Start with one of Jared's signature New York tours, or use these ideas as the beginning of something completely your own. Every private tour can be adjusted around your interests, ages, pace, available time and priorities.
New York is too interesting for a one-size-fits-all tour.
Choose a starting point. Jared will help shape the rest.Jared can tour far more of New York than the experiences shown here. These are the strongest places to begin: established specialties, distinctive tours and flexible experiences that show what a private tour with Jared can be.
The Met is one of Jared's major specialties. A former Met employee who studied Art History at Columbia, Jared builds private museum tours around the people in front of him—from first-time visitors to families, students and serious art lovers.
Explore the New York years of John Lennon through the Upper West Side places connected to his life and legacy, including the Dakota and Strawberry Fields. It is a focused tour for Beatles and Lennon fans that still tells a larger New York story.
Follow the movement of wealth and influence through Washington Square, Midtown, Fifth Avenue mansions and Central Park while connecting architecture with the New Yorkers, writers and social forces that shaped the era.
Have a neighborhood, historical subject, food obsession, museum, family interest or limited amount of time? Jared can combine places and themes into a private itinerary instead of forcing your group into a standard route.
You do not need to choose from a giant catalog. Tell Jared what sounds interesting and he can shape the route around it. These are some of the most useful starting points.
Landscape, architecture, monuments, music history and the New York stories surrounding the city's great urban park.
Colonial New York, Wall Street, the harbor, immigration, the World Trade Center and the layers of history packed into Downtown.
Cross the river for skyline views, engineering, brownstones, waterfront history and the changing neighborhoods of Brooklyn.
Greenwich Village, the Lower East Side, Chinatown, Little Italy and other neighborhoods where food, migration and city life overlap.
Skyscrapers, Beaux-Arts landmarks, grand mansions, churches, civic buildings and the personalities behind the city.
The Met is a major specialty, but Jared can also build museum and cultural experiences around your interests, age group and level of knowledge.
Jared's private tours are built around the actual people taking them. A first-time visitor may want the essential New York landmarks. A returning visitor may want hidden history, a particular neighborhood, architecture, food, music, art or a subject that rarely appears on a standard sightseeing itinerary.
You can stay focused on one area or combine experiences into a half-day or full-day route. Central Park can lead into the Met. Lower Manhattan can combine early New York, Wall Street, the harbor and the World Trade Center. A family itinerary can balance famous sights with places that keep children or teenagers engaged.
Across different tours and different kinds of groups, Jared's reviews repeatedly point to the same core strengths.
History, art, architecture and overlooked details are connected through stories that make what you are seeing easier to understand and remember.
The route, emphasis and pace can change around the interests and energy of the people in front of him instead of following a rigid script.
Families, children, teenagers, students, grandparents and groups with different interests can share the same tour without everyone needing the same experience.
No. The featured tours are useful starting points, not a complete catalog. Jared can build a private tour around a neighborhood, historical subject, museum, food interest, family priority or combination of places that matters to your group.
Yes. The practical combination depends on your available time, walking pace and where the places are located. Jared can help create a route that uses your time well rather than simply packing in as many stops as possible.
Yes. First-time visitors can focus on the city's essential places and context, while repeat visitors can go deeper into neighborhoods, museums, architecture, history and specialized subjects they may have missed on earlier trips.
Yes. Private touring makes it possible to adjust pace, content and the amount of walking around the ages, interests and needs of the group. Share those details when you contact Jared so they can be considered in the plan.
Tell Jared when you are visiting, who is coming and what interests you. He can help turn those ideas into a private New York tour that makes sense for your group.
Email Jared@JaredTheNYCTourGuide.com Call (917) 533-1057