One of the most popular, fun and informative ways to tour New York City is by classic double-decker, hop-on, hop-off guided bus tour.
Sit on top and enjoy the open air view or ride inside in air-conditioned or heated comfort as your knowledgable guide points out landmarks and shares New York City history with you.
Hop-on or hop-off as often as you like to explore, dine and shop at New York's major attractions.
When you're ready to continue, just hop back on the NYC bus tour! Many combination tour tickets are valid for 48 hours or more.
Choose from the many individual or combined New York City Bus tours for a sightseeing experience you'll remember and be telling family and friends about for years to come.
Combine various attractions, shopping, a harbor cruise or even a helicopter tour with your double decker bus tours for even more value and enjoyment.
Red double decker busses have lower level enclosed seating and open tops.
Blue busses are open top with removable cover for inclement weather.
The following chart lists NYC bus tours by price, more details after the chart:

Scroll down for details and booking on all hop-on, hop-off tours
Uptown Treasures and Harlem Tour
The 2 1/2 hour Uptown Treasures & Harlem Tour takes you on a double-decker motor bus to New York Citys famous art galleries & other cultural centers, including Harlem.
Museums like the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Guggenheim, & Museum of Modern Art are places that put NYC on the map as the destination for art lovers. Other popular sites visited on this tour include Fifth Avenue, Apollo Theater, Central Park, & Harlem Market.
24-hour hop-on & hop-off access to the double-decker motor bus is also included.
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Night Tour
The Night Tour is the only evening double-decker tour of New York City. The tour has numerous sightseeing & photo opportunities for guests of the familiar & iconic Manhattan skyline. The tour highlights nightlife in Times Square, Chinatown, Empire State Building, Greenwich Village, SoHo, & Brooklyn Bridge, among many others.
Three departure times and two departure locations make it convenient to join the Night Tour. This is not a hop-on, hop-off tour but can be combined with the Uptown and/or Downtown hop-on, hop-off tours.
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Brooklyn Tour
The 1 1/2 hour Brooklyn Tour leaves daily from South Street Seaport (South & Fulton Streets), stop #15 on the Downtown Tour.
The Brooklyn Tour takes you to all the unique sights & sounds of this trendy yet historic neighborhood of New York City.
With an exciting personality that combines old & new, Brooklyn provides some of the most well-known of NYCs landmarks, including The Brooklyn Bridge, Grand Army Plaza & much more.
This is not a hop-on, hop-off tour but the Brooklyn Tour can be combined with the Uptown and Downtown hop-on, hop-off tours.
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Downtown Tour of New York City
The approximately 2 1/2 hour tour of New York City takes sightseers by double-decker motor bus to "must-see" spots including some of the oldest & newest that Manhattan offers from historical neighborhoods & buildings to towering, modern skyscrapers.
This tour takes guests to Greenwich Village, Times Square, the Empire State Building, the Flatiron Building, Union Square, SoHo, Chinatown, Little Italy, Lower East Side, East Village, Rockefeller Center, Times Square, Madison Square Garden, Macys, Empire State Building, SoHo, Chinatown, Little Italy, Site of the World Trade Center, Wall Street, Financial District, Battery Park South Street Seaport, Lower East Side, United Nations, Rockefeller Center, Carnegie Hall, & Broadway Theater District.
24-hour hop-on & hop-off access to the double-decker motor bus is also included.
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New York Double Decker Downtown Loop
The 2 to 3 hour Greyline New York City Double Decker Downtown Loop takes you downtown Manhattan including stops near Greenwich Village, Times Square, the Empire State Building, as well as the Union Square shopping district, Rockefeller Center, the World Trade Center site, and the New York City Police Museum.
You will see the Flatiron building, browse the shops in the Union Square shopping districts and Soho, visit Chinatown, Little Italy, the Lower East Side, East Village, Rockefeller Center and more.
24-hour hop-on & hop-off access to the double-decker motor bus is also included.
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NYC Uptown Double Decker Bus Tour
On this approximately 2 hour Grayline tour you can hop off at Central Park and enjoy a carriage ride. Stop by Lincoln Center, or go window-shopping through Fifth Avenue. Continue your uptown adventure by exploring the American Museum of Natural History or any of the Museums (Guggenheim, Metropolitan Museum) along the Museum Mile.
See Dakota Apartments, home of John Lennon and his wife, Yoko Ono. Take in the stately Cathedral of St. John the Divine. See Grant's Tomb and learn about Harlems historic Apollo Theater where Billie Holiday and Stevie Wonder have played.
Ticket valid for 24-hours, allowing you to hop on/hop off at any point along the way.
