

Inclusions:

• Luxury transportation (Hotel to FAO Schwarz and FAO Schwarz to American Museum of Natural History)*

• 1-hour FAO Schwarz Behind-The-Scenes Tour 

• Full Day Private BTSQ tour guide

• 2-hour self-guided scavenger hunt at the American Museum of Natural History (includes museum admission)*

• A stop for lunch*

• Central Park Zoo admission

• 24-hour support phone number

Exclusions:

*Gratuity for the tour guide is not included.

*Lunch is not included in the cost of the experience.

*Additional charge for pick-up or drop-off outside of Manhattan.

*The scavenger hunt is designed for kids ages 7 and up.  There is a lot of reading and walking and younger children may lose interest.

New York City: Art & Architecture Wonders of NYC Tour - 8 Hours

Highlights:

Attention art and architecture enthusiasts! Beyond Times Square has created a full-day specialty experience with you in mind - our Art & Architecture Wonders of NYC Tour. Combining an NYC art tour with an NYC architecture tour, this adventure allows you to partake in both, courtesy of industry experts.

Your Manhattan art journey begins with a private tour of the Metropolitan Museum of Art with an art specialist tour guide. Afterward, you'll enjoy a delicious lunch with a view atop the Museum of Arts and Design. After lunch, it's time to start the architecture aspect of the experience with an NYC architecture boat tour around Manhattan. Taking place on a climate-controlled 1920’s style yacht, your professional American Institute of Architects guide will help you to see the skyline from a whole new perspective.

Thanks to private, luxury transportation included to get you from place to place, and the assistance of our Destination Experts to plan the timing of the day, all you have to do is enjoy the beauty that will surround you from start to finish.

• Your day begins when you get picked up in a private luxury vehicle and head to the Metropolitan Museum of Art – or the MET – where you will experience it like never before.

• Here you’ll meet your private tour guide – an art specialist – who will introduce you to the Met’s most important works in its permanent collection such as the outstanding collection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings.

• As you take in the collection of rare and beautiful objects that are housed in this iconic museum, you’ll also learn more about their significance.

• When your two hours at the MET are over, you’ll be picked up by your private driver for a short ride to the elegant ROBERT that sits atop The Museum of Arts and Design at Columbus Circle.

• Thanks to pre-made reservations your table will be ready and waiting for you. Once seated you'll enjoy breathtaking views of Central Park as you dine on the finest of fare at this modern classic. You’ll also be surrounded by intriguing artwork from renowned artists including Johanna Grawunder’s Tangerines and Cherry Blossom, Phillip Michael Wolfson’s Sounds Wave and Teresita Fernandez's Night Writing.

• After a scrumptious lunch your luxury vehicle will be waiting to take you to Chelsea Piers. Here you’ll board an elegant 1920’s style yacht complete with teak decks and private tables.

• Onboard you’ll be treated to narration from a member of the American Institute of Architects who will educate and entertain you as you circumnavigate the island of Manhattan.

• Topics of conversation, while you’re enjoying your cruise, may include the Beaux-Arts style buildings you spot along the way, the iconic spires of the Chrysler Building and the Woolworth Building, the waterfront monuments of the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island and Roosevelt Island, engineering masterpieces like the Brooklyn Bridge and the George Washington Bridge and much more!

• All stops, timing and inclusions of the tour are dependent on traffic and weather conditions.

Tour Duration: Approximately 8 Hours

Tour Can Operate:

The starting time and date of the tour are customizable to fit your schedule.

• We recommend a start time between 8:00am and 11:00am.

• This tour is offered all year round, 7 days a week.

• Restrictions may apply depending on the date and time of the tour.

Wheelchair Accessible: Please inquire with your sales representative.

Physical Activity Level: Easy

Inclusions:

• 4-hour service via luxury vehicle + a one-way transfer within Manhattan via luxury vehicle

• Treasures of the MET Private Tour - A 2-hour tour of the Metropolitan Museum of Art with our Art Specialist Tour guide (museum admission included)

• AIA Around Manhattan Architecture Cruise – A 2.75-hour cruise on a climate-controlled 1920’s style yacht led by an official American Institute of Architects guide

• Lunch or dinner reservation at ROBERT (window view table if available)

• Driver gratuity is included

• 24-hour support phone number

Exclusions: 

* Cost of the meal at ROBERT is not included.
*Alternate restaurant to be suggested if ROBERT is not available.
*Gratuities for the tour guides are not included.

New York City: Build Your Own Full-Day NYC Private Tour - 8 Hours

Highlights:

Heading to New York City and not sure what your options are for topics of interest to you? Perhaps you love to wander through gardens, taking in all the flora and fauna when visiting new cities. Maybe you're a huge fan of motion pictures and/or television shows and would love to see where some of them were filmed. Possibly you're a wine or beer connoisseur who enjoys discovering new vintages and brews. Or it could be that you don't have a theme at all and just know that you want a fabulous day of touring that covers everything that interests you in the Big Apple.

