Resources like the Internet have made planning a holiday in New York City that much easier. Once, travelers had to go through a travel agent to plan, book and decide what packages to choose from. Now, vacationers may plan, buy tickets and even book events through the Internet on many available websites, all on their own - or they may still choose to use a professional. For those looking for tours through the city, self guided NYC tours can provide a fun and interesting vacation while keeping money in their pockets.
New York on Foot
Deciding where to focus walking in such a large city as New York will help to make the city appear smaller. New York has many pre-designed walking visits and ideas for where to go within popular regions of the city. An example of this includes those interested in food or culture, will find Greenwich Village provides travelers a great opportunity for cultural, history and wonderful food. The area contains many tourist destinations, so walking here can give much enjoyment from sampling food to fill up on from various restaurants.
The Meatpacking district, include Chelsea Market offers an interesting history for travelers that is both unique and fun. Visitors can receive samples of food, and some say they can often replace a lunchtime meal. Chinatown, East Village and Manhattan all offer an abundance of experiences from music, food and architecture sightings that will keep any visitor happy.
Theater and TV Stations
While many of these ideas are not self guided, travelers may find them fun and interesting to take, and many visitors to New York City may have an interest in TV stations as well as theaters. NBC studios has a guided walk within the studios at Rockefeller Center. This shows the station's history, a look behind the scenes of TV shows, and how a TV show is produced. CNN New York has visits to its studios and visitors see where the news shows are produced, how the shows are taped and the history of the station. These visits are great ideas if the weather is cold or rainy.
Madison Square Garden and Radio City Music Hall offer wonderful tours for theater and stage buffs. Madison Square Gardens offers a one hour visit through the arena, theater, team locker rooms, private suites and visitors will learn its history. While Radio City Music Hall offers a one hour walk through the concert hall and art deco lobbies, where visitors will learn the history of this unique and beautiful building.
Renting a Bike
For bike lovers, bike rentals and self guided tours can be found all around the city. Plenty of areas in New York offer bike rentals and one of those is within Central Park itself, which has regular, tandem and kids bikes to rent. One company, located near Central Park known as Pedal Pusher Bike Shop offers an audio commentary of the city if you would like to listen as you ride.
Pub Visits and Scavenger Hunt Games
For travelers interested in pubs, New York has tours through popular lounging locations. For visitors interested in treasure hunting, or finding locations, scavenger hunts could be the thing to check out. Many of these self guided tours offer audio commentary so visitors can learn history and interesting facts about each location they see; with many tours starting at $3, as of 2010, it can be worth the price.
New York on Foot
Deciding where to focus walking in such a large city as New York will help to make the city appear smaller. New York has many pre-designed walking visits and ideas for where to go within popular regions of the city. An example of this includes those interested in food or culture, will find Greenwich Village provides travelers a great opportunity for cultural, history and wonderful food. The area contains many tourist destinations, so walking here can give much enjoyment from sampling food to fill up on from various restaurants.
The Meatpacking district, include Chelsea Market offers an interesting history for travelers that is both unique and fun. Visitors can receive samples of food, and some say they can often replace a lunchtime meal. Chinatown, East Village and Manhattan all offer an abundance of experiences from music, food and architecture sightings that will keep any visitor happy.
Theater and TV Stations
While many of these ideas are not self guided, travelers may find them fun and interesting to take, and many visitors to New York City may have an interest in TV stations as well as theaters. NBC studios has a guided walk within the studios at Rockefeller Center. This shows the station's history, a look behind the scenes of TV shows, and how a TV show is produced. CNN New York has visits to its studios and visitors see where the news shows are produced, how the shows are taped and the history of the station. These visits are great ideas if the weather is cold or rainy.
Madison Square Garden and Radio City Music Hall offer wonderful tours for theater and stage buffs. Madison Square Gardens offers a one hour visit through the arena, theater, team locker rooms, private suites and visitors will learn its history. While Radio City Music Hall offers a one hour walk through the concert hall and art deco lobbies, where visitors will learn the history of this unique and beautiful building.
Renting a Bike
For bike lovers, bike rentals and self guided tours can be found all around the city. Plenty of areas in New York offer bike rentals and one of those is within Central Park itself, which has regular, tandem and kids bikes to rent. One company, located near Central Park known as Pedal Pusher Bike Shop offers an audio commentary of the city if you would like to listen as you ride.
Pub Visits and Scavenger Hunt Games
For travelers interested in pubs, New York has tours through popular lounging locations. For visitors interested in treasure hunting, or finding locations, scavenger hunts could be the thing to check out. Many of these self guided tours offer audio commentary so visitors can learn history and interesting facts about each location they see; with many tours starting at $3, as of 2010, it can be worth the price.
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