Contrastes + Alto Y Bajo (Spanish)
The best tour to get a complete overview of the City That Never Sleeps. We’ll begin at 8:00 a.m. in Midtown Manhattan, passing by Columbus Circle, where you can admire the Monument to Christopher Columbus, and visit the Lincoln Center.
Next, we’ll head to the iconic Dakota Building, John Lennon’s last residence, and take a short walk through Strawberry Fields in Central Park. Along the way, you’ll see the San Remo Towers and the American Museum of Natural History.
Crossing Central Park to Fifth Avenue, also known as the Museum Mile, you’ll spot the Jewish Museum, the Cooper Hewitt Museum, the John Purroy Mitchel Memorial, and the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir. We’ll continue to admire the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Frick Collection, and the Central Park Zoo.
We’ll then cross the Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge and stop at Queens Bridge Park, a scenic viewpoint offering fantastic photo opportunities of the Manhattan skyline. Continuing through Astoria, we’ll pass by NYCHA housing projects, and then head north to The Bronx.
Our first stop will be at Yankee Stadium, followed by the Civil Court, Courthouses, and the Criminal Court. We’ll visit the 42nd Precinct, where scenes from the movie Fort Apache were filmed. You’ll also have time to photograph famous murals such as Big Pun and I Love The Bronx.
We’ll cross the Bronx Whitestone Bridge into the upscale residential area of Malba, in Queens. Continuing our route, we’ll pass the New York Times printing facility and visit Flushing Meadows–Corona Park, home to the New York Mets’ Citi Field, the US Open National Tennis Center, and the iconic Unisphere, featured in films such as Men in Black, Captain America, and Tomorrowland.
Finally, we’ll head to Brooklyn to visit the renowned neighborhood of Williamsburg, home to the Hasidic Orthodox Jewish community, the second largest outside of Israel.
Crossing the Manhattan Bridge, we’ll enter Chinatown and SoHo, passing by Federal Plaza and the Manhattan Criminal Court. We’ll finish the tour near Brooklyn Bridge and City Hall, ending close to Ground Zero (Broadway Avenue and Barclay Street), where you’ll have free time to continue exploring Downtown Manhattan on your own.
Contrastes + Alto Y Bajo
Duration: 6 hours
Number of stops: 10
Approximate Meeting time: 8am
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