Whatever your interests may be, chances are NYC has options for you to explore them further. And that is where our Build Your Own Full-Day NYC Private Tour comes in! With this full-day specialty experience, you'll work with our Destination Experts to curate a customized day of private tours, experiences and attractions. Thanks to our team's knowledge, along with an extensive network of local experts and vendors, the sky is truly the limit. From private guide services to luxury transfer services to attraction entrances, restaurant reservations, Broadway tickets and more - BTSQ has you covered with this NYC tour package!

• If gardens are your passion, there are plenty of opportunities to wander through them within the five boroughs. For instance, Mount Prospect Park is home to the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens. Staten Island offers Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden. You'll find the Queens Botanical Garden in Flushing. In the Bronx, you can visit Wave Hill Public Garden & Cultural Center. And Manhattan has a host of options, many located in Central Park.

• New York City is home to world-class performing arts, museums, art galleries and more, meaning if you're into the arts, you've certainly come to the right place! Some of the finest examples of these forms of the arts would be The Metropolitan Museum of Art or the Met, the Museum of Modern Art aka MoMA, The Guggenheim Museum, The New York Public Library, Broadway, The Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, The Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), The High Line and The Chelsea Galleries - just to name a few!

• Are you a "foodie" who loves to try the cuisine when visiting a new city? Restaurants, food tours and culinary experiences abound in NYC! Some fabulous food tours include our Pizza & Gelato Food Tasting Walking Tour, our Private Bagel, Cragel and Donut Deluxe Tour and our Cupcake Food Tasting Walking Tour. Culinary experiences could encompass a Bateaux Dinner Cruise, a picnic lunch in Central Park and reservations at some of NYC's finest restaurants for breakfast, lunch, dinner and perhaps NYC's favorite meal - brunch!

• Even if you have no "one" particular interest - or are interested in all kinds of topics, are celebrating a birthday or an anniversary or are just looking to get the most out of your time in the city, no worries, our Destination Experts can develop a customized package for you that includes a little bit of everything!

• And of course - all of our NYC custom tours come with expert, local tour guides and can be set up as private walking tours or in a private luxury vehicle with a professional driver. Luxury transfers are also available as well as helicopter tours, bike tours and more!

• All stops, timing and inclusions of the tour are dependent on traffic and weather conditions.

Tour Duration: Approximately 8 to 9-Hours

Tour Can Operate: 

The starting time and date of the tour are customizable to fit your schedule.

• We recommend a start time of between 8:00am and 11:00am.

• This tour is offered all year round, 7 days a week.

• Restrictions may apply depending on the date and time of the tour.

Wheelchair Accessible: Please inquire with your sales representative.

Physical Activity Level: Easy

Inclusions:

• Ride in comfort in our luxury vehicles with professional drivers and bottled water

• Experience the city and receive local tips from your savvy local guide

• Door-to-door service and flexible timing (additional charge for outside of Manhattan)

• A curated full-day tour of New York City customized to your interests

• Driver gratuity included

• 24-hour support phone number

Exclusions:

*Gratuity for the tour guide is not included

New York City: Central Park Fun Private NYC Central Park Tour - 8 Hours

Highlights:

It's the fifth-largest park in New York City. New Yorkers refer to it as their "backyard." It is one of the top tourist attractions that visitors flock to when visiting the city. It is 843 acres of a myriad of things to see and do between the Upper West and Upper East Sides of Manhattan. It is Central Park.

Now you can enjoy a fabulous day of engaging activities thanks to our Central Park Fun Private NYC Central Park Tour! From a visit to the American Museum of Natural History to a private walking tour of the park's highlights to a gourmet picnic lunch in the park - we have got it covered! But that's not all! This NYC private tour also comes with your choice of a private Central Park bike tour, horse and carriage tour or pedicab tour. Top that off with luxury roundtrip transportation to and from the park and your experience is seamless!

Note: This NYC tour package is offered year-round, however, the best seasons are spring, summer and early autumn. During the winter, or in the case of rain during any season, adjustments may be made to the program and alternatives or refunds will be offered.
 

• Your Central Park Fun Day begins with your private driver picking you up in a luxury vehicle to take you to your first stop – the American Museum of Natural History. Here you can check out all the museum has to offer including the Dinosaur Lab, the Gem and Mineral Hall, the Rose Center for Earth and Space and the Age of Mammals.

• Once your museum adventure is complete it’s on to your private walking tour of world-famous Central Park. Here your expert tour guide will introduce you to hidden gems as well as well-known spots in the park. Possible stops include Bethesda Fountain, Strawberry Fields, Belvedere Castle and the Central Park Carousel – just to name a few!

• By now you’re sure to have worked up an appetite but no worries – your guided tour includes a gourmet Central Park picnic. This delicious meal will consist of assorted baguette sandwiches, local cheese platters, salads, crudité, local sweet treats and bottled water.

