New York Tours, Sightseeing and Attractions
Start spreading the news… you are heading to the Big Apple! New York City is calling to you and you can't wait to wake up in the city that never sleeps. Expedia.com can help you to plan your trip and find top attractions in New York. …Pull out the map and plan out the hot spots for you to see!
There are so many things to do in New York City that you'll be hard-pressed to fit them all in. Whether you're coming for a weekend or an extended stay, be sure to hit some of the best places in the city. New York City tours are one way to ensure you see it all. Alternatively, you can venture off on your own. Be sure to visit the Empire State Building, Rockefeller Plaza, and the Statue of Liberty. After a long day seeing all of the local tourist spots, let Expedia assist you in finding a NYC hotel that suits your budget and preferences.
Want to do more than NYC activities? Think about New York excursions to other must see favorites in this great state. Journey upstate to Albany, capital of New York, and visit the governor's mansion. The Saratoga flat track is only a short drive away and the Saratoga Historical National Park can transport you to the Revolution and the Battle of Saratoga. Many colonial landmarks still stand in the region today.
Venture further north into the grand wilderness of the Adirondacks, the largest national park within the continental United States. Expand your horizons and visit Niagara Falls on the American side. You can also travel across the border, if you have your passport or enhanced driver's license. Go west to see Syracuse, Rochester, and Buffalo. Take your trip further south to see the Catskills. Take flight in Rhinebeck and the Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome, America's Original Living Museum of Aviation. Go back in time to see actual, antique planes take flight and many relics on the ground as well. What are you waiting for? It is time to take a bite of the Big Apple and everything it has to offer!
There are so many things to do in New York City that you'll be hard-pressed to fit them all in. Whether you're coming for a weekend or an extended stay, be sure to hit some of the best places in the city. New York City tours are one way to ensure you see it all. Alternatively, you can venture off on your own. Be sure to visit the Empire State Building, Rockefeller Plaza, and the Statue of Liberty. After a long day seeing all of the local tourist spots, let Expedia assist you in finding a NYC hotel that suits your budget and preferences.
Want to do more than NYC activities? Think about New York excursions to other must see favorites in this great state. Journey upstate to Albany, capital of New York, and visit the governor's mansion. The Saratoga flat track is only a short drive away and the Saratoga Historical National Park can transport you to the Revolution and the Battle of Saratoga. Many colonial landmarks still stand in the region today.
Venture further north into the grand wilderness of the Adirondacks, the largest national park within the continental United States. Expand your horizons and visit Niagara Falls on the American side. You can also travel across the border, if you have your passport or enhanced driver's license. Go west to see Syracuse, Rochester, and Buffalo. Take your trip further south to see the Catskills. Take flight in Rhinebeck and the Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome, America's Original Living Museum of Aviation. Go back in time to see actual, antique planes take flight and many relics on the ground as well. What are you waiting for? It is time to take a bite of the Big Apple and everything it has to offer!
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All Loops Tour (Uptown, Downtown, Brooklyn, & Night Loops)
- Duration: Please allow approximately 2 1/2 hours per loop
- Available: Daily
- Category: Tours and Sightseeing
The Lion King
- Duration: 2 hours and 45 minutes, including one intermission
- Category: Events and Shows
The Phantom of the Opera
- Duration: 2 hours and 30 minutes, including a 15-minute intermission
- Category: Events and Shows
New York CityPASS: 6 Must-See Attractions at a Great Price
- Duration: Your New York CityPASS is valid for 9 consecutive days, starting on your first day of use
- Category: Attractions
Wicked
- Duration: 2 hours, 30 minutes
- Category: Events and Shows
Mamma Mia!
