Holiday Lights Extravaganza Walking Tour
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This holiday tour is jam-packed with fun facts, stories of holiday traditions, visits to view NYC's most spectacular holiday decorations and lights, sing-a-longs, and is guided by a fun and lively Guide. Your expert, licensed, local Guide knows all the top spots for viewing the absolute best decorated sites. They will provide expert commentary for all sites visited along the route and may assist with photo taking, if help is needed. The style of the tour is lighthearted and gay and with a genuine Christmassy vibe. All along the route, you are encouraged to take lots of memorable photographs while reveling in all the amazing sights and sounds of the holidays in super-sized, New York City style!
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Feel like a kid again as you feast you eyes on the magnificent holiday window displays that adorn 'The Largest Store In The World". Each year, Macy's creates a wonderful new theme for it's holiday window displays. It takes 8 months to create displays for an upcoming season. These spectacular window displays are sure to bring out the child in each of us. Drawing an average of 10,000 passersby per hour, Macy's is apparently delivering on bringing the magic of the holiday season to its windows.
No visit to NYC during the holidays would be complete without a visit to the Winter Village At Bryant Park! This is truly a NYC hotspot at Christmastime as thousands visit the park to skate on NYC's largest outdoor ice rink, enjoy their big and beautiful Christmas tree or visit any of over 100 outdoor pop-up shops for unique gifts, warm beverages and food. You'll be given a little time here to revel in the beauty of this magical Christmas Village.
Fifth Avenue may be famously known for it's many high-end, expensive retailers that are overflowing with fancy designer goods, but it's also known for it's magnificent window displays. From 57th St to Rockefeller Center, you will have an opportunity to delight in some truly serious eye candy! You'll want to remember your cameras or camera phones, for this!
See this beautiful and historic hotel (from the outside) and the annual festive annual holiday display that adorns the fountain that sits in front of this famous hotel.
Regardless of political affiliations, as many of our tour Guests inquire about knowing where our 45th President of the United States, Donald J Trump once lived at and operated out of whenever in NYC, we will be pointing this building out while on tour.
Sak's seemingly spares no expense on decorating their windows for the holiday season. In addition to incredibly magnificent window displays which will undoubtedly be the highlight of all of your photo opportunities, Sak's also entertains passersby with a musical light show displayed on the building's facade. Incredible, does not begin to describe what you will see and hear. We promise that you are going to LOVE IT, LOVE IT, LOVE IT!
This Roman Catholic church is architecturally stunning from the outside with an equally stunning nave and interior. The church was constructed in the 1800's and it is certainly one of NYC's most impressive cathedrals, attracting millions of visitors each year.
The real, 70-100ft donated Norwegian Spruce Christmas tree is quite possibly the most famously lighted Christmas tree, in the world! Decorated with 50,000 LED lights and topped with a 9 ft., 70 spike, 3-million-Swarovski crystal tree topper, seeing it will definitely be a highlight of your holiday tour experience! If the spirit moves you, perhaps you'll participate in sings a few holiday tunes with your fellow patrons and Guide. What better way to get in the mood of the joyous holiday season than to sing by the greatest tree in the world in the greatest city, in the world!
Each year, Bergdorf Goodman, a very prestigious retailer on Fifth Avenue, unveils over-the-top holiday window displays. It is rumored that Bergdorf pays their designers between $40K-$100K PER WINDOW, to appoint their huge windows with unique holiday themes that wow thousands of passersby. These are usually some of the most spectacular windows providing wonderful holiday photo opportunities.
Very near to Radio City Music Hall, there are several really terrific holiday photo opportunities that we will not let you miss! As your tour concludes we are ending just across from Radio City Music Hall; home to the beautiful, talented, high-kicking precision dancers known as the Radio City Rockettes. Although the cost for attending the Radio City Christmas Spectacular is not included in the cost of this tour, we urge you to book a performance. It's also been a pretty amazing show that most certainly lives up to its name.
NYC's over-the top holiday decoration do not stop at Rockefeller Center! Other extravagant holiday displays can be found along 6 Ave and you will see them on this tour.
Famous for the movie "Breakfast At Tiffany's" starring Audrey Hepburn, Tiffany's has been thrilling passersby with their frosty, blueish, holiday themed windows featuring their extraordinary jewelry amid whimsical and fantastical mice-laden holiday settings.