• And no worries - should the weather not cooperate with a picnic lunch, a substitute for the outdoor picnic will be offered!

• After lunch it’s time to see all the park offers in a different way! You can choose to add some wellness to this package by pedaling around the park via a bike tour, you can have someone else do the pedaling for you on a pedicab tour or you can just sit back and relax in a horse carriage ride. The choice is yours!

• When your time in this enchanting wide-open space comes to a close, you’ll be met by your private driver who will take you back to your hotel via luxury transfer.

• All stops, timing and inclusions of the tour are dependent on traffic and weather conditions.

Tour Duration: Approximately 8-Hours

Tour Can Operate:

The starting time and date of the tour are customizable to fit your schedule.

• We recommend a start time of between 8:00am and 11:00am.

• This tour is offered all year round, 7 days a week.

• Restrictions may apply depending on the date and time of the tour.

Wheelchair Accessible: Please inquire with your sales representative.

Physical Activity Level: Easy

Inclusions:

• Roundtrip Transfers via luxury vehicle from the guest’s hotel to Central Park and back.

• Private Highlights Tour at the American Museum of Natural History (including admission tickets)

• Private Walking Tour of Central Park

• Gourmet Picnic Lunch in Central Park including:

• Full service high-end picnic set up with blankets, pillows, and silverware and full set up and clean up service

• Note: In the case of inclement weather, a gift card valued at $50 per guest will be provided for a local lunch near Central Park

• Your Choice of ONE (1) of the following in Central Park :

• Private 2-hour bike tour

• Private 45-minute horse and carriage ride

• Private 45-minute pedicab tour

• Driver gratuity is included

• 24-hour support phone number

Exclusions:

*Gratuities for the tour guides are not included

New York City: Statue of Liberty Tour & Ellis Island and 9/11 Memorial Museum - 8 Hours

Highlights:

We are excited to share that we’ve brought together three attractions that tell the history - both the good and the bad - of Lower Manhattan into one complete package with our Statue of Liberty Tour & Ellis Island and 9/11 Memorial Museum experience.

• Statue of Liberty: For as long as she's been standing over New York Harbor, the Statue of Liberty is synonymous with New York City. It is the number one landmark that people think of when they think of the city and the one place most people head to as first-time visitors.

• Ellis Island: Ellis Island is synonymous with Lady Liberty. And for most people, when taking the ferry over to Liberty Island, a stop at Ellis Island is a must.

• 9/11 Memorial & Museum: Since its opening in 2014, the 9/11 Memorial Museum has also become a top ten must-see, along with the 9/11 Memorial itself.

On this full-day tour, your expert private tour guide will escort you to all three for one unforgettable day. Join us for an immersive history lesson that embodies travel as a living classroom.

• Your Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island and 9/11 Memorial Museum experience begins when you’re picked up by our professional driver in a private luxury vehicle.

• Your driver will take you downtown to Battery Park where you’ll meet your private, professional tour guide to begin the journey to your first destination.

• Upon your arrival at Battery Park, you’ll board a ferry run by Statue Cruises to head across the New York Harbor for an up close and personal look at Lady Liberty.

• Once on Liberty Island, you’ll get to go inside this magnificent statue where you can access the pedestal for amazing outside views. You’ll also visit the new Statue of Liberty museum where you’ll get a peek at her original torch, an opportunity to measure your foot against Lady Liberties, enjoy an immersive theater experience and learn everything you always wanted to know about this symbol of American freedom.

• After departing Liberty Island your next stop is Ellis Island where over 12 million immigrants arrived on US shores.

• Your Ellis Island tour will consist of a visit to the National Museum of Immigration where you’ll learn about how immigrants were processed as they arrived – and have the opportunity to learn more about your family history.

• After your time on these two islands, you’ll board the ferry for the ride back to Lower Manhattan. Once you have disembarked the ferry your guide will walk you through Battery Park where you’ll continue until you reach the 9/11 Memorial & Museum.

• Here you’ll tour the grounds of the 9/11 Memorial where you’ll encounter the two reflecting pools created to honor those we lost on that fateful day. Among the other things you’ll see are two items that survived the attacks that day - the Survivor Tree (a Callery pear tree) and The Sphere (the world's largest bronze sculpture of modern times).

• After paying your respects on the grounds where the Twin Towers once stood, you’ll head into the 9/11 Memorial Museum. Here you’ll learn the history of not only the 9/11 attacks – but of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing as well. Since private guided tours cannot be conducted within the museum, your private tour guide will give a brief synopsis of what you are about to see before entering the building. Your 9 11 museum tour is surely one you will never forget and a must-do for anyone coming to New York City.

• Upon completion of these three pieces of American history your private driver will pick you up in your luxury vehicle and drop you off at your requested end destination.

