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OUR WALKING TOUR GUIDEBOOK
PUBLIC TOURS
(On select dates we will be offering public walking
tours. For reservations and further information, click the link above.)
About
Our Tours
All tours are led by Michelle or
James Nevius and feature a mix of stops that highlight the history, architecture,
and cultural development of the neighborhood. We are both historians who
believe that the best way to experience New
York City is up close and on foot.
Booking
All tours are given exclusively on a private basis so
that you can pick the time and date that best accommodates your schedule. The
tour covers between a mile-a-half and two-and-a-half miles in approximately
two hours. The tour costs a flat fee of $80 for groups of 1, 2, or 3 people;
it is $20.00 per person if your party has four or more people. Discounts are
available for student groups and parties of more than 10 people.
To contact us about
booking this tour
please email
walknyc@gmail.com
or
call (toll-free) 1-877-572-9719
or
in NYC: 212-666-2903
Questions?
Follow
this link to our Frequently Asked Questions page.
Follow
this link for Customer Comments
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The Best of
Central
Park
 At 843 acres,
Central Park is New York City's largest
architectural work as well as being America's most famous landscaped
park. Our tour examines the impetus behind the creation of the park and the implementation
of Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux's unique "Greensward"
plan. Stops along the way reveal where their plan has been preserved along
with the subsequent additions and revisions that give the park its
ever-changing character. Planned stops on the tour include:*
- The
monument to Christopher Columbus in Columbus Circle
- The
monument to the USS Maine
- Tavern
on the Green
- The
finish line of the New York
City marathon
- Sheep
Meadow
- The
Dairy
- The
Mall
- Balto
- Bethesda Terrace
- The
Lake
- The
Conservatory Water
- The
Metropolitan
Museum of Art
- The
Obelisk ("Cleopatra's Needle")
- The
Great Lawn
- Belvedere Castle
- The
Ramble
- Bow Bridge
- Strawberry
Fields
- In addition,
the tour is supplemented with historic 19th-century drawings and
photographs that illustrate the development of the park over the last
150 years.
*
all walking tour itineraries are subject to change
“Add an
Hour”
For
an additional $10 per person (or a flat fee of $120 for groups of 1-3 people),
you can add an hour to the length of your tour and spend some time exploring
one of the neighborhoods that borders Central Park, such as the Upper
West Side or the Upper East Side.
For more information, please visit our Add
an Hour page by CLICKING HERE; to book this tour, click on one of
the following email links:
1) Central
Park + The Upper West Side
2) Central
Park + The Upper East Side
(Please note that you may only add one
additional neighborhood to the tour.)
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