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- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Reviews(18)
Debra was a great tour guide. She showed us the sights and the lights and gave us a lot of history and interesting stories along the way. She navigated us to and through the best spots for lights and pictures.
Thank you for taking time to review your tour experience. We love what we do and we take pride in showcasing this great city with our travel guests. We are elated that you enjoyed your tour. We would be honored to serve you again on one of the many tour experiences that we offer, should you find yourself on a return visit the NYC; the Big Apple! From our family to yours we wish you an extraordinary holiday season and a New Year blessed with great health, happiness, prosperity, fun times and amazing memories! Happy Holidays!
Debbie was great! This was my wife and I first time to New York. We wanted to see as many Christmas lights and displays in the city as we could. It was a cold night and she still made it fun and lively. She was always willing to take pictures and get us to the right spots. She had a good balance of factual sharing and allowing us to soak in the amazing views of the city. We would highly recommend!
We are thrilled to hear just how much you enjoyed both your experience and your Guide, Debbie. We take a lot of pride in what we do and in the quality delivered for each tour experience. Your feedback, helps us to stay on track in meeting our goals of providing these great tour experiences which we feel are led by some of the absolute best NYC Guides . We genuinely appreciate the time that you've taken to write this review. We look forward to serving you again on another of our tour offerings should you find yourself revisiting the Big Apple. From our family to yours we wish Happy Holidays amd all the best in 2026!
Excellent tour of the city lights and Christmas decor. Debbie, the tour guide, was very knowledgeable and helpful. Friendly and a joy to be with
We are so very happy to hear just how much you enjoyed your experience and your Guide, Debbie. We take a lot of pride in what we do and in the quality of the family-friendly experiences that we offer. Your feedback, helps us to stay on track in meeting our goals of providing great tour experiences led by some of the very best Guides in the City. We genuinely appreciate the time that you've taken to write this review. We look forward to serving you again on another of our tour offerings should you find yourself revisiting the Big Apple. From our family to yours we wish you all the best in 2025!
We had an absolutely wonderful tour with Debbie as our tour guide. She was fun and informative and she ensured we felt safe. A true New Yorker who showed us all the sights we wanted to see and helped us capture amazing photos. We would definitely book again! Great tour awesome company! There is nothing like New York for Christmas!
Thank you so much for your kind words and for taking the time to review your experience. We take a lot of pride in delivering experiences of the highest quality to each and every one of our tour guests. We are always elated to know that we've delivered as promised. Should you find yourself revisiting New York City at some future time we would be genuinely honored to serve you, again. We wish you all the best in 2025...and beyond!
Great experience, learned a lot of history about Christmas & NewYork while on this tour. Tour guide was very helpful when we asked her questions outside of the tour.
Thank you for joining us on this tour of NYC's holiday lights and for taking the time to review your experience. We are delighted to hear that your enjoyed both your experience and guide. We offer an array of additional tour experiences throughout the year. It was a privilege to serve you on this tour and we would welcome the chance to serve you again, should you revisit the Big Apple. We'd like to take this opportunity to wish you and yours a spectacular holiday season. We also send heartfelt wishes for a New Year filled with promise, great health, abundant happiness, prosperity and love! Happiest Holidays, from our family, to yours!
Did see lights but more of a history and shopping tour. The guide was very nice and very knowledgeable but I would not have paid to do the shopping and history
We are disappointed to hear that your tour's content did nor meet your expectations. The specific details of this tour's content is written in its description, as follows: "This holiday tour is jam-packed with fun facts, stories of holiday traditions, visits to view NYC's most spectacular holiday decorations and lights, . .". We've structured our tour with fun historical facts about the origins of the Christmas holiday IN ADDITION to visits to NYC's BEST HOLIDAY LIGHTS, DECORATIONS & WINDOW DISPLAYS as a way to add an interesting dimension to a guest's experience on this tour. Additionally, the visit to the beautiful Bank of America Winter Village, which does have 100 holiday pop-up stores, is not a stop for shopping, per se. Although tour guests are certainly welcome to do so, the main purpose for our visit to this area is to provide guests wirh a restroom break, allow guests to purchase warm drinks or food if desired, and most importantly, to enjoy the holiday vibe of this area with its beautiful Christmas tree and massive ice rink. Although our tour description is pretty well detailed, we feel badly that it fell short of your expectations. From our family to yours, we wish you an extraordinary holiday season and a New Year filled with great health and abundant happiness! Happy Holidays!
our tour was cancelled because of the tree lighting celebration. it was rescheduled for tonight. but we have reservations for another event. i am wondering about the refund. when will i receive it?