Tour Duration: Approximately 8 to 9-Hours

Tour Can Operate: 

The starting time and date of the tour are customizable to fit your schedule.

• We recommend a start time of between 8:00am and 11:00am.

• This tour is offered all year round, 7 days a week.

• Restrictions may apply depending on the date and time of the tour.

Wheelchair Accessible: Please inquire with your sales representative.

Physical Activity Level: Easy

Inclusions:

• Roundtrip Transfers via private luxury vehicle to/from guest’s hotel (or other pre-determined location) including bottled water

• Private expert tour guide for 8 hours

• Admission Tickets to the Statue of Liberty & Ellis Island ferry ride and museums

• Admission Tickets to the 9/11 Museum

• Driver gratuity is included

• 24-hour support phone number

• Special Welcome Gift

Exclusions

*Gratuity for the tour guide is not included

New York City: What’s Up in the Air - 8 Hours

Highlights:

Want to check out New York City from an entirely different perspective? Join us for our What’s Up in the Air specialty experience! Featuring a private NYC Helicopter Tour, NYC Architecture Tour and more, this is a full day of sky-high adventures.
 

Your first stop is at one of the Big Apple's jaw-dropping observation desks. You get to choose from a VIP private guided tour of Top of the Rock at Rockefeller Center or an Express Pass to the Empire State Building. No matter which you select you won’t be disappointed! After you take in the magnificent views from high above Manhattan, you’ll meet up with your expert BTSQ licensed tour guide who’ll take you on a skyscraper tour featuring some of the tallest buildings in the city.

Before embarking on the last part of this unique journey you’ll have time to grab some lunch. Beyond Times Square will secure a reservation at your choice of restaurant and will happily offer suggestions based on your personal tastes. (Cost of lunch is not included.) After lunch, it’s time for the grand finale – a private helicopter tour over the Manhattan skyline where you'll get an overhead view of everything you looked out from - and up at - throughout the day!

• Your adventure begins when you’re picked up in your private luxury vehicle at your hotel to head to either the Top of the Rock for your 45-minute guided tour or to the Empire State Building for your Express Pass. (NOTE: There is no tour included with the ESB Express Pass.) No matter which you choose you’ll enjoy panoramic views with plenty of photo opportunities.

• After your observation deck excursion your expert tour guide will meet you for the next leg of your day – a private architecture tour focused on skyscrapers. On this tour, you’ll see all types of structures - many of which once held the title of the world’s tallest building, and may include some of the following:

• One World Trade Center: Fun fact - Its height is 1,776 feet which is symbolic of the year the US Declaration of Independence was signed.

• Central Park Tower: This is the tallest residential tower on the planet at 1,550 feet!

• 111 West 57th Street on Billionaires Row: Soaring to a height of 1,428 feet it’s the skinniest building in the world.

• One Vanderbilt: At 1,401 feet it has the distinction of being the first super skyscraper in Midtown-East Manhattan.

• 432 Park Avenue: This 1,397-foot residential tower is the tallest in the Western Hemisphere.

• 30 Hudson Yards: This building is LEED Gold certified meaning the 1,270-foot structure is cost-effective, efficient and better for occupants and the environment.

• Empire State Building: When it was built it was the first building in the world to have more than 100 floors and comes in at 1,250 feet

• Bank of America Tower: At 1,200 feet, this one is unique as it was built to use 45% less water than buildings similar in size.

• 3 World Trade Center: Defined by its stainless steel-clad exterior frame it stands at 1.079 feet tall.

• Brooklyn Tower: This 1,073-foot-tall tower is the tallest in the borough.

• 53 West 53rd Street: A 1,050-foot architectural wonder designed by Jean Nouvel.

• Chrysler Building: Briefly holding the crown as the tallest building in the world and known for its terraced crown – its height is 1,046 feet.

• NY Times Building: At 1,046 feet it’s tied with the Chrysler Building as the 12th tallest building in the city.

• After your sensational skyscraper tour, it’s time for lunch at a pre-determined venue - perhaps even a rooftop restaurant to keep with the theme.

• After lunch it’s time for the grand finale – a 30-minute deluxe private helicopter tour over Manhattan! Your guide will take you to the Heliport at 6 East River Piers (on South Street between the Seaport District and the Staten Island Ferry Terminal downtown) 30 minutes prior to your flight time, where he’ll get you checked in before saying goodbye.

• Your private helicopter tour will have you soaring above New York City’s iconic landmarks such as the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, the Brooklyn Bridge, New York Harbor and many, many more.

• Upon completion of your helicopter tour your private driver will pick you up in your luxury vehicle and drop you off at your requested end destination.

• All stops, timing and inclusions of the tour are dependent on traffic and weather conditions. In case of inclement weather determined by the pilot, guests will get the opportunity to re-schedule their flight.

Tour Duration: Approximately 8-Hours

Tour Can Operate:

The starting time and date of the tour are customizable to fit your schedule.

