🏨 2-Hour Fifth Avenue History Tour Activity

2-Hour Fifth Avenue History Tour

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From $80.00

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Departs: New York, New York

Ticket Type: Mobile or paper ticket accepted

Free cancellation

Up to 24 hours in advance.

Overview

An in-depth history of the Gilded Age and New York's most famous landmarks.

Join me for a walk along Fifth Ave - the name associated with wealth, glitz, and glamour. Fifth Ave is one of the best-known streets in the world, especially the stretch known as Millionaire Row. Once upon a time, it was lined with the finest homes of New York's wealthiest people - a place of ambition, intrigue, scandal, and the most spectacular balls ever given.

This tour is about New York's famous landmarks, its eclectic architecture, and people like the Vanderbilts, the Astors, and the Rockefellers, who shaped New York City into the metropolis we know now. It's about millionaires and architects, visionaries and beautiful models, artists and writers whose names are forever connected to the fabulous 5th Avenue.

What's Included

Discover the city's fascinating history and culture

Enjoy the intimate atmosphere of a small group

See NYC highlights with a licensed NYC Guide

Traveler Information

ADULT: Age: 0 - 100

Additional Info

Public transportation options are available nearby

Public transportation options are available nearby

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.

This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.

What To Expect

A starting point of the tour, the Plaza was hailed the “greatest hotel in the world.” You will find out about its colorful history connected to the Vanderbilts, Scott Fitzgerald and Marilyn Monroe, just to name a few.

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Pulitzer Fountain

An elegant bronze sculpture represents Pomona, the Roman goddess of abundance holding a basket of fruit. There is a tragic story behind what meets the eye.

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Bergdorf Goodman

Edwin Goodman, the first couturier to introduce ready-to-wear fashion, built the store on the site of the former mansion of Cornelius Vanderbilt II, the largest private residence ever built in New York City

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Tiffany & Co.

The Tiffany Blue Box is possibly one the most recognizable and probably one of the most desired retail containers in history. The story of Tiffany's is worth a stop.

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Trump Tower

The headquarters for the Trump Organization, the building has quite a unique exterior.

5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

St. Thomas Church

This French High Gothic Revival structure marks the place of Consuelo Vanderbilt wedding to 9th Duke of Marlborough.

5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

St. Patrick's Cathedral

The largest Gothic Roman Catholic Cathedral in the US, it was ridiculed for being built in the wilderness, way too far outside the city. Like most NYC landmarks, St. Patrick's has a fascinating story.

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Rockefeller Center

Home to some of the most recognizable tourist sites, like a Rockefeller Christmas Tree, the dramatic story of the Rockefeller Center centers around the Great Depression and the Rockefeller family.

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Fred F. French Building

The gilded lobby of the Fred F. French features the only Art Deco-cum-Babylonian design you'll ever see

5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Grand Central Terminal

The fabulous Grand Central Terminal - a Beaux-Arts Masterpiece built to house Cornelius Vanderbilt’s railroad network and envisioned as a gateway to the city.

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

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