Get your discount tickets for the Central Park NYC Highlights Small-Group Bike Tour, save up to 12% !
Overview
Enjoy an easy bike ride through beautiful Central Park in New York City, admiring top attractions including Bethesda Fountain, Strawberry Fields, Belvedere Castle, Cleopatra's Needle and the Sheep Meadow. Learn about the magnificent 843-acre (341-hectare) park from a local guide as you cruise along its gently winding paths. Suitable for all fitness levels, the relaxing ride is an excellent way to cover lots of the park's most famous landmarks in a short span of time.
Language Offered
English-GUIDE
Itinerary
1. Meet your guide just a couple of blocks south of Central Park on West 56th Street for your morning or afternoon bike tour. Select a hybrid bike, appropriate for your skill and experience level, as well as a helmet and map of the park.
2. Then, peddle along at a leisurely pace on both paved roads and unpaved trails as your guide talks about the park's history and its many famous attractions. Your guide broadcasts his narration to group through a speaker, so you won't miss any details.
3. See the tribute to the Beatle John Lennon at Strawberry Fields.
4. Delight in views of Belvedere Castle, smell the flowers in Shakespeare Garden, and ride by the Swedish Cottage Marionette Theatre where one of the last public marionette companies in the US operates.
5. Admire popular landmarks including ornate Bethesda Fountain, the ancient Egyptian obelisk known as Cleopatra's Needle, the massive green space of the Sheep Meadow, and the lovely Jackie Onassis Reservoir in the northern part of the park.
6. The Dakota, the New York City apartment building where the singer John Lennon once lived.
7. Pause for photos and replenish with bottled water (own expense) as you travel 7 miles (11.2 km) through the lush and lively park. Your leisurely 2-hour Central Park bike tour ends back where it began, just south of the park.
8. See the ancient Egyptian obelisk known as Cleopatra's Needle
9. Swedish Cottage Marionette Theatre
10. Ride around the beautiful Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir
11. Explore Central Park and all of the hidden paths that it has to offer
12. Explore New York!
13. Stop and look at the infamous Literary Walk in Central Park, with two rows of trees, music, artists, and sometimes even skate parties!
Inclusion
Professional guide
Bike Bag
Helmet (Mandatory)
Illustrated Map
Exclusion
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Additional Info
Public transportation options are available nearby
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Operates in all weather conditions; please dress appropriately
Tag-a-longs and child trailers are not available for this tour
No customer under the age of 18 will be given a bike without an adult over the age of 18 present
Reviews
4.9
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
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