We're a walking tour company whose local guides are experts in New York City and have led tens of thousands of guests throughout the city’s streets.
This puts us in a unique position to have created over 40 self-guided tours, (some available in audio format). These routes include locations we visit during our free guided walking tours.
On our tours, our guides do so much more than merely point out NYC landmarks and talk about history. They bring the city to life, discuss current culture, and even share tips on where to eat and shop so that you can feel like a local!
Some of these self-guided tours are available in an audio format you can listen to as you follow the routes. Others can be used on a smart device or if you prefer, print them out before you hit the road.
Our tour guides would love you to join us on our pay-what-you-wish live guided tours. but if you can’t make it, or prefer to go it alone, enjoy our self-guided tours.
Read more about our pay-what-you-wish guided walking tours of NYC.
Below are four of our most popular tours for you to get a taste of what our self-guided tours and audio tours are like.
THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE
Just about everybody who visits NYC for the first time pays a visit to this legendary bridge.
We have a guide for walking across the bridge, where you can find a self-guided tour and map.
This self-guided tour begins at City Hall Park, on the Manhattan side of the bridge and ends on the Brooklyn side of the Bridge, and lasts about 90 minutes.
We also have an anytime GPS-led audio tour (in English, Spanish, and German) of the bridge, which starts from the Manhattan side and is more extensive.
Here is an audio sample.
NOTE: We also run a daily guided tour of the Brooklyn Bridge.
THE HIGH LINE
We offer several self-guided options for the High Line, an elevated freight train line that is now one of the world's most innovative public parks.
We have a guide to the High Line where you can find a self-guided tour.
You can also print out a pdf version of the written tour here to save on your smartphone.
You can experience this tour as an anytime GPS-enabled audio tour, which is more extensive than the written version. Here's a sample.
Lastly, we also run several daily, pay-what-you-like guided walks of the High Line.
CENTRAL PARK
This park needs no introduction but you will find it helpful to at least take a self-guided tour to help you find your bearings and discover this great public space.
Be sure to read our guide to Central Park, which has a self-guided tour of the lower and middle 3rds of the park, both of which are available as audio tours.
The guide also has several tourist maps of the park, including a map (self-guided tour) of Central Park movie sites.
Lastly, we also run several daily, pay-what-you-like guided walks of Central Park.
MIDTOWN MANHATTAN
Midtown Manhattan, centered by Times Square, is one of Manhattan's largest neighborhoods.
Watch a 32-minute abridged version of our live guided tour.
It also has the largest concentration of popular tourist attractions, such as the Empire State Building, Grand Central Terminal, and Rockefeller Center, just to name a few.
We have a guide to Midtown Manhattan, which contains maps and tips for your visit, including a self-guided tour of the neighborhood.
We also offer a more in-depth GPS-guided audio tour. Here's a sample.
We also offer several Midtown Manhattan pay-what-you-wish guided tours.
STATUE OF LIBERTY + ELLIS ISLAND
Every ferry ticket to Liberty and Ellis Islands includes a National Park Service audio tour. Read our guide to getting tickets and planning your trip here.
However, you can only access the audio tour units once you get to the islands, and depending on the season, you could be waiting in long lines on both islands.
We've created a free GPS-led audio tour that you can download to your smartphone now. It's for both islands, so you won't have to wait in additional lines.
Plus, you can listen to some of the audio while waiting for security and riding the ferry. Here's a sample.
OTHER SELF-GUIDED TOURS
These tours are organized by the parts of the city. Take a look at our post on New York City Neighborhoods to get an overview of these areas and more.
We also have special-themed tours and tours made for TV and movie lovers!
Lower Manhattan (tip of Manhattan - Canal Street)
- Lower Manhattan (audio tour available)
- 9/11 Memorial (audio tour available)
- Chinatown
- Tribeca
- Wall Street
- Battery Park
- South Street Seaport
Downtown Manhattan (Canal Street - 14 Street)
- Greenwich Village (audio tour available)
- Greenwich Village Food Tour (audio tour available)
- SoHo (audio tour available)
- Little Italy
- Lower East Side
- East Village
Midtown Manhattan (14th-59th Sts.)
- Grand Central Terminal (audio tour available)
- Rockefeller Center
- Times Square
- Broadway Theater District
- Roosevelt Island
- Flatiron District
- Chelsea Market
- Gramercy Park and Union Square
- Hells Kitchen
Upper Manhattan and The Bronx
- Harlem (audio tour available)
- Harlem Soul Food
- Arthur Avenue (Bronx’s Little Italy)
Brooklyn
Themed Tours
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