One City, Four Ways: New York City
Hip restaurants, shopping boulevards, historic landmarks… Visiting a new city can be overwhelming. Our advice? Break it down. Are you a beer-lover or a shopaholic? Do you prefer to explore by bike or on foot? In our One City, Four Ways guides, we break down four different ways you can get to know one of our cities. Here, find out how to discover New York, New York.
1: There’s a pizza place on nearly every corner in New York City – how do you know which ones are the best? Join one of Scott’s Pizza Tours and follow a knowledgeable local pizza-lover on a walking tour of the three best joints in any given neighborhood. It’s practically a bonus that you also get to explore some of the most interesting parts of the city, from Brooklyn to Greenwich Village.
2: New York may be an urban jungle, but there’s plenty of natural beauty to see, too. Explore more of it on two wheels with Bike and Roll NYC’s guided tours of Central Park, Hudson River Park, Lower Manhattan, and the Brooklyn Bridge. Keep an eye out for sights like the Statue of Liberty, the Hudson River, and Bethesda Fountain as you cruise around the city on hybrid bicycles.
3: If the 9/11 Memorial and Ground Zero are already on your New York to-do list, get more out of the experience with a walking tour. Led by a certified guide with their own first-hand stories of September 11, 2001, the tour takes you to sites in the neighborhood that were key in the following days, and offers greater insight into the stories of the victims, first responders, and others affected by the attack.
4: One of the best ways to see New York is by getting out of it and onto the water. Cruise all the way around the island of Manhattan on one of the Circle Line Tour’s boat trips, which take you past the Statue of Liberty, under the Brooklyn Bridge, by Yankee Stadium, and so many more of the city’s more iconic sights. As you go, learn about the history of the Big Apple from certified tour guides.