Washington Square Park Tours and Activities

Absorb New York City’s food culture on a walking tour of Greenwich Village. Skip hours of research and trust your guide as you head to the area’s top-rated eateries to sample a variety of New York specialities, from pizza to artisanal cupcakes. Along the way, your guide points out hidden landmarks often missed by visitors and locals alike, leaving you with inside knowledge about the neighborhood.

Greenwich Village is one of New York City’s most beautiful and most haunted neighborhoods, but just strolling through alone you’d miss out on all the spooky historical facts. This Greenwich Village ghost tour is led by a guide who tells chilling stories of celebrity ghosts, lost children, phantoms, and more as you stroll through Washington Square Park, the New York University campus, and West 10th Street.

New York City has been known for its yummy food for centuries, but if you don’t know Greenwich Village well, you might pass up some of the city’s most delicious dishes. This New York secret food tour lets you sample a mix of doughnuts, New York-style pizza, cupcakes, bagels, and more, so you can get a taste for the rich history of this historic NYC area.

Experience New York, the ‘city that never sleeps,’ magically lit up after dark during this guided evening tour of the city by bus. Begin with a short nighttime stroll along the city’s famous High Line Park, then hop on a bus for a ride past illuminated landmarks like Times Square, Rockefeller Center, and the neighborhoods of SoHo and Chinatown, and take a short walk through Grand Central Terminal.

Artists have always called New York City’s Greenwich Village home. Learn about the artists of this area from past and present during this Greenwich Village walking tour. Perfect for new and seasoned visitors to NYC, hear little-known facts about Edgar Allan Poe, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, and countless others, that you wouldn’t hear if exploring independently. Walk the winding streets and visit Washington Square Park, reliving more than 200 years of history.

West Village offers some of New York City’s yummiest food. If you’re new to the city, this West Village food tour can serve as the perfect introduction to your trip, showing you great spots to grab food while you’re visiting. Stop in at six top-rated neighborhood eateries to sample local cuisine, and experience the cultural diversity of New York with fare ranging from Middle Eastern falafels to Italian cannoli.

Take a walk through the dark side of NYC history on a ghost tour through Greenwich Village, one of New York’s oldest neighborhoods. Join your small group of fellow travelers to enjoy your guide's rarely-heard stories, stroll through the village, and visit haunted locations that often go unnoticed by visitors and locals alike. Highlights include stops at Washington Square Park, Hangman's Elm, and the Emma Lazarus House.

Experience the many flavors of New York’s Greenwich Village, past and present, during this private food tour of the area’s numerous foodie hotspots. Sample a mix of diverse cuisines covering ethnic eats, specialty cheese shops, intimate neighborhood restaurants, trendy hotspots, and award-winning pizzerias. All food is purchased separately, allowing you to pick your favorites.

One of the best ways to really acquaint yourself with the infamous city of Manhattan is to do it from the streets, through a guided NYC Gangster Tour or Ghost Tour, detailing the crimes, deals, and charisma that made the city what it is today. We offer a 2 for 1 deal, hosting historically-based guided tours of NYC’s gangsters AND ghost stories, right from where it all happened!

Delve below the surface of one of Manhattan's most popular neighborhoods during this in-depth walking tour of Greenwich Village. See the place artists, writers and radicals called home and learn about the impact this corner of NYC made on music, pop culture, literature and politics. Your guide will share how Greenwich Village became the proving ground for workers rights, gay and civil rights, and more.

Enjoy a sightseeing tour of New York City with tickets for a hop-on, hop-off bus that visits downtown’s most important sites. Explore the city at your own pace, with time to stroll the grass at Central Park and join the crowd at Times Square, climb to the top of the Empire State Building or browse downtown shops. Choose the stops that interest you most, or simply enjoy the view and recorded narration as you wind through Chinatown, Little Italy, Greenwich Village and all of downtown Manhattan’s most exciting neighborhoods.

Discover the best eats in the East Village and Greenwich Village neighborhoods of New York City on a private food and walking tour. Check out the main attractions of each district and hear interesting historical tidbits in between frequent stops for tastings at top eateries.

Discover the people, cultures, and arts of Greenwich Village on a walking tour that takes you through 400 years of New York City's history. Led by a native New Yorker, wend your way slowly through the winding village streets, and discover the hangouts of artists, writers, and gangsters throughout Greenwich Village. Your guide may customize the tour based on your interests.

