CitySights Hop-On Hop-Off Downtown Tour

FREE CitySights Hop-on hop-off tour as an Explorer Pass choice

Description

Downtown Manhattan offers a unique blend of some of the most historic and newest places of interest in New York City. Hop-on and hop-off your CitySights NY top-deck-seating-only double-decker bus to visit famous attractions, neighborhoods and places of interest. Their convenient stops put you in or near the Empire State Building, Statue of Liberty Ferry, Greenwich Village, Little Italy, Chinatown, SoHo, Tribeca, Madison Square Garden, Macy’s Herald Square, Financial District, Site of the World Trade Center, South Street Seaport, Broadway Theater District, Wall Street, Museums of Lower Manhattan, Lower East Side, Rockefeller Center, Museum of Modern Art, Times Square, Battery Park, the United Nations, and more.

The tour is narrated by licensed tour guides who provide an informative narrative as the tour takes you through New York City neighborhoods. They will point out the key sites and attractions made famous in history, song, and television. And because it is a hop-on hop-off tour, you can jump off when you wish to explore areas of particular interest or see the sights with your New York City Explorer Pass. Then jump back on the next tour when you are ready.

Here is the list of the Downtown Tour stops where you can hop on or off (just make sure you have picked up your ticket at Madam Tussauds before hopping on for the first time!):

• Theater District: 8th Ave between 49th and 50th Streets. (starting point for Downtown Tour)
• Carnegie Hall - 7th Ave. between 56th & 57th St.
• NYC & Company Visitor Center - 7th ave & 51St.
• Times Square- 7th Ave between 46th & 47th St.
• Times Square- 7th Ave between 41st & 42nd St.
• Macy's 34th St. between 7th & 8th Ave.
• Empire State Building- 34th st between 5th & 6th Ave.
• Flatiron District: 5th Avenue between 22nd and 23rd Streets
• Union Square / Ladies Mile: 14th St. between 5th and 6th Avenues
• Greenwich Village 2: Bleecker Street between Carmine St. and 6th Ave.
• SoHo: Broadway between Spring and Broome
• StreetChinatown / Little Italy: Broadway between Lispenard and Walker Streets
• Site of the World Trade Center/St Paul's Chapel: Broadway between Vesey and Fulton Streets
• Battery Park/Statue of Liberty & Ellis Island Ferry: Whitehall between Bridge and Pearl Streets
• South Street Seaport: South and Fulton Streets
• Lower East Side/Chinatown: Pike Street between Madison and Henry Streets
• Lower East Side: Allen Street between Grand and Broome Streets
• East Village: 1st Avenue between St Marks Place and 9th St.
• Kip's Bay: 1st Avenue between 34th and 35th Streets
• United Nations: 1st Avenue between 44th and 45th Streets
• Waldorf Astoria Hotel: 49th St. between Lexington and Park Ave.
• Rockefeller Center: 49th St. between 5th and 6th Avenues
• Times Square: 49th S. between 7th Ave. and Broadway

Note:

Hop-on Hop-off double-decker tickets are valid for 24 hours from date of pickup. This tour lasts approximately 2 1/2 hours if you choose not to hop-on or hop-off at the stops along the way.

Cost without the card:

Adult (13+): $44.00
Child (3-12): $34.00

Hours:

CitySights NY Ticket Desk: Daily, 9:00 am-7:00 pm;
Tours Depart 8:00am - 6:00pm(Frequent Departures).

Last bus from Empire State Building: 6:20pm

Last bus from Battery park/ Statue of Liberty: 7:00pm

Complete tour is approximately 2.5 hours long. Schedules are subject to change.

Closed

Tour runs 365 days a year.

Public Transportation:

By Subway: Take A, C, E and S trains to Port Authority or 1, 2, 3, N, R, B, D, F, Q to the 42nd Street/Times Square stop.

Please read: important instructions on how to use your card.

Redemption Instructions:

Present your New York City Explorer Pass at the CitySights Visitor Center, at 234 W. 42nd St. in Times Square inside the lobby of Madame Tussauds. There you will be issued a ticket for the CitySights bus tour of your choice which can then be used to board the tour you have selected.

Your ticket for the Downtown Hop-On Hop-Off Tour is valid for 24 hours from issuance. You will also receive a map showing you all the stops where you can hop on and hop off (the map is also available HERE). Please make sure to hang onto your ticket as you will need it anytime you want to hop back on during the 24 hours the ticket is valid.

Please note that your New York City Explorer Pass allows you to choose one CitySights Tour per pass. Select from either the Hop-On Hop-Off Downtown Tour, the Uptown Treasures and Harlem Hop-On Hop-Off Tour, the Night Tour, the Brooklyn Tour, the Multilingual Upper and Lower Manhattan Tour, or the All Around Town Tour. Please be aware the All-Around Town tour requires a $12 upgrade fee.