Free Walking Sightseeing Tours in New York, United States

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Are you ready for an unforgettable time in New York, United States? Then you've come to the right place with our sightseeing tours. Whether you prefer a guided free walking tour with insider knowledge or enjoy the freedom of a self-guided route, you'll find exactly what you're looking for. Click on a tour and find out more about the highlights that await you!

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Self-guided Tour #1

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Number of sights 5 sights
Distance 0.8 km
Ascend 22 m
Descend 12 m

  • Chinese Scholar’s Garden
  • Snug Harbor Cultural Center and Botanical Garden
  • Staten Island Children’s Museum
  • Staten Island Museum
  • Music Hall
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Self-guided Tour #2

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Number of sights 17 sights
Distance 3.1 km
Ascend 32 m
Descend 39 m

  • Berry Campbell Gallery
  • Morgan Lehman Gallery
  • Pace Gallery
  • Marlborough Gallery
  • Gagosian
  • Luhring Augustine Gallery
  • Lisson Gallery
  • Marianne Boesky Gallery
  • Yancey Richardson Gallery
  • Dia Chelsea
  • Hauser & Wirth
  • Matthew Marks Gallery
  • Tanya Bonakdar Gallery
  • Tina Kim Gallery
  • 303 Gallery
  • Paula Cooper Gallery
  • Lightship Frying Pan
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Self-guided Tour #3

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Number of sights 6 sights
Distance 1.2 km
Ascend 0 m
Descend 0 m

  • Elizabeth H. Berger Plaza
  • Bowling Green
  • Africa
  • International Mercantile Marine Company Building
  • Skyscraper Museum
  • Battery Park
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Self-guided Tour #4

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Number of sights 37 sights
Distance 7.7 km
Ascend 348 m
Descend 337 m

  • Jackson Square Park
  • Life Underground
  • Rubin Museum of Art
  • Church of Saint Francis Xavier
  • Yeshiva University Museum
  • The 8th Floor Gallery
  • First Presbyterian Church
  • Church of the Ascension
  • New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture
  • Washington Square Arch
  • Washington Square Park
  • Alexander Lyman Holley Monument
  • Comedy Cellar
  • Judson Memorial Church
  • Giuseppe Garibaldi
  • Washington Mews
  • Salmagundi Club
  • Metronome
  • George Washington
  • Mohandas Gandhi
  • Union Square Drinking Fountain
  • Independence Flagstaff
  • Abraham Lincoln
  • Marquis de Lafayette
  • Gramercy Park
  • Calvary Church
  • Fotografiska
  • Gramercy Theatre
  • Met Life Tower
  • Roscoe Conkling
  • William Henry Seward Monument
  • Madison Square Fountain
  • Eternal Light Flagstaff
  • General Worth Monument
  • Madison Square Park
  • Admiral David Glasgow Farragut
  • Chester Alan Arthur
Details for Tour #4 in New York

Self-guided Tour #5

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Number of sights 6 sights
Distance 1.3 km
Ascend 38 m
Descend 27 m

  • Pier 45
  • St. Veronica's Church
  • Church of St. Luke in the Fields
  • St. John’s Church
  • Stonewall Inn
  • Gay Street
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Self-guided Tour #6

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Number of sights 14 sights
Distance 3.1 km
Ascend 8 m
Descend 14 m

  • Ambrose
  • Wavertree
  • South Street Seaport
  • New York Cocoa Exchange Building
  • The Queen Elizabeth II September 11th Garden
  • Museum of American Finance
  • Church of Our Lady of Victory
  • New York Stock Exchange
  • Fearless Girl
  • Charging Bull
  • Bowling Green
  • Asia
  • Battery Park
  • New York Vietnam Veterans Memorial
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Self-guided Tour #7

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Number of sights 6 sights
Distance 1.4 km
Ascend 21 m
Descend 27 m

