Gray Line New York

New York, New York: Looking for a way to visit all those tourist destinations in New York City without the hassle of learning the subway system or paying high cab fares, Gray Line New York has the answer for the NYC tourist. The All loops tour gives the rider an overview of the city, with great narration and plenty of stops at all the destinations.

The tour is valid for forty eight hours and gives the rider unlimited hop-on hop-off access on four separate loops, Uptown Loop, Downtown Loop, Brooklyn Loop and Night Tour (closed loop/no hop on/off). Each loop takes over two hours to complete and hits most of the major tourist attractions in the city. The double decker buses provide open air seating on top and climate controlled seating underneath along with a knowledgeable tour guide to give you facts of the city while you take in the sights.

The Downtown Loop includes the following stops:
• Stop 1: Times Square
• Stop 2: Broadway, Theater District
• Stop 3: Macy’s, Madison Square Garden
• Stop 4: Empire State Building
• Stop 5: Flatiron Building
• Stop 6: Union Square Shopping District, Ground Zero Museum Workshop
• Stop 7: Greenwich Village
• Stop 8: Soho
• Stop 9: Chinatown, Little Italy
• Stop 10/11: City Hall, Brooklyn Bridge, World Trade Center site
• Stop 12: Whitehall Street, Bowling Green, Battery Park
• Stop 13: South Street Seaport
• Stop 14: Lower East Side
• Stop 15: East Village
• Stop 16: United Nations
• Stop 17: Waldorf Astoria
• Stop 18: Rockefeller Center, Radio City Music Hall
• Stop 19: Central Park
• Stop 20: Park Central Hotel
• Stop 21: Winter Garden Theater
• Stop 22: Times Square

The Uptown Loop includes the following stops:
• Stop 1: Gray Line Visitor’s Center, Port Authority Bus Terminal
• Stop 2: Worldwide Plaza
• Stop 3: Columbus Circle
• Stop 4: Lincoln Center
• Stop 5: Dakota Apartments, Strawberry Fields
• Stop 6: American Museum of Natural History
• Stop 7: Upper West Side
• Stop 8: American Youth Hostel
• Stop 9: Cathedral of St. John the Divine
• Stop 10: Riverside Church, Grant’s Tomb
• Stop 11: Harlem
• Stop 12: Apollo Theater
• Stop 13: Central Park Conservatory Gardens, Museum of the City of New York
• Stop 14: National Museum of Design, Jewish Museum
• Stop 15: Guggenheim Museum
• Stop 16: Metropolitan Museum of Art
• Stop 17: Frick Collection, Whitney Museum
• Stop 18: Central Park Zoo, Children’s Zoo
• Stop 19: Central Park
• Stop 20: Park Central Hotel
• Stop 21: Winter Garden Theater
• Stop 23: Gray Line Visitor’s Center, Port Authority Bus Terminal

The Brooklyn Loop includes the following stops:
• Stop 1: South Street Seaport
• Stop 2: Willoughby and Jay St
• Stop 3: Cadman Plaza, Brooklyn Heights, Promenade
• Stop 4: Old Fulton Landing
• Stop 5: Atlantic Avenue Middle Eastern Restaurant, Antique Furniture District
• Stop 6: Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn Public Library
• Stop 7: Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn Botanic Garden
• Stop 8: Flatbush, Junior’s Restaurant, Fulton Mall
• Stop 9: South Street Seaports

The Night Tour is a closed loop tour that take you through Manhattan and Brooklyn to see the city illuminated. Highlights of the tour includes Times Square, Empire State Building, SoHo, Chinatown, Brooklyn and more.

In addition to the All Loops Tour, Gray Line New York includes many other tour packages in New York that include helicopter, boat and attractions tickets. They also have day trip to nearby major destinations such as Washington DC, Philadelphia and Boston.

The convenience of the multiple stops combined with the knowledge of the narrator makes the Gray Line All Loops Tour one of the best ways to learn about the city and see the site.

For more pictures from NYC, visit my New York City photo gallery.

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