9-Hour Private Manhattan and Brooklyn Tour with Private Driver-Guide and Vehicle

Your driver-guide will meet you at the New York City location of your choice. Together, you will create an itinerary at the beginning of the tour. The itinerary will include a stop for lunch (not taken from your tour time and the cost of lunch is not included in the price of the tour). 

The choice of sights on the tour is always up to you, as well as the length of time you spend at each sight. With some sights, guests are happy to just drive by, at other sights, they want to "hop out."

The typical Manhattan portion of the tour includes Central Park and a drive down Fifth Avenue with all of the important sights pointed out (Tiffany's, Trump Tower, etc). Hop out at both St. Patrick's Cathedral and Rockefeller Center. Take a drive through Times Square and take in all of the lights and sounds of this famous landmark. The old historic buildings such as Grand Central Station, the Public Library, Empire State and Flat Iron Buildings are included on most itineraries by guests, as are such neighborhoods as Greenwich Village, SoHo, Chinatown and Little Italy. 

In the Financial District, select from sights such as St. Paul's Chapel, Trinity Church, Wall Street, "The Bull," One World Trade Center and the 9/11 Memorial. And of course there are the water sights like Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, Brooklyn Bridge and others on most peoples "must see" list. All of the above can be seen on this tour, depending on the time spent at each location. 

In Brooklyn, the sights typically include Greenpoint, Brooklyn's Polish neighborhood, with its great bakeries and delis. Then on through Williamsburg North, a trendy, young and hip neighborhood with beautiful views across the East River to Manhattan. Williamsburg South is the next stop and is the largest ultra-conservative Jewish (Hasidic) community in the world outside of Israel. In DUMBO, you will go for a lovely stroll through Brooklyn Bridge Park, with great views (and pictures) of the BMW bridges - Brooklyn; Manhattan & Williamsburg. Brooklyn Heights is next, home to Plymouth Church, the Grand Central Station on the Undergound Railroad, and the largest ensemble of pre-Civil War Housing in America (50 square blocks). You will get out in at the Brooklyn Promenade with beautiful views of the New York Harbor, including Lady Liberty. On Altantic Avenue there will be Middle Eastern Markets to visit. On Flatbush Avenue you will see the Barclay Center (home to the New York Islanders hockey team and Nets basketball team. Then past Prospect Park and through Parkslope, one of New York City's most desirable neighborhoods.

At the end of the tour, you will be returned to the New York City location of your choice - your hotel, a restaurant, theater or wherever you prefer.