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New York City All Loops
This All Loops Double Decker Hop-on Hop-off Bus Tour takes you to over 50 stops in Manhattan and Brooklyn. It includes 2 days of fun sightseeing in NYC with the Downtown Loop, Uptown Loop, Brooklyn Loop, and Night (non hop-on hop-off).
I took advantage of this package on a visit after being away for 20 years and saw more of Manhattan, and learned more about New York City in 2 days than I had when I lived just across the Hudson River for two full years.
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New York City All Around Town Tour
This package includes four Double Decker bus tours, a cruise around the harbor, & entrance to the Museum of the City of New York OR The New York Historical Society.
See it all on Downtown, Uptown Treasures & Harlem, Brooklyn and Night bus tours and on the water with a Harbor cruise. The Hop-On/Hop-Off ticket means that at any stop passengers may get off to see a sight up close or to gain entry. After spending as much time as you like at a stop, you can hop back on the next Double Decker bus that stops to continue with your tour.
Includes 48-hour Hop-On/Hop-Off passes for both the Downtown & Uptown routes, one ticket each for a Night bus tour, the Brooklyn Loop and one Harbor or Semi-Circle Cruise as well as entrance to New York Historical Society or the Museum of the City of New York.
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All Loops Top of the Rock
This All Loops Top of the Rock adds a ticket to the observation decks at the top of Rockefeller Center to over 50 stops in Manhattan and Brooklyn. It includes 48 hours of fun with the Downtown Loop, Uptown Loop, Brooklyn Loop, and Night (non hop-on hop-off).
A high-speed elevator will whisk you to the observation decks inside Rockefeller Center where you will find that 70 stories above the heart of New York City there are 3 levels of breathtaking views.
These indoor and outdoor observation decks offer 360-degree views of Manhattan with Central Park to the north and the Empire State Building and Lower Manhattan to the south.
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City Tour in Foreign Languages All Loops Tour
Enjoy touring New York City in your native language. Gray Lines City Tour in Foreign Languages All Loops Tour is offered in seven languages: German, French, Japanese, Italian, Korean, Mandarin Chinese or Spanish.
Your pass is good for 48 hours to travel on our open top double-decker buses except for the night tour which is one time, not hop-on, hop-off.
You can get off or on at any one of more than 50 stops on the Downtown and Uptown Loops, enjoy a tour of Brooklyn and experience Manhattan when it sparkles on the Night tour.
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Multilingual All Around Town Tour
Available in German, French, Japanese, Itlian, Mandrin, Cantoneese, and Spanish this package includes six tours at one low price. Begin with a 4-1/2 hour Multi-Lingual tour.
With 3 day unlimited hop-on & hop-off access on a double-decker bus you can both see the city and have convenient transportation during your visit. The Downtown Tour, Uptown Treasures & Harlem Tour, Brooklyn Tour and Night Tour are complimented with the Circle Line 2-hour Harbor Cruise and entrance to the Museum of the City of New York OR The New York Historical Society.
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All Around Town and Madame Tussaud's
The All Around Tour of New York City & Madame Tussauds is an outstanding value and a sightseers best bet for seeing all the Big Apple has to offer. This tour package includes a Downtown Tour, a tour of Uptown Treasures & Harlem, a Brooklyn Tour, NYC at night, a 2-Hour Circle Line Harbor Cruise, & a visit to the Museum of the City of New York OR The New York Historical Society PLUS Madame Tussauds.
The 6 in 1 All Around Tour and Madame Tussauds includes 48-hour unlimited hop-on & hop-off access on a double-decker bus that you can use to both see the city & as convenient transportation during your visit.
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Super Downtown
The Super Downtown Tour of Manhattan is a 3-in-1 tour package, including a downtown bus tour, a ticket to Statue of Liberty/Ellis Island ferry and a choice of enjoying the views from either the Empire State Building or Top of the Rock Observation Decks.
Includes 24-hour unlimited hop-on & hop-off access on a double-decker bus that you can use to both see the city & as convenient transportation during your visit.
This approximately 2.5-hour tour visits the most famous neighborhoods, attractions, & points of interest of downtown New York City, including Times Square, Madison Square Garden, Empire State Building, SoHo, Chinatown, Little Italy, Site of the World Trade Center, Wall Street, Financial District, Battery Park, South Street Seaport, Lower East Side, United Nations, Rockefeller Center, Carnegie Hall, and more.
Also included in this package is a ticket good for a ferry ride from Battery Park in NYC to the Statue of Liberty National Monument on Liberty Island & Ellis Island Immigration Museum on Ellis Island.