• We recommend a start time between 8:00am and 9:00am.

• This tour is offered all year round, Monday through Saturday.

• Restrictions may apply depending on the date and time of the tour.

Wheelchair Accessible: Please inquire with your sales representative.

Physical Activity Level: Easy

Inclusions:

• Luxury transfer in a private vehicle with a professional driver and bottled water

• Private expert tour guide for 6 hours

• Admission to either Top of the Rock for a VIP guided experience OR an Express Ticket to the 86th floor of the Empire State Building

• Tour of some of the world’s tallest skyscrapers

• Private helicopter tour

• Driver gratuity included

• 24-Hour support phone number

Exclusions

*Cost of lunch is not included
*ESB VIP Express Pass does not include a tour
*Gratuities for the tour guide and the pilot are not included

New York City: Full Day Manhattan Highlights Experience - 8 Hours

Highlights:

New York City is home to what seems like an infinite number of things to see and do. Understandably, this can be overwhelming to first-time visitors – but it doesn’t have to be! With Beyond Times Square’s highly recommended flagship NYC VIP tour – our Full Day Manhattan Highlights Experience – you’ll experience all of the Big Apple’s highlights courtesy of your expert, licensed tour guide!

This comprehensive NYC private tour takes you from Battery Park in Lower Manhattan all the way up to Central Park – which lies in between the Upper West Side and Upper East Side – and includes plenty of stops along the way! Your private tour guide will introduce you to the city’s most popular neighborhoods, iconic attractions and infamous squares that can be found wherever Broadway intersects with two or more major streets or avenues.

Your day spent exploring Manhattan also includes a choice of general admission to one of NYC’s jaw-dropping observation decks! You can pick from The Edge, Summit One, Top of the Rock, or the iconic Empire State Building. Also included? Admission to the Statue of Liberty Super Express Cruise – aka the fastest and easiest way to get up close to Lady Liberty!

• Your Full Day Manhattan Highlights Experience begins when our professional driver picks you up at your hotel or chosen location to start your adventure in a private luxury vehicle.

• During the tour, your private guide will show you around the city's most popular neighborhoods, including the Flatiron District, Little Italy, Chinatown, and more.

• You’ll also see iconic attractions like the Brooklyn Bridge, Grand Central Terminal and Rockefeller Center – as well as the somber 9/11 Memorial.

• And don’t forget those infamous squares that can be found wherever Broadway intersects with two or more major streets or avenues – such as Times Square, Washington Square, and Herald Square – just to name a few.

• Your general admission ticket inclusion allows you to choose and visit one of several stunning observation decks in NYC, such as The Edge in Hudson Yards, Summit One Vanderbilt (the newest observation deck in the city), Top of the Rock at Rockefeller Center, or the iconic Empire State Building.

• No trip to New York City is complete without getting an up-close look at Lady Liberty – and you’ll do just that thanks to your ticket to the Statue of Liberty Super Express 50-minute cruise that is also included in this whirlwind day! Get your camera ready for the perfect photo opportunity as the cruise slows down as it sails past the Statue of Liberty.

• When your Manhattan adventure comes to an end, your professional driver will drop you off at your hotel or another location of your choosing.

• All stops, timing and inclusions of the tour are dependent on traffic and weather conditions.

Tour Duration: Full Day

Tour Can Operate:

The starting time and date of the tour are customizable to fit your schedule.

• We recommend a start time of between 8:00am and 11:00am.

• This tour is offered all year round, 7-days a week.

• Restrictions may apply depending on the date and time of the tour.

Wheelchair Accessible: Please inquire with your sales representative.

Physical Activity Level: Easy

Inclusions:

• Ride in comfort in our luxury vehicles with professional drivers and bottled water (additional charge for pick-up or drop-off outside of Manhattan)

• Experience the city and receive local tips from your savvy local guide

• Door-to-door service and flexible timing

• Private guided tour with a professional tour guide for 8 hours

• General Admission tickets to one of four observation decks – choose from The Edge, Summit One Vanderbilt, Top of the Rock or Empire State Building

• Statue of Liberty Super Express Cruise

• Driver Gratuity included

• 24-hour support phone number

Exclusions:

* Gratuity for the tour guide is not included

New York City: Build Your Own Half-Day NYC Private Tour - 2 to 6 Hours

Highlights:

Heading to New York City and not sure what your options are for topics of interest to you? Perhaps you love to wander through gardens, taking in all the flora and fauna when visiting new cities. Maybe you're a huge fan of motion pictures and/or television shows and would love to see where some of them were filmed. Possibly you're a wine or beer connoisseur who enjoys discovering new vintages and brews. Or it could be that you don't have a theme at all and just know that you have four free hours to tour something of interest to you in the Big Apple.

