One of the most venerable and exciting ways to enjoy the potpourri of cultures, sights and sounds that is New York is one of the famed double decker bus tours through the streets of Manhattan. Many different companies offer different forms of this service.
Gray Line, one of the largest tour bus services in the United States, offers a variety of double decker bus tours. The Freestyle New York tour is a three-day package that includes the Uptown and Downtown Loops of Manhattan, a Brooklyn tour and a Night Tour. The Freestyle also comes with tickets to three major New York sights that the traveler can pick from a list. Amongst the choices is the ferry to the Statue of Liberty at Ellis Island, the Empire State Building Observatory and the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA).
The Classic New York Double Decker Bus tour package includes the Uptown, Downtown and Brooklyn Loops along with the Night Tour, as well as choice between a more limited list of Manhattan sights. Gray Line features "hop-on, hop-off" service, meaning that you can get off at any stop you wish and catch another bus later. Hop-on, hop-off service is usually good for two or three days, depending upon which tour you select.
Gray Line New York Sightseeing
1430 Broadway ste 507
New York, NY 10018
(800) 669-0051 x4
newyorksightseeing.com
CitySights NY also offers double decker bus tours in New York City. It offers a variety of different tour packages, but as with Gray Line, its tours involve Uptown, Downtown, Brooklyn and Night tours as well as various combinations of these. CitySights NY also offer hop on/hop off tours as well as a wider variety of different tour packages than Gray Line.
CitySights NY
1430 Broadway Ste 507
New York, NY 10018
(212) 812 2700
citysightsny.com
On Location Tours is unique because it takes visitors to sites in New York that have been featured in movies and television. Tour packages include a general New York TV and Movie Sites Tour as well as specialized "Sex and the City" and "The Sopranos" Site Tours, as well as a Classic Movie Site Tour.
On Location Tours
(212) 683-2027
[email protected]
onlocationtours.com
For the more adventurous visitor, NYC Ducks offers tours in double-decker half-bus half-boat vehicles that drive straight from the road and into the water. However, service is seasonal.
NYC Ducks
Customer Service
49 W. 45th Street
New York, NY 10036
(888) 8-DUCKS-0
coachusa.com