Thank you for reaching out to us with your concerns over your missed tour. Due to the Rockefeller Center Annual Christmas Tree Lighting event on December 4th, we had no clear choice but to reschedule this Holiday Lights Extravaganza tour from December 4th to December 5th. We'd sent you, as well as other scheduled guests, notification of this necessary date change well in advance of the originally scheduled tour date. We are so sorry that you were unable to attend the rescheduled tour. In conjunction with our policies for tour cancellation, you did not cancel your tour within the time limit required by our guidelines. This policy is necessary as we must pay our tour guides regardless of whether guests show up for their tour or not. Your group was the only one scheduled for the rescheduled tour on December 5. Below, is a reminder of our clearly stated cancellation policy which you received during your original booking: “For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time. If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded. Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.” Please note that “24-hours” is ACTUALLY 24-hours; not approximately 24-hours. That said, in the interest of goodwill we have broken precedent and have authorized Viator to refund a portion of your tour although we were not obligated to do this. Tour reviews are an important way for potential customers to learn about what they can expect to experience WHILE ON A TOUR. It’s unfortunate that your review had nothing to do with an actual tour experience but rather with how you felt after cancelling your tour beyond the limits of our written cancellation policy. We are sorry that you were unable to attend what would have been an amazing experience and that you are undoubtedly disappointed with the outcome of our decision. We highly recommend that going forward, you always read over a tour provider’s cancellation policies regardless of who that provider might be, so that you do not ever find yourself in a similar situation, again. From our family to yours, we wish you a happy holiday season and a New Year filled with hope, happiness, great health, wonderful friends, fun times and lots of special moments!
We ended up with a private tour with Debbie and it was amazing! She was full of fascinating information, tips and stories! She went at our pace and adjusted to our wants. She was friendly and ensured we got the very best pictures. Would definitely recommend!
It;s always rewarding to learn that a Guest has had such an enjoyable and enlightening experience on one of our tours. We thank you for taking the time and effort to review your tour experience. Thank you so much, for joining us on tour. We hope that you will look to us for more touring experiences should you revisit New York City. We would be honored to serve you, again! From our family to yours, we wish you a bright, happy, healthy and promising New Year!
We took this adventure on a rainy night and everyone cancelled but 2 of us. Debbie Mason was amazing. Her knowledge of the city, upbeat tour was great. She covers so many must see sights, and evening is THE time to see NY ... it was spectaculor
Although our response is a bit delayed, we'd like to thank you for taking the time to review your holiday tour. We are elated to know that you enjoyed your experience with your Guide, Debbie. Now that you've seen Manhattan's spectacular holiday lights, we would love to have you with us again; this time to explore the amazing holiday lights of Dyker Heights, Brooklyn. We will be adding the new tour this later this year. Dyker Heights is a residential neighborhood. Each December, bus loads of visitors flock to the area to view the neighborhood's over-the-top holiday lights, decorations and seasonal displays. It truly is spectacular! Should visit NYC again, we would be delighted to have you tour with us, again. Please keep a eye out for this tour and others, from My NY Tours. Wishing you and your family all the best of health, happiness and prosperity in 2023, and beyond! All our best!
What an amazing experience. Deb, our tour guide was phenomenal with her personality and knowledge. Highly recommend, you will not be disappointed.
We thank you for reviewing your tour experience and also apologize for not acknowledging your reviewing efforts sooner. We are delighted to know how much you enjoyed your tour. We are planning to add some additional tours, in 2023, including a very different experience of holiday lights excess, in the beautiful, mansion-filled neighborhood of Dyker Heights, Brooklyn. If you should decide to visit the NYC region again, perhaps you'll join us. We would certainly be honored to have you tour with us again! Until then, the My NY Tours family wishes you and yours an incredible New Year that is blessed with great health, laughter, love, fun memories and the realization of dreams! All the best!