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Central Park Walking Tour

By Custom NYC Tours
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Experience the beauty of New York City’s Central Park, the most-visited urban park in the United States. On this walking tour, see both major landmarks and lesser-known points of interest that even some locals haven’t seen. The guide ensures you don’t get lost in the park’s vast expanse of meandering trails, paths, gardens, and fields.
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€29.96
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€29.96
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Ages 0-99, max of 15 per group
Duration: 2h 30m
Start time: Check availability
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Highlights
  • Explore with a guide: The park’s size makes it easy to get lost
  • Learn about park history and urban planning from your guide
  • Visit hidden points of interest you might not find on your own
  • Small group size ensures a tailored, personal experience
  • Professional guide
What's not included
  • Gratuities
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
Meet a guide in the morning or afternoon, based on your choice at checkout. Your guide helps you make the most of your time in Central Park, as it’s easy to get lost in its 840 acres and 58 miles of trails. Visit famous landmarks including Bethesda Fountain, and the John Lennon memorial mosaic, Strawberry Fields, at a leisurely pace with your guide. Visit points of interest that even many locals don’t see, including the Ramble trail, ponds and waterfalls, and the Hallett Nature Sanctuary. On the walk, learn about the history of the park’s construction and the incredible feats of urban planning that were undertaken to complete it. The tour ends on the Upper West Side, a charming neighborhood with plenty of streets to explore and grab a bite to eat.
Departure details
  • General William Tecumseh Sherman Monument, 764 Doris C Freedman Pl, New York, NY 10019, USA Departure Point: General William Tecumseh Sherman Monument Directions: Grand Army Plaza, in front of gold statue of General Sherman, 59th St & 5th Ave. Take N/R/W train to 5th Ave/59th St. Look for gold statue in middle of plaza.
Return details
  • The Dakota, 1 W 72nd St, New York, NY 10023, USA
  • Not wheelchair accessible
  • Near public transportation
If you have questions about accessibility, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 43159P3
  • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
  • Comfortable shoes recommended
  • Travellers should have a moderate physical fitness level
  • This experience requires good weather. If it’s cancelled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
  • This tour/activity will have a maximum of 15 travellers
  • For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience.
A note from Central Park Walking Tour
  • Masks no longer required. All customers may make their own decision, based on their comfort level. The guide utilizes regular at-home testing for your benefit.
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How much is Central Park Walking Tour?
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What is the Central Park Walking Tour cancellation policy?
Central Park Walking Tour cancellation policy: For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience. Discover and book Central Park Walking Tour on Tripadvisor
Which company provides Central Park Walking Tour?
Central Park Walking Tour is hosted by Custom NYC Tours. Read reviews, discover additonal experiences or contact Custom NYC Tours on Tripadvisor. Discover and book Central Park Walking Tour on Tripadvisor
If you have questions about this tour or need help making your booking, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 43159P3
Itinerary
  • You'll start at
    General William Tecumseh Sherman Monument
    764 Doris C Freedman Pl, New York, NY 10019, USA
    Departure Point: General William Tecumseh Sherman Monument Directions: Grand Army Plaza, in front of gold statue of General Sherman, 59th St & 5th Ave. Take N/R/W train to 5th Ave/59th St. Look for gold statue in middle of plaza.
    See address & details
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    Central Park
    Stop: 2 hours
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    Grand Army Plaza
    Stop: 10 minutes
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  • 3
    Strawberry Fields, John Lennon Memorial
    Stop: 10 minutes
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  • 4
    Bethesda Terrace
    Stop: 10 minutes
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  • You'll end at
    The Dakota
    1 W 72nd St, New York, NY 10023, USA
    See address & details
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drglennmo
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If you're interested in Beaux-art and Art Deco building styles....
...then let Jeremy enrich your mind and senses. Did you know 'Art Deco' wasn't the original name used for this st…
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Great Tour
Jeremy was a very knowledgeable and trusted guide. Would definitely recommend him or have him for another tour.
Architecturefan2023
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Excellent tour of the art deco landmarks or midtown
We took the tour on the art deco landmarks of midtown with Jeremy and had a really great time. I can only confirm w…
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Exceptional
Jeremy was exceptional—I asked him to create a custom walking tour of Invader’s street art for my husband’s birthda…
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Beautiful and informative
Jeremy knows his stuff! He showed us the most amazing art deco buildings in mid town NYC, from the outside and insi…
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A must do tour if you like art deco.