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Wheels and Water Tour
See New York City from land and water with Gray Lines Wheels and Water tour. This unique package combines the four loop tours and a harbor cruise.
Four separate double-decker bus tours take you around Downtown and Uptown Manhattan, Brooklyn, and depending on the time of the year, either the NYC Night Tour or Holiday Lights Tour. The double-decker buses give you the freedom on hopping on/hopping off at any of the over 50 stops on the routes.
Top off your New York City adventure with a two-hour cruise in the harbor and around Manhattan Island. See the skyline like you have never seen it before as the tour guide shares stories and information about the Big Apple.
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Super New York Combination Tour
This 3 day tour is an outstanding value and a great way to see all New York City has to offer.
This 8-in-1 tour package includes a downtown tour, a tour of uptown treasures & Harlem, NYC at night, Brooklyn Tour, a 75 minute Circle Line Harbor Cruise, admissionto the Museum of the City of New York or New York Historical Society and a ticket the Statue of Liberty/Ellis Island. In addition you have a ticket for your choice of to either the Top of the Rock Observation Deck or Empire State Building Observation Deck.
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Classic New York Double Decker Bus Tour
This amazing value package includes 4 Grayline bus tours, entrance to the Empire State Building Observatory and a round trip ticket on the Liberty/Ellis Island Ferry. See & learn all about New York City in style on this all-inclusive combination tour.
Fully narrated by expert guides the Downtown Loop, Uptown Loop, Brooklyn Loop and Night Loop will take you to the most recognizable sights in NYC. Visit both Liberty Island, home to the Statue of Liberty, and Ellis Island and the Ellis Island Immigration Museum via ferry. 360 degree views from the top of the Empire State Buildingor the Top of The Rock. A ticket to the South Street Seaport Museum completes your New York City tour experience.
Includes 48-hours of double decker bus sightseeing plus attractions!.
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Shop, Hop and Top
The Shop, Hop & Top 3-Day Value Package is an 8-in-1 package, including 4 bus tours, a harbor cruise, a Museum of the City of New York visit, Statue of Liberty/Ellis Island ferry, a choice of Empire State or Top of the Rock Observation Decks and a shopping day trip.
Fully narrated by expert guides the Downtown Loop, Uptown Loop, Brooklyn Loop and Night Loop will take you to the most recognizable sights in NYC. A Circle Line 2-Hour Harbor Cruise and a ferry ride to the Statue of Liberty, and Ellis Island provide informational and relaxing view of Manhattan from New York Harbor.
The Museum of the City of New York covers the development of New York from its early origins as a settlement for Europeans, Africans, & Native Americans to its current state as the worlds largest & most prominent cities or visit The New York Historical Society which houses a treasure trove of materials relating to the founding of our country, and the history of art in America. You choose to visit either the Top of the Rock or the Empire State State Building observation decks for 360 degree views of New York City.
The Shop, Hop & Top 3-Day Value Package includes 48-hour unlimited hop-on & hop-off access on a double-decker bus that you can use to both see the city & as convenient transportation during your visit.
The Woodbury Common Outlet Shopping Day Trip takes you to one of the worlds bargain shopping havens. The Colonial-themed hub is home to 220 outlet stores offering 25-65% savings on the worlds finest designer labels & name brands.
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Freestyle New York Tour
This combination tour includes four New York City double decker bus loop tours (Downtown, Uptown, and Brooklyn hop-on, hop-off tours and a Night Tour), Plus admission to any three (3) of the following New York City attractions below.
• Ferry to the Statue of Liberty & Ellis Island, • Empire State Building Observatory, • Top of The Rock Observation Deck, • The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), • The American Museum of Natural History,• Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, • South Street Seaport Museum, • The Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian in New York Tour, • The Tribute WTC Visitor Center, • New York Skyride, • Radio City Music Hall Stage Door Tour, • Madison Square Garden All Access Tour, • NY Waterway 90-minute Skyline Cruise, • NY Waterway 90-minute City Lights Cruise.
Pick up tickets at the Grey Line Visitors Center (where the Downtown Loop departs) 777 8th Avenue between 47th and 48th Streets. See individual tour descriptions above for details on each bus tour.
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6 in 1 Bus Tour and Big Apple Helicopter Tour
See New York City from double decker busses that travel throughout Manhattan and Brooklyn, see it again from the water on a 75 minute Harbor Cruise, then see it once more from the air on the 1012 minute Big Apple Helicopter Tour. In between visit the Museum of the City of New York OR The New York Historical Society.
The 6 in 1 Tour and Big Apple Helicopter Tour includes 48-hour unlimited hop-on & hop-off access on a double-decker bus that you can use to both see the city and use for convenient transportation during your visit.
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