- Duration: 2 1/2 hours
- Category: Events and Shows
Chicago
- Duration: 2 1/2 hours
- Category: Events and Shows
Night on the Town Tour
- Duration: Approximately 5 hours
- Available: Daily
- Category: Tours and Sightseeing
Empire State Building Observatory
- Available: Standard Admission: 45 minutes, not including waiting time for elevators which varies from 5 minutes to 2 hours Express Admission Pass: 45 minutes, not including average waiting time for elevators which is 10 minutes
- Category: Tours and Sightseeing
Washington D.C. Day Tour
- Duration: 12 hours
- Category: Tours and Sightseeing
New York City Helicopter Tour
- Duration: The Big Apple Tour: 1115 minutes
- Category: Air and Land Tours
Full-Day Comprehensive Manhattan Tour
- Duration: Approx. 8 1/2 hours
- Available: Daily
- Category: Tours and Sightseeing
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
- Category: Events and Shows
Statue of Liberty Flex Pass
- Duration: Cruise durations vary, but typically last from 30-90 minutes (see redemption instructions)
- Available: Cruise departures vary daily and by season (see redemption instructions)
- Category: Water Activities and Cruises
Madame Tussauds New York Wax Museum
- Duration: Please allow approximately 2 hours for self-guided tour
- Category: Attractions
New York City 90-minute Harbor Cruise
- Duration: Approximately 90 minutes
- Available: Daily
- Category: Water Activities and Cruises
American Museum of Natural History
- Duration: 1-day ticket; please allow at least 3 hours to explore the museum
- Available: Daily; the museum is closed on Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day
- Category: Arts and Culture
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Category: Arts and Culture
Jersey Boys
- Duration: 2 hours and 30 minutes
- Category: Events and Shows
Niagara Falls Day TourBy Air and Land
- Duration: Approximately 14 hours
- Category: Air and Land Tours
Spirit City Dinner Cruises
- Duration: 3 hours New Year's Eve Fireworks Dinner Cruise: 4 hours
- Category: Water Activities and Cruises
9/11 Memorial Pass + Hop-On/Hop-Off New York Water Taxi Cruise
- Duration: Approximately 2 hours and 15 minutes. Visits to the 9/11 Memorial can be conducted at your own pace, however please allow at least 1 hour. Visits to the Intrepid Sea, Air, and Space Museum can also be conducted at your own pace, however please allow at least 1 hour.
- Category: Water Activities and Cruises
Memphis: A New Musical
- Duration: Approximately 2 hours and 30 minutes
- Category: Events and Shows
Sister Act
- Duration: Approximately 2 hours and 30 minutes
- Category: Events and Shows
Priscilla Queen of the Desert
- Category: Events and Shows
Downtown Liberty and Ground Zero Museum Workshop Pass
- Available: April 1October 15
- Category: Attractions
NBC Studio Tour
- Duration: Approximately 1 hour and 10 minutes
- Available: Daily; tour does not operate on Thanksgiving Day or Christmas Day
- Category: Tours and Sightseeing
Harry Potter: The Exhibition (Limited Run)
- Category: Arts and Culture
Downtown Loop Tour (24-Hour Pass)
- Duration: Approx. 2 hours to see the sights; your pass is valid for 24 hours
- Available: Daily; except on Christmas Day or New Year's Day
- Category: Tours and Sightseeing
On Location Tours: Sex and the City Hotspots
- Duration: Approximately 3 hours and 30 minutes
- Category: Tours and Sightseeing
Harlem Soul Food and Jazz Tour
- Duration: Approximately 5 hours
- Category: Tours and Sightseeing
Anything Goes
- Category: Events and Shows
Day Trip to Atlantic City
- Duration: Approximately 12 hours total; motor coach ride is approximately 2 hours and 30 minutes each way, 6 hours spent in Atlantic City
- Category: Tours and Sightseeing
Museum of Modern Art
- Available: Mon., Wed.–Sun.; museum is closed on Tues., Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day.
- Category: Arts and Culture
Shared New York City Area Airport Shuttle Transfer
- Duration: 12 hours based on the location of your hotel, office, or residence, and traffic conditions.
