NYC Holiday Lights Tour
Description
Experience the magic of Manhattan's famous winter and holiday attractions! Led by a local New Yorker and licensed tour guide, you'll discover the city's top sights and gather insider travel tips for the season. Enjoy the comfort of a private driver who will whisk you away to the city's most picturesque locations, perfect for those holiday photo ops destined for this year's greeting cards. This festive, non-denominational tour is enjoyable for everyone, especially families with young children. Join us and create unforgettable holiday memories – we can't wait to welcome you!
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Itinerary
See the decorations and stunning retail displays at Manhattan's newest iconic attraction: the Vessel
Visit the Winter Garden Luminaries Light Show! With the group, we will see the annual Winter Garden decoration at this famous shopping center steps from the WTC memorial.
Visit the Christmas Tree outside the NYSE & Federal Hall.
Offering a breathtaking view of the Brooklyn Bridge at night!
Next, we’ll make a stop in Lower Manhattan for a quick bite at Little Italy Pizzeria and Deli on 50 Fulton Street, where you’ll also have access to other nearby local food spots. Please note that food and drinks are optional and are not included in the price of your tour ticket.
We finish at the iconic Christmas tree celebrated worldwide, where we can visit the ice-skating rink and storefronts for Radio City and the Today Show, among others.
As we head back to our starting location on Times Square, our next stop is Grand Central Terminal for a quick indoor tour of this iconic NYC landmark and the views of the Chrysler Building and NYC's newest skyscraper - One Vanderbilt!
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Important Information
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- 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
- The tour includes guided stops, each lasting approximately 20-30 minutes, with travel time between attractions efficiently incorporated
- If you're driving and need to park your vehicle - the closest garage parking is at 140 W 51st St, NY, NY 10020 and at 209 W 51st St, NY, NY 10019
- Please note that we do not provide pick-up and drop-off service for this tour
Reviews(17)
Driver and tour guide were professional, knowledgeable, and felt safe the whole time
A great way to see a lot of sights! Great driver and great tour host! Good way to get an over view of the City! The stops were timed well.
Great experience but waiting on late arrivals delayed our start time by 30 mins which made for a very rushed ending. There should be a max 15 min wait time before a group has to reschedule/cancel. The tour guide was nice and we had great views of the city but the entire experience felt rushed.
We booked this holiday light tour for 10 members of our family, involving 3 generations. We started off well, seeing Times Square, Hudson lights and proceeding to Wall Street. At this point the tour became more iof an architectural history tour. We arrived at the Southport stop, and were told we had 10 minutes to use the restroom and thus would be the food stop. I pointed out there was to be another stop in Lower Manhattan at a pizzeria., but our guide Lyonel claimed no one had told him this. Later he changed his story, and Lyonel said the quality of the pizza wasn’t good and had been struck from the tour. The children were particularly disappointed, and hungry enough to buy some dried out sandwiches that were the only things available at that hour. The guide was informative and the driver did a great job in the heavy traffic, but the last 1.5 hours were lacking in lights and the failure to provide a food stop was bad. I would not recommend this tour to families with children.
Very informative and friendly, courteous and helpful. Great views of the city. Had a good experience.
The Little Italy pizza stop is no longer a thing. People - if you are late then you hold up the entire tour which means we wind up having to skip stuff because of you. The tour itself was great. Lots of good stops. Especially loved Hudson Yards, the NYSE tree, and the history that the tour guide gave.
Great experience very informative he was patient with us. Had a great time. Worth doing this then the other big companies
Would recommend this tour for first time travelers as the tour does cover a great bit! It was a good tour. Very interesting info. Very interactive with getting on and off the bus. I like that we just didn’t sit on the bus the whole time. Host was nice and friendly but just ok. A little more personality and a joke or two would keep the younger crowd more engaged. Voice a bit monotoned. This tour would get 5 stars if it would actually make a stop AT the Brooklyn bridge and let us walk on it. 😂
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Our guide John was terrific— full of stories and history of nyc. He was fun! It was great being driven around as we went to places all over the city which we would never have been able to see all of those Christmas lights on our own. Surprisingly we weren’t stuck in traffic other than the first 10 minutes. The driver Johnny knew what streets to take,etc. I highly recommend this tour to see NYC’s Christmas lights, learn some nyc history and be comfortable .
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This tour was absolutely wonderful! Our tour guide, “Santa Claus,” and our driver were incredibly informative, kind and thoughtful throughout the entire experience. We highly recommend it and would gladly do it again!
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