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Contrasts and Gospel Mass Tour in Harlem

Location New York City, New York, USA
$99
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Overview

This comparative tour of Harlem, Bronx, Queens and Brooklyn lets you discover New York’s real ethnic and cultural diversity. We started on the West Side Highway looking at the Intrepid, the Trump Buildings and the Hudson River. In Harlem we will visit the exteriors of the Cotton Club and the legendary Apollo Theater, Columbia University, the picturesque neighborhood homes and the historic Mother Hale home. We will also see the tomb of General Ulysses S. Grant before entering a Baptist temple to live an authentic gospel Mass. In the Bronx we will visit the steps of the Joker, Yankee Stadium outside, Civil and Criminal Court, Big Pun mural and I Love The Bronx graffiti. Cross the Bronx Whitestone Bridge to Queens to see Malba, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, CitiField, the US Open and the Unisphere. In Brooklyn we will visit Williamsburg home to the Orthodox Hasidic Jewish community and finish near the Manhattan Bridge or Mulberry Street Chinatown
Contrasts and Gospel Mass Tour in Harlem
Tour guide
Language: English
Human tour guide
Duration: 6 hours

  • Air-conditioned vehicle
  • WiFi on board
  • Gratuities
  • Alcoholic Beverages
  • Meals

Meeting point
Meet in front of the Courtyard Times Square West Hotel, 307 West 37th Street. The guide will be at the front door with Real’s Tours NYC ID.
Return details
Tour concludes at 85 Flatbush Avenue Extension, Brooklyn
The tour ends at the intersection of Canal Street and Mulberry Street.

  • This tour begins by heading to the west side highway - Manhattan's western sector, where you can see the Intrepid and the Trump Building complex, plus the Hudson River, which separates the states of New York and New Jersey. (pass by)
  • Cotton Club
    We will visit the exteriors of the cotton club, famous for being the scene of great jazz and blues artists
  • Apollo Theater
    We will visit the exteriors of the legendary Apollo theater, musical stage where stars such as Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Aretha Franklin, the Jackson five and Celia Cruz debuted.
  • We will continue the tour seeing Columbia University. (pass by)
  • We will walk through the picturesque houses of Harlem knowing their history very closely to understand how this neighborhood went from austerity to poverty approaching the famous house of Doña Clara McBride Hale, known as Mother Hale.
  • We will move to the grave of General Ulysses S. Grant
  • Greater File Chapel Baptist
    Then enter one of the Baptist temples, where you can enjoy the traditional gospel Mass with its chants and customs.
  • Continuing to Northeast Manhattan, we will reach the Bronx borough, where our next stop will be the Joker's Stairs.
  • Then we arrive in the Bronx borough where our first stop will be at Yankee Stadium, baseball temple.
  • Then we'll go through civil court, courthouses and criminal court in the Bronx. (pass by)
  • Our next stop will be the Big Pun mural.
  • We continue with the famous graffiti I Love The Bronx. Saying goodbye to the county of salsa, meringue and bachata, we will observe the graffiti of Amadou Diallo, Jonathan and / or Yadira.
  • Cross the Bronx Whitestone Bridge into the borough of Queens (pass by)
  • We will observe the residential area of Malba. (pass by)
  • Following our tour, we will appreciate from the vehicle the printing press of the most important rotary in the United States (pass by)
  • We will pass the Flushing Meadows Corona Park, where the Mets stadium is also called CITIFIELD, the US Open national tennis center (pass by)
  • Unisphere
    Until you reach the next point of visit that will be the stainless steel globe (unisphere) where you can take unforgettable photos, scene of the movies “men in black, captain america, tomorrow land”
  • Williamsburg
    Then we will head to brooklyn County to visit the famous Williamsburg neighborhood where the Orthodox Hasidic Jewish community, known as the largest outside Israel, resides.
  • Option 1: Stay near the Manhattan Bridge, to cross the famous Brooklyn Bridge on your own.
  • Option 2: End at Mulberry St., in Chinatown, from where you can walk through the area or visit nearby sectors such as Little Italy, SoHo or Greenwich Village, among others.

  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Specialized infant seats are available
  • All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
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    Contrasts and Gospel Mass Tour in Harlem

    Location New York City, New York, USA
    $99
    This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after they redeem the gift voucher.
    How it works?
    01 You choose from 10,000+ experience gifts
    02 We deliver the eVoucher or the Physical box to the recipient
    03 Recipient books the experience and creates unforgettable memories!
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