Freewheel through the streets of Greenwich Village, following in the faded tracks of the numerous artists that lived here (Barbara Streisand, Bob Dylan, Edgar Allen Poe, Jimi Hendrix, John Coltrane, George Carlin and many, many more). Solve clues to discover the places where poets and musicians lived and performed. See where Dylan Thomas had his last drink and where Barbara Streisand first debuted. Ready to roll? See Washington Square Park, the epicenter of the hippie movement and the stage of the Beatnik Riot. Enjoy the musical aura that radiates from Electric Lady Circus, the recording studio Jimi Hendrix set up just before his death. Find yourself at The Bitter End, a venue that claims to be New York City’s oldest rock and roll club. Each clue will lead you from one place to another by providing you with exact directions. As you solve the challenge, the secret story of each place is unlocked.

New York City has some of the best displays of holiday lights in the world, but they’re spread out all over the city, making it hard to see them all on your own. This Dyker Heights Christmas lights tour by bus takes you to Washington Square Park, Rockefeller Center, and other Christmas-themed stops before heading to Dyker Heights, the granddaddy of all Christmas-light extravaganzas.

Design your own private tour of New York City that covers the top attractions and incorporates the sights that you most want to visit. Possibilities includes the Empire State Building, 9/11 Memorial and One World Observatory, Central Park, and neighborhoods such as Chinatown or Little Italy. Perfect for a VIP experience and for people with limited time, as you can determine the speed and length of your tour so that it is tailored to your group.

Uncover the stories and secrets of New York City’s famous bohemian heart on this private, 2-hour walking tour of Greenwich Village. See the cafes that launched the careers of groundbreaking artists and musicians, and trace 20th-century history at the site of events that sparked civil and workers’ rights movements. Get tips on where to find the best pizza and cappuccino in the city, and spot recognizable pop culture landmarks like the ‘Friends’ apartment.

If you're only in New York for a short time, tick off multiple Big Apple highlights in a matter of hours on a small-group walking tour. Venture to Wall Street, visit the 9/11 Memorial, and ascend the world-famous Empire State Building. Continue to Chinatown and Little Italy, hop the subway to Greenwich Village (own expense), journey up to Grand Central Terminal, see the Chrysler Building, and Times Square.

Take your own group on a private walking tour of Greenwich Village, one of New York City's most famous neighborhoods. Your own private guide shares stories about the colorful history, landmarks, and people of The Village as you stroll around the small streets. See landmarks like Washington Square Park, Stonewall Inn, and Bleeker Street, and hear about the Beat movement, hippies, and musicians that lived and worked nearby.

Many NYC ghost tours sell out fast, leaving you with limited dates and times to choose from if you don’t book early. Prebook this Greenwich Village Haunted Tour, and lock in your preferred time for this experience. It’s a near-perfect combination of New York City history and spooky stories. Follow your guide from Washington Square Park through Greenwich Village, where you’ll see haunted sights you wouldn't see on other similar tours.

Let’s Roam is the #1 app-led scavenger hunt company. Walk to all the best landmarks and hidden gems, answering trivia questions and solving challenges. Work with your team or compete against them, as you learn new facts and create memorable experiences. Let’s Roam Scavenger Hunts are great as an everyday activity, or for bachelorette parties, birthday parties, corporate team building events and more! Each player chooses an interactive role, with challenges varying by person.

Find out where the ghosts are in New York City on this guided 2-hour walking tour through the Big Apple’s scariest streets. Look and listen as a local guide shares terrifying tales from sites in Greenwich Village’s haunted history, like the potter’s field, a mass grave under one of New York’s most beautiful parks. Walk past Hangman’s Elm, the oldest tree in Manhattan, which has seen more than its share of scare. And find the home where Edgar Allan Poe wrote many of his stories of mystery and the macabre.

From poets and folk musicians to world-renowned artists, Greenwich Village is a must-visit neighborhood for travelers curious about New York's countercultural history. On this village walking tour, uncover everything from architecture to the arts, and discuss famous neighborhood denizens, including beatniks, feminists, and LGBTQ activists. Along the way, your guide offers up some telling neighborhood stories, and even recites poems written by famous locals.

Take a fully guided walking tour of Greenwich Village and visit New York City’s fun foods . Head to the Village most popular eateries to sample a variety of NY must have's, from the crazy colors of the mini cupcakes or the cheesy slice of pizza to a hot falafel ball next to Washington Square Park. Learn about the history and the landmarks of the Village. We suggest to join us hungry...