- Category: Ground Transportation
Ripley's Believe It or Not! Times Square
- Duration: Please allow approximately 90 minutes to visit
- Available: Daily
- Category: Attractions
Dining at Hard Rock Cafe
- Category: Restaurants and Nightlife
Rock of Ages
- Category: Events and Shows
On Location Tours: New York TV & Movie Tour
- Duration: Approximately 3 hours and 30 minutes
- Category: Tours and Sightseeing
A Slice of Brooklyn Pizza Tour
- Duration: Approximately 4 1/2 hours
- Category: Culinary Experiences
Ground Zero Museum Workshop: Images & Artifacts from the Recovery
- Category: Arts and Culture
Planet Hollywood New York
- Available: Daily
- Category: Restaurants and Nightlife
Guggenheim Museum
- Available: MondayWednesday and FridaySunday
- Category: Arts and Culture
Philadelphia Day Tour
- Duration: Approximately 12 hours and 30 minutes
- Category: Tours and Sightseeing
The Rockefeller Center Tour
- Duration: Approximately 75 minutes
- Category: Tours and Sightseeing
Pompeii: The Exhibit (Limited Run)
- Category: Arts and Culture
Private LaGuardia, Newark Liberty, or John F. Kennedy Airport Transfer
- Category: Ground Transportation
Holiday Lights Evening Tour
- Duration: Approximately 2 1/2 hours
- Category: Tours and Sightseeing
Sail New York Harbor Aboard the Tall Ship Clipper City
- Duration: 1 1/2 hours
- Available: Daily
- Category: Water Activities and Cruises
Wall Street Insider Tour
- Duration: Approximately 1 1/4 hours
- Category: Tours and Sightseeing
Wall Street Financial Crisis Tour
- Duration: 2 hours
- Category: Tours and Sightseeing
New York Beast Speedboat Ride
- Duration: 30 minutes
- Category: Water Activities and Cruises
Godspell
- Duration: 2 hours and 15 minutes
- Category: Events and Shows
Harlem Gospel Tour
- Duration: Approximately 4 hours
- Category: Tours and Sightseeing
On Location Tours: Gossip Girl Sites
- Duration: Approximately 3 hours and 30 minutes
- Category: Tours and Sightseeing
On Location Tours:The Sopranos Sites
- Duration: Approximately 4 hours
- Category: Tours and Sightseeing
The Hamptons, Sag Harbor, & Outlet Shopping on Long Island
- Duration: Approximately 13 hours
- Available: Tuesdays
- Category: Tours and Sightseeing
Hamptons Day Tour to Southampton or East Hampton
- Duration: Approximately 12 hours
- Available: Daily
- Category: Tours and Sightseeing
SpaFinder Gift Certificate
- Category: Spa and Beauty
On Location Tours: Sex and the City Upper East Side Hotspots, plus Lunch
- Duration: Approximately 3 hours
- Category: Tours and Sightseeing
Bike the Brooklyn Bridge Guided Tour
- Duration: 3 hours of moderate bike riding difficulty
- Available: DailyApril 14October 21 (except May 56 and July 4)
- Category: Tours and Sightseeing
Circle Line Sightseeing: 3-Hour Full-Island or 2-Hour Semi-Circle Cruise
- Duration: 2 or 3 hours
- Available: 3-Hour Full-Island Cruise Schedule September 6October 30, 2011: Daily; 10 AM, 12:30 PM, and 3:30 PM October 31December 31, 2011: Daily; 12:30 PM January 1March 16, 2012: Daily: 2:30 PM March 17April 27, 2012: Daily; 11:30 AM, 3 PM April 28September 3, 2012: Daily; 10 AM, 12:30 PM, and 4:30 PM (special schedule July 4, 2012)September 4October 28, 2012: Daily; 10 AM, 12:30 PM, 3:30 PM October 29December 31, 2012: Daily; 12:30 PM January 1March 15, 2013: Daily; 2:30 PM2-Hour Semi-Circle Cruise Schedule September 6October 30, 2011: Daily; 11:30 AM and 2:30 PM October 31 December 31, 2011: Daily; 10 AM and 4 PM January 1March 16, 2012: Daily; 12 PM (noon) Special tour schedule is offered on Thanksgiving Day; contact Circle Line Sightseeing for details. March 17April 27, 2012: Daily; 10 AM, 1 PM, 4 PM April 28September 3, 2012: Daily; 11:30 AM, 3:30 PM September 4October 28, 2012: Daily; 11:30 AM, 2:30 PM October 29December 31, 2012: Daily; 10 AM, 4 PM January 1March 15, 2013: Daily; noon
