Tours

The granddaddy of New York City walking-tour companies, with a rotating roster of nearly 30 history-based neighborhood tours.

Group Tours

All tours are available for private walks and group bookings.

Call (212) 439-1090 ext. 5 or Email us for more information.

Chelsea and the High Line

Our tour explores the historic and architectural evolution of the area originally named for the London borough. Chelsea features a dynamic and rich history as. . .

Architecture
Downtown
History

Chinatown

New York hosts the largest “Chinatown” in the Western Hemisphere. This neighborhood is a diverse Asian community settled by people from many provinces of mainland. . .

Culture
Downtown

East Village

Explore the area made famous by radicals and immigrants alike, the East Village is the lesser-known side of Broadway between Houston & 14th Streets. Our. . .

Culture
Downtown
History
The Village

Financial District

From the Dutch colonists trading with the island’s native inhabitants to the robber barons of the 19th century to the world financial center of the. . .

Architecture
Downtown
History

Historic Lower Manhattan

Explore the neighborhood where New York began! Meeting on the steps of the US Custom House, the former site of the Dutch Fort Amsterdam, this. . .

Architecture
Downtown
History

Immigrant New York

The Original Big Onion Walking Tour! Immigrant New York explores the experiences of the different immigrant and ethnic populations residing in the Lower East Side. . .

Architecture
Culture
Downtown
History

Jewish Lower East Side

Stroll through more than 150 years of Jewish history on the East Side. Our tour combines historic and religious sites, politics and people of what. . .

Culture
Downtown

Labor Day Tour: We Built New York – 
A Labor History Tour

Join us as we celebrate Labor Day on a tour weaving though the Central & East Village and the Lower East Side, this tour features. . .

Downtown
History
Special
The Village

Original Multi-Ethnic Eating Tour

Reservations Required This tour combines the history of the diverse Lower East Side with a series of small food sampling, or “noshing” stops from local shops. . .

Culture
Downtown
Food

Revolutionary New York

Unlike Philadelphia or Boston, New York’s Revolutionary Era is hidden behind modern buildings and obscure signs. We’ll uncover layers of history to reveal the Patriot/Loyalist. . .

Downtown
History
 
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“For most of my life, I believed independent travel was the only route to the real unfiltered stuff. I eschewed group experiences like the plague, most of all, anything incorporating the word tour. My mistake. I’ve gained some of my best travel memories from being herded around with a bunch of strangers on a Big Onion Walking Tour·”

Peter Jon Lindberg, Travel + Leisure’s editor-at-large, January 2009