Gray Line CitySightseeing NY - Brooklyn Tour - 24 Hour Pass [BT]

Must be booked 24 hours in advance. For ages 12 and up. Maximum 4 people per party. As a keeper for a day you will help with everything from preparing diets, feeding our animals, as well as training and enrichment with our exotic animals. If you were ever interested in a career working with animals this is your chance to experience it!

Along the way, you can learn about the city's history by listening to the entertaining and informative commentary. Commentary Live Guides Live English-speaking guides are featured on our buses. Throughout the Tour you will be kept informed and entertained by an expert English-speaking guide with fascinating facts and stories about the Capital, ranging from the foundation of this great city right up to the events of the present day. Departure Times Our Night Tour runs every evening Hop on at 7:00pm (7:30pm from July 1) Our Night Tour runs every evening Hop on at 7:00pm (7:30pm from July 1) from Stop #20: White House (outside the Willard Hotel) or at 7:30pm from Stop #1: Union Station. The Night Tour takes two hours and is not a hop-on, hop-off tour. Please note that Night Tour timings are subject to change without notice. Please check your ticket on the day of your tour for the most current hours of operation.

Our tours offer you the company of a knowledgeable English-speaking monitor, a comfortable and easy to ride bike, useful tips and advices about what to do and see while in Madrid and a fun and informative outdoor experience. You’ll finish our tour with the feeling that you’ve seen the sights and gotten to know a bit about Madrid, while having a fun, entertaining and social experience in the process. Get to know the “must see” places and also spots away from the typical paths in a short time and a relaxed way. We ride to the most important sights of Madrid: Templo de Debod, Royal Theatre, Royal Palace, Almudena Cathedral, Plaza de la Paja, Town Square, Plaza Mayor (Main Square), Puerta del Sol, St. Ann´s Square, Paseo del Prado, Prado Museum, Retiro Park, Alcala Gate and Cibeles Square. Our monitors will introduce you to the heart of Madrid and we will ride mainly on cycling paths, pedestrian zones and parks. Of course we will make stops to take some photos and to have a drink. You’ll finish our tour with the feeling that you’ve seen the sights and gotten to know a bit about Madrid, while having a fun, entertaining and social experience in the process. JUST DO IT! You will never forget this great experience.

Parks & Beach Tour  See Golden Gate Park and the Pacific Ocean! This one hour tour takes you through one of the largest urban parks in the world to the stunning Ocean Beach. Some of the tour highlights include: California Academy of Sciences, the De Young Museum, Japanese Tea Gardens, the Conservatory of Flowers, Lincoln Park, Ocean Beach, the historic ruins of the Sutro Baths, Lands End hiking trails, the Cliff House. Official City Tour (blue route) This tour departs from Fisherman’s Wharf, taking you along Ghirardelli Square, the Palace of Fine Arts, and the Marina District, before visiting the iconic Golden Gate Bridge. At South Vista Point you can hop off the bus to walk across the 1.7 mile span of bridge, or you can explore the Golden Gate Bridge Welcome Center and the Presidio. The tour continues into Golden Gate Park, one of the world’s largest man-made havens, ranging over more than 50 city blocks and home to 10 lakes, making it one of the most popular places to see in San Francisco. With several stops throughout the park, you can visit the California Academy of Sciences, the De Young Museum, the Japanese Tea Garden, or the Botanical Gardens. Continuing the tour through Haight Ashbury, you will experience the so called “Hippie District”, before we head into the Civic Center area with many architectural landmarks, such as our impressive City Hall, the Opera House, Symphony Hall, the Asian Art Museum and the Public Library. From there, the tour continues to the central shopping district of San Francisco – Union Square, where you can find Macy’s Department store and hundreds of other major department stores and high end retailers. After about two hours we return towards Fisherman’s Wharf, stopping at various waterfront locations, including Pier 39 with its world-famous sea lions as well as restaurants, shopping opportunities and many attractions for more fun in San Francisco. Sausalito Tour Take this tour from South Vista Point to have the best views of the Golden Gate Bridge while driving across the bridge to North Vista Point. From there you have breathtaking views of the San Francisco Bay (weather permitting), and on a nice day you can see the San Francisco skyline, Alcatraz Island and the Bay Bridge, making it a great photo stop for every visitor. The tour continues into Marin County and stops in charming Sausalito where you can hop off the bus, stroll around, shop, dine, visit various art galleries and enjoy a relaxing lunch by the waterfront. San Francisco Night Tour This live narrated 90 minute tour of San Francisco shows you the most vibrant neighborhoods of the city! With spectacular views from the top of an open top Double Decker bus, the tour covers all major sites of San Francisco and visits the most popular areas, such as Fisherman’s Wharf, Union Square, Financial District, the Embarcadero, Chinatown, North Beach, and Nob Hill with its impressive Grace Cathedral. The tour includes two brief walking tours around Nob Hill and the Embarcadero for even more photo opportunities.

