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Unforgettable Grand Central Terminal History and Hidden Secrets

Location New York City, New York, USA
$39
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Overview

Join us for an unforgettable journey through Grand Central Terminal one of New York City’s most iconic landmarks and a masterpiece of architecture, history, and hidden secrets.
An immersive 2 hour walking tour discovering hidden secrets most tours miss including:
Secrets of the Whispering Gallery – Hear your voice travel across vaulted ceilings in one of NYC’s most mysterious acoustic marvels.
A Clock Worth Millions – Stand beneath the famed four-faced opal clock, a timeless meeting place and symbol of the city.
Architectural Grandeur: Marvel at Beaux-Arts elegance, celestial ceilings, and Tiffany glass while learning how this terminal reshaped Manhattan.
Hidden Passageways: From secret platforms to Prohibition-era speakeasies, dive into the lesser-known chapters of Grand Central's colorful past.
Whether you're a history buff, architecture lover, or curious traveler, this tour offers insider access and captivating stories you won’t find in guidebooks.
Unforgettable Grand Central Terminal History and Hidden Secrets
Tour guide
Language: English
Human tour guide
Duration: 2 hours 1 minute

  • Tour Guide
  • Gratuities always appreciated

Meeting point
Meet your guide in front of the entrance to 60 E 42 street - directly across from the Grand Central Terminal. See Photo of building.
Return details
In front of the entrance for Grand Central Terminal

  • Grand Central Terminal
    On this immersive 2 hour walking tour, you’ll uncover: Secrets of the Whispering Gallery – Hear your voice travel across vaulted ceilings in one of NYC’s most mysterious acoustic marvels. A Clock Worth Millions – Stand beneath the famed four-faced opal clock, a timeless meeting place and symbol of the city. Architectural Grandeur – Marvel at Beaux-Arts elegance, celestial ceilings, and Tiffany glass while learning how this terminal reshaped Midtown Manhattan. Hidden Passageways & Untold Stories – From secret platforms to Prohibition-era speakeasies, dive into the lesser-known chapters of Grand Central's colorful past. A Living Landmark – Discover how Grand Central isn’t just a train station—it's a vibrant destination with shops, dining, and events woven into the city's daily life.
  • Grand Central Market
    A European-style gourmet shopping experience steps from subway. The Market features local vendors offering various items and prepared foods. All merchants are local businesses and many of the products are locally sourced.
  • Walk the Graybar Passage flanked to the North by the Graybar Building and Metro North Tracks - to the south, numerous retail shops, The Graybar Passage is a major thoroughfare from Lexington Avenue into the Main Concourse of Grand Central.
  • The Lower Dinning Concourse at Grand Central Terminal is one of the city's greatest public spaces. Described as "the best-designed transit hub, a stunning work of Beaux-Arts architecture" is considered a landmark location filled with history and secrets. It is one of the world's top ten tourist attractions. There's always a lot going on here, and it's been that way ever since it first opened in 1913. One thing that's relatively new: Grand Central has become something of a dining and drinking destination, bouncing back after an early-pandemic slumber with a slew of new openings and revitalized old favorites. For out-of-town visitors, area workers, commuters grabbing a bite
  • Grand Central Terminal
    LIRR Grand Central Madison Station, opened in January 2023, is a major addition to the Long Island Rail Road network, located deep beneath Grand Central Terminal. This terminal is the centerpiece of the East Side Access project, the most significant expansion of LIRR service in over 100 years. It offers direct service from Long Island to the East Side of Manhattan with eight tracks and four platforms spread across a 350,000-square-foot facility,
  • Grand Central Terminal
    Known as the “Kissing Room,” the Biltmore Room served as a space for arriving travelers to greet and reunite with loved ones. In its peak, many travelers were soldiers returning home from the battlefield. Located in the Northwest corner of Grand Central Terminal’s main upper level, it gained its name because it sits directly below the former Biltmore Hotel, from 1913.
  • Grand Central Terminal
    Track 34 - The "20th Century Limited" originally ran from New York’s Grand Central Terminal to La Salle in Chicago, from 1902 to 1967, and was the flagship train of the New York Central railway. From the start of the journey in New York, every aspect of the 20th Century Limited was geared towards glamourous. Passengers would walk along Track 34 towards their berth along a long red carpet, The ‘20th Century Limited’ is where the expression ‘red carpet treatment’ was formed.
  • Grand Central Terminal
    The Whispering Gallery. If you stand close against the tile wall in the domed intersection of walkways on the lower floor of Grand Central Terminal and you'll discover a secret: a corner-to-corner whispering gallery.
  • Grand Central Terminal
    Grand Central Terminal is one of the most-visited destinations in NYC for good reason: Incredible history, architecture, dining, and shopping, all in one place. View the Celestial Ceiling aka Zodiac Ceiling painted in 1871
  • Campbell Apartment
    The Campbell is a bar and cocktail lounge in Grand Central Terminal in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. The space, long known as the Campbell Apartment, was once the office of American financier John W. Campbell, a member of the New York Central Railroad's board of directors. It was later used as office space, as a studio by CBS and as a jail by Metro-North Railroad. Renovations in 1999 and 2007 restored the space to its original opulence at a total cost of nearly $2 million.

  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
  • All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • some portions of Grand Central are not accessible by wheelchair/scooter
  • For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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    Unforgettable Grand Central Terminal History and Hidden Secrets

    Location New York City, New York, USA
    $39
    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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