  • New York Aquarium
  • Coney Island Cyclone
  • Wonder Wheel
  • Deno's Wonder Wheel Amusement Park
  • Steeplechase Park
  • Parachute Jump
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Self-guided Tour #8

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Number of sights 6 sights
Distance 1.4 km
Ascend 28 m
Descend 37 m

  • St. John Nepomucene Church
  • St. Catherine of Siena Church
  • First Hungarian Reformed Church
  • Lenox Hill Station Post Office
  • Cathedral of the Holy Trinity
  • Jan Hus Church
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Self-guided Tour #9

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Number of sights 47 sights
Distance 11.1 km
Ascend 425 m
Descend 437 m

  • Seward Park
  • St. Teresa's Church
  • Museum at Eldridge Street
  • First Chinese Presbyterian Church
  • Mariners Temple
  • St. James Church
  • Church of the Transfiguration
  • Columbus Park
  • Triumph of the Human Spirit
  • 5 in 1
  • 41 Park Row
  • City Hall
  • Woolworth Building
  • Saint Peter's Church
  • Saint Paul's Chapel
  • Corbin Building
  • John Street Methodist Church
  • Church of Our Lady of Victory
  • Museum of American Finance
  • Federal Hall National Memorial
  • Fearless Girl
  • New York Stock Exchange
  • John Watts
  • Trinity Church
  • Zuccotti Park
  • Joie de Vivre
  • Double Check
  • 9/11 Memorial & Museum
  • Liberty Park
  • The Sphere
  • America's Response Monument
  • St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church
  • Elizabeth H. Berger Plaza
  • Charging Bull
  • Bowling Green
  • Africa
  • International Mercantile Marine Company Building
  • Skyscraper Museum
  • Battery Park
  • New York Vietnam Veterans Memorial
  • The Queen Elizabeth II September 11th Garden
  • New York Cocoa Exchange Building
  • Wavertree
  • Ambrose
  • South Street Seaport
  • Titanic Memorial Lighthouse
  • Drumgoole Plaza
Details for Tour #9 in New York

Self-guided Tour #10

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Number of sights 40 sights
Distance 9.7 km
Ascend 327 m
Descend 339 m

  • Majestic Theatre
  • Broadhurst Theatre
  • Helen Hayes Theatre
  • Lyric Theatre
  • New Victory Theater
  • Madame Tussauds New York
  • Candler Building
  • Nederlander Theatre
  • New Amsterdam Theatre
  • Golda Meir
  • Josephine Shaw Lowell Fountain
  • Bryant Park
  • Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  • Fortitude
  • Grand Central Terminal
  • Helmsley Building
  • Charles Scribner's Sons Building
  • Belasco Theatre
  • Hudson Theatre
  • Lyceum Theatre
  • Minskoff Theatre
  • Booth Theatre
  • Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre
  • Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre
  • John Golden Theatre
  • Music Box Theatre
  • Imperial Theatre
  • Lena Horne Theatre
  • Barrymore Theatre
  • Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
  • Duffy Square
  • Church of Saint Mary the Virgin
  • Palace Theater
  • James Earl Jones Theatre
  • New York City Center
  • MoMA
  • Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
  • Central Synagogue
  • General Electric Building
  • Greenacre Park
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Self-guided Tour #11

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Number of sights 50 sights
Distance 12.2 km
Ascend 347 m
Descend 323 m

