Visiting the Big Apple is on many a bucket list. Of course if you do go to New York, you'll find that at all those places you've always wanted to see, like the Statue of Liberty or the Empire State Building, there are hordes of others with the same idea. This can mean standing in line for hours and never really having the time to fully explore the city. An organized tour can save you many headaches but can also be extremely dreary. However, there are several fun tours in NYC that will help you see this fabulous city in a new light.
A great theme for a tour is NYC on screen. The city is filled with places that became famous for scenes from movies or television shows. For example, the comedy series 'Seinfeld' was not only set in NYC but also made some of its businesses quite famous. The diner where the characters used to meet really exists, as does the Soup Nazi's soup shop, and these businesses still draw fans of the show even years after the last episode. For a highly entertaining tour, make sure your guide is Harry Kramer on whom the Kramer character was based.
The city has been a mecca for musicians and artists and there are great ways to explore this musical legacy with the help of a knowledgeable guide. For instance, a great way to spend a Sunday morning is exploring Harlem's gospel legacy. For a wild night out, you may enjoy a punk rock-themed pub crawl and see where bands like The Ramones used to play. You can also choose to follow in the footsteps of just one artist, for example Bob Dylan or John Lennon.
Many writers used to call the city home or visited for an extended period. If you're interested in literary history, you'll love a literary tour of the places where these writers lived, worked and found inspiration. Some found inspiration in the bottle and a very popular package is a pub crawl of Greenwich Village, starting at the White Horse Tavern, the haunt of literary bad boys Dylan Thomas, Hunter S. Thompson and Jack Kerouac.
During the Prohibition era, literary bad boys with a love of the bottle may have had to spend their nights in Hell's Kitchen instead. This was a neighborhood of bootleggers and gangsters. Later it became a favorite neighborhood for actors and artists too and a knowledgeable guide can tell you a lot about the area's colorful past. Another neighborhood tour that you may enjoy is one of the Upper East Side, especially Millionaires' Mile where the rich and famous have homes.
Its often violent past means that many people died rather unexpectedly in NYC. Some still haunt the streets and the high-rise or brownstone buildings. For a hair-raising experience, go on a guided tour of the city's haunted sites.
A ghost tour is best done on an empty stomach. Similarly, you shouldn't eat before undertaking a food tour. Whether it's in Chinatown, the East Village, Harlem, Brooklyn or simply on the sidewalks, you're bound to find a tour that you can sink your teeth into. Forget pub crawls: There are even cupcake crawls of NYC.
Taking one of the unique, fun tours in NYC will provide you with memories that you'll cherish forever. However, you don't have to be a visitor to enjoy the Big Apple in this way. Even residents of this great city find it a great way to get to know their home all over again.
A great theme for a tour is NYC on screen. The city is filled with places that became famous for scenes from movies or television shows. For example, the comedy series 'Seinfeld' was not only set in NYC but also made some of its businesses quite famous. The diner where the characters used to meet really exists, as does the Soup Nazi's soup shop, and these businesses still draw fans of the show even years after the last episode. For a highly entertaining tour, make sure your guide is Harry Kramer on whom the Kramer character was based.
The city has been a mecca for musicians and artists and there are great ways to explore this musical legacy with the help of a knowledgeable guide. For instance, a great way to spend a Sunday morning is exploring Harlem's gospel legacy. For a wild night out, you may enjoy a punk rock-themed pub crawl and see where bands like The Ramones used to play. You can also choose to follow in the footsteps of just one artist, for example Bob Dylan or John Lennon.
Many writers used to call the city home or visited for an extended period. If you're interested in literary history, you'll love a literary tour of the places where these writers lived, worked and found inspiration. Some found inspiration in the bottle and a very popular package is a pub crawl of Greenwich Village, starting at the White Horse Tavern, the haunt of literary bad boys Dylan Thomas, Hunter S. Thompson and Jack Kerouac.
During the Prohibition era, literary bad boys with a love of the bottle may have had to spend their nights in Hell's Kitchen instead. This was a neighborhood of bootleggers and gangsters. Later it became a favorite neighborhood for actors and artists too and a knowledgeable guide can tell you a lot about the area's colorful past. Another neighborhood tour that you may enjoy is one of the Upper East Side, especially Millionaires' Mile where the rich and famous have homes.
Its often violent past means that many people died rather unexpectedly in NYC. Some still haunt the streets and the high-rise or brownstone buildings. For a hair-raising experience, go on a guided tour of the city's haunted sites.
A ghost tour is best done on an empty stomach. Similarly, you shouldn't eat before undertaking a food tour. Whether it's in Chinatown, the East Village, Harlem, Brooklyn or simply on the sidewalks, you're bound to find a tour that you can sink your teeth into. Forget pub crawls: There are even cupcake crawls of NYC.
Taking one of the unique, fun tours in NYC will provide you with memories that you'll cherish forever. However, you don't have to be a visitor to enjoy the Big Apple in this way. Even residents of this great city find it a great way to get to know their home all over again.
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