This page provides details of our free Midtown Manhattan Walking Tour, including tips on directions, times and sights covered.
- Tour Description
- Meeting Point + Schedule
- GPS Audio Tour
- Things to See in Midtown
- Other Free NYC Tours
- Things to Do in NYC
Watch a 32-minute abridged version of our live guided tour.
You could also watch this video on Facebook.
TOUR DESCRIPTION
Arguably the world's busiest and most crowded and valuable pieces of real estate, Midtown Manhattan is what most visitors envision when they think of New York City.
Home to some of the city's most iconic architecture, from Gothic to Post-Modern and from Beaux-Arts to Art Deco (lots of Art Deco) - it's not difficult to understand why.
Behind these massive facades lie fascinating stories just waiting to be unveiled.
Let Free Tours by Foot guide you through Midtown Manhattan.
This two-hour tour will take you from the pulsating beats of Times Square and Grand Central Terminal to the majesty and tranquility of St. Patrick's Cathedral.
You may also be interested in our Midtown Manhattan Night Tour and our Grand Central Terminal Tour.
SIGHTS WE COVER ON THE TOUR:
- Times Square
- Theater District
- Bryant Park
- New York Public Library**
- MetLife Building
- Grand Central Terminal
- The Chrysler Building**
- Rockefeller Center
- Radio City Music Hall
- Saks Fifth Avenue**
- Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
- St. Patrick's Cathedral
- the Empire State Building**- (Admission included in the New York Pass)
- and much more
**sites we do not enter, but cover from the outside.
TIP: This tour ends near Rockefeller Center, where you could go to Top of the Rock observation deck.
Reservations: REQUIRED. Click here to reserve. Groups of 6-9 or more should visit our group page.
Where: Meet your guide at the Waffles and Dinges kiosk at 42nd and 6th Ave. Look for your guide with the Free Tours by Foot logo.
Check out our Google map for directions to Bryant Park's starting point. Tour ends in Times Square near Rockefeller Center. ***The Midtown Manhattan Night tour does NOT meet here.**
Duration: Approximately 2 hours. The total distance is approximately 1 mile (1.6K).
When:
- @2 pm (14:00) on Wednesdays & Sundays. Winter schedule: @2pm Thursdays. Tours go out rain or shine. Dress appropriately for the weather. View Our Full Calendar.
- Most of this tour is also covered by our Midtown Manhattan Night Tour, currently running on Thursdays @8pm. View our full tour calendar.
This tour is also available anytime with our GPS-led audio tour.
Cost: This tour is free to take, and you get to decide what, if anything, the tour was worth when it's done.
A name-your-own-price tour is a tour for anyone's budget.
GPS-LED AUDIO TOUR
If you can't take our guided Midtown Manhattan walk when it's offered, or you prefer to go it alone, then consider our GPS-led audio tour version.
You can take this tour any time, day or night, though we think daytime on a workday gives you the best feel for the area.
Here is a sample of the tour.
Here is how it works:
- Purchase an audio tour.
- Get a confirmation email with .mp3, .pdf and embeddable Google Map
- Enjoy the tour(s).
In addition to the audio version of our Midtown Manhattan Tour, we also have the following audio tours.
- Central Park
- Lower Manhattan
- 9/11 Memorial and World Trade Center
- The Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island
- Greenwich Village
- Food Tour of Greenwich Village
- SoHo
- The Brooklyn Bridge (in English, Spanish, and German)
- Brooklyn Heights
- The High Line
- Midtown Manhattan
- Grand Central Terminal
- Harlem
Available Without Audio (full text):
- Times Square
You could also visit our main NYC audio tours page for more samples and information.
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