Rockefeller Center Christmas Walk: The Tree, the Windows and Fifth Avenue
Follow Midtown’s holiday glow from Bryant Park to the Plaza, past wreath-wearing lions and the Rockefeller Center skating rink.
United States
Self-guided tours in New York
5 tours in New York
Brooklyn Bridge and Lower Manhattan Walking Tour
From the Brooklyn Bridge to the harbor, follow the places where New York built upward and a new nation took shape.
Central Park Walking Tour: The Pond to Belvedere Castle
Follow the paths, bridges and terraces of Olmsted and Vaux’s Greensward plan, from the Pond to Belvedere Castle.
Sleepy Hollow: The Legend Walk
Walk from the creek where a British spy was captured to the graves that give Sleepy Hollow its name.
Dyker Heights Christmas Lights Walking Tour
Walk the glowing streets where neighbors turned Christmas decorating into a Brooklyn tradition.
About New York
New York State's oldest stories cluster along the Hudson, from the harbor at the tip of Manhattan up into the river valleys the Dutch farmed in the 1600s. Our two tours sit at either end of that stretch: one in Lower Manhattan, one in the village Washington Irving made famous. The Brooklyn Bridge and Lower Manhattan Walking Tour covers nine stops over 2.4 miles, about 1 hour 24 minutes with the stories. It starts at the Manhattan end of the Brooklyn Bridge and passes City Hall Park, the Woolworth Building, St. Paul's Chapel, the 9/11 Memorial, Trinity Church, Federal Hall, where Washington took the oath in 1789, and Fraunces Tavern, before ending at Castle Clinton by the harbor. Sleepy Hollow: The Legend Walk covers five stops over 1.5 miles, about 53 minutes. It starts at Patriots Park, where militiamen stopped the British spy John André in 1780, and follows the old Albany Post Road past Philipsburg Manor and the Old Dutch Church to the Headless Horseman Bridge and Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, where Irving is buried. The city walk works any day of the year. The Sleepy Hollow walk is at its best in October, when the whole valley leans into the legend, so go early in the day then.
Where to go in New York
New York: questions people ask
What audio tours are there in New York?
The Brooklyn Bridge and Lower Manhattan Walking Tour in New York City, and Sleepy Hollow: The Legend Walk in Sleepy Hollow, up the Hudson.
How long are the New York walks?
The Lower Manhattan walk is 2.4 miles and about 1 hour 24 minutes; the Sleepy Hollow walk is 1.5 miles and about 53 minutes, both with all the stories.
Are the tours self-guided?
Yes. Start whenever you like. unlock the rest to hear it on the web or in the Stories app, which also works offline.
Is there a self-guided tour of New York?
Yes. 5 tours, including "Rockefeller Center Christmas Walk: The Tree, the Windows and Fifth Avenue", are on Stories. Unlock it once for your group for $4.99 and play it in your browser; the app plays each story as you arrive.
Every Stories tour plays in your browser, no app needed. How it works
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