Whatever your interests may be, chances are NYC has options for you to explore them further. And that is where our Build Your Own Half-Day NYC Private Tour comes in! With this half-day specialty experience, you'll work with our Destination Experts to curate a customized private tour, experience or attraction. Thanks to our team's knowledge, along with an extensive network of local experts and vendors, the sky is truly the limit.

From private guide services to luxury transfer services to walking tours, attraction entrances, restaurant reservations, Broadway tickets and more - BTSQ has you covered with this custom NYC tour package!

• If gardens are your passion, there are plenty of opportunities to wander through them within the five boroughs. For instance, Mount Prospect Park is home to the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens. Staten Island offers Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden. You'll find the Queens Botanical Garden in Flushing. In the Bronx, you can visit Wave Hill Public Garden & Cultural Center. And Manhattan has a host of options, many located in Central Park.

• New York City is home to world-class performing arts, museums, art galleries and more, meaning if you're into the arts, you've certainly come to the right place! Some of the finest examples of these forms of the arts would be The Metropolitan Museum of Art or the Met, the Museum of Modern Art aka MoMA, The Guggenheim Museum, The New York Public Library, Broadway, The Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, The Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), The High Line and The Chelsea Galleries - just to name a few!

• Are you a "foodie" who loves to try the cuisine when visiting a new city? Restaurants, food tours and culinary experiences abound in NYC! Some fabulous food tours include our Pizza & Gelato Food Tasting Walking Tour, our Private Bagel, Cragel and Donut Deluxe Tour and our Cupcake Food Tasting Walking Tour. Culinary experiences could encompass a Bateaux Dinner Cruise, a picnic lunch in Central Park and reservations at some of NYC's finest restaurants for breakfast, lunch, dinner and perhaps NYC's favorite meal - brunch!

• Even if you have no "one" particular interest - or are interested in a variety of topics, are celebrating a birthday or an anniversary or are just looking to get the most out of your time in the city, no worries! Our Destination Experts can develop a customized experience just for you - based on your input.

• And of course - all of our NYC custom tours come with expert, local tour guides and can be set up as private walking tours or in a private luxury vehicle with a professional driver. Luxury transfers are also available as well as helicopter tours, bike tours and more!

• All stops, timing and inclusions of the tour are dependent on traffic and weather conditions.

Tour Duration: Approximately 2 to 6-Hours

Tour Can Operate:

The starting time and date of the tour are customizable to fit your schedule.

• This tour is offered all year round, 7 days a week.

• Restrictions may apply depending on the date and time of the tour.

Wheelchair Accessible: Please inquire with your sales representative.

Physical Activity Level: Easy

Inclusions:

• Ride in comfort in our luxury vehicles with professional drivers and bottled water

• Experience the city and receive local tips from your savvy local guide

• Door-to-door service and flexible timing (additional charge for outside of Manhattan)

• A curated half-day tour of New York City customized to your interests

• Driver gratuity included

• 24-hour support phone number

Exclusions:

*Gratuity for the tour guide is not included

New York City: Your Way Through Manhattan NYC Food Tour - 4 Hours

Highlights:

Ask any food lover – there’s no better way to get to know a city than to eat its food. And there’s no food tour more comprehensive than Beyond Times Square’s Eating Your Way Through Manhattan NYC Food Tour.

Starting in Midtown Manhattan you’ll work your way down the island to what’s referred to as Downtown with your private, licensed tour guide. This half-day experience covers all of the NYC neighborhoods that are known for their great food – from Hell’s Kitchen to Little Italy to Greenwich Village to the Lower East Side. And, since the experience spans from Midtown down through LES, it comes with a private luxury vehicle to get you from one tasty neighborhood treat to the next – learning about the island and the landmarks you pass along the way. As for the fare – it varies – but you’ll hit a total of four or five stops including one of the trendy, ethnic restaurants found on Ninth Avenue in Hell’s Kitchen, and one of the many trattorias, pizzerias and delis The Big Apple is famous for as you eat your way through some of the most popular neighborhoods in Manhattan. The delectable delights on this NYC private tour will excite your stomach and are more than enough for lunch.

• Your food and culture experience begins when your expert tour guide and driver arrive to pick you up in your private luxury vehicle.

• Your tour may start with a bite in Hell’s Kitchen, which is the home of various international cuisines and numerous trendy popular restaurants.

• From there it’s on to a tasting in Greenwich Village which is often referred to as just “The Village” or “West Village” and is home to many popular cafes, bars, and restaurants.

• No NYC food tour would be complete without a visit to Little Italy, so that is where you are off to next! Here you’ll enjoy an authentic Italian treat from one of the seemingly infinite dining options.

• Next stop is the Lower East Village, aka LES. LES has a fabulous food scene and is the home to a plethora of delis – many of Jewish heritage - among various other dining options.

• In total you’ll make four to five food stops along your journey. At each stop, you’ll step out of the vehicle while your tour guide gets your tastings. As you are enjoying your fare, you’ll not only learn about the food you are sampling, but also about the history, hidden gems and little-known facts of the neighborhoods you are visiting.