- Category: Water Activities and Cruises
Birthplace of Hip Hop: Harlem and the Bronx Bus Tour
- Duration: Approximately 4 hours
- Category: Tours and Sightseeing
Scott's Pizza Tours: Guided NYC Pizza Walks
- Duration: 34 hours
- Category: Culinary Experiences
Greenwich Village Group Walking Tour with Urban Historian
- Duration: Approximately 3 hours
- Category: Tours and Sightseeing
New York Fun Tours: VIP Guided Private Tour of New York City by Limo
- Duration: 3 hours
- Category: Tours and Sightseeing
Sail NY Harbor Aboard the Classic Schooner Shearwater
- Duration: 1 1/2 hours
- Available: Daily
- Category: Water Activities and Cruises
Alexander Hamilton Walking Tour
- Duration: 2 hours
- Available: Daily
- Category: Tours and Sightseeing
Broadway Theater District Walking Tour
- Duration: 2 hours
- Available: Daily
- Category: Tours and Sightseeing
The Gangster Tour of New York
- Duration: Approximately 2 hours and 30 minutes
- Category: Tours and Sightseeing
Wineries and Outlet Shopping on Long Island
- Duration: 13 hours
- Available: Wednesdays
- Category: Tours and Sightseeing
Walk This Way: Hip-Hop Walking Tour of Harlem
- Duration: Approximately 2 hours
- Category: Tours and Sightseeing
The Writing's on the Wall Tour
- Duration: Approximately 2 hours, including travel time
- Category: Tours and Sightseeing
The Hamptons, Wineries, and Shopping on Long Island
- Duration: 2 days
- Available: Tuesdays
- Category: Overnight Excursions
Full-Day Rental with MyWay Pass
- Available: Daily
- Category: Air and Land Tours
Upper West Side Wine, Chocolate, and Desserts Tour
- Duration: 2 1/2 hours
- Available: Tues., Fri., and Sun.
- Category: Tours and Sightseeing
Explore Greenwich Village Kids Tour
- Duration: Approximately 3 hours
- Category: Tours and Sightseeing
Private History of Cocktails in New York City Walking Tour
- Duration: Approximately 3 hours
- Category: Tours and Sightseeing
The Superhero Tour of New York
- Duration: Approximately 2 hours and 30 minutes
- Category: Tours and Sightseeing
Food on Foot: Choice of a Variety of New York Food Tasting Tours
- Duration: 35 hours
- Category: Culinary Experiences
City Running Tours: Guided Running Tour - New York
- Duration: 23 hours
- Category: Tours and Sightseeing
CSI: The Experience at Discovery Times Square
- Category: Attractions
Spirit of New York Lunch Cruise including visit to the 9/11 Memorial
- Duration: The lunch cruise lasts approximately 2 hours and 30 minutes (including boarding and disembarking time); the Memorial visit is self-guided and is at the participant's own pace.
- Category: Water Activities and Cruises
Weddings Anywhere NYC: Wedding or Vow-Renewal Ceremony
- Category: Weddings
The Urban Safari: NYC Tour plus Ground Zero Museum Workshop admission
- Duration: Approximately 5 hours
- Category: Tours and Sightseeing
Stage Door Tour of Radio City Music Hall
- Duration: Approximately 1 hour
- Category: Tours and Sightseeing
New York Jazz Night Tour (Seat-in-Car Service)
- Duration: Approximately 4 hours
- Category: Restaurants and Nightlife
Swing and Dance Passion Tour (Seat-in-Car Service)
- Duration: Approximately 4 hours
- Category: Restaurants and Nightlife
New York Photo Safari: Choose Your Safari
- Category: Tours and Sightseeing
Downtown Culture Pass
- Category: Arts and Culture
Bike the Brooklyn Bridge, Return by Water Taxi
- Duration: 9 hours
- Category: Air and Land Tours
GHOST the Musical
- Duration: 2 hours and 30 minutes
- Category: Events and Shows





























































































