Walking Tour of Midtown Manhattan

Walking Tour of Midtown Manhattan

Greet your guide at the Grand Central Station and set off on a tour by foot of Midtown Manhattan. Find out why numerous film directors choose this neighbourhood as a setting for their films. Do you remember any of the movies set here? Don’t worry if you don’t because your expert guide will jog your memory!

Very close to the railway station is the iconic Times Square, home to numerous cinemas and theatres. After admiring its impressive light display, one of the most characteristic aspects of the City That Never Sleeps, follow your guide along the famous Fifth Avenue. Even if it’s your first time in Manhattan, this thoroughfare will probably be familiar to you from having seen it so many times in series and films. Do you know which celebrities live in this exclusive area?

Your footsteps along the famed avenue will lead you to the Empire State Building. While you look up at this enormous iron and cement masterpiece, you will discover several details on its façade, which most tourists overlook...

Continue the walk to one of the city’s most luxurious hotels: The Waldorf Astoria. In front of its main hall, you’ll find out which celebrities have stayed in one of its beautiful suites.

Wandering through Manhattan’s impressive skyscrapers, you’ll come upon the much smaller Neo-Gothic-style St Patrick Cathedral.  Can you guess how tall its two towers are? The tour will come to an end near the temple, in the Rockefeller Center. This plaza is, along with Times Square, one of the most popular in New York City, especially at Christmas.