• Some examples of what you might be sampling include a cheesy slice of NYC pizza, one of those famous NYC hotdogs, oh-so-decadent homemade Sicilian cannoli, Norwegian smoked salmon (an NYC favorite) on, yes, the equally famous NYC bagel, spanakopita which is Greek spinach pie, a mozzarella and prosciutto sandwich and a delicious Chinese dumpling.

• Along the way you may see some of New York City’s most well-known attractions and locales including Chinatown, Tribeca, Madison Square Garden, the Empire State Building, Grand Central Terminal, Rockefeller Center, Radio City Hall and more!

• When your NYC food tour comes to an end, your luxury transfer will be waiting to take you back to your hotel or other predetermined drop-off location.

• Tastings are subject to change based on guests’ food restrictions, itinerary and restaurant opening hours.

• All stops, timing and inclusions of the tour are dependent on traffic and weather conditions.

• The itinerary is subject to change based on starting point of the tour as well as any restrictions on that day such as traffic, road closures, etc.

Tour Duration: 4-Hours

Tour Can Operate:

The starting time and date of the tour are customizable to fit your schedule.

• We recommend a start time of between 10:00am and 2:00 pm.

• This tour is offered all year round, 7 days a week.

• Restrictions may apply depending on the date and time of the tour.

Wheelchair Accessible: Please inquire with your sales representative.

Physical Activity Level: Easy

Inclusions:

• Ride in comfort in our luxury vehicles with professional drivers and bottled water

• Experience the city and receive local tips from your savvy local guide

• Door-to-door service and flexible timing (additional charge for outside of Manhattan)

• Driver gratuity included

• All tastings, taxes and gratuities on food are included in the food-tasting fee

• 24-hour support phone number

Exclusions:

*Gratuity for the tour guide is not included
*Indoor entrance tickets are not included for any locations

New York City: Eating Your Way Through Manhattan NYC Food Tour - 4 Hours

Highlights:

Ask any food lover – there’s no better way to get to know a city than to eat its food. And there’s no food tour more comprehensive than Beyond Times Square’s Eating Your Way Through Manhattan NYC Food Tour.

Starting in Midtown Manhattan you’ll work your way down the island to what’s referred to as Downtown with your private, licensed tour guide. This half-day experience covers all of the NYC neighborhoods that are known for their great food – from Hell’s Kitchen to Little Italy to Greenwich Village to the Lower East Side. And, since the experience spans from Midtown down through LES, it comes with a private luxury vehicle to get you from one tasty neighborhood treat to the next – learning about the island and the landmarks you pass along the way. As for the fare – it varies – but you’ll hit a total of four or five stops including one of the trendy, ethnic restaurants found on Ninth Avenue in Hell’s Kitchen, and one of the many trattorias, pizzerias and delis The Big Apple is famous for as you eat your way through some of the most popular neighborhoods in Manhattan. The delectable delights on this NYC private tour will excite your stomach and are more than enough for lunch.

• Your food and culture experience begins when your expert tour guide and driver arrive to pick you up in your private luxury vehicle.

• Your tour may start with a bite in Hell’s Kitchen, which is the home of various international cuisines and numerous trendy popular restaurants.

• From there it’s on to a tasting in Greenwich Village which is often referred to as just “The Village” or “West Village” and is home to many popular cafes, bars, and restaurants.

• No NYC food tour would be complete without a visit to Little Italy, so that is where you are off to next! Here you’ll enjoy an authentic Italian treat from one of the seemingly infinite dining options.

• Next stop is the Lower East Village, aka LES. LES has a fabulous food scene and is the home to a plethora of delis – many of Jewish heritage - among various other dining options.

• In total you’ll make four to five food stops along your journey. At each stop, you’ll step out of the vehicle while your tour guide gets your tastings. As you are enjoying your fare, you’ll not only learn about the food you are sampling, but also about the history, hidden gems and little-known facts of the neighborhoods you are visiting.

• Some examples of what you might be sampling include a cheesy slice of NYC pizza, one of those famous NYC hotdogs, oh-so-decadent homemade Sicilian cannoli, Norwegian smoked salmon (an NYC favorite) on, yes, the equally famous NYC bagel, spanakopita which is Greek spinach pie, a mozzarella and prosciutto sandwich and a delicious Chinese dumpling.

• Along the way you may see some of New York City’s most well-known attractions and locales including Chinatown, Tribeca, Madison Square Garden, the Empire State Building, Grand Central Terminal, Rockefeller Center, Radio City Hall and more!

• When your NYC food tour comes to an end, your luxury transfer will be waiting to take you back to your hotel or other predetermined drop-off location.

• Tastings are subject to change based on guests’ food restrictions, itinerary and restaurant opening hours.

