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Slumming it in Five Points, Chinatown and the Bowery: Audio Guide

By VoiceMap Audio Tours
Free cancellation available
Price is NZ$26 per adult
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Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 2h 15m
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
Overview

Step into New York’s gritty past on this self-guided walking tour through infamous areas like Five Points and Chinatown. Starting at Collect Pond Park, you’ll follow the footsteps of Gilded Age millionaires who “went slumming” in these squalid areas. Discover how Jacob Riis exposed the horrors of the slums, explore gangland history, and learn about the rise of tattooing, tap dancing, and blackface minstrel acts. Visit historic sites like the African Burial Ground, Chinatown’s famous restaurants, and the Bowery’s notorious saloons. With actors, sound effects, and music, this two-hour tour vividly brings New York’s untold stories to life, offering an unforgettable journey through the city’s darker side.

Activity location

  • Collect Pond Park
    • 130 Leonard Street
    • 10013, New York, New York, United States

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Collect Pond Park
    • 130 Leonard Street
    • 10013, New York, New York, United States

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Slumming it in Five Points, Chinatown and the Bowery: Audio Guide in English
  • Activity duration is 2 hours and 15 minutes2h 15m
    2h 15m
  • Opening hours: Sun 12:00 am-11:59 pm
  • English
Language options: English
Price details
NZ$26.19 x 1 AdultNZ$26.19
Total
Price is NZ$26.19

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    Get unlimited, lifetime use of this tour, before your booking date and after it
  • What's includedWhat's included
    The virtual playback option, so you can listen to this tour like an audiobook from anywhere
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Offline access to audio, maps, and geodata
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Flexibility to explore at your own pace with a self-guided GPS tour
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Directions to the starting point so that when you’re in the right place, the tour will start
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Smartphone and headphones
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Tickets or entrance to any optional stops en route

Know before you book

  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Activity itinerary

Collect Pond Park (Pass by)
African Burial Ground National Monument (Pass by)
The Chai Spot (Pass by)
Columbus Park (Pass by)
Dr. Sun Yat-sen Plaza (Pass by)
The Original Chinatown Ice Cream Factory (Pass by)
Hop Kee Restaurant (Pass by)
Wo Hop (Pass by)
Mahayana Temple Buddhist Association (Pass by)
Doyers Street (Pass by)

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIES
    Collect Pond Park
    • 130 Leonard Street
    • 10013, New York, New York, United States

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    Collect Pond Park
    • 130 Leonard Street
    • 10013, New York, New York, United States

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