  • David Zwirner
  • Kurimanzutto Gallery
  • Hales Gallery
  • Jack Shainman Gallery
  • Galleria Ca' d'Oro
  • Church of the Guardian Angel
  • Matthew Marks Gallery
  • Hauser & Wirth
  • Dia Chelsea
  • Marianne Boesky Gallery
  • Lisson Gallery
  • Luhring Augustine Gallery
  • Gagosian
  • Marlborough Gallery
  • Berry Campbell Gallery
  • Kasmin Gallery
  • Chelsea Park
  • Church of the Holy Apostles
  • Magnet Theater
  • Madison Square Garden
  • West Side Jewish Center
  • St. Michael's Church
  • Metropolitan Community Church
  • Church of Sts. Cyril & Methodius and St. Raphael
  • Holy Cross Church
  • Madame Tussauds New York
  • Candler Building
  • Lyric Theatre
  • Helen Hayes Theatre
  • Majestic Theatre
  • Broadhurst Theatre
  • Booth Theatre
  • Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre
  • Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre
  • John Golden Theatre
  • Imperial Theatre
  • Lyceum Theatre
  • Hudson Theatre
  • Belasco Theatre
  • Church of Saint Mary the Virgin
  • Duffy Square
  • Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
  • Barrymore Theatre
  • Lena Horne Theatre
  • Eugene O'Neill Theatre
  • Longacre Theatre
  • James Earl Jones Theatre
  • Charles Scribner's Sons Building
  • Bryant Park
  • Golda Meir
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Self-guided Tour #12

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Number of sights 50 sights
Distance 12.7 km
Ascend 482 m
Descend 473 m

  • Islamic Cultural Center of New York
  • St. Francis de Sales Church
  • Lucy Drexel Dahlgren House
  • George F. Baker Jr. and Sr. Houses
  • Brick Presbyterian Church
  • James Burden Mansion
  • Consulate-General of the Russian Federation in New York
  • Otto H. Kahn House
  • The Jewish Museum
  • Church of the Heavenly Rest
  • Guggenheim Museum
  • Church of Saint Thomas More
  • Park Avenue Synagogue
  • Park Avenue Christian Church
  • Church of Saint Ignatius Loyola
  • Neue Galerie New York
  • Central Park
  • Cleopatra's Needle
  • King Jagiello Monument
  • Belvedere Castle
  • Shakespeare Garden
  • Whisper Bench
  • Delacorte Theater
  • Romeo and Juliet
  • Hayden Planetarium
  • Bow Bridge
  • Bethesda Fountain
  • Cherry Hill Fountain
  • Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Victor Herbert
  • Eagles and Prey
  • Rumsey Playfield
  • Robert Burns
  • Indian Hunter
  • Central Park Carousel
  • Giuseppe Mazzini
  • First Church of Christ, Scientist
  • Congregation Sherith Israel
  • Church of the Blessed Sacrament
  • Sherman Square
  • Reclining Figure
  • David Geffen Hall
  • Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
  • Manhattan New York Temple
  • Dante Alighieri
  • Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
  • Metropolitan Opera House
  • Damrosch Park
  • David H. Koch Theater
  • Church of Saint Paul the Apostle
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Self-guided Tour #13

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Number of sights 35 sights
Distance 9.3 km
Ascend 311 m
Descend 300 m

  • Chapel of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus & Mary
  • St. Vartan Cathedral
  • Daily News Building
  • Ford Foundation
  • Ralph Bunche Park
  • Japanese Peace Bell
  • United Nations Headquarters
  • Non-Violence
  • Sphere Within Sphere
  • Chrysler Building
  • Church of Our Saviour
  • Church of the Transfiguration
  • Madison Square Park
  • Madison Square Fountain
  • Eternal Light Flagstaff
  • William Henry Seward Monument
  • Roscoe Conkling
  • Met Life Tower
  • Gramercy Theatre
  • Fotografiska
  • Calvary Church
  • Gramercy Park
  • Church of the Epiphany
  • St. George's Church
  • Abraham Lincoln
  • Independence Flagstaff
  • Union Square Drinking Fountain
  • Mohandas Gandhi
  • Marquis de Lafayette
  • George Washington
  • Metronome
  • Salmagundi Club
  • First Presbyterian Church
  • Yeshiva University Museum
  • Church of Saint Francis Xavier
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Self-guided Tour #14

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Number of sights 24 sights
Distance 6.7 km
Ascend 205 m
Descend 179 m

