New York City: Greenwich Village Guided Walking Tour

New York City: Greenwich Village Guided Walking Tour

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Discover the bohemian counterculture of New York’s Greenwich Village on a walking tour. Discover where legendary artists used to hang out and learn about the rise of gay rights and café society.

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Highlights

Enjoy a guided walking tour through the bohemian Greenwich Village in New York
Learn about famed writers and artists such as Dylan Thomas and Lenny Bruce
See the Stonewall Inn and learn about the birth of the gay liberation movement
Hear about the Beat Generation which sprung up in the area in the late 1950s
Discover the oldest wood frame house and oldest off-Broadway theater in New York

Description

Explore New York’s most bohemian neighborhood on a guided walking tour of Greenwich Village. Discover famous landmarks like the Stonewall Inn, Washington Square Park, and the Cherry Lane Theater, and learn about the area's reputation as a magnet for intellectuals, artists, and beat poets. Meet your guide and set off in the footsteps of Henry James and Edgar Allan Poe. Hear about artists like Jackson Pollack, who gave the neighborhood its freewheeling identity. Hear stories of radical thinkers like Upton Sinclair and John Reed, who debated in smoky cafés. Feel the energy of “the Village” as you stroll from Washington Square Park past the hideaways of Dylan Thomas, Jimi Hendrix, and Lenny Bruce. Find out how the Beat Generation flourished in the area and uncover some of New York's rarest sights, including the city's smallest piece of private property. Stroll down Jones Street, where Bob Dylan's album cover “The Freewheeling Bob Dylan” was shot. See the first integrated NYC club at the Café Society. Learn about the birth of the gay liberation movement outside the Stonewall Inn, and see the apartment building used in the iconic sitcom “Friends.” Admire the oldest wood frame house in the village, and finish your tour at 77 Bedford Street, the former home of Issac Hendricks. You can also see the Cherry Lane Theater, the oldest continuously running off-Broadway theater in New York.

Includes

Guide Walking tour

Important Information

The activity runs regardless of weather conditions. In the rare situation where the activity provider is forced to cancel the event, ticket-holders will be allowed to reschedule to another time (subject to availability) or offered a refund