NYC: Fifth Ave Gilded Age Mansions Guided Walking Tour
ID: GYG445324-801253
Category:
Country: United States
Duration:
02:00 hours
Description
Take a stroll along Fifth Avenue and discover its Gilded Age past when grand mansions of millionaires lined the illustrious street. Discover the glamorous mansions that remain and those lost to time.
Visits Millionaire’s Row, and discover works of architecture lost to time and some that remain today with a new purpose. This tour will resurrect some of the magnificent mansions that no longer stand bringing those glamorous abodes back to life with stunning historical images and scintillating stories of the affairs that took place inside.
Take in outrageous stories of Gilded Age wealth, architecture, and art on Fifth Avenue while strolling along the very Avenue where they happened
Highlights
- See the footprint of the largest single residence ever built in Manhattan
- Visit the oldest building on Millionaire’s Row, Fifth Avenue
- Learn some of the secrets of the famous Frick Collection as you stroll by
- Discover a charming bookshop tucked into a Fifth Avenue mansion
- Uncover one of the last single residence mansion on Fifth Avenue
Guiding languages
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
• This tour will take place rain or shine
Please meet your tour guide at the Citibike stand outside the entrance to the Plaza Hotel at Fifth Avenue near the between the hotel entrance and the Pulitzer Fountain.
When should I book?
To guarantee availability book as soon as possible. Early booking is worth consideration especially if you planning the trip during high season like public holidays or weekends.
Cancellations
This excursion you can cancel with no cost up to 24 hours before the start of the trip. If you cancel it after 24 hours or not show up on the excursion you will still be charged the full price of the activity. Being late on pick-up or departure will be considered as not showing up.