  • Circle Line
  • USS Growler
  • USS Intrepid
  • Intrepid Museum
  • DeWitt Clinton Park
  • Saints Kyril & Metodi Cathedral
  • Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
  • Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
  • Church of Saint Paul the Apostle
  • David H. Koch Theater
  • Damrosch Park
  • Metropolitan Opera House
  • Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
  • Dante Alighieri
  • Manhattan New York Temple
  • American Folk Art Museum
  • David Geffen Hall
  • Lincoln Center Theater
  • Reclining Figure
  • Sherman Square
  • Church of the Blessed Sacrament
  • Congregation Sherith Israel
  • First Church of Christ, Scientist
  • Daniel Webster
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Self-guided Tour #15

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Number of sights 41 sights
Distance 11.5 km
Ascend 408 m
Descend 390 m

  • Pier 76
  • Circle Line
  • USS Intrepid
  • Intrepid Museum
  • DeWitt Clinton Park
  • Saints Kyril & Metodi Cathedral
  • Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
  • Hells Kitchen Park
  • Congregation Ezrath Israel
  • Lena Horne Theatre
  • Samuel J. Friedman Theatre
  • Barrymore Theatre
  • Longacre Theatre
  • Walter Kerr Theatre
  • Eugene O'Neill Theatre
  • Saint Malachy Church
  • Circle in the Square Theatre
  • Gershwin Theatre
  • Neil Simon Theater
  • St. Benedict the Moor's Church
  • Church for All Nations
  • Church of Saint Paul the Apostle
  • USS Maine Monument
  • Columbus Circle
  • Christopher Columbus Monument
  • Museum of Arts and Design
  • Studio 54
  • Broadway Theatre
  • Times Square Church
  • Winter Garden Theatre
  • Rockefeller Center
  • Calvary Baptist Church
  • José de San Martín
  • Simón Bolívar
  • José Martí
  • Central Park Carousel
  • The Dairy (Visitor Center and Gift Shop)
  • Christopher Columbus
  • William Shakespeare
  • Balto
  • 107th Infantry Memorial
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Self-guided Tour #16

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Number of sights 32 sights
Distance 9 km
Ascend 401 m
Descend 412 m

  • Atlantic Theater
  • Saint Peter's Church
  • Jack Shainman Gallery
  • Galleria Ca' d'Oro
  • Church of the Guardian Angel
  • Gagosian
  • Hales Gallery
  • Kurimanzutto Gallery
  • David Zwirner
  • Little Island
  • Whitney Museum of American Art
  • Abingdon Square
  • Jackson Square Park
  • Life Underground
  • Rubin Museum of Art
  • Church of Saint Francis Xavier
  • The 8th Floor Gallery
  • General Worth Monument
  • Madison Square Park
  • Admiral David Glasgow Farragut
  • Chester Alan Arthur
  • Museum of Sex
  • Marble Collegiate Church
  • Koreatown
  • Herald Square
  • Church of the Incarnation
  • The Morgan Library & Museum
  • Joseph Raphael De Lamar House
  • Church of Our Saviour
  • Pershing Square
  • Grand Central Terminal
  • Chrysler Building
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Self-guided Tour #17

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Number of sights 8 sights
Distance 2.3 km
Ascend 44 m
Descend 65 m

  • Trinity Lutheran Church of Manhattan
  • Saint Michael's Church
  • Holy Name of Jesus Church
  • Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church
  • Congregation B'nai Jeshurun
  • Saint Ignatius of Antioch Church
  • Church of St. Paul and St. Andrew
  • Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument
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Self-guided Tour #18

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Number of sights 50 sights
Distance 14.4 km
Ascend 589 m
Descend 622 m

