West Village's Flappers, Freaks & Punks: A Self-Guided Audio Tour

Explore NY's West Village with this self-guided walking tour produced by an Emmy-nominated storyteller. • Go through Chumley’s backdoor to the speakeasy where Hemingway, Jack Kerouac, and F. Scott Fitzgerald all had a regular table • Hear from Tom Darbyshire, a Creative Director from New York’s advertising industry whose passion for juicy stories inspired him to produce this VoiceMap tour • Do it all in 90 minutes or linger at stops along the way with complete control over when you start and finish • Get unlimited use before your booking date and after it • Use the virtual tour option at home Once you’ve booked, you’ll receive a ticket with instructions and a unique code listed under “Before You Go”. Then simply install the VoiceMap app and enter your code. The app displays directions to the starting point, and when you’re in the right place, just pop in your headphones and tap start. VoiceMap has automatic GPS playback, with turn-by-turn directions. It also works offline.

Comprehensive introduction to Sedona: Ideal for first-time visitors
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Hassle-free pickup from your Sedona area accommodations
Learn about Sedona’s history, culture, and geology from your guide

What To Expect

West Village

From the apartment where John Lennon and Yoko Ono established the country of Nutopia, to the townhouse where mother of The Sex Pistols’ Sid Vicious lovingly administered his fatal overdose, this West Village walking tour sheds light on the artists, authors and activists who transformed the area into “America’s Left Bank.”
• Admission Ticket Included

The Church of St. Luke in the Fields

Starting outside the Church of St. Luke in the Fields in Greenwich Village, you’ll wind your way through the West Village to the Jane Hotel where, in 1912, survivors of the Titanic gathered for a memorial. Along the way, you’ll pass several bars, pubs and speakeasies and learn how Greenwich Village had more places serving alcohol during prohibition than before or afterwards.
• Admission Ticket Included

Cherry Lane Theatre

Take a bow at the oldest Off-Broadway venue that’s still kicking, the legendary Cherry Lane Theater, where Samuel Beckett, T. S Eliot, and Tennessee Williams got their start
• Admission Ticket Included

Grove Court

Discover Grove Court, where a painted leaf saved a woman’s life and inspired O. Henry to write a story about it
• Admission Ticket Included

Twin Peaks Building

I’ll show you often overlooked sites including Twin Peaks, one of the quirkiest houses in the Village, the Magnolia Bakery that was featured in Sex and the City and the Devil Wears Prada, and Julian Schnabel’s outrageous pink Palazzo Chupi.
• Admission Ticket Included

Cobble Court

Stroll down Cobble Court and hear stories that you won’t easily forget.
• Admission Ticket Included

White Horse Tavern

You’ll see the church where Timothy Leary infamously handed out LSD instead of communion wafers, and Whitehorse Tavern where poet Dylan Thomas drank himself to death. I’ll also point out the apartment building where the cast of Friends lived. Or, rather, the building where they would have lived if the show wasn’t filmed in California.
• Admission Ticket Included

Magnolia Bakery

I’ll show you often overlooked sites including Twin Peaks, one of the quirkiest houses in the Village, the Magnolia Bakery that was featured in Sex and the City and the Devil Wears Prada, and Julian Schnabel’s outrageous pink Palazzo Chupi.
• Admission Ticket Included

Palazzo Chupi

I’ll show you often overlooked sites including Twin Peaks, one of the quirkiest houses in the Village, the Magnolia Bakery that was featured in Sex and the City and the Devil Wears Prada, and Julian Schnabel’s outrageous pink Palazzo Chupi.
• Admission Ticket Included

Bell Laboratories Building Western Electric until 1925

Stroll past Bell Laboratories Building and hear stories that you won’t easily forget.
• Admission Ticket Included

The Jane Hotel

Starting outside the Church of St. Luke in the Fields in Greenwich Village, you’ll wind your way through the West Village to the Jane Hotel where, in 1912, survivors of the Titanic gathered for a memorial. Along the way, you’ll pass several bars, pubs and speakeasies and learn how Greenwich Village had more places serving alcohol during prohibition than before or afterwards.
• Admission Ticket Included

Highlight

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Infants must sit on laps
Near public transportation
Stroller accessible
Most travelers can participate
Not wheelchair accessible
This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate

Include

Lifetime access to this tour in English
Offline access to audio, maps, and geodata
VoiceMap App for Android and iOS

Exclude

Food/Drink
Smartphone and headphones
Tickets or entrance fees to any museums or other attractions en route
Transportation

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