• All stops, timing and inclusions of the tour are dependent on traffic and weather conditions.

• The itinerary is subject to change based on starting point of the tour as well as any restrictions on that day such as traffic, road closures, etc.

Tour Duration: 4-Hours

Tour Can Operate:

The starting time and date of the tour are customizable to fit your schedule.

• We recommend a start time of between 10:00am and 2:00 pm.

• This tour is offered all year round, 7 days a week.

• Restrictions may apply depending on the date and time of the tour.

Wheelchair Accessible: Please inquire with your sales representative.

Physical Activity Level: Easy

Inclusions:

• Ride in comfort in our luxury vehicles with professional drivers and bottled water

• Experience the city and receive local tips from your savvy local guide

• Door-to-door service and flexible timing (additional charge for outside of Manhattan)

• Driver gratuity included

• All tastings, taxes and gratuities on food are included in the food-tasting fee

• 24-hour support phone number

Exclusions:

*Gratuity for the tour guide is not included
*Indoor entrance tickets are not included for any locations

New York City: 9/11 Memorial and Museum Tour & One World Observatory Half-Day Experience - 5 Hours

Highlights:

The land where NYC’s Twin Towers once stood is now home to a solemn yet beautiful tribute to those that lost their lives that horrific September morning. Our 9/11 Memorial and Museum Tour & One World Observatory half-day experience gives you a glimpse into that morning and those lives, as well as the February 1993 World Trade Center bombing.

Your experience starts on the memorial grounds outside of the museum. As you walk through what was once referred to as Ground Zero, you’ll view the twin reflecting pools that sit in the footprints of the former North and South Towers and are surrounded by bronze parapets that list the names of the victims. After you’ve paid your respects, you’ll continue into the 9/11 Museum. For parties of over four guests, prior to entering, your expert tour guide will provide commentary on what you are about to experience. Once inside, they’ll be able to answer one on one questions only. The final part of your tour is your ascension to the top of One World Trade Center – also known as the Freedom Tower - to experience the beautiful One World Observatory observation deck and take in stunning panoramic views.

• Your experience begins when your private luxury vehicle and tour guide pick you up at your hotel to take you to Downtown / Lower Manhattan.

• As you drive towards your destination, your guide will point out popular attractions in the area including the Brooklyn Bridge, Trinity Church, the Oculus, the FDNY Memorial Wall and more.

• Upon arrival at the 9/11 Memorial, you’ll tour the grounds where you’ll encounter the two reflecting pools created to honor those we lost on that fateful day. Among the other things you’ll see are two items that survived the attacks that day - the Survivor Tree (a Callery pear tree) and The Sphere (the world's largest bronze sculpture of modern times).

• You’ll also see the newest addition to the memorial, the 9/11 Memorial Glade. The Glade represents the workers, first responders, survivors and residents who were exposed to harmful toxins and who have died or are currently living with a chronic illness.

• After paying your respects on the grounds where the Twin Towers once stood, you’ll head into the 9/11 Memorial Museum, which is divided into three main exhibitions, located 70 feet underground. Since private guided tours cannot be conducted within the museum, your private tour guide will give a brief synopsis of what you are about to see before entering the building.

• Once inside you’ll learn the history of not only the September 11th attacks – but of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing as well. Thanks to the 9 11 Museum’s dynamic blend of architecture, archaeology and history you’ll experience an unforgettable encounter that includes the story of the attacks, the aftermath, and the people who experienced these events. Your visit to the 9/11 museum is surely one you will never forget and a must-do for anyone coming to New York City.

• Your final stop on your private tour will be the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere, One World Trade Center, where you’ll get priority access. After a fascinating elevator ride that has you ascending over 100 stories to the observatory, you’ll be treated to 360-degree views of the New York City skyline and beyond. And that’s not all! You also get $15 to use on food, beverages or merchandise.

• When your time at the One World Trade Center Observatory comes to an end, your luxury transfer will be waiting to take you back to your hotel or other predetermined location.

• All stops, timing and inclusions of the tour are dependent on traffic and weather conditions.

Tour Duration: 5-Hours

Tour Can Operate:

The starting time and date of the tour are customizable to fit your schedule.

• This experience is offered daily, year-round, subject to availability. Currently, the 9/11 Museum is closed on Tuesdays.

• Restrictions may apply depending on the date and time of the tour.

Wheelchair Accessible: Please inquire with your sales representative.

Physical Activity Level: Easy 

Inclusions:

• Ride in comfort in our luxury vehicles with professional drivers and bottled water

• Experience the city and receive local tips from your savvy local guide

• Door-to-door service and flexible timing (additional charge for outside of Manhattan)

• Driver gratuity included

• Admission into the 9/11 Memorial Museum

• All-Inclusive Experience at One World Observatory with priority access and $15 to use on merchandise or beverages

• 24-hour support phone number

Exclusions:

*Gratuity for the tour guide is not included