The Six Walks, Close Up
In short: Greenwich Village has no ticket and no gate, so what GetYourGuide sells for it is a guided route with a particular lens. Six walks are listed. All are on foot, all allow free cancellation up to 24 hours before, and most of them cross Washington Square Park. They differ by length, group size, language, start point, accessibility and what the guide points at. Each page below takes one walk at a time; all six tours sets them side by side in one table.
The two general walks
The Greenwich Village walking tour is the history walk: 2 hours, groups of up to 10, in English, from the Waverly Diner at Sixth Avenue and Waverly Place. It passes the Edgar Allan Poe house, Washington Square Park, the Brown Building, the MacDougal Street venues and the Stonewall Inn, and the listing states it is wheelchair accessible.
The four-neighbourhood tour starts in the Village and keeps going south: SoHo, NoLiTa, Little Italy and Chinatown, 3 hours on foot. It is the only one of the six guided in five languages (English, Spanish, Italian, French or German), meets near Union Square at a spot that depends on the language booked, and has a semi-private option for up to 8. Accessibility is not stated on the listing.
The two food walks
Both food walks stop for a bagel, a falafel, a pizza slice and a cupcake. The Greenwich Village food tour runs 2.5 hours from Bagel Bob’s on University Place, names each of its six stops, and is stroller and wheelchair accessible. The six-tastings food tour runs 3 hours from outside the IFC Center on Sixth Avenue, adds a gourmet cookie and a “secret dish”, and is not suitable for wheelchair users or people with mobility impairments. Both are in English.
The two themed walks
The ghost tour goes out after dark for 2 hours with groups of up to 10, in English, from 385 Sixth Avenue. Its lens is the legends: the Hangman’s Elm, the “house of death” on West 10th Street, Gay Street, Chumley’s. Accessibility is not stated.
The rock and roll tour has the smallest group: 3 hours, about 3 miles on foot, groups of up to 6, in English. It starts in the East Village at the Keith Haring statue on Astor Place, crosses to Cafe Wha? and Washington Square Park, and ends at the White Horse Tavern. It is not suitable for people with mobility impairments.
Choose a walk
Greenwich Village Tour
The history walk: Poe, Washington Square, the 1911 fire, MacDougal Street and Stonewall. Up to 10, English, wheelchair accessible.
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NYC: Greenwich, SoHo, Little Italy and Chinatown Tour
The Village, SoHo, NoLiTa, Little Italy and Chinatown in one walk, guided in one of five languages.
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NYC: Greenwich Village Food Tour
Six named tastings from Bagel Bob’s to Molly’s Cupcakes, with film and TV stoops on the way. Stroller and wheelchair accessible.
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NYC: Greenwich Village Food Tour with 6 Authentic Tastings
Bagel, falafel, a folded slice, a cookie, a cupcake and a secret dish. Not suitable for wheelchair users.
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Greenwich Village Ghost Tour
After dark, up to 10 people: the Hangman’s Elm, the house of death on West 10th and Chumley’s.
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New York: Rock and Roll History Tour with Dylan & Ramones
From CBGB’s site to Cafe Wha? and the White Horse Tavern, about 3 miles, no more than 6 people.
Read the close-up ›Which tour sorts the six by time available, interest, mobility, language and children. For a walk without a guide, the self-guided route covers the same streets.
Frequently asked questions
What does each close-up cover?
One walk per page: the route stop by stop, the meeting point, the group cap, the language, accessibility and what travellers mention by first name. No prices appear; the live price and dates show in each page’s booking widget. What a tour costs explains what is free in the Village.
Which walks are wheelchair accessible?
Two listings say so: the Greenwich Village walking tour and the Greenwich Village food tour. Two exclude wheelchair users or people with mobility impairments: the six-tastings food tour and the rock and roll tour. The ghost tour and the four-neighbourhood tour do not say.
Is any walk in a language other than English?
Only the four-neighbourhood tour, which is guided in English, Spanish, Italian, French or German. The language is chosen at booking, and the exact meeting spot depends on it. The other five are in English.
Do the walks overlap?
Yes. The history walk, the ghost walk, the food walk and the music walk all cross Washington Square Park; the history walk and the ghost walk both stop at the Brown Building and the Stonewall Inn. All six tours has the full comparison.