New York on foot
Step off the grid and let the neighbourhoods of New York explain themselves.
Free walking tours
Free to reserve; you tip the guide at the end. Pick the route that fits your first day.
These tours cost nothing to book. You pay at the end, whatever the tour was worth to you. The guides live on that tip.
Soho, Little Italy & Chinatown Walking Tour
2:00★ 5.0 (110)
Delve deeper into the rich tapestry of New York City with CityShuffles, exploring the captivating historical districts of SoHo, Little Italy, and…
Operator: CityShuffles
Booking via: Freetour
New York Free Tour: Radical & Weird History of Chinatown and LES
2:45
Forget sanitized history. This tour drags you through the bizarre, unhinged past of Chinatown and the Lower East Side, trading generic tourist…
Operator: Freewheelin' Bike Tours
Booking via: Freetour
Free Walking Tour of Lower Manhattan
2:30
Discover the fascinating history of Lower Manhattan, where New York City began over 400 years ago.
Operator: Aline Katz
Booking via: Freetour
Guided walks
Compare theme and route and open the walk that fits your visit to New York.
New York City: Gangsters and Ghosts 2-Hour Walking Tour
★ 4.7 (678)
Explore NYC from the perspective of its ghosts and gangsters. Take a two-hour history-based guided tour and discover the city's best gangsters…
Booking via: GetYourGuide
SoHo, Little Italy, and Chinatown Guided Walking Tour
★ 4.6 (588)
Discover the fascinating histories of SoHo, Little Italy, and Chinatown where different worlds appear around nearly every corner.
Booking via: GetYourGuide
NYC: Brooklyn Graffiti & Street Art Walking Tour in Bushwick
★ 4.8 (501)
Discover an exciting world of graffiti taggers and street artists on a walking tour of Brooklyn.
Booking via: GetYourGuide
True Crime New York: NYPD-Guided Mafia Walking Tour w/ Food
★ 4.7 (468)
Detective guided walking tour of New York City's East Village, and Little Italy. Follow in the footsteps of infamous Mafia and gangs with a…
Booking via: GetYourGuide
New York City: Greenwich Village Guided Walking Tour
★ 4.8 (321)
Discover the bohemian counterculture of New York’s Greenwich Village on a walking tour.
Booking via: GetYourGuide
New York: Dangerous neighborhoods. Authentic Bronx, Harlem & Brooklyn Tour
★ 4.7 (313)
The original tour of the rough neighborhoods: from Hell's Kitchen to Harlem, the Bronx, and Brooklyn.
Booking via: GetYourGuide
New York City: Superheroes of NYC Guided Walking Tour
★ 4.5 (288)
Take an in-depth look into the superhero and comics world in a way that only New York City can deliver.
Booking via: GetYourGuide
NYC: Walking Tour with Local Guide and 30+ Top NYC Sights
★ 4.4 (274)
Discover the 30 best sights in New York City on a walking tour with a local guide.
Booking via: GetYourGuide
NYC: Brooklyn Bridge and Dumbo District Walking Tour
★ 4.7 (204)
Walk across the Brooklyn Bridge and learn the amazing and dramatic story of this famous landmark while enjoying gorgeous views of the Manhattan…
Booking via: GetYourGuide
NYC: High Line, Chelsea, & Meatpacking District Walking Tour
★ 4.9 (203)
Visit the High Line, a park that's one of New York City's best-kept secrets. Check out the chic Meatpacking District neighborhood, and explore…
Booking via: GetYourGuide
Fan Tribute: Taylor Swift in New York Walking Tour
★ 4.9 (178)
Visit places in New York City that are important and influential to the life and art of Taylor Swift.
Booking via: GetYourGuide
For your own group
Booked for your group only: you agree pace, start time and emphasis with the guide.
New York City: Private Walking Tour with a Local
★ 4.6 (790)
Skip the typical tour. Discover New York City with a passionate local on a private, personalized walk full of hidden gems, real stories, and…
Booking via: GetYourGuide
Brooklyn: 2-Hour Best of Brooklyn Walking Tour -Williamsburg
★ 4.3 (123)
Discover the charm of Brooklyn on a walk in Williamsburg. Stroll through laid-back waterfront district, hear about its culture & history, and…
Booking via: GetYourGuide
Create Your NYC: 100% Customizable Private Walking Tour
★ 4.9 (18)
Private walking tour (no vehicle). Tell us your NYC dream – photo spots, movies, food, or sights. We'll design your route with a local expert.
Booking via: GetYourGuide
Wall Street and Financial District Private Walking Tour
Discover the secrets of Wall Street, the heart of real investment in NYC's Financial District.
Booking via: GetYourGuide
New York: City highlights Private Guided Walking Tour
Immerse yourself in the beauty of New York with a customizable private walking tour with a guide.
Booking via: GetYourGuide
NYC: Soho, Little Italy and Chinatown Private Walking Tour
Discover New York City's diverse neighborhoods on a customizable private tour, exploring Soho, Little Italy, and Chinatown with rich historical…
Booking via: GetYourGuide
NYC: Private Walking Tour of Donald Trump Buildings
See New York City through the eyes of a businessman, real estate developer, and former US president, Donald Trump.
Booking via: GetYourGuide
NYC Midtown Manhattan Highlights Private Walking Tour
Explore the cultural, financial, and entertainment capital of the world! See Times Square, Broadway, Rockefeller Center, and more highlights of…
Booking via: GetYourGuide
The Manhattan grid makes the city easy to cross and hard to read, and that gap is what a guide closes. A first visit is well spent downtown, where the harbour, the memorial and the crooked old streets of the Financial District sit close together, or on a Midtown route that reads the towers from the pavement. Anyone coming back tends to leave the grid: Greenwich Village, the Lower East Side, Harlem, Brooklyn Heights and Williamsburg for the skyline from the far bank. Central Park and the High Line stay green from end to end, and the food and faith of a single immigrant neighbourhood will fill an afternoon on their own.
A free walking tour is free to reserve and tipped when the walk ends, which is a sensible way to get your bearings early in a trip. Booked walks narrow the subject, keep the group smaller and reach corners a large crowd would simply block.
Tight schedules make the argument: a layover, a work trip with one open evening, or a party spanning a teenager and a grandparent. You set the pace and name what you want to see.
Before you book
Every tour listed here is led live by a guide in English; the card says so. Confirm the language for your date on the tour page before you finish booking.
Meeting point and start time depend on the tour you choose. They are shown on the tour page and again in your confirmation.
Compare today's list and open the tour that fits your visit.