Duffy Square - Statue of Lt. Colonel Father Francis Patrick Duffy TKTS Discount Theater ticket kiosk Statue of George M. Cohan Times Square Alliance Information Center Palace Theater Marriott Marquis Hotel Marquis Theatre Bertelsmann Building Planet Hollywood MTV Studios Minskoff Theater Toys R Us Hard Rock Cafe One Times Square NASDAQ Market Site Thomson Reuters Building New Amsterdam Theater ESPN Zone Conde Nast Building Knickerbocker Hotel Building Bank of America Building Bryant Park WR Grace Building Bryant Park Hotel Bryant Park Cafe Chrysler Building Library Lions - Patience & Fortitude New York Public Library Lord & Taylor Empire State Building Little Korea aka Korea Town Madison Square 51 Madison Avenue - New York Life Insurance Company Building 41 Madison Avenue - site of Jerome Mansion Herald Square Macy's Haier Building - former Greenwich Savings Bank Keen's Steakhouse Bryant Park Statue of Dr. Jose Bonifacio Andrada Statue of Benito Juarez Hippodrome Building International Center for Photography Clubhouse Row - Hotel Algonquin et al NHL Store William Jenkins Worth Cenotaph - obelisk Madison Square Park Metropolitan Life Insurance Tower Shake Shack William Seward Statue Flatiron Building Ladies Mile District Parsons School of Design of the New School University Cardozo School of Law of Yeshiva University Forbes Gallery Forbes Magazine Headquarters First Presbyterian Church Church of the Ascension (Episcopal) Washington Square Arch University Place Grace Episcopal Church Astor Place Bayard-Condict Building Cable Building The Wall by Forrest Meyers Prada Flagship store designed by Rem Kohlhaas Bloomingdales SoHo branch Top Shop/Top Man store Haughwout Building International Culinary Academy/French Culinary Institute with L'Ecole Restaurant Canal Street Chinatown Information Kiosk Manhattan Bridge Dumbo district