  • Duane Park
  • Washington Market Park
  • Teardrop Park
  • Irish Hunger Memorial
  • One World Trade Center
  • Perelman Performing Arts Center
  • 9/11 Memorial & Museum
  • The Sphere
  • America's Response Monument
  • Liberty Park
  • St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church
  • Elizabeth H. Berger Plaza
  • Federal Hall National Memorial
  • John Watts
  • Trinity Church
  • Zuccotti Park
  • Joie de Vivre
  • Double Check
  • John Street Methodist Church
  • Corbin Building
  • Saint Paul's Chapel
  • Saint Peter's Church
  • Woolworth Building
  • City Hall
  • 41 Park Row
  • 5 in 1
  • Triumph of the Human Spirit
  • Mmuseumm
  • Columbus Park
  • Most Precious Blood Church
  • 240 Centre Street
  • Storefront for Art and Architecture
  • Desalvio Playground
  • San Lorenzo Ruiz Chapel
  • Capitale
  • Elizabeth Street Garden
  • New Museum
  • Peretz Square
  • Hare Krishna Temple
  • Liz Christy Garden
  • Saint Patrick's Old Cathedral
  • SoHo
  • Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art
  • LentSpace
  • Duarte Square
  • Albert Capsouto Park
  • FDNY Ladder 8
  • USCGC LILAC
  • Sherman Zwicker
  • Hudson River Park
Details for Tour #18 in New York

Self-guided Tour #19

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Number of sights 43 sights
Distance 12.5 km
Ascend 324 m
Descend 296 m

  • Sherman Zwicker
  • USCGC LILAC
  • Hudson River Park
  • Teardrop Park
  • Washington Market Park
  • Duane Park
  • FDNY Ladder 8
  • Albert Capsouto Park
  • Duarte Square
  • LentSpace
  • Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art
  • 240 Centre Street
  • SoHo
  • New York Earth Room
  • Time Landscape
  • St. Anthony of Padua Church
  • MacDougal-Sullivan Gardens Historic District
  • Winston Churchill Square
  • New York City Fire Museum
  • Church of St. Luke in the Fields
  • St. John’s Church
  • Hess Triangle
  • Greenwich Village
  • Gay Liberation Monument
  • Gay Street
  • St. Joseph's Church
  • West Fourth Street Courts
  • Comedy Cellar
  • Judson Memorial Church
  • Washington Square Park
  • Alexander Lyman Holley Monument
  • Washington Square Arch
  • Giuseppe Garibaldi
  • Washington Mews
  • New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture
  • Church of the Ascension
  • Grace Church
  • Colonnade row
  • Merchant's House Museum
  • Public Theater
  • Alamo
  • Saint Mark's in-the-Bowery
  • Classic Stage Company
Details for Tour #19 in New York

Self-guided Tour #20

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Number of sights 38 sights
Distance 11.7 km
Ascend 484 m
Descend 471 m

  • Central Synagogue
  • Seagram Building
  • General Electric Building
  • Saint Patrick’s Cathedral
  • Rockefeller Center
  • Helmsley Building
  • The Penn Club
  • Fortitude
  • William Earl Dodge
  • Bryant Park
  • William Cullen Bryant
  • Gertrude Stein
  • Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  • Josephine Shaw Lowell Fountain
  • Herald Square
  • Koreatown
  • Marble Collegiate Church
  • Church of the Transfiguration
  • Museum of Sex
  • Madison Square Park
  • Church of the Incarnation
  • The Morgan Library & Museum
  • Joseph Raphael De Lamar House
  • Church of Our Saviour
  • Pershing Square
  • Grand Central Terminal
  • Chrysler Building
  • Greenacre Park
  • Japan Society
  • Non-Violence
  • Sphere Within Sphere
  • United Nations Headquarters
  • Japanese Peace Bell
  • Ralph Bunche Park
  • Ford Foundation
  • Daily News Building
  • St. Vartan Cathedral
  • Chapel of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus & Mary
Details for Tour #20 in New York

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Why Visit Sights? Self-guided sightseeing tours are a free and safe alternative to bus tours. You can explore New York at your own pace, any time! Do something good for your health by walking.