Take an exciting tour of the city 363 days of the year with Gray Line! Gray Line New York Sightseeing will not operate on December 25th and January 1st. All double-decker tours start at the Gray Line Visitor Center located at 777 8th Avenue between 47th & 48th Street. Once passengers have exchanged their vouchers for a GLNYS ticket, buses can be boarded anywhere on the route.

Tour AL - All Loops Tour by Double-Decker

• In English
• Valid for 48 hours from time when ticket is issued
• Connecting transfer points to switch from one tour loop to another
• Bring voucher; no reservation needed

Uptown Loop - Stops include Central Park, Lincoln Center, Theater district, Rockefeller Plaza Radio City, St. Patrick's Cathedral, Fifth Ave, American Museum of Natural History, Cathedral of St. John the Divine, Apollo Theatre and Harlem neighborhoods, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Guggenheim and other famous cultural attractions on Museum Mile.

Tour Length: Approx. 2 hours
Departures; Daily from 8:30am to 5:00pm. Every 30 minutes April-December; 45 min Jan - March. Hop-on, hop-off.

Downtown Loop - Stops include Empire State Building, Greenwich Village, SoHo, Little Italy, Chinatown, Financial District, Battery Park (departure point for Statue of Liberty/Ellis Island ferry), South Street Seaport, Time Square, Rockefeller Plaza, Radio City, United Nations, 42nd Street, St. Patrick's Cathedral, Fifth Ave.

Tour Length: Approx. 2 hours
Departures; Daily from 8:30am to 5:00pm. Every 10-15 minutes April-December; 30 min Jan - March. Hop-on, hop-off.

Brooklyn Loop - Stops include Cadman Plaza / Brooklyn Heights, Old Fulton Landing, Atlantic Avenue, Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn Museume of Art and Botanic Garden, Fulton Mall New York Marriott Hotel.

Tour Length: Approx. 2 hours
Departures; Seasonal, Daily May through September. Departures 9:00am and 11:00am. Hop-on, hop-off.

Night Tour NOT Hop-on, hop-off. - View over 20 sites from Central Park, Times Square, Empire State Building to Greenwich Village, SoHo, Chinatown and Little Italy. See all the glittering lights of "the City that never sleeps". Includes a stop in Brooklyn for magnificent views fo Manhattan's skyline.

Tour Length: Approx. 2 - 2 1/2 hours
Departures; Daily departures every 30 minutes between 6:00pm and 9:00pm from May to October. Departures at 6:00pm, 6:30pm and 7:00pm balance of the year. Not hop-on, hop-off. Can be taken on any one of the 2 evenings within All Loops ticket's validity.

Starting Novermber 28, 2003 through December 30, 2003, the Night Tour becomes a "Holiday Lights" Tour, featuring animated windows & Christmas decorations at New York's famous department stores, giant tree at Rockefeller Center and other unique sights of Manhattan at holiday times.

Tour ENS - Classic New York

• Includes All Loop Tour
• A ticket for the ferry to Statue of Liberty/Ellis Islands
• Admission ticket to the Empire State Building Observatory
• Admission to the South Street Seaport Museum
• Bring voucher; no reservation needed

Ferry departs from Battery Park (one of the stops on the Downtown loop) approx. every 20 minutes between 9:00am and 3:45pm in season; less frequent in winter. First stop is Liberty Island, second stop is Ellis Island then ferry returns to Battery Park.

Tickets for the ferry and for the Empire State Building Observatory can be used any time duing the stay ro visitors may use the Downtown Loop to hop-on and hop-off at Battery Park (embarkation point for ferry to Liberty/Ellis islands) and at the Empire State Building. Visits are not guided. At the holiday times and in summer, passengers should allow at least 2-3 hours if visiting only Statue of Liberty and 3-4 hours if visiting both Statue and Ellis Island.

Tour SI - NYC Showbiz Insiders Tour

• Fully Escorted
• Reservations are required
• Tour does not operate Thanksgiving, December 25th, January 1 or Easter

Exclusively with Gray Line, this tour-de-force includes a backstage insider's peek of the New Amsterdam theater, hom eof Disney's The Lion King, NBC Studio Tour, Radio City Stage Door Tour, lunch at Planet Hollywood and an opportunity to meet a Broadway performer!

Tour Length: Approx. 8 1/2 hours
Departures; Daily 8:30am from Gray Line Visitor Center at 777 8th Avenue (between 47th and 48th Streets)

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