George Westinghouse Vocational High School 911 Headquarters WNYE Radio & Television - New York City Department of Education Radio & Television studios New York Technical College of the City University of New York Brooklyn General Post Office Fox Cable News Building Diamond District McGraw Hill Building 1251 Sixth Avenue - former Exxon Building Barclays Capital Building - formerly Lehman Brothers HQ Colony Records Brill Building Ambassador Theater Crowne Plaza Times Square Hotel Hershey Store M&M Store Morgan Stanley HQ W Times Square Hotel Museum of Sex Madison Square Marble Collegiate Church Church of the Transfiguration ("Little Church Around the Corner") Theodore Roosevelt United States Federal Courthouse for the Eastern District of New York Cadman Plaza Brooklyn War Memorial (World Wars I & II) Old Fulton Street Brooklyn Eagle Warehouse Grimaldi's Pizzeria Brooklyn Ice Cream Factory River Cafe Fulton Ferry Landing Continental Army Evacuation (August 29, 1776) Marker Fulton Ferry marker Crossing Brooklyn Ferry railing inscription Brooklyn Bridge Brooklyn Heights Promenade Brooklyn Queens Expressway Atlantic Avenue Sahadi Imports Damascus Bakery Former St. Vincent's Home for Boys Brooklyn House of Detention Society of Friends (Quaker) Meeting House Kings County Supreme Court Brooklyn Borough Hall Brooklyn Bridge Marriott Hotel New York Municipal Building Woolworth Building AIG (former Cities Service) Building 70 Pine Street Thurgood Marshall United States Federal Courthouse for the Southern District of New York  Hong Kong Bank Building 10 Downing Street Winston Churchill Square Father Demo Square Blue Note Jazz Club 3rd Street Basketball Courts Golden Swan Gardens St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church Jefferson Market Courthouse Library New York Foundling Hospital Siegel-Cooper Building - Bed, Bath & Beyond, TJ Maxx and Filene's Basement Grand Lodge of the Masons (71 West 23rd Street) Manhattan Mall - former Gimbels Department Store site Greeley Square Horace Greeley statue Herald Center City University Graduate Center and Oxford University Press (former B Altman Dept. Store)

 

FUN AND EXCLUSIVE EXPERIENCES TO DISCOVER FRENCH WINE The French Wine Experience was created by people who think wine culture needs to be fun and relaxed. They transformed an 18th century Royal wine cellar into a maze of rooms that will surprise, enchant and stimulate you. The French Wine Experience is truly unique and possibly a little crazy. NEW IN PARIS – 1 mn walk from the Louvre Museum DISCOVER EVERYTHING ABOUT FRENCH WINE  SENSORIAL EXPERIENCE IN AN HISTORICAL VENUE  GUIDED VISIT including GAMES, QUIZZES, VIDEOS etc... FRENCH WINE TASTING WITH A SOMMELIER at the end of the visit TERROIRS ROOM The idea here is to start at the beginning. Visitors will discover the most sought after slices of earth in all of France, and learn how this soil nourishes the vine, which in turn, gives the grapes their unique taste... This room is about discovering the very genesis of wine, where the grape-grower works the soil and the vine in effort to produce magnificent grapes. AROMAS ROOM Wine is a sensory adventure and here, they would like to propose that you stimulate a sense often overlooked: the sense of smell. Take the wood cork and bring it to your nose. The game begins: can you name the aromas in each cork? Do you have the stuto be a great taster? Do you enjoy discovering the great families of wine aromas (fruity, mineral, empyreumatic...) as well as identifying the classic defects in wine ?? Off to the corks ! THE LABORATORY In this new, majestic room, the adventure continues and this time, it is taste we are going to stimulate. Can you name the primary types of taste (salty, sweet, bitter, acidic... and also umami) ? In order to progress in wine, take the opportunity to taste the solutions marked withterms such as 'woody', 'round' or 'fresh'. SOUNDS OF WINE Sounds in the world of wine The pop of a cork as the bottle opens, the cling of glasses being toasted, the soft murmur of Champagne bubbles...Can you recognize the different elements in the soundtrack of this room? The sounds of wine invite us to learn about different types of bottles and corks.  LABELS ROOM This magnificent room is dedicated to sight. Sight is the  initial contact with a wine: the color of a wine itself colors a new story for us each time. But it's also the label, sometimes legendary, sometimes complicated, and sometimes amusing. Learn here how to better interpret wine labels! CHEERS! Well, that's it! Your five senses have been stimulated - who knew learning could be so fun! You are now ready for the grand finale: the tasting! Our jolly and joyful sommelier is at your service not only to serve you, but also to answer any questions! While tasting, continue to learn and to have fun and above all, do not forget to take a detour into the  photobooth inside the big barrel...