Very informative tour! We saw wonderful art deco buildings and some of their lobbies. The guide was very good at …
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A gem of a tour
We really enjoyed this tour. Our guide's depth of knowledge of architecture and its history was impressive and made…
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Art Deco walk around Midtown
My husband loves buildings and architecture so I booked this tour mainly for him and thought I would tag along and …
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Great tour of New York buildings showcasing Art Deco architecture
The guide was very knowledgeable and told us a lot about the prevalence of Art Deco architecture in Manhattan. He …
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Arch Deco tour a winner
Terrific and is not just an architecture tour but also includes interesting NYC history. Fast-paced but also long …
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The Art Deco Tour is exceptional
I have taken many tours in different countries and can say with confidence--this is one of the best tours I have ex…
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Excellent walking tour for anyone into NYC architecture
Robin was great! We learned a lot. Great for tourists and locals alike! She was knowledgeable and a great guide, an…
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Art history brought to life in Midtown
This is the second tour I've taken with Jeremy and it was fabulous. He is incredibly knowledgeable and will point o…
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Fab opportunity to peep at some classic buildings with the backstories
Jeremy gave us great insight into the rise and fall of Art Deco in NY. Saw inside some beautiful buildings which we…
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Fabulous tour, perfect for locals and tourists alike!
Fantastic tour that covered a ton of ground! This tour is great for both locals and tourists -- my boyfriend and I …
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Joanne L
Newcastle upon Tyne, UK8 contributions
Great tour of Central Park
Jul 2022
Jeremy met us at the Sherman Statue at the entrance of Central Park and then gave us a wonderful tour of the park with so much knowledge and interesting facts. I had previously had a tour of the park on a pedicab but this tour was way more informative an interesting.

One of the highlights of our stay in New York!
Written 17 August 2022
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Andrew M
1 contribution
Excellent tour
Jun 2022 • Family
Our guide, Jeremy, knows Central Park like the back of his hand and gave us a great tour showing us all the points of interest. Very helpful with questions and trivia, route was easy to walk with places to stop for water and take lots of photos. Would definitely recommend to both locals and New York first timers.
Written 3 July 2022
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Liz S
1 contribution
Don’t Miss Out!
Jun 2022 • Friends
Our tour of Central Park was AMAZING!
Our tour guide was wonderful, very knowledgeable and kind.
He was passionate about New York and took time to get to know us and make it as personalized as possible.
Highly recommend!
Written 9 July 2022
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Amy B
1 contribution
Five Stars!! *****
May 2022
Jeremy gave the best, most informative tour to my friends and me of Central Park. He had answers to every single one of our questions, took his time, and boy did we get our money's worth. I would recommend this tour to all! Thanks, Jeremy!!
Written 23 June 2022
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Claire
Washington DC, DC2 contributions
Best walking tour
Jul 2022
I love a walking tour, and this is the best I've been on! Jeremy shared so much interesting information and answered all of our questions about Central Park and NYC. It was a lovely walk, and he made sure we had rest breaks when needed. Highly recommended.
Written 19 July 2022
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Jeremy W
Thank you for your review! We're glad you enjoyed your tour.
Written 20 July 2022
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Evan Z
San Diego, CA6 contributions
Amazing walking tour of CP
Nov 2022
We did a tour of CP, and it could not not have been better. I have lived in NYC for almost a decade, and I still learned so much. The tour was informative, fun and not static. I liked the tour so much that I plan to do future walking tours with the company.
Written 4 December 2022
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EmmaE007
Cardiff, UK13 contributions
Absolutely amazing 5 🌟
Feb 2020 • Family
‘Jeremy’ arrived to meet us with the biggest smile! Only us 3 (me, hubby & son) on the tour. A wonderful morning spent . Jeremy was so knowledgable about the Park and NYs history . His file full of pictures gave a great insight into the design, build and makeup of Central Pk. 100% recommend the tour - with Jeremy. NB: the horse carriages and pedicabs can’t access the majority of Park areas - walking is the only way 😉
Written 19 February 2020
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Gill2812
Melbourne, Australia8 contributions
Excellent Tour
Jan 2020 • Couples
We did the Central Park Walking Tour early January with Jeremy as our guide.
What a great tour and definitely well worth doing, we had all been to Central Park before but this tour really gave us an insight to the history of the park and many interesting facts and old photos to see how the park and surrounding New York looked back then.
Jeremy was a wonderful guide and we would highly recommend. Meeting place was also very easy to find.
Written 12 January 2020
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Alison A
11 contributions
Interesting and informative!
Jeremy was an excellent tour guide! My friend and I really enjoyed this interesting and informative tour of the park. We had both been to Central Park many times and we learned a lot and saw areas of the park we had never been to. Highly recommend!
Written 21 August 2022
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Yvonne B
2 contributions
Great tour!
Our family booked the walking tour and we were lucky enough to have Jeremy as our guide. His knowledge of the Park was really amazing and he even showed us pictures now and then on the route of what it looked like long ago. He was patient and answered all of our questions. The length of the tour was just right. This was a very good value for the price!
Written 29 June 2018
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