New York City Audio Walking Tours
Self-guided, narrated walks through New York City. Buy a tour once, download it, and hear the story at each stop while you walk at your own pace.
Tours from $7.99
Friends walk free. One purchase covers everyone on your walk. Start the tour, invite your friends to join, and it plays on every phone in your group.
New York City audio tours
Each tour is a mapped route with narration at every stop. Buy it once and it is yours to keep, no subscription.
New York Village Sitcoms Walking Tour
51 Fifth Avenue (Mad About You) · Jefferson Market Garden · The Stonewall Inn · Carrie Bradshaw's stoop · Magnolia Bakery · The Friends building · Comedy Cellar & Bleecker Bob's
2.5 km · 35 min · 7 stops
New York Ghostbusters Film Walking Tour
New York Public Library · Rockefeller Center · 1221 Sixth Ave (McGraw-Hill) · Times Square (Cohan Statue) · Columbus Circle · Lincoln Center (Revson Fountain) · 55 Central Park West · Tavern on the Green
4.3 km · 61 min · 8 stops
New York Godfather Little Italy Walking
Courthouse Steps, 60 Centre St · Columbus Park (Mulberry Bend) · 129 Mulberry Street · Old Police HQ & Petrosino Sq · Mott Street (Genco Olive Oil) · Ravenite Social Club · Old St. Patrick's Cathedral · Second Avenue (Masseria 1922) · East 6th Street (Part II set)
3.5 km · 49 min · 9 stops
New York Gossip Girl Walking Tour
Museum of the City of New York · 1136 Fifth Avenue (Blair's) · Cooper Hewitt (Carnegie Mansion) · The Met steps · Nate's townhouse · St. James' Church · Bethesda Terrace · Pulitzer Fountain · The Palace hotel
5.8 km · 82 min · 9 stops
New York Home Alone 2 Walking Tour
Bethesda Terrace · Gapstow Bridge · The Plaza Hotel · San Martin Statue · 57th Street Subway (F) · Carnegie Hall · Radio City Music Hall · Rockefeller Center Tree
3.1 km · 43 min · 8 stops
NYC Central Park Walking Tour
Conservatory Water · The Mall · Bethesda Terrace · Bow Bridge · Strawberry Fields · The Ramble · Belvedere Castle
2.6 km · 37 min · 7 stops
NYC Lower Manhattan Walking Tour
Battery Park · Charging Bull · Wall Street · Federal Hall · Trinity Church · 9/11 Memorial · Woolworth Building · Brooklyn Bridge entrance
2.8 km · 40 min · 8 stops
Greenwich Village Walking Tour
Astor Place and Cooper Triangle · Bleecker Street · Washington Square Park: The Heart of the Greenwich Village Self Guided Walking Tour · MacDougal Street · Grove Court and Bedford Street · Christopher Street and Stonewall · Jefferson Market Garden · Union Square Park
4 km · 56 min · 8 stops
What to expect on a New York City audio walking tour
On a New York City audio walking tour, you'll cover three very different sides of Manhattan: the green paths of Central Park, the historic canyons of Lower Manhattan, and the bohemian streets of Greenwich Village. Each route runs on its own, so you can pick the neighborhood that matches your day.
Start at Grand Army Plaza and let the narration lead you north past Conservatory Water, where model sailboats drift on calm afternoons, and onto The Mall's long allee of elm trees. You'll cross Bethesda Terrace and the Bow Bridge before the path bends through Strawberry Fields and the tangled woodland of The Ramble, finishing up at the stone lookout of Belvedere Castle. It's about 3.9 kilometers, so give yourself just under an hour if you keep a steady pace, longer if you linger by the water.
Head downtown and the story shifts entirely, starting at Battery Park and the Charging Bull before the narration threads you through the narrow canyons of Wall Street and past Federal Hall and Trinity Church. From there you'll reach the 9/11 Memorial and the Woolworth Building on your way toward the Brooklyn Bridge, tracing centuries of the city's financial and civic history in under an hour.
The Greenwich Village route covers different ground again, starting near Astor Place and winding through Washington Square Park and the narrow blocks of MacDougal Street and Bleecker Street. You'll pass Christopher Street, the quiet mews of Grove Court and Bedford Street, and Jefferson Market Garden before the walk wraps up at Union Square Park. At roughly 5 kilometers, it's the longest of the three tours, closer to an hour and ten minutes at an easy pace.
Where to walk in New York City
A few of the stops you will pass, and why they are worth slowing down for.
Central Park
You could spend an entire day wandering Central Park and still not see it all, from the leafy Mall and the boat traffic on Conservatory Water to Bethesda Terrace and the wobbly wooden planks of Bow Bridge. Cut through the tangled paths of the Ramble and you will forget you are in the middle of Manhattan, then pop out at Belvedere Castle for a skyline view over the Great Lawn. Street performers, horse carriages, and picnickers on the grass keep the energy going in every season. It is the park that inspired a thousand postcards, and walking it is the best way to understand why.
Greenwich Village
Greenwich Village is a maze of tree lined streets, low rise brownstones, and crooked intersections that feel more like a small European town than downtown Manhattan. Start at Washington Square Park with its marble arch and buskers, then drift down MacDougal and Bleecker Streets past jazz clubs, cafes, and bookshops that have barely changed in decades. Christopher Street and the quiet courtyards around Grove Court add a residential, almost secretive charm. It is one of the most pleasant places in the city to walk without a plan and just see where the streets take you.
Lower Manhattan and Battery Park
The southern tip of Manhattan mixes soaring financial history with open harbor views, and walking it takes you from the bronze Charging Bull on Wall Street to the reflecting pools of the 9/11 Memorial. Battery Park itself opens up right where the skyscrapers end, with the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island sitting out in the harbor and ferries crossing in front of you. Trinity Church and the ornate Woolworth Building give the walk some old New York character amid the glass towers. It is a great mix of history, water, and skyline all packed into a compact, walkable grid.
Brooklyn Bridge
Walking the Brooklyn Bridge is one of the most iconic things you can do in New York, and the elevated wooden promenade gives you a front row seat to both the Manhattan and Brooklyn skylines. The Gothic stone towers and web of cables make for a striking scene no matter which way you look, and the East River traffic below adds constant movement to the view. Time it for sunset and the light on the water and the buildings is unbeatable. Once you reach the Brooklyn side, Dumbo's cobblestone streets and waterfront park make an easy, rewarding continuation of the walk.
The High Line
The High Line turns an old elevated freight rail line into a narrow ribbon of a park that runs above the streets of Chelsea and the Meatpacking District. As you walk it you pass wildflower plantings, art installations, and viewing platforms that frame the surrounding buildings in unexpected ways. Below you, the city keeps moving with taxis and pedestrians, while up top it is calm and almost quiet. It is a completely different way to see New York, and it ends near the Hudson River and the shops and galleries of the West Side.
Get the Audio Tour in 3 Simple Steps
All in the free Walk With Me app, and the first stops of every tour are free to try.
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Handcrafted for Your Time in the City
These tours aren't a checklist of sights. They're made to be walked slowly, headphones on, eyes on the city.
Meditative and Immersive
Each story is told where it happened. The app chimes when you reach a stop, one tap starts the story, and the stretch between stops is yours to take in at your own pace.
Handcrafted With Care
We choose every route and every stop ourselves and shape each story with care, so the time you have in the city goes to the places most worth seeing.
Better With Someone
Every walk is better with someone beside you, so if you can bring a friend, we really hope you do. That's why one purchase covers everyone you invite: they join your tour free.