Avoid the crowds during this private tour to explore Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood and the Meatpacking District. Starting on the High Line, enjoy the views of the city and learning about this attraction's history. Next, venture into Chelsea Market to experience a variety of culinary delights’feel free to ask your guide for recommendations. Finally, stroll through the trendy Meatpacking District, filled with shops that echo the city's industrial past.

Explore the lesser visited parts of Manhattan on this private tour of the Chelsea neighborhood
Enjoy views of the Hudson River from New York’s High Line
Wander through the Chelsea Market and Meatpacking District with a local guide
Convenient meeting point at the High Line to kick off the tour

What To Expect

New York City

Community Impact:

-Our tour guides encourage eating local, helping to reduce our impact on the environment and supporting local communities

-Our tours strive to include businesses that support and employ refugees

-Our tour narrative includes a focus on the environment and community organizations, including Friends of The High Line, which came together as a small collective to transform a neighborhood from abandoned to revitalized

-We hope to inspire and educate with our inclusion of repurposed buildings and spaces, which can help preserve history and potentially reduce waste

• Admission Ticket Free

The High Line

You’ll walk a portion of this elevated former railway, restored and developed as a beautiful public park complete with native plantings and beautiful river and city skyline views. Our High Line tour promotes the repurposing of historic and significant structures, the reduction of construction waste, and the importance of green urban spaces and also therefore the mission of the Friends of The High Line organization.
45 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Chelsea Market

Your New York City walking tour includes a stop at this historic food hall where fresh, local, and immigrant foods are the main features of our neighborhood walk. Enjoy freshly baked breads, artisanal cheeses, organic wines, and even a slice of genuine New York–style pizza, and more!
1 hour • Admission Ticket Free

Chelsea

You’ll have plenty of time to explore the neighborhood of Chelsea with your guide, who will introduce you to the area’s best shops and restaurants. Home to local businesses and the many eateries housed in historic Chelsea Market, you’ll help us support our NYC economy and reduce our carbon footprint just by using your two legs to get around!
1 hour • Admission Ticket Free

Meatpacking District

We’ll be walking around this trendy neighborhood that was once home to warehouses, slaughter houses, and other brick buildings dating back to the area’s industrial period. Your tour guide will provide an overview of the district’s history and its struggle to preserve it in the face of gentrification.
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

The Shops & Restaurants at Hudson Yards

From the High Line, you’ll be able to see the public space known as the Hudson Yards, an upscale, multi-story indoor shopping mall filled with stores and restaurants.
• Admission Ticket Free

Edge NYC

Among the many marvels of New York’s architecture collection, the Edge seems to defy gravity with its 100-story-high observation deck jutting out far above the Hudson Yards.
• Admission Ticket Free

The Vessel

This 16-story honeycomb-like structure is one of the architectural delights of the Hudson Yards and which we can view from atop the High Line.
• Admission Ticket Free

Little Island

As we take in city skyline views on our High Line tour, you’ll also be able to look east towards the Hudson River, where the unique tulip-like concrete structures hold up the park known as Little Island. As with the High Line, the project took clever engineering and a long process involving native plantings.
• Admission Ticket Free

Highlight

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Wheelchair accessible
Stroller accessible
Service animals allowed
Near public transportation
Transportation is wheelchair accessible
Surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Most travelers can participate
This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate

Include

Local guide

Exclude

Food and drink, souvenirs, tips and gratuities for the guide