New York City: The Battery Park Private Walking Tour

Explore the real history of Lower Manhattan with a self-guided audio walking tour you can take anytime. This tour covers over 400 years of New York City’s past through the streets where it all began.

Start at Bowling Green Park, New York’s oldest public park, where the statue of King George III once stood before it was torn down during the Revolution. Follow the route past the early Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam and see where Peter Minuit made the 1626 deal for Manhattan, famously traded for goods worth about $24.

Learn how Henry Hudson’s expedition shaped the city’s future and how his story ended in mutiny and disappearance. Hear why the beaver and Native American figures still appear on New York’s official seal and what they represent about the city’s early trade and colonization.

Continue to Fraunces Tavern, where George Washington said goodbye to his troops, and on to Castle Clinton, a former fort that later served as an immigrant depot and concert hall. Discover details often missed by visitors, like the hidden carvings on the Customs House and the story of a major harbor explosion that’s rarely mentioned in history books.

End your walk on Stone Street, one of Manhattan’s oldest streets, lined with restaurants and cafés.

This self-guided tour works entirely from your phone. Explore at your own pace, pause when you like, and experience the city’s key landmarks with accurate, well-researched storytelling.
It's a tour guided by Exploro app, you will have the stops pinpointed on the map and the directions explained at each stop in case you need them. 

Duration: 1h 30m

Start time: You can start at any time you wish – this is a self-guided tour.

Start Location: Bowling Green Park

End Location: Stone Street

Stops: 17

Audio guide: English.

Written guide: English.

Find more information about the New York Self-Guided Tour and discounts here.
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