Half-Day Tour of the Bronx

New York City, United States of America

On this half-day coach tour you will see the Bronx as it really is, a borough of diverse ethnic groups and neighborhoods, of great cultural institutions, an area of surprising natural beauty, of rolling hills and parks and parkways, a peninsula the size of San Francisco and the only New York City borough attached to the U.S. mainland.

Explore its twenty-block-long Grand Concourse - a broad boulevard lined with fine 1920's Art Deco apartment buildings. See America's largest urban zoo, the Bronx Zoo, south of the New York Botanical Garden, a national historical landmark. Get a glimpse of Edgar Allan Poe's cottage in Poe Park, where the poet penned "The Bells" and "Annabel Lee."

Stop in the Bronx's Little Italy for an authentic espresso and visit its colorful, indoor food market on lively Arthur Avenue. See Fordham University, the largest Jesuit University in America, and admire its Collegiate Gothic campus. Drive by Yankee Stadium, the home of the legendary Bronx Bombers, the New York Yankees.

In the North Bronx you will discover the hilly secluded enclaves of Fieldston and Riverdale. Stop at Wave Hill, a former country estate where John F. Kennedy, Arturo Toscanini and Theodore Roosevelt once lived and stroll through its enchanting gardens while overlooking the Hudson River and the majestic cliffs of the New Jersey Palisades.

At this point you'll never know that you're still in New York!

USD $65.00

Traveler Reviews

Review by: Tan	October 2011
Two words; very disappointing!!!_br/_ We had a bus driver turn up to work and had no idea he had been called to do the Bronx, when he found out he wasn't too thrilled. To his credit, he didnt know where he was going and had a tour guide that he clashed with but he powered through and was pretty good. The tour itself doesn't cover much of the Bronx, we saw Yankee Stadium and drove along the main road. Our tour guide took us to their version of Little Italy where we spent most of the tour. I was so bored when we got back on the bus i fell asleep, we saw the Bronx Zoo way off in the distance. The tour was a waste of half day actually!

Review by: Maria K	October 2011
A mostly disappointing tour. The guide spoke mostly in French and very little in English. There were a lot of things shown here that were not of any great cultural/historical significance. You're better off picking a few things like Bronx Zoo or Yankee Stadium and going to see them on your own and at your own pace. On the plus side, the tour did allow you to catch a glimpse of a borough which you may not go to otherwise.

Review by: Eileen E	July 2011
Had a good time but felt like it was more French language than English. Wondered what we missed out on.

Review by: Dieter K	June 2011
The trip was a great experience. Ulrich was a terrific guide!! Absolutely competent and friendly. With a warm heart. It was my great wish, to see the marion avenue, and he fulfilled it. And the rest of the tour was sooo beautiful. The wave hills were a surprise for me, the bronx is the greatest borough of New York City. In the next year I'll like to join the "Harlem Gospel Tour" and I hope Ulrich will be the guide again.

Review by: Mark L	November 2010
I enjoyed the tour and our tour guide was great and very knowledgeable. However, I was expecting to do more walking. Really you spend the entire time on the bus except for 20 minutes when you are allowed to walk down a couple streets. I would have preferred to have a few more stops, including Yankee Stadium, to walk around rather than just driving by.

Review by: Ralf R	September 2010
This is a great tour to see a different part of New York City. The tour guide was excellent - a very passionate local who had an in-depth knowledge of the sights. The organisation running the tours seemed to us to be more interested in education rather than profit, which made for a much more enjoyable experience. A couple of points to note: on Saturdays the tour is frequently in 2 languages (English and French) on the same bus. Also this is NOT a walking tour, and you will spend most of your time on the bus. Despite the misleading description this was still a very well worthwhile tour and an excellent way to see a different part of the city.

Review by: Michelle D, Australia	July 2010
Didn't make it to this one

Review by: Thea S, Belgium	September 2009
This is not a walking tour unless you count the wheels of the bus as your legs! Nevertheless it's a great experience to visit the part of New York with probably the worst reputation. And now you can see with your own eyes to see what it's all about, and draw your own conclusions. You will probably be surprised. The local guide is a plus.

Review by: Christine D, United Kingdom	October 2008
What an amazing tour guide we had. So funny and informative, made the experience well worth the visit.

Review by: Susan B, United Kingdom	May 2008
We were lucky again to be a small group, 4 speaking English and 4 speaking French. Our guide was fascinating to be with, informative and interesting. Lots to tell us about the area we were visiting but also lots of answers to questions we had about way of life, politics, etc. We had a brilliant few hours, felt we had learnt a lot and having taken the Brooklyn tour yesterday, would love to have had the time to do more of these tours, where you do more than see the major sights.

Review by: Anonymous, United Kingdom	November 2007
This is a great value for people who want to see these places in a safe and timely manner. Although you only drive through Harlem, this half-day tour still gives excellent coverage of most parts of the Bronx, including Riverdale and Little Italy.

Review by: Dagmar S, Canada	October 2007
This is the middle-class white person's tour of the Bronx, taken from the bus window. We didn't stop at the zoo or the botanical gardens which are the two major attraction points